The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.
One-third of the people in the village are children， and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modem equipments.
This year 28 babies will be bom. Ten people will die， 3 of them for lack of food， 1 from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies bom within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths， the population of the village next year will be 1，018.
In this village of 1，000 persons， 200 people receive 75 percent of the income； another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.
About one-third have access to clean， safe drinking water.
Of the 670 adults in the village， half can not read nor write.
The village has a total yearly budget （预算） ， public and private， of over $3 million-$ 3 ，000 per person if it is distributed evenly. Of the total $3 million：
$ 181，000 goes to weapons and warfare
$ 159，000 to education
$ 132，000 to health care
These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety， wondering whether they can learn to get along together.
（ ）45. Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text？
A. Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.
B. About 8.25 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
C. About 16. 5 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
D. Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.
（ ）46. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text？
A. Poverty. B. Education. C. Environment. D. Marriage.
（ ）47. The underlined part “have access to” （in Para. 4） means_____.
A. use B. buy C. produce D. try
（ ）48. The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____.
A. a peaceful world B. good education
C. better health care D. a life without anxiety
C
Shopping is not as simple as you may think！ There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand （品牌） of product on the shelf.
Colouring， for example， varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged （包装） in greens， yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods， like chocolates， are gold or silver.
When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently， researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually， it came on the market in a dark blue and white package-blue because we think of it as safe， and white as calm.
The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn't contain as much as it appears to.
It is believed that the better-known companies spend， on average， 70 per cent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging！
The most successful producers know that it's not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap， who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote （推销） their goods， came to the conclusion： “Any fool can make soap， but it takes a genius （天才） to sell it.”
（ ）49. Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text？
A. The cost of its package. B. The price of the product.
C. The colour of its package. D. The brand name of the product.
（ ）50. The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off”（in Para. 3 ） means that the colours _____.
A. attracted the customers strongly B. had weak effects on the customers
C. tricked the customers into shopping D. caused the customers to lose interest
（ ）51. Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales？
A. The way to promote goods. B. The discovery of a genius.
C. The team to produce a good product. D. The brand name used by successful producers.
（ ）52. Which of the following would be the best title for this text？
A. Choice of Good Products B. Disadvantages of Products
