D Middlemens Limited Share in the Additional1 Profit
E Farmers Denial2 of Increased Profit
F Housewives Need to Find Jobs
5．Many people agree that food prices have increased sharply3 but they have failed _____
6．The farmers have not been benefited very much__________.
7．Housewives have to pay for the time they save_____________.
8．The economists4 have come to the conclusion that the cause of increased food prices lies in ____________.
A Nor have the middlemen
B to increase the prices for food
C that they cannot agree on the causes of the increase in prices
to agree on the reasons for the increase
E by buying prepared food
F the popularization of convenience food
答案及分析：
1．文章标题剖析：Why Does food cosplayt so much
借用文章中有关的句子对文章主题进行进一步的认知：
In 1959 the average American family paid $989 for a years supply of food. In 1972 the family paid $1,311. That was a price increase of nearly one-third.
补充：
average: n. 平均, 平均数adj. 普通的, 一般的, 平均的 vt. 平均为
synonyms5: fair, medium, middle, ordinary, usual
e.g. What is the average rainfall for August in your country?
你们国家8月份的平均降雨量是多少?
on average一般；按平均
2．对概括大意的备选项进行剖析，抓住核心词。
A The cosplayt of Convenience
B A Surprising Answer Given by the Economists
C The Effect of Inflation6
D Middlemens Limited Share in the Additional Profit
E Farmers Denial of Increased Profit
F Housewives Need to Find Jobs
剖析：被选项中D和E在语意上有关：都与收益有关，而且有成对比的对象：中间人和农夫
补充：
Deny vt 不承认；否定；拒绝相信
e.g. He said that I had stolen his bicycle, but I denied it.
他说我偷了他的自行车，可是我不承认了。
Synonyms: refuse, reject
3．看指定段落，确认小标题。
A The cosplayt of Convenience
B A Surprising Answer Given by the Economists
C The Effect of Inflation
D Middlemens Limited Share in the Additional Profit
E Farmers Denial of Increased Profit
F Housewives Need to Find Jobs
3 But farmers claim that this increase was very small（when it is） compared to the increase in their cosplayt of living. （该句中含有But应该重点考察，且该句句意与E对应一致）Farmers tend to blame others for the sharp rise in food prices. They particularly blame those who process the farm products after the products leave the farm. These include truck drivers, meat packers, manufacturers7 of packages and other food containers, and the owners of stores where food is sold. They are among the middlemen who stand between the farmer and the people who buy and eat the food. Are middlemen the ones to blame for rising food prices?（该句仅仅提出了关于中间人是不是获利的问题，而并没表述出D的意思）
E．剖析：注意到段落中多处出现了farmers，但同时也出现了Middlemen，因此答案非常可能源于于D和E。借用有关语句的句意判断E与段首句的大意一致，而D的说法在该段中并不可以推导出，因此答案为E。
补充：
sharp: adj. 锋利的，尖的,敏捷的；灵敏的; 忽然的；急剧的adv.按时地；整
at seven oclock sharp 七点整
a sharp knife 锋利的小刀
a sharp turn to the left 向左急转
Compare vt比较；对照; 比作
e.g. Mans life is often compared to a candle.
生活常被喻为蜡烛。
e.g. Living in a town cant8 compare with living in the country in many respects.
在很多方面城市生活比不上在乡村生活。
Blame vt. 责备
e.g. They blamed the secretary for the delay of the plan.
他们怪罪秘书导致计划延误。
be to blame 应受谴责
e.g. The driver was not to blame for the traffic accident.
那次交通事故不应该责怪司机。
A The cosplayt of Convenience
B A Surprising Answer Given by the Economists
C The Effect of Inflation
D Middlemens Limited Share in the Additional Profit
F Housewives Need to Find Jobs
4 Of the $1,311 family food bill in 1972, middlemen received $790, which was 33 percent more than they had received in 1959. It appears that the middlemens profit has increased more than farmers. But some economists claim that the middlemans actual profit was very low. According to economists at the First National City Bank, the profit for meat packers and food stores amounted to less than one percent. During the same period all others manufacturers were making a profit of more than 5 per cent. By comparison9 with other members of the economic system both farmers and middlemen have profited surprisingly little from the rise in food prices.
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