看短文回答问题,英文的.Muchoftheworld’scoffeeisgrowninBrazil.Notlongagoanunseasonablefrostsweptthroughcoffeeplantationsthere.Theresultaffectedpeopleinmanycountriesforalongtimetocome.Atfirst,reportsofserious

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看短文回答问题,英文的.
Much of the world’s coffee is grown in Brazil.Not long ago an unseasonable frost swept through coffee plantations there.The result affected people in many countries for a long time to come.
At first,reports of serious damage were received.These led to a sharp rise in the price of coffee,which had not been a highly profitable crop.Growers in other countries made extra efforts to increase their exports to profit from the expected shortage.However,they were hampered by smugglers who wished to avoid government controls.The price of coffee fell slightly.
Then large restaurants and hotels began to buy coffee to build up stocks for future use.The price rose sharply and public resistance developed.Housewives organized a boycott of coffee.This led to a rise in the price of tea and a fall in the price of coffee.Much to the dismay of growers,the price fell sharply.Their response was rather surprising.Instead of selling their stocks of coffee,they began to buy on the open market.Their motive was clear.They wanted to force the price of coffee up,and one way of doing this was to reduce the amount of coffee available for sale to the public.
Luckily for coffee-drinkers,this move failed.Restaurants and hotels stopped buying coffee.Large numbers of small growers had to sell their crops to keep alive.The large growers found that they were buying more coffee than they were growing.They abandoned their efforts and let the normal law of supply and demand decided the price.Meanwhile,millions of people had changed to cheaper drinks and would not switch back to coffee.
21.Who suffered most from the recent unseasonable frost?
A.The restaurants and hotels.
B.The coffee growers in Brazil.
C.Smugglers.
D.The coffee growers in other countries.
22.Financially,who gained most from the crop failure in Brazil?
A.the public as a whole.
B.The coffee growers in Brazil.
C.The housewives.
D.The coffee growers in other countries
23.This passage mainly deals with .
A.the effect of weather on a crop such as coffee
B.the housewives’ reaction to the rise in the price of coffee
C.the reasons for changes in the price of coffee
D.the methods the coffee growers adopted to raise the price of coffee
24.the outcome of the changes in the price of coffee was that .
A.the demand for coffee decreased
B.there was a fall in the price of tea
C.many people switched back to coffee
D.the growers decided not to grow coffee in future
25.Which of the following factors made the coffee price fall?
A.The building up of stocks by restaurants and hotels.
B.The reducing amount of coffee available for sale.
C.The boycott of coffee organized by housewives.
D.The news of the great damage caused by the bad weather.

Answer 1

21:B
22:A
23:C
24:A
25:C
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