四级Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross-functional teams.

团队建设技能供不应求：德勤报告称，在他们接触的高管中，只有12%的人认为他们了解人际网络中的合作方式，只有21%的人对他们建立跨职能团队的能力充满信心。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross functional teams.

团队建设技能供不应求：德勤报告称，在他们接触的高管中，只有12%的人认为他们了解人际网络中的合作方式，只有21%的人对他们建立跨职能团队的能力充满信心。

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级What about supply? The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

供应呢？三大环境趋势——淡水短缺、表土流失和气温上升——使得世界粮食供应越来越难以快速增长，以满足需求。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod ( ' , 鳕 鱼) provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40,000 people, sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.

近五个世纪以来，鳕鱼的大量供应，鳕 鱼) 为该行业提供了丰富的原材料，该行业在鼎盛时期雇用了约40000人，维持了纽芬兰的整个社区。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级It filled its stores with abundant supply of merchandise.

商店里商品供应充足。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Based on the finding, the researchers suggest that the key to boosting your willpower is to believe that you have an abundant supply of it.

基于这一发现，研究人员建议，增强意志力的关键在于相信自己拥有充足的意志力。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40,000 people, sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.

近五个世纪以来，大量的鳕鱼供应为这个行业提供了丰富的原材料，该行业在鼎盛时期雇用了约40000人，维持了纽芬兰的整个社区。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

考研Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before, with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.

还有一个事实是，美国大公司比以往任何时候都更加全球化，供应链遍布更多的国家。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考"She survived because of a plentiful supply of fresh water, " he added.

“她幸存下来是因为有充足的淡水供应，”他补充道。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级In addition to supplying milk from their own 85-head herd, they began to help other farmers in the area convent from conventional to certified organic and grass-fed in order to enter the Maple Hill supply chain.

除了从他们自己的85头牛群中供应牛奶外，他们还开始帮助修道院地区的其他农民从传统到认证的有机和草食，以进入枫树山供应链。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级This helps them pick the right startups, and means they can supply advice and connections as well as money.

这有助于他们选择合适的创业公司，这意味着他们可以提供建议、人脉和资金。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级This helps them pick the right startups, and means they can supply advice and connections as well as money.

这有助于他们选择合适的创业公司，这意味着他们可以提供建议、人脉和资金。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级But after General mills bought Epic in 2016, Collins and Forrest suddenly had the resources they needed to expand their supply chain.

但在通用磨坊于2016年收购Epic后，柯林斯和福里斯特突然拥有了扩展供应链所需的资源。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级In response to those restrictions, grain-importing countries are trying to nail down long-term trade agreements that would lock up future grain supplies.

为了应对这些限制，粮食进口国正试图敲定长期贸易协议，以锁定未来的粮食供应。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级They aim to be self-sufficient in power supply

他们的目标是电力供应自给自足

2013年6月阅读原文

高考Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! he didn't have food, water, a phone, or other supplies.

在他意识到这一点之前，尼古拉斯一个人迷路了！他没有食物、水、电话或其他用品。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级The Mediterranean region is warm and sunny, and produces large supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables almost year round that people eat many times a day.

地中海地区气候温暖，阳光充足，几乎全年都有大量新鲜水果和蔬菜供应，人们每天要吃很多次。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考Natalie also worked with other organizations to bring much-need supplies to rockaway.

娜塔莉还与其他组织合作，为rockaway带来急需的物资。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级Alternative forms of energy- bio-fuels, wind and solar, to name a few are certainly being funded and developed, and will play a growingrolein the world's energy supply.

替代能源形式——生物燃料、风能和太阳能等，肯定正在得到资助和开发，并将在世界能源供应中发挥越来越大的作用。

2011年12月阅读原文

六级The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal cost—are depleted.

这一说法背后的理由是，低油价阻碍了对新产能的投资，最终使石油供应曲线向后移动，并随着可以以相对较低的边际成本开采的现有油田枯竭而使价格回升。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Indeed, on a global scale, fertiliser manufacturing consumes about 3-5% of the world's annual natural gas supply

事实上，在全球范围内，化肥制造消耗了世界天然气年供应量的3—5%

2013年12月阅读原文

六级But it is another thing to have a supply of trained talent that could let you carry out this promise.

