Consumers are being confused and misled by the hodge-podge (大杂烩) of environmental claim - 试题答案网问答

第1题

When the sentence "We are paying close attention to young consumers." is turned into passi

ve voice, which of the following is CORRECT？

A．Close attention is being paid to young consumers.

B．Close attention is being paid by us.

C．Young consumers are being paid close attention.

D．Young consumers are paid close attention to.

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第2题

听力原文：Consumers are being confused and misled by the huge amount of environmental claim

听力原文： Consumers are being confused and misled by the huge amount of environmental claims made by household products, according to a "green labeling" study published by Consumers International on Friday.

The study was written and researched by Britain's National Consumer Council (NCC) for lobby group Consumers International. It was funded by the German and Dutch governments and the European Commission.

"While many good and useful claims are being made, it is clear there is a long way to go in ensuring shoppers are adequately informed about the environmental impact of products they buy," said Consumers International director Anna Fielder.

The 10-country study surveyed product packaging in Britain, Western Europe, Scandinavia and the United States. It found that products sold in Germany and the United Kingdom made the most environmental claims on average.

The report focused on claims made by specific products, such as detergents, insect sprays and some garden products. It did not test the claims, but compared them to labeling guidelines set by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in September 1999.

The ISO labeling standards ban vague or misleading claims on product packaging, because terms such as "environmentally friendly" and "non-polluting" cannot be verified.

(3)

A．Consumers are adequately informed about the environmental impact of products they buy.

B．Consumers are being confused and misled by the huge amount of environmental claims of household products.

C．Consumers protest that many household products make false environmental claims.

D．Governments should take measures to test the environmental claims made by products.

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第3题

The aim of U.S. Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 is to ______.A．not violate or offend

The aim of U.S. Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 is to ______.

A．not violate or offend against the rights of other businesses and people

B．have the right to keep or reinvest the profits

C．generally discourage competition by protecting more powerful, large enterprises from being hurt by small businesses and consumers

D．keep on guard against the market controlled by large companies

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第4题

Examples of benefits or costs of the current concentration wave are scanty.Yet it is hard

to imagine that the merger of a few oil firms today could recreate the same threats to competition that were feared nearly a century ago in the U.S., when the Standard Oil trust was broken up.The mergers of telecom companies, such as WorldCom,hardly seem to bring higher prices for consumers or a reduction in the pace of technical progress.On the contrary，the price of communications is coming down fast.In cars, too, concentration is increasing—witness Daimler and Chrysler, Renault and Nissan—but it does not appear that consumers are being hurt.

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第5题

Why does the professor recount the washing detergent experiment in detail？ Click on 2 answ

ers.

A．To illustrate to the class that consumers pay too much attention to packaging.

B．To explain the types of experiments that environmental psychologists conduct.

C．To highlight the likelihood of people criticizing new products that are being tested.

D．To validate the claim earlier in the lecture that color influences people in specific ways.

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第6题

Consumers are being confused and misled by the hodgepodge （大杂烩) of environmental claims

Consumers are being confused and misled by the hodgepodge (大杂烩) of environmental claims made by household products, according to a "green labeling" study published by Consumers International Friday.

Among the report's more outrageous (令人无容忍的) findings—a German fertilizer described itself as "earthworm friendly", a brand of flour said it was "nonpolluting" and a British toilet paper claimed to be "environmentally friendlier".

The study was written and researched by Britain's National Consumer Council (NCC) for lobby group Consumer International. It was funded by the German and Dutch governments and the European Commission.

"While many good and useful claims are being made, it is clear there is a long way to go in ensuring shoppers are adequately informed about the environmental impact of products they buy", said Consumers International director Anna Fielder.

The 10country study surveyed product packaging in Britain, Western Europe, Scandinavia and the United States. It found that products sold in Germany and the United Kingdom made the most environmental claims on average.

The report focused on claims made by specific products, such as detergents (洗涤剂), insect sprays and by some garden products. It did not test the claims, but compared them to labeling guidelines set by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in September, 1999.

Researchers documented claims of environmental friendliness made by about 2,000 products and found many too vague or too misleading to meet ISO standards.

