___________

A．A tool.

B．A sign of wealth.

C．A symbol of status.

D．An article of consumption.

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【预测】选项中的sign和symbol表明，本题可能考查某物的象征意义。
【解析】A。短文中舒尔茨提到的“For younger people in Japan，the car is．．．not a status symbol．．．It is a tool”表明，答案为A。

1 ___________

A．Cars are still too expensive.

B．Traffic is heavy on the road

C．Gas prices and parking lot fees are costly.

D．Traffic accidents are more and more serious.

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2 ___________

A．They have reduced the prices of their cars.

B．They have laid off plenty of short-term contract workers.

C．They have laid off many full-time salaried employees.

D．They have narrowed down their foreign market.

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3 Questions are based on the recording you have just heard.
_________

A．Major changes in the migration routes of hummingbirds.

B．The adaptation of hummingbirds to urban environments.

C．Concern about the reduction of hummingbird habitats.

D．The impact of ecotourism hummingbird populations.

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