下面的短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为第1～5段各其中4段选择1个最佳标题；(2)第
27～30题要求从所给的4个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。 Transport and Trade 1.
Transport is one of the aids to trade. By moving goods from places where they
are plentiful to places where they are scarce, transport adds to their value.
The more easily goods can be brought over the distance that separates producer
and consumer, the better for trade. When there were no railways, no good roads,
no canals, and only small sailing ships, trade was on a small scale.
2. The great advances made in transport during the last two hundred years
were accompanied by a big in crease in trade. Bigger and faster ships enabled a
trade in meat to develop between Britain and New Zealand, for instance. Quicker
transport makes possible mass-production and big business, drawing supplies
from, and selling goods to, all parts of the global. Big factories could not
exist without transport to carry the large number of workers they need to and
from their homes. Big city stores could not have developed unless customers
could travel easily from the suburbs and goods delivered to their homes. Big
cities could not survive unless food could be brought from a distance.
3. Transport also prevents waste. Much of the fish landed at
the ports would be wasted if it could not be taken quickly to inland towns.
Transport has given us a much greater variety of foods and goods since we no
longer have to live on what is produced locally, Foods, which at one time could
be obtained (获得) only during a part of the year, can now be obtained all through
the year. Transport has raised the standard of living. 4. By
moving fuel, raw materials, and even power, as, for example, through electric
cables, transport has led to the establishment of industries and trade in areas
where they would have been impossible before. Districts and countries can
concentrate on making things which they can do better and more cheaply than
others and can then exchange them with one another. The cheaper and quicker
transport becomes, the longer the distance over which goods can profitably be
carried. Countries with poor transport have a lower standard of living.
5. Commerce requires not only the moving of goods and people
but also the carrying of messages and information. Means of communication, like
telephones, cables and radio, send information about prices, supplies, and
changing conditions in different parts of the world. In this way, advanced
communication systems also help to develop trade. A. Higher
Living Standard B. Importance of Transport in Trade
C. Various Means of Transport D. Birth of
Transport-related Industries and Trade E. Role of Information
in Trade F. public Transportation Paragraph 2______