但拥有一批训练有素的人才是另一回事，他们可以让你实现这一承诺。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级A further reduction in local supplies is yet another unwelcome setback to the industry.

本地供应的进一步减少是该行业另一个不受欢迎的挫折。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

四级I am making my way through Columbia University, surrounded by students who quickly supply the verbal answer while I am still processing the question.

我正在哥伦比亚大学（Columbia University）学习，周围都是学生，他们在我处理问题的同时迅速给出口头答案。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级The report focused on poor urban areas, where farms in or near cities supply relatively inexpensive food.

该报告重点关注贫困城市地区，城市内或城市附近的农场供应相对便宜的食品。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考At a time of limited means of expression, snow was like free art supplies dropped from the sky.

在一个表达手段有限的时代，雪就像从天上掉下来的免费艺术用品。

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考People thought of snow as holy art supplies.

人们认为雪是神圣的艺术用品。

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

四级The trend began in 2007, when leading wheat-exporting countries such as Russia and Argentina limited or banned their exports, in hopes of increasing local food supplies and thereby bringing down domestic food prices.

这一趋势始于2007年，当时俄罗斯和阿根廷等主要小麦出口国限制或禁止其出口，希望增加当地粮食供应，从而降低国内粮食价格。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级As demand for food rises faster than supplies are growing, the resulting food-price inflation puts severe stress on the governments of many countries.

由于粮食需求增长快于供应增长，由此产生的粮食价格上涨给许多国家的政府带来了严重压力。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级Today, Americans are finding their own tips and tricks for fixing malfunctioning devices with supplies as simple as paper and glue.

今天，美国人正在寻找他们自己的技巧和窍门，用像纸和胶水这样简单的耗材来修复故障设备。

2016年6月听力原文

高考People believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands, commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain.

人们相信有一个持久的供应，并杀死了数千人，商业猎人吸引他们到小空地与粮食。

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on your doorstep, Apple's massively successful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and Amazon's small steps in the same direction are what should keep old-fashioned retailers awake at night.

不仅仅是无人驾驶飞机在你家门口扔下新的内衣，苹果巨大成功的实体和玻璃零售店以及亚马逊朝着同一方向迈出的小步应该让老式零售商在晚上保持清醒。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考However, the closest supply was over 1, 000 miles away, in anchorage.

然而，最近的供应地在1000多英里外的安克雷奇。

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

六级living in slums means they don't have infrastructure to take the garbage away, they don't have secure water supplies to drink.

住在贫民窟意味着他们没有带走垃圾的基础设施，他们没有安全的饮用水供应。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal c

这句话背后的理由是，低油价阻碍了对新产能的投资，最终将石油供应曲线向后移动，并使价格回升，成为可以以相对较低的边际成本开采的现有油田

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级A snack bar producer discovered that the supply of purely grass-fed Bison met was scarce.

一家快餐店的生产商发现，纯草食的野牛肉供应不足。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Stored underground in large salt caves in Louisiana, this stockpile is called the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and currently contains over 600 million barrels of oil, roughly equivalent to one month's supply.

储存在路易斯安那州地下的大型盐穴中，这一储备被称为战略石油储备，目前拥有6亿多桶石油，大致相当于一个月的供应量。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级For more than a decade, FedEx has supported the American Red Cross in its effort to get emergency supplies to areas affected by disasters, both domestically and internationally.

十多年来，联邦快递一直支持美国红十字会向国内外受灾地区提供紧急物资。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研But a comparative study of linguistic traits published online today supplies a reality check.

但今天在网上公布的一项语言特征对比研究提供了一个现实的检验。

2012年考研翻译原文

六级But once these plants use up their stored reserve or tap out the underground supply, they cease growing and start to die.

但一旦这些植物耗尽了它们储存的储备或挖出地下供应，它们就会停止生长并开始死亡。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级In less-developed countries, such as those of sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia, wastage tends to occur primarily at the farmer-producer end of the supply chain.

在欠发达国家，如撒哈拉以南非洲和东南亚国家，浪费往往主要发生在供应链的农民-生产者端。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级When they started researching the supply chain, they learned that only 2-3% of all Bison is actually grass-fed.

