A simple 45-minute operation　　 by scientists is hoped to cure blindness in six years.

A. being developed B.developed C. to develop D. developing

 

To Whom It May Concern:

Your address was forwarded to us by Why Brother Magazine. All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!

We closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service. After all, we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employee sauna.

Next, we sold the computers off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our electricity bill went way down. Big savings! The boss is impressed. We have completely embraced paper technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencilwomanship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us. We can erase and reuse it. Just tie it to Maggie’s leg and she’ll know where to take it.

Now it’s very calm and quiet here. You can notice the difference. No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office correspondence by paper airplane.

Wonderful! I’ve always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl. Now it’s perfect.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Sincerely yours,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Eleanor Lightly

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Spokeswoman and Company Hair Stylist

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ABC Activity Insurance: Insure against overdoing it

64.　　 Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading?

A. A simple, slow-paced life.　　　　　　　 B. A life of hard work and security.

C. A religious, peasant-like life.　　　　　　　　　 D. A life away from paper and pencils.

65.　　 Where is Eleanor’s letter sent to?

A.　　 Why Brother Magazine.

B.　　 ABC Activity Insurance Company.

C.　　 Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm.

D.　　 The International Institute of Not Doing Much.

66.　　 Which of the following is practiced in the author’s company?

A.　　 Replacing the manual work system with modern technology.

B.　　 Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.

C.　　 Recycling paper resources whenever possible.

D.　　 Buying birds and pets as company for the staff.

67.　　 What is true about Maggie?

A.　　 She works as a manager in the author’s company.

B.　　 She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna.

C.　　 She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail.

D.　　 Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the company.

In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than animals have．He was content with very simple forms of shelter, made his own rough tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family from natural materials around him．As he became more civilized, however, he began to want better shelter, more efficient tools and weapons, and more comfortable and more lasting clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hands．For these things he had to turn to the skilled people such as smiths, leather workers or carpenters．It was then that the question of payment arose．

At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange．The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough．But as more and more goods which had no fixed exchange value came on the market, exchange became too complicated to be satisfactory．Another problem arose when those who made things wanted to get stocks of wood or leather, or iron, but had nothing to offer in exchange until their finished goods were ready．

　　Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degrees to the invention of money．In some countries easily handled things like seeds or shells were given a certain value and the farmer, instead of paying the smith for a new axe by giving him some meat or grain, gave him so many shells．If the smith had any shells left when he had bought his food, he could get stocks of the raw materials of his trade．In some countries quite large things such as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade．Later, pieces of metal, bearing values according to the rarity of the metal and the size of the pieces, or coins were used．Money as we know it had arrived．

1．Exchange of goods became difficult because _________．

　　A．man became more civilized

　　B．smiths began to look after land or cattle in their spare time

　　C．more and more goods which had no fixed exchange values came to the market

　　D．farmers hadn’t enough grain or meat to provide for skilled workers

2．Money was not used until _______．

　　A．paper was invented

　　B．people practiced a simple process of exchange

　　C．nothing could be offered in exchange

　　D．the exchange of one thing for another became too complicated

3．The best title for this passage is _____．

       A．What is money                                B．What are money’s functions．

       C．The importance of money                     D．The beginning of money

　　　 the fact that he is a millionaire now, the man still lives a simple life as before.

　 A．In spite of B．In place of C．In favor of　 D．In want of