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[填空题] Stratford-upon-Avon is an unremarkable market town but (46) one little detail: in 1564, the wife of a local merchant, John Shakespeare, gave birth to William Shakespeare, probably the greatest writer ever to use the English language...
There was no theatre in Stratford in Shakespeare’s day-it was not until 1769 that Stratford organised any event in ho (47) of him, and that was a festival put together by London based actor-manager David Garrick, (48) featured no dramatic performances at all. From then on, the idea of building a permanent home in which to perform Shakespeare’s works gained momentum, and the fea (49) of building a theatre in backwater Stratford grew immensely with the advent of better roads and the railways. The first memorial theatre opened in 1879, on land donated by local beer magnate Charles Flower, who also funded the project.
After a fire in 1926, the competition held for a (50) (replace) was won by the only woman applicant, El
[单项选择]Buford is the smallest town in the US. The town is high in the mountains and it lies on the road between New York and California. The town has a beautiful view(景色) of the Rocky Mountains. It also has very cold winters and a lot of wind. In the past, the town had almost 2,000 people. Now it is well-known in the US because it has a population(人口) of one person, Don Sammons.
Don works in his own shop ten hours per day and he is also head of the town. Almost 1,000 people visit his shop every day in summer. But in winter, he has only about 100 visitors a day. Don has lived in the town for 32 years but he has decided to leave it now. His house and shop are for sale(出售) now. The post office and school house are for sale, too.
You can know more about this town in a TV program. In the program, Don tells the story about the little town and welcomes everyone to Buford.There are nearly 2,000 people living in Buford.
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The Side Effect of Market Mechanism
The market mechanism might also select the wrong choice about HOW to produce. Consider the message that unregulated markets communicate to producers. In an unregulated market,
(31) price would be charged for using air or waterways, since
(32) is owned by any individual. Producers,
(33) would regard the use of air and waterways as a "free" good. Under such circumstances it would be a lot cheaper for a factory to dump its waste into nearby waterways than to dispose of it more carefully. It would also be
(34) for power plants to let waste gases and soot go up in smoke than to install environmental safeguards. The resulting pollutants are an externality—a cost imposed
(35) innocent third parties. Consumers would be worse off as the quality of the air and water deteriorated.
Profit-driven producers would seldom worry about externalities in a completely unregulated
