| Our sense of smell, which we normally take for
granted, is nowadays being increasingly used for purposes which might surprise
us if we aware of them. One area in which smells are created to achieve
particular results is marketing. For some time manufacturers have taken
advantage of our sense of smell with regard to household goods. Millions of
dollars are spent on product research in the hunt for the right smell as it is
believed perfume influnences the way consumers perceive a brand. In a survey in
the United States, when people were asked what was the most important factor in
their choice of detergent (洗衣粉), smell was rated highly, above ingredients and
price. Now stores are becoming even more direct in their use of smell. The smell of fresh bread in a supermarket tends to encourage people to buy, and people selling their hou A. How to Avoide Being Affected by Smells B. Using Smells to Influence People C. The Power of Our Sense of Smell D. New Smells in Supermarkets [单项选择]There are faults which age releases us from, and there are virtues which turn to vices with the lapse of years. The worst of these is thrift, which in early and middle life is wisdom and duty to practice for a provision against destitution. As time goes on this virtue is apt to turn into the ugliest, cruelest, shabbiest of the vices. Then the victim of it finds himself storing past all probable need of saying for himself or those next him, m the deprivation of the remoter kin of the race; In the earlier time when gain was symbolized by gold or silver, the miser had a sensual joy in the touch of his riches, in hearing the coins clink in their fall through his fingers, and in gloating upon their increase sensible m the hand and eye. Then the miser had his place among the great figures of misdoing; he was of a dramatic effect, like a murderer or a robber; and something of this bad distinction clung to him even when his coins had changed to paper currency, the clean, white notes of the onl
A. man becomes increasingly greedy when getting old B. a miser can be honest if he does no wrong act C. age can help convert some virtue into a vice D. misers all started from trying to be thrifty [单项选择]Which of the following statements about the US trade is TRUE
A. The gap between its import and export narrowed. B. The Commerce Department shows great concern. C. What it imports has outnumbered what it exports. D. Only the government concerns about the trade deficit. [单项选择]Which of the following is true about US coins
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