天津大學(xué)考博英語閱讀理解解析

1、 天津大學(xué)考博英語閱讀理解解析The physical distribution of products has two primary aspects: transportation and storage. Both aspects are highly developed and specialized phases of marketing. The costs of both trans-porting and storing are built into the prices of products. Transportation can be by truck, rail-way

2、, ship, or barge. For some items, such as exotic plants and flowers, or when rapid delivery is essential, air freight may be used.Storage, or warehousing, is a necessary function because production and consumption of goods rarely match: items generally are not sold as quickly as they are made. Inven

3、tories build up, both in warehouses and at retail establishments, before the foods are sold. The transporta-tion function is involved in bringing goods to a warehouse and taking them from it to retail stores.Storage performs the service of stabilizing market price. If, for example, no agricultural p

4、roduct could be stored, all food would have to be put on the market immediately. This would, of course, create a glut and lower prices drastically. There would be an immediate benefit to consumers, but in the long run they would suffer. Farmers, because of low prices, would be forced off the land, a

5、nd the amount of food produced would decrease. This, in turn, would raise consumer prices.(PS:The way to contact yumingkaobo TEL:si ling ling-liu liu ba-liu jiu qi ba QQ: 772678537 Warehouses for storage are of several types. Private warehouses are owned by manufactur-ers. Public warehouses, in spit

6、e of their name, are privately owned facilities, but they are in-dependent of manufacturer ownership. General-merchandise warehouses store a great variety of products. Cold-storage warehouses store perishable goods, especially food products. Grain ele-vators are a kind of warehouse used to keep whea

7、t and other grains from spoiling. A bonded warehouse is one that stores foods, frequently imported, on which taxes must be paid before they are sold. Cigarettes and alcoholic beverages are common examples.The distribution center is a more recently developed kind of warehouse. Many large com- panics

8、have several manufacturing plants, sometimes located outside the country. Each plant does not make every company product but specializes in one or more of them. The distribution center allows a manufacturer to bring together all product lines in one place. Its purpose is to minimize storage and to e

9、ase the flow of goods from manufacturers to retailers rather than build up extensive inventories. It reduces costs by speeding up product turnover. Very large corporations will have several distribution centers regionally or internationally based1. The main subject of this passage is_.A transportati

10、on and storageB storage of productsC distribution centerD two main aspects of product distribution2. Warehousing is important in that _.A inventories build up before the goods are soldB the prices will go downC more goods are produced than can be consumedD the food has to be put on the market immedi

11、ately3. How many types of warehouses for storage are discussed in the passage?A 3.B 4.C 6.D 7.4. Where might one find meat and milk?A Grain elevator.B Cold-storage warehouse.C Private warehouse.D Bonded warehouse.5. What is NOT true of a distribution center?A It is a relatively new type of warehouse

12、.B Product is replaced more quickly and costs are down.C Some distribution centers are not built in the sane country as the factoryD It builds up extensive inventories to minimize storage.Passage 1文章大意:這篇文章講產(chǎn)品實物分配中的兩個環(huán)節(jié),運輸和儲存,運輸環(huán)節(jié)只在第一段和第二段最后一句略述,從第二段(除最后一句到第五段詳細(xì)討論產(chǎn)品的儲存問題。其中二、三段討論存儲的原因(生產(chǎn)與消費不同步和作用(穩(wěn)定市場價格;第四段介紹倉庫的類型;第五段講新近發(fā)展起來的一種倉庫分配中心的功能和特點。答案解析: 1D主旨題。第一段第一句點明主題,產(chǎn)品的實物分配主要由運輸和儲存