第三部分:阅读理解(共16小题;每小题2分,满分32分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

A

      In recent years, advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicine and machines are being developed every day to extend life. However, some people, including some doctors, are not in favor of these life extending measures, and they argue that people should have the right to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself, and that people should not be forced to go on living when the conditions of life have

become unbearable. They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity (尊严) and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is always to extend life as long as possible. And the battle goes on and on without a definite (明确的) answer.

57. The best title for the passage is ______.

       A. The Right to Live                     B. The Right to Die

C. The Doctor's Duty                     D. Death or Life

58. In recent years, people can live longer than in the past because of______.

       A. the development of medical technology     B. big hospitals

C. good medical workers                  D. both B and C

59. In the eyes of the law, whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is up to ______.

       A. the doctors                          B. the surroundings

C. the family                           D, the patient himself/herself

60. According to the writer's opinion ______.

       A. death is better than life            B. life is better than death

C. neither death nor life is good       D. none of the above

B

Shopping carts are such a ubiquitous presence in stores today that it is hard to imagine a time without them.And yet it wasn’t until the year 1937 when the first shopping cart was introduced.

The shopping cart was the brainchild of Sylvan Goldman,the owner of a grocery food chain in 0klahoma.Goldman noticed that his customers struggled to carry their food in heavy hand-held baskets.He decided there must be an easier way for his costomers to carry the food around in his supermarkets.Observing a folding chair, Goldman decided to use that as the prototype for his new shopping cart.

With the aid of a mechanic, Fred Young ,Goldman designed the first shopping cart based on the folding chair.Wheels were placed where the bottoms of the chair legs were. In place of the chair seat, Young and Goldman , placed two metal baskets on top of each other. This cart could be stored by folding it up like a folding chair.

 At first there was a bit of difficulty getting the public to accept shopping carts.Men thought using them was effeminate(女人气的)while younger women considered the use of the shopping carts to carry products around to be somewhat unstylish.Goldman solved this problem by hiring men and women models to use shopping carts in his stores.In addition,store     greeters instructed customers in how to use the shopping carts.In short order,the shopping carts became incredibly popular because it made shopping much easier for customers.By 1940 the popularity of shopping carts had grown to such an extent that there was a 7 year waiting list in store orders for new shopping carts.

45.. The underlined word“ubiquitous”is closest in meaning to”_________”.

A.strange    B.pleasant       C.common       D.possible

46.. The idea of shopping carts came from _____________.

A.Goldman’ s imagination           B.customers’needs

C.Fred Young’ s suggestion           C.other shops’examples

47.. Why was it difficult to get the public to accept shopping carts at first?

A.Both men and women were afraid they would not look good if they used them.

B.  People thought it unnecessary to use them because they never did much shopping.

C.  The early shopping carts were too difficult to use.

D. Only men and women models were supposed to use such modern things.

48.. How popular did Goldman’s invention finally become?

A.Men and women models used shopping carts in his stores.

B.Store greeters instructed customers in how to use the shopping carts.

C.Some stores had to wait several years to get his shopping carts.

D.His shopping carts had improved so much that both men and women liked to use them.

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