C

　　Your mobile phone rings, and instead of the usual electronic signals, it’s playing your favorite music. A friend sends your favorite song to cheer you up. One day, a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone.

　　The mobile business is getting into the music business. For the moment, the interest is in pleasant ring tones, but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mobile phones ― all – purpose gadgets(小玩意儿)that blend phone, personal stereo, video player and Internet browser into one.

　　Finally, record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register(注册)their cell phone numbers.

　　The fans could pass music or songs along to friends― a kind of musical trading card. Unlike Internet tracks, mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control, said former record industry official Ralph Simon, who is now chairman of Yourmobile, based in Santa Monic, California.

　　“If you pass a song along to other phones through a network, each phone can be charged,” said Simon. “It’s like going through a toll gate(收费站). There’s more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet.”

　　Massachusetts – Based Converse is offering a service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to friends. Finally, people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along. The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone.

　　“A mobile phone is not a listening machine, and you’ll be disappointed if you think you can change it to a radio,” said Ohad Ouziel, a creative manager for Converse in Israel. “But if someone sends you a phone while you’re on vacation, you appreciate the feedling.”

　　49. The underlined word “blend” in the second paragraph most probably means________.

　　A. send B. become C. mix D. compare

　　50. “Massachusetts – based Converse”in the sixth paragraph probably refers to_________.

　　A. a person B. a city in Israel C. a state of the USA D. a company

　　51. Record companies __________ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones.

　　A. are worried about B. are interested in C. try hard to stop D. take no notice of

　　52. According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _________ through mobile phone network than through the Internet.

　　A. protect copyright of music works B. send personal messages

　　C. pass along songs and music D. send voice mail

　　D

　　Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into touch with them. Their values ― this can not be repeated too often ― aren’t necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a room with rotten food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone on bed, taking no notice of the worms. But is it interrupting personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we’re in danger of carrying this idea of personal freedom to the point where serious risk(冒险)are being taken with the health and safety of the old.

　　Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The old is like a car; it needs more mechanical repair as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results are. And at what point should you stop to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by continuing the development of medicine to excite the forgetful old mind and to make the old body active, knowing that it is designed to die? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical chances, they will feel it necessary to give them a try, by the rule that while there’s life, there’s a hope.

　　Talking to the old, however, you’re forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or health than it does on your ability to have fun.

　　53. After reading the paragraph, we can learn that__________.

　　A. very old people enjoy living with their relatives

　　B. social services have nothing to do with very old people

　　C. very old people are able to keep their living places very clean

　　D. old people enjoy living alone so as to have more personal freedom

　　54. Some social workers think that__________.

　　A. old people should keep their living places clean

　　B. one should not take risk dealing with old people

　　C. health and safety are more important than personal freedom

　　D. personal freedom is more important health and safety

　　55. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to________.

　　A. your talk to the old people

　　B. one’s memory or health

　　C. the conclusion you’ve come to

　　D. whether age is happy or unpleasant