"Many products had speciallydesigned labels to make them seem environmentally friendly, but in fact many of these symbols mean nothing", said report researcher Philip Page.

"Laundry detergents made the most number of claims with 158. Household cleaners were second with 145 separate claims, while paints were third on our list with 73. The high numbers show how confusing it must be for consumers to sort the true from the misleading." he said.

The ISO labeling standards ban vague or misleading claims on product packaging, because terms such as "environmentally friendly" and "nonpolluting" cannot be verified. "What we are now pushing for is to have multinational corporations meet the standards set by the ISO." said Page.

According to the passage, the NCC found it outrageous that ______.

A．all the products surveyed claim to meet ISO standards

B．the claims made by products axe often unclear or deceiving

C．consumers would believe many of the manufactures' claims

D．few products actually prove to be environment friendly

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第7题

根据下面材料，回答 46～50 题。 A． Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere b

根据下面材料，回答 46～50 题。

根据下面材料，回答 46～50 题。 A． Commercial warmth and gratit

A． Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread around for this special Sunday in May.

B． But what's more, commercialism changes young people's attitude towards motherhood.

C． Obviously, the best girl will be a phone call or a visit.

D． According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.

E． As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.

F． Becoming a mother, however, inevitably handicaps career anticipation.

第 46 题请为（46）处选择最佳答案。

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第8题

根据下面内容，回答下列各题： 0 If consumers in Hillsborough County could limited their spen

ding on one Saturday 00 to independent, locally owned businesses instead of chain stores, more than 34 $ 17 million would even remain in the local company instead of being shipped to 35 outside corporations as overnight deposits. So it say representatives of the 36 Tampa Independent Business Alliance, who base their calculation on studies that 37 made by the American Independent Business Alliance. The national study found 38 that since locally owned businesses began to use goods and services of other 39 business in the community, a consumers spending circulates 3 up to 31/2 40 times longer locally than if it is spent on at a chain. On Saturday, the local group 41 will be working with the national organization and more than all 25 other 42 communities across the country to broadcast the benefits coming of the 43 shop-local movement. The educational event, "American Unchained", will be 44 promoted at independent business such as Inkwood Books in Tampa, "We 45 want people to think about where their dollars actually end up to," said Carla Jimenez, coowner of Inkwood and president of Tampa Independent Business Alliance. 34__________

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第9题

听力原文：Hello. I would like to welcome everyone here on this fine May morning to Sun Syst

听力原文： Hello. I would like to welcome everyone here on this fine May morning to Sun System's employee of the year banquet. As you already know, a 30-percent increase in sales records has been unfeasible until this point. We thank every one of you who has put all your hearts and energy into this company and helped bring consumers' firm faith in our products. All this would not have been possible without you. So, as president of Sun Systems, I have arranged a moment to recognize some outstanding employees. Please give a warm round of applause for the sales manager and my co-presenter Larry Kim!

When is the talk being given？

A．Spring.

B．Summer.

C．Fall.

D．Winter.

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第10题

根据下面内容，回答题：0 If consumers in Hillsborough County could limited their spending on

根据下面内容，回答题：

0 If consumers in Hillsborough County could limited their spending on one Saturday

00 to independent， locally owned businesses instead of chain stores， more than

34 $ 17 million would even remain in the local company instead of being shipped to

35 outside corporations as overnight deposits. So it say representatives of the

36 Tampa Independent Business Alliance， who base their calculation on studies that

37 made by the American Independent Business Alliance. The national study found

38 that since locally owned businesses began to use goods and services of other

39 business in the community， a consumer"s spending circulates 3 up to 31/2

40 times longer locally than if it is spent on at a chain. On Saturday， the local group

41 will be working with the national organization and more than all 25 other

42 communities across the country to broadcast the benefits coming of the

43 shop-local movement. The educational event， "American Unchained"， will be

44 promoted at independent business such as Inkwood Books in Tampa， "We

45 want people to think about where their dollars actually end up to，" said Carla Jimenez， coowner of Inkwood and president of Tampa Independent Business Alliance.

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Consumers are being confused and misled by the hodge-podge （大杂烩) of environmental claim