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61．What is the main topic of this passage？

［A］Food supply．

［B］Profit earned by farmers，middlemen，and housewives．

［C］Reasons for the food price increase．

［D］Economists’attitudes．

62．According to the passage，the following groups of people are mentioned to have been blamed for rising food prices except＿＿＿．

［A］farmers

［B］middlemen

［C］housewives

［D］economists

63．According to the economists，who is actually responsible for the jump in food prices？

［A］Farmers．

［B］Housewives．

［C］Middlemen．

［D］The owners of stores．

64．For the middlemen，which of the following is NOT true？

［A］They refer to truck drivers，meat packers，manufacturers of packages and other food containers，and the owners of stores where food is sold．

［B］Their profit is lower than supposed．

［C］They stand between the farmers and the people who buy and eat the food．

［D］They make the same profit as the farmers．

65．Farmers should not be blamed for the rise because＿＿＿．

［A］they produce the vegetables and other things

［B］they get only a small share in the profit

［C］they work very hard

［D］their cost of living has also risen