140、sf报的社论: 去年,本城和fp签订合同让其在主大道上的一个巨大装饰壶内种植多种花卉并每周浇水一次。仲夏以前,许多植物枯萎了。今年,本城或者约定每周浇水两次或者在壶内种植人工花以节省费用。具fp称,人工花的初始费用为真花的两倍,但两年后,我们将得到好结果(come out ahead?)。公众的反应显然支持这种解决方式。在最近的调查中,超过1200的sf读者说本城浪费资金,应该找到方法减少公共支出。(新题)(2次)
144.the following appeared in a memorandum from the development director of the largo piano company. “the largo piano company has long been known for producing carefully handcrafted, expensive pianos used by leading concert pianists. during the past few years, however, our revenues have declined, whereas those of the allegro musical instrument company increased after allegro introduced a line of inexpensive digital pianos. in order to increase largo’s sales and in fact outsell allegro, we should introduce a line of digital pianos in a variety of price ranges. our digital pianos would be likely to find instant acceptance with customers since they would be associated with the prestigious largo name.” discuss how well reasoned . . . etc.(新题)(该题11月机经4次)(2次)