how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers… and when he started to introduce the special features, I
interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.
Why do we think that new options(选择) still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an
opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.
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57.The shop assistant insisted that the writer should A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it. B. compare the camera he had chosen with the others. C. get more information about different companies. k*s5u D. trust him and stop asking questions. 答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段作者与推销员之间的对话，可以了解到，推销员一直在劝说作者试一下机器，并且与其他的机器进行比较。故选择B。
58. What does the writer mean by ―it would be worth half what I paid for it ‖(paragraph 2)
A. He should get a 50% discount.
B. The price of the camera was unreasonably high. C. The quality of the camera was not good. D. The camera would soon fall in value. 答案：D
解析：推理判断题。第二段开头，作者分析了在卖场，自己将会被各种照相机的种类，弄的不知如何选择。但是“But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two
certainties that I had entered the store with”，最终我还是必须选择一款，但是无论选择哪一款都会有两个必定的结果：（1）会立马贬值。(2)会很快有新的产品。所以选择D。
59. The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he A. knew very little about it.
B. didn’t trust the shop assistant. k*s5u
C. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best.
D. had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers. 答案：C
解析：推理判断题。阅读第四段，可知作者经过内心的思量，
明白最后还是得做决定，得买一款，所以还是需要作出明智的决定，就是试一下自己最初选择那一款，从而确定自己的选择。
60. I t can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion, . A. people waste too much money on cameras
B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product
D. famous companies care more about profit than quality 答案：C
解析：推理判断题。最后一段作者分析了人们为什么老是喜欢新的事物，因为旧的事物我们了解了，有局限性，而新的事物会带给我们更多我们没想到的。根据作者在购物的过程中，最终选择了试用自己最初的照相机，所以得出作者的观点是：我们并不需要了解很多新的东西，只要达到自己的最初的要求就行。
第二节：Peter, Helen, Catherine, Elizabeth和Levin 想根据各自在环保方面的兴趣（61-65）进行案例研究。阅读下面某杂志的专题报道摘要（A、B、C、D、E和F），选出适合他们研究的最佳案例，并在答题纸上相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是
多余选项。www.ks*5u.co
61. Peter: Reducing plastic and other wastes through DIY. k*s5u
62. Helen: Making use of the heavy traffic to produce electricity.
63. Catherine: Building a community without private cars 64. Elizabeth: Building houses with recycled materials and energy-efficiency systems
65. Levin: Developing a new type of urban car which burns less gas
A Vauban We know cars are terrible B Denmark During the period of gas polluters, but would you give shortage in the early 70s, yours up? Vauban, a community in southwestern Denmark decided to become self-sufficient(自足). So they Germany, did just that, and its began a few projects making 5,000 citizens are doing fine. smart investments along the way. Most streets are free of vehicles, and there are generous green spaces and good public-transport links, including fast buses and bicycle paths. When people must drive, they can turn to car-sharing clubs. ―All the citizens had the chance to plan their own city,‖ says Andreas Delleke, an energy expert, ―and it’s just how we wanted it to be.‖ C Trey Parker and Matt Stone Trey Parker and Matt On the island of Samsoe, local families, fishermen and farmers bought wind turbines(涡轮机) to produce their own energy, Within seven years these turbines were completely paid for. And can you believe just one of wind turbines produces enough electricity for 600 households? D P-NUT Who doesn’t love the name P-NUT—short for Personal-Neo Stone, creators of South Park, Urban Transport? It’s Honda’s have built a sustainable(可持latest attempt to create a tiny 续的) castle with outer siding footprint for a new urban vehicle. and inner flooring of recycled wood, recycled carpeting, This little P-NUT is unique. With a central driving position,