填空题

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Transport is one of the aids to trade. By moving goods from places where they are plentiful to places where they are (36) , transport adds to their value. The more easily goods can be brought over the distance that (37) producer and consumer, the better for trade.
The great (38) made in transport during the last two hundred years were (39) by a big increase in trade. Quicker transport makes possible mass-production and big business, (40) supplies from, and selling goods to, all parts of the (41). Big factories could not (42) 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 (43) and goods delivered to their homes. (44) .
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. (45) . Foods which at one time could be obtained only during a part of the year can now be obtained all through the year. Transport has raised the standard of living.
(46) . Means of communication 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.