分析：同樣發(fā)現(xiàn)該段中有典型的關(guān)鍵詞重復的特征(middlemen)，借助該詞初步判斷D是答案，而該段最后一句的句意與D一致，因此判斷D是答案。
補充：
appear: vi. 出現(xiàn), 看來；似乎
e.g. The sun appeared on the horizon. 太陽在地平線上出現(xiàn)。
e.g. She appears very tired. 她顯得很疲勞。
e.g. He appears to want to leave. 他看來要走
amount n 數(shù)量, vi（與to連用） 等于；總計達
e.g. large amounts of /a large amount/sum of money 大量的金錢
e.g. In an invoice the amount of money should be written both in words and in figures. 發(fā)票上的錢數(shù)要用字和數(shù)碼寫出來。
e.g. Their traveling expenses amount to seven hundred dollars.
他們的旅費共達700 美元。
e.g. Your words amount to a refusal.
你的話等于回絕了。
Less than: 小于
A The Cost of Convenience
B A Surprising Answer Given by the Economists
C The Effect of Inflation
F Housewives’ Need to Find Jobs
5 Who then is actually responsible for the size of the bill a housewife must pay before she carries the food home from the store? The economists at First National City Bank have an answer to give housewives, but many people will not like it. （句意上與B呼應）These economists blame the housewife herself for the jump in food prices. They say that food costs more now because women don’t want to spend much time in the kitchen. Women prefer to buy food which has already been prepared before it reaches the market.
B. 分析：段落中重復的出現(xiàn)了housewife，但不難發(fā)現(xiàn)F只是干擾項：Jobs根本在該段中沒有出現(xiàn)，對比其他選項發(fā)現(xiàn)B是答案（B的大意與該段第2句內(nèi)容一致）
補充：
responsible adj. （常與to, for連用）有責任的；應負責任的; 負責任的；可靠的
e.g. The bus driver is responsible for the passengers safety.
公共汽車司機應對乘客的安全負責。
prefer vt. 寧可, 寧愿(選擇); 更喜歡;
e.g. prefer doing to talking喜歡做而不喜歡說
e.g. prefer to die rather than surrender寧死不屈
比較：refer vt.提交, 提到, 指(的是), 查閱
e.g. the question referred to所談到的問題
e.g. refer to the dictionary查字典
A The Cost of Convenience
C The Effect of Inflation
F Housewives’ Need to Find Jobs
6 Vegetables and chicken cost more when they have been cut into pieces by someone other than the one who buys it. （該句句意與A最呼應）A family should expect to pay more when several “TV dinners” are taken home from the store. These are fully cooked meals, consisting of meat, vegetables, and sometimes desert, all arranged on a metal dish. The dish is put into the oven and heated while the housewife is doing something else. Such a convenience costs money. Thus, as economists point out: “Some of the basic reasons for widening food price spreads are easily traceable to the increasing use of convenience foods, which transfer much of the time and work of meal preparation from the kitchen to the food processor’s plant.”（該結(jié)構(gòu)含義也是與A最呼應）
分析：段落中沒有明顯重復出現(xiàn)的詞語/短語，但是在段落末尾的句子中發(fā)現(xiàn)了A中的核心詞（Convenience），但包含該句的句子結(jié)構(gòu)似乎較復雜，所以借助段首句句意解題，判斷答案為A。
補充：
other than 除了…，除…之外; 與…不同；與…不同方式
e.g. Theres nobody here other than me. 除了我這里沒別人。
e.g. You cant get there other than by swimming. 你只能靠游泳游到那邊去。
比較：
rather than不是。。而是；寧可。。而不愿。。
e.g. These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty. 這雙鞋不好看，但是舒服。
e.g. We would rather receive money than the usual gifts.
我們寧可接受錢而不希望受到通常的禮物。
more than比。。更加。。
e.g. He is more intelligent than his brother. 他比他哥哥更聰明。
e.g. I like football more than swimming. 我喜愛足球勝過游泳。
transfer vt, vi（常與to連用）遷移；調(diào)任；換車；換船
synonyms: deliver, hand over, pass
e.g. His employer transferred him to another office.
老板把他調(diào)到了另一個辦公室。
比較：
Transmit vt.傳輸, 轉(zhuǎn)送, 傳達,發(fā)射
synonyms: dispatch, send over, transfer
Transport vt運輸；運送
e.g. The goods were transported by train.
