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Keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending is decided by the desire for superiority. He was greatly mistaken, however, in seeing this desire as the only source of insatiable demands
Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the demands almost all goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an anniversary dinner, for example, the thought of feeling superior to others probably never comes to them. The goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.
There are no obvious limits to the escalation of demand for quality. For example, Porsche famous car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sport car on the market. Priced at over $120,000, it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. But in 2000 the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling acceleration. People who really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. To them, however, they must pay almost four times the price.
By placing the desire to be superior to other at the heart of his description of insatiable demands, Keynes actually reduced such demands. However, the desire for higher quality has natural limits. 72. According to the passage, John Keynes Believed that_______. A. desire is the root of both absolute and relative needs B. absolute needs come from our sense of superiority C. relative needs alone lead to insatiable demands D. absolute needs are stronger than relative needs
73. What do we know about the couple in Paragraph 3? A. They want to show their superiority B. They find specialty important to meals
C. Their demands for food are not easily satisfied. D. Their choice of dinner is related to ideas of quality.
74. What does the underlined word “escalation” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Understanding. B. Increase C. Difference D. Study
75.The author of the passage that ______. A. absolute needs have no limits
B. demands for quality are not insatiable C. human desires influence ideas of quality D. relative needs decide most of our spending 四、写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
以下标有题号的每一行均有一个错误，请找出，并按下列情况改正；
此行多一个词，把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词，在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 此行错一个词，在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。 注意：请在答题卡上作答。
Dear Grandpa,
How are you those days? I have been missing you very 76._________
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much after I went to college a year ago. Whenever I think of 77._________ the old days, I feel very happily. I still remember when I 78._________ was child, you always held me in your arms and told me stories 79._________ till I fall asleep. We often went to the fields to enjoy the pleasant 80._________ view there. You told me the name of different plants and their 81._________ characteristics. Gradually, I became interesting in biology 82._________ and chose to learn biology when I entered into the college. Now 83.________ my friend Ann, together with me, are going to do field study 84.________ and the findings will be use as materials for our research. Since 85.________ we’ll do the study in our hometown, I hope to see you by then. Yours, Daisy 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
某国际网站提供个人闲置物品交换服务。现在，你打算通过该网站将自己的一件闲置物品与他人交换（exchange）。请你用英文在该网站上发帖，发布物品交换信息。内容应包括： 你将拿出什么物品进行交换 具体介绍该物品 你希望换回什么物品
请愿意交换的朋友给你留言 注意：
（1）词数100左右； （2）格式不限；
（3）文中不得使用考生真实姓名和学校名称。
2012年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(重庆卷) 英语试题答案 一、 听力
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A
10. A 11. B 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. C 16. B 17. A
18. Discussion/ discussion 19. Football/football 20. 10:30/Ten-thirty/ ten-thirty 二、英语知识运用 第一节单项填空
21.B 22.B 23.A 24.D 25.C 26.A 27.B 28.A 29.D 30.C 31.A 32.B 33.C 34.D 35.A 第二节完型填空
36.C 37.D 38.A 39.C 40.D 41.C 42.A 43.B 44.D 45.B 46.A 47.B 48.B 49.C 50.A 51.C 52.C 53.D 54.A 55.D 三、阅读理解
56.A 57.D 58.C 59.C 60.D 61.B 62.D 63.A 64.B 65.A 66.C 67.B 68.D 69.C 70.A 71.C 72.C 73.D 74.B 75. A
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四、写作
第一节短文改错 Dear Grandpa,
How are you those days? I have been missing you very 76. these
much after I went to college a year ago. Whenever I think of 77. since
the old days, I feel very happily. I still remember when I 78. happy
was child, you always held me in your arms and told me stories 79. a
till I fall asleep. We often went to the fields to enjoy the pleasant 80. fell
view there. You told me the name of different plants and their 81. names
characteristies. Gradually, I became interesting in biology 82. interested
and chose to learn biology when I entered into the college. Now 83. into
my friend Ann, together with me, are going to do field study 84. is
and the findings will be use as materials for our research. Since 85. used
we’ll do the study in our homewown, I hope to see you by then. Yours, Daisy
第二节书面表达 略
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