| We have all heard of counterfeiting
before. Usually it refers to people making money— printing it instead of earning
it. But counterfeiting also can involve all sorts of consumer goods and
manufactured products. From well-known brand names such as Calvin Klein jeans to
auto parts, counterfeiters have found ways to produce goods that look authentic.
In some instances, counterfeit products look better than the original! The demand of brand-name products has helped counterfeiting grow into a very profitable business throughout the world and into a serious problem for legitimate manufacturers and consumers alike. Faulty counterfeit parts have caused more than two dozen plane crashes. Most counterfeit auto parts do not meet federal safety standards. Counterfeiting hurts manufacturers in many ways. Analysts estimate that, in the United States alone, A. (A) consumers B. (B) manufacturers C. (C) salesmen D. (D) governments [填空题]Where Have All the People Gone
Germans are getting used to a new kind of immigrant. In 1998, a pack of wolves crossed the Neisse River on the Polish-German border. In the empty landscape of eastern Saxony, dotted with abandoned mines and declining villages, the wolves found plenty of deer and few humans. Five years later, a second pack split from the original, so there’re now two families of wolves in the region. A hundred years ago, a growing land-hungry population killed off the last of Germany’s wolves. Today, it’s the local humans whose numbers are under threat. Villages are empty, thanks to the region’s low birth rate and rural flight. Home to 22 of the world’s 25 lowest fertility rate countries, Europe will lose 30 million people by 2030, even with continued immigration. The biggest population decline will hit rural Europe. As Italians, Spaniards, Germans and others produce barely three-fifths of children needed to maintain status quo, and as rural flight su 我来回答: 提交
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