当他们开始研究供应链时，他们了解到只有2-3%的野牛实际上是以草为食的。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级It is one thing to say that we are going to shift 30 percent of our electricity supply from, say, coal to nuclear power in 20 years.

可以说，我们将在20年内将30%的电力供应从煤炭转移到核能，这是一回事。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研While fossil fuels – coal, oil, gas – still generate roughly 85 percent of the world's energy supply, it's clearer than ever that the future belongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar.

尽管化石燃料——煤炭、石油、天然气——仍占世界能源供应的85%左右，但比以往任何时候都更清楚的是，未来属于风能和太阳能等可再生能源。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Rising population combined with improved nutrition standards and shifting dietary preferences will exert pressure for increases in global food supply.

人口的增加，加上营养标准的提高和饮食偏好的改变，将对全球粮食供应的增加产生压力。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级But the 1980s brought new competition from Japanese film company Fuji Photo, which undermined Kodak by offering lower prices for film and photo supplies.

但20世纪80年代，日本电影公司富士照相带来了新的竞争，富士照相通过降低胶卷和照片供应的价格削弱了柯达。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Indeed, on a global scale, fertiliser manufacturing consumes about 3-5% of the world's annual natural gas supply.

事实上，在全球范围内，化肥制造消耗了世界天然气年供应量的3-5%左右。

2013年12月阅读原文

高考The second principle is to loosen the control that providers of on-line services have over data and give more to those who supply them.

第二个原则是放松在线服务提供商对数据的控制，并向提供数据的人提供更多。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Better irrigation can dramatically improve crop yield and about 40% of the world's food supply is currently derived from irrigated land

更好的灌溉可以显著提高作物产量，目前世界40%的粮食供应来自灌溉土地

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Some plants store reserves of water to see them through a drought; others send roots deep down to subsurface water supplies.

一些植物储存了大量的水来帮助它们度过干旱；另一些则把根深深地扎入地下水源。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

三大环境趋势——淡水短缺、表土流失和气温上升——使得世界粮食供应越来越难以快速增长，以满足需求。

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级He quickly learned what the market has demonstrated: Demand for grass-fed products currently exceeds supply.

他很快就了解到了市场已经证明的事实：目前对草饲料产品的需求超过了供应。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级The Burean of Labor Statistics projects that while the number of nurses will increase by 19 percent by 2022, demand will grow faster than supply, and that there will be over one million unfilled nursing jobs by then.

劳工统计局预计，到2022年，护士人数将增长19%，但需求增长将快于供给，届时将有100多万个护士职位空缺。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices, At the same time, we derive massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world.

当这种流动中断时，我们会感到供应短缺和价格上涨的痛苦，同时，当我们在世界市场上购买最廉价的能源和在世界各地进行能源贸易时，我们会获得巨大的经济利益。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级Better irrigation can dramatically improve crop yield and about 40% of the world's food supply is currently derived from irrigated land.

更好的灌溉可以显著提高作物产量，目前世界40%的粮食供应来自灌溉土地。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级The move was prompted by OPEC's desire to raise prices by restricting supply and by its opposition to US support of Israel in the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War

此举是由于欧佩克希望通过限制供应提高价格，以及反对美国在阿以赎罪日战争中支持以色列

2013年6月阅读原文

四级Private postal companies also support disaster relief efforts by distributing urgent supplies.

私营邮政公司还通过分发紧急物资来支持救灾工作。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考His fields of ice supply perfectly timed irrigation water.

他的冰原正好提供适时的灌溉用水。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级Recommendations Rising population combined with improved nutrition standards and shifting dietary preferences will exert pressure for increases in global food supply.

建议

2013年12月六级考试真题（二）

六级Nevertheless, yields of maize, sorghum (高粱) and wheat doubled between 1983 and 198 Nobel Prize For his contributions to the world food supply, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 19 Norwegian officials notified his wife in Mexico City at 4:00 am, but Borlaug had already left for the test fields in the Toluca valley, about 65km west of Mexico City.

然而，玉米、高粱的产量(高粱) 小麦在1983年到198年间翻了一番

2013年6月六级考试真题（三）

六级In such economies, individuals who possess the human capital characteristics that employers or clients value(e. g. , competence and ambition) are expected to be in high demand and short supply on the job market.