貨物是用火車來運輸?shù)摹?BR> 對于該部分題注意利用語法和搭配句意判斷答案。
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
D to agree on the reasons for the increase
補充：
appear: vi. 出現(xiàn), 看來；似乎
e.g. The sun appeared on the horizon. 太陽在地平線上出現(xiàn)。
e.g. She appears very tired. 她顯得很疲勞。
e.g. He appears to want to leave. 他看來要走
amount n 數(shù)量, vi（與to連用） 等于；總計達
e.g. large amounts of /a large amount/sum of money 大量的金錢
e.g. In an invoice the amount of money should be written both in words and in figures. 發(fā)票上的錢數(shù)要用字和數(shù)碼寫出來。
e.g. Their traveling expenses amount to seven hundred dollars.
他們的旅費共達700 美元。
e.g. Your words amount to a refusal.
你的話等于回絕了。
Less than: 小于
A The Cost of Convenience
B A Surprising Answer Given by the Economists
C The Effect of Inflation
F Housewives’ Need to Find Jobs
5 Who then is actually responsible for the size of the bill a housewife must pay before she carries the food home from the store? The economists at First National City Bank have an answer to give housewives, but many people will not like it. （句意上與B呼應）These economists blame the housewife herself for the jump in food prices. They say that food costs more now because women don’t want to spend much time in the kitchen. Women prefer to buy food which has already been prepared before it reaches the market.
B. 分析：段落中重復的出現(xiàn)了housewife，但不難發(fā)現(xiàn)F只是干擾項：Jobs根本在該段中沒有出現(xiàn)，對比其他選項發(fā)現(xiàn)B是答案（B的大意與該段第2句內(nèi)容一致）
補充：
responsible adj. （常與to, for連用）有責任的；應負責任的; 負責任的；可靠的
e.g. The bus driver is responsible for the passengers safety.
公共汽車司機應對乘客的安全負責。
prefer vt. 寧可, 寧愿(選擇); 更喜歡;
e.g. prefer doing to talking喜歡做而不喜歡說
e.g. prefer to die rather than surrender寧死不屈
比較：refer vt.提交, 提到, 指(的是), 查閱
e.g. the question referred to所談到的問題
e.g. refer to the dictionary查字典
A The Cost of Convenience
C The Effect of Inflation
F Housewives’ Need to Find Jobs
6 Vegetables and chicken cost more when they have been cut into pieces by someone other than the one who buys it. （該句句意與A最呼應）A family should expect to pay more when several “TV dinners” are taken home from the store. These are fully cooked meals, consisting of meat, vegetables, and sometimes desert, all arranged on a metal dish. The dish is put into the oven and heated while the housewife is doing something else. Such a convenience costs money. Thus, as economists point out: “Some of the basic reasons for widening food price spreads are easily traceable to the increasing use of convenience foods, which transfer much of the time and work of meal preparation from the kitchen to the food processor’s plant.”（該結(jié)構(gòu)含義也是與A最呼應）
分析：段落中沒有明顯重復出現(xiàn)的詞語/短語，但是在段落末尾的句子中發(fā)現(xiàn)了A中的核心詞（Convenience），但包含該句的句子結(jié)構(gòu)似乎較復雜，所以借助段首句句意解題，判斷答案為A。
補充：
other than 除了…，除…之外; 與…不同；與…不同方式
e.g. Theres nobody here other than me. 除了我這里沒別人。
e.g. You cant get there other than by swimming. 你只能靠游泳游到那邊去。
比較：
rather than不是。。而是；寧可。。而不愿。。
e.g. These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty. 這雙鞋不好看，但是舒服。
e.g. We would rather receive money than the usual gifts.
我們寧可接受錢而不希望受到通常的禮物。
more than比。。更加。。
e.g. He is more intelligent than his brother. 他比他哥哥更聰明。
e.g. I like football more than swimming. 我喜愛足球勝過游泳。
transfer vt, vi（常與to連用）遷移；調(diào)任；換車；換船
synonyms: deliver, hand over, pass
e.g. His employer transferred him to another office.
老板把他調(diào)到了另一個辦公室。
比較：
Transmit vt.傳輸, 轉(zhuǎn)送, 傳達,發(fā)射
synonyms: dispatch, send over, transfer
Transport vt運輸；運送
e.g. The goods were transported by train.
貨物是用火車來運輸?shù)摹?BR> 對于該部分題注意利用語法和搭配句意判斷答案。
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
D to agree on the reasons for the increase