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排序 （猫猫注解：主要是考研的英语排序） 题目的素材。选自2003年第一期《麦肯锡周刊》(The?Mckinsey?Quartly)。请注意，这已经是这本注明的经济管理类杂志第二次入选考研英语试题的素材库了。原文的名字叫“A?wholesale?shift?in?European?groceries”，翻译成汉语，为“欧洲日常用品销售向批发转型”。整个文章主要描述的目前欧洲的日用消费品零售商(主要是连锁大超市集团)在欧洲面临的困境——缺乏增长动力。而它们却忽视了现在消费者的习惯正在发生改变这一事实。下面我们来分析一下新题型这道题的解题方法。?[A]The?first?and?more?important?is?the?consumer’s?growing?preference?for?eating?out:?the?consumption?of?food?and?drink?in?places?other?than?hours?has?risen?from?about?32?percent?of?total?consumption?on?1995?to?35%?in?2000?and?is?expected?to?approach?38%?by?2005.?This?development?is?boosting?wholesale?demand?from?the?food?service?segment?by?4?to?5%?a?year?as?the?recession?is?looming?large,?people?are?getting?anxious.?They?tend?keep?a?tighter?hold?on?their?purse?and?consider?eating?at?home?a?realistic?alternation。??Retail,?sales?of?food?and?drink?in?Europe’s?largest?markets?are?at?a?standstill,?leaving?European?grocery?retailers?hungry?for?opportunities?to?grow.?Most?leading?retails?have?already?tried?e-commerce,?with?limited?success,?and?expansion?aboard.?But?almost?all?have?ignored?the?big?profitable?opportunity?in?their?own?back?yard:?the?wholesale?food?and?drink?trade,?which?appears?to?be?just?the?kind?of?market?retailers?need。?[C]?Will?such?variations?bring?about?a?change?in?overall?structure?of?the?food?and?drink?market??Definitely?not.?The?functioning?of?the?market?is?base?on?flexible?trends?dominated?by?potential?buyers.?In?other?words,?it?is?up?to?the?buyer,?rather?than?the?seller,?to?decide.?What?to?buy.?At?any?rate,?this?change?and?international?consumers,?regardless?of?how?long?the?current?consumer?pattern?will?take?hold。?[D]?All?in?all,?this?clearly?seems?to?be?a?market?in?which?big?retailers?could?profitably?apply?their?gigantic?scale,?existing?infrastructure,?and?proven?skills?in?the?management?of?product?ranges,?logistics,?and?marketing?intelligence.?Retailers?that?master?the?intricacies?of?wholesaling?in?Europe?may?well?expect?to?rank?in?substantial?profits?thereby.?At?last,?tha