在这种经济体中，具有雇主或客户所看重的人力资本特征（如能力和抱负）的个人在就业市场上的需求量很大，但供不应求。

2017年12月英语六级考试真题（卷三）

六级Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce“unlimited supplies” of transplantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient’s immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.

芝加哥大学人类遗传学教授Bruce Lahn预计，在不需要肾脏等新器官的情况下，可以生产“无限量供应”的可移植人体器官。如果需要一个新器官，外科医生会联系商业器官生产商，向他提供患者的免疫特征，然后送去一个具有正确组织类型的肾脏。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级That’s because quickly growing energy demand requires immense investment in new supply, not to mention the drain of rising energy prices.

这是因为快速增长的能源需求需要对新的供应进行巨大投资，更不用说能源价格上涨的消耗了。

2007年12月英语六级真题

六级It removes heat from the air outside or the ground below and uses it to supply heat to a building or its water supply.

它从外面的空气或下面的地面中去除热量，并用它为建筑物或其供水提供热量。

2007年12月英语六级真题

六级Thus, as the generation assailed by all kinds of digital miracles, we might as well initiatively avoid some of them despite efficiency and comfort they can supply.

因此，当这一代人受到各种数字奇迹的攻击时，我们不妨主动避免其中一些奇迹，尽管它们可以提供效率和舒适度。

2007年12月英语六级真题

四级Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need.

血液必须在大脑中正常循环，以提供脑细胞所需的新鲜氧气。

1989年1月英语四级真题

四级This has the entirely unintended result of making the food supply inadequate and lowing the standard of life in the parts of the world that have the greatest populations.

这带来了完全出乎意料的结果，使世界上人口最多的地区的粮食供应不足，生活水平下降。

1995年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In the past our own blocks of flats have been associated with the lower-income groups and they have lacked the obvious provisions, such as central heating, constant hot water supply, electrically operated lifts from top to bottom, and so on, as well as such details, important notwithstanding (然而), as easy facilities for disposal of dust and rubbish and storage places for baby carriages in the ground floor, playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings, and drying grounds for washing.

过去，我们自己的单位与低收入群体有联系，缺乏明显的规定，如集中供暖、持续热水供应、电动升降机等，以及这些细节，尽管很重要(然而), 作为处理灰尘和垃圾的简易设施，一楼的婴儿车存放处，建筑物顶部的儿童游乐场，以及洗涤的干燥场。

1995年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Yet occurrences of shortages and droughts (干旱) are causing famine and distress in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies.

然而，短缺和干旱的发生(干旱) 正在一些地区造成饥荒和苦难，工业和农业副产品正在污染供水。

2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级This means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs.

这意味着要对水本身以及供水成本收取费用。

2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In Frederick, students’ parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs.

在弗雷德里克，学生的父母正在购买教室用品，并提出支付食品杂货和水电费，以维持一年级教师和校长的工作。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Thirteen per cent of defense plants received all their supplies by truck, and almost all other plants shipped more than half of their products by vehicle.

13%的国防工厂通过卡车接收所有物资，几乎所有其他工厂一半以上的产品通过汽车运输。

2006年6月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级Yet, sad to say, life sometimes seems designed to exhaust our supply.

然而，可悲的是，生活有时似乎是为了耗尽我们的供给。

2006年12月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级There has been little opportunity to build water supplies or other facilities.

几乎没有机会建造供水或其他设施。

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级This week Wal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic: it will buy transitional(过渡型的) cotton at higher prices , thus helping to expand the supply of a key sustainable material .

本周，沃尔玛将宣布一项旨在帮助棉农实现有机化的重大举措：将购买过渡性产品(过渡型的) 棉花价格上涨，从而有助于扩大一种关键的可持续材料的供应。

2009年6月英语四级考试真题

四级S diet is relatively identical, water supplies vary.

S的饮食相对相同，水的供应也各不相同。

2009年6月英语四级考试真题

四级When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices.

当这种流动中断时，我们会感受到供应短缺和价格上涨的痛苦。

2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）

四级Having such a large supply of talented women teachers meant that society could pay less for their services.

