Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension

In 1924 the Phoebus Cartel, an association of manufacturers including General Electric, Osram and Philips, held a meeting in Switzerland. They agreed to reduce the life of light bulbs—at the time proudly averaging 2,500 hours, to 1,000 hours, thereby more than doubling the number of light bulbs that would be sold. Members of the cartel controlled their subsidiaries firmly, and those who did not reduce the quality of their light bulbs were fined. The cartel was successful, within a decade, in making the thousand-hour light bulb the standard. In 1928 the young advertising journal Printers' Ink proclaimed "an article that refuses to wear out is a tragedy for business." The manufacture ……此处隐藏13564个字…… nt for a spontaneous mental or neurological affliction.

4、Beren Aldridge considers Growing Well as a business, while policy makers, funders and doctors consider it as some form of medical prescription.

[解析] 题目问的是：贝伦·阿尔德里奇的意图与政策制定者、资助者和医生的意图有何不同?根据题干关键词Beren Aldridge's intention可以定位到文章第五段第三、四句“但这与贝伦·阿尔德里奇对他所创立的项目的理解截然不同。在他看来，‘健康成长’是一门生意(business)，而不是某种伪装的医疗处方(not some form of medical prescription in disguise)”，说明贝伦·阿尔德里奇的意图是将“健康成长”农场作为一门生意，而政策制定者、资助者和医生的意图是想将它作为一种治疗方法。因此答案为：Beren Aldridge considers Growing Well as a business, while policy makers, funders and doctors consider it as some form of medical prescription.

Part Ⅱ Composition

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