By placing the desire to be superior to others at the heart of his description of insatiable demands, Keynes actually reduced such demands. However, the desire for higher quality has no natural limits.

　　72. According to the passage, John Keynes believed that________.

　　A. desire is the root of both absolute and relative needs

　　B. absolute needs come from our sense of superiority

　　C. relative needs alone lead to insatiable demands

　　D. absolute needs are stronger than relative needs

　　73. What do we know about the couple in Paragraph 3?

　　A. They want to show their superiority.

　　B. They find specialty important to meals.

　　C. Their demands for food are not easily satisfied.

　　D. Their choice of dinner is related to ideas of quality.

　　74. What does the underlined word “escalation” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

　　A. Understanding.

　　B. Increase.

　　C. Difference.

　　D. Study.

　　75. The author of the passage argues that ________.

　　A. absolute needs have no limits

　　B. demands for quality are not insatiable

　　C．human desires influence ideas of quality

　　D. relative needs decide most of our spending

　　【要点综述】本文就人的需要的分类进行了论述。作者首先叙述了对John Keynes观点的部分认同，但其后则是对其观点的批驳。该文作者认为，人的需要在很大程度上是对质量的无尽追求。

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