拥有如此大量的有才华的女教师意味着社会可以为她们的服务支付更少的费用。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级The three environmental trends——the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures——are making it increasingly hard to expand the world’s grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

三种环境趋势——淡水短缺、表层土流失和气温上升——使世界粮食供应越来越难以以足够快的速度满足需求。

2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套)

四级Teambuilding skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross-functional teams.

团队建设技能短缺：德勤报告称，在他们接触的高管中，只有12%的人认为他们了解人们在网络中的合作方式，只有21%的人对自己建立跨职能团队的能力充满信心。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

四级So why, then, are women in short supply at the top of government and business in the United States?

那么，为什么美国政府和企业高层的女性供不应求呢？

2019年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

四级For more than a decade, FedEx has supported the American Red Cross m its effort to get emergency supplies to areas affected by disasters, both domestically and internationally.

十多年来，联邦快递一直支持美国红十字会向国内外受灾地区提供紧急物资。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

考研Can we use the sun’s abundant energy to supply electricity, or at least to perform the functions which electricity or other types of power usually perform?

我们能利用太阳丰富的能量来供电吗？或者至少能发挥电力或其他类型电力通常发挥的作用吗？

1983年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In the past few decades men behaved as if their supplies of minerals were inexhaustible.

在过去的几十年里，人们表现得好像他们的矿物供应是取之不尽用之不竭的。

1984年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研But now it is realized that supplies of some of them are limited, and it is even possible to give a reasonable estimate of their "expectation of life," the time it will take to exhaust all known sources and reserves of these materials.

但现在人们意识到，其中一些材料的供应是有限的，甚至可以对它们的“预期寿命”做出合理的估计，即耗尽这些材料的所有已知来源和储量所需的时间。

1984年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Corporations use them as airborne offices, many metropolitan areas use them in police work, construction and logging companies employ them in various advantageous ways, engineers use them for site selection and surveying, and oil companies use them as the best way to make offshore and remote work stations accessible to crews and supplies.

公司将其用作空中办公室，许多大都市地区将其用于警察工作，建筑和伐木公司以各种有利的方式使用它们，工程师将其用于选址和勘测，石油公司将其作为使海上和远程工作站可供工作人员和物资使用的最佳方式。

1987年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The supply of oil can be shut off unexpectedly at any time, and in any case, the oil wells will all run dry in thirty years or so at the present rate of use.

石油供应随时可能意外中断，在任何情况下，按照目前的使用速度，30年左右的时间内，油井都会干涸。

1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The food supply will not increase nearly enough to match this, which means that we are heading into a crisis in the matter of producing and marketing food.

粮食供应的增长将远远不够，这意味着我们在粮食生产和营销方面正面临危机。

1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研To begin with, the world food supply is going to become steadily tighter over the next thirty years—even here in the United States.

首先，未来三十年，世界粮食供应将稳步趋紧，甚至在美国也是如此。

1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price system, a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers.

在美国经济中，这种机制是由价格体系提供的，在这个过程中，价格根据消费者的相对需求和卖方-生产商提供的供应而上涨和下跌。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研If the product is in short supply relative to the demand, the price will be bid up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market.

如果产品供不应求，价格就会被抬高，一些消费者就会被市场淘汰。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研If, on the other hand, producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost, this will tend to increase the supply offered by seller-producers, which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product.

另一方面，如果生产更多的商品能够降低成本，这将倾向于增加卖方-生产商提供的供应，从而降低价格，允许更多的消费者购买该产品。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研At the same time the great municipalities went into business to supply lighting, trams and other services to the taxpayers.

与此同时，大城市开始为纳税人提供照明、有轨电车和其他服务。

1996年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Instead, we are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles, which now more than ever seem in ample supply: the critic of American materialism with a Southampton summer home; the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in three-star restaurants; the journalist advocating participatory democracy in all phases of life, whose own children are enrolled in private schools.

相反，我们看到了虚伪的美好景象，这些景象现在似乎比以往任何时候都充足：在南安普顿有一个避暑别墅的美国物质主义评论家；激进书籍的出版商在三星级餐厅用餐；在生活的各个阶段倡导参与式民主的记者，其子女就读于私立学校。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题