Reading passages

61 -We may conclude from the passage that the 
old supermarket trolleys ---- .
A) were supposed to last for ever when they were 
first introduced 
B) are being replaced in response to customer 
demand 
C) are not at all heavy or difficult for shoppers to use 
D) are often removed from the shops and left lying 
around 
E) are less environmentally -friendly than the new 
ones 
62 -It is obvious from the passage that Sainsbury's 
.-.
A) plans to supply the new trolleys to other firms 
B) is a company which runs a chain of supermarkets 
C) is replacing all its trolleys with 450 plastic ones 
D) will be constructing its own trolleys from 
Durethan 
E) has about 250.000 plastic trolleys in storage 
 
63 -One way in which the new 'bionic' trolleys 

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differ from the old metal trolleys is that -- .
A) the new ones will only have to be repaired about 
every seven years 
B) the old style of trolley has to be repaired on a 
regular basis 
C) the old metal ones have to be sent away for 
regular servicing 
D) the new ones will last for about seven years 
longer than the old ones 
E) the new trolleys are reparable and thus don't have 
to be replaced 
In 1948. in an effort to stabilise the currency, the 
Chinese government announced the issue of a new 
form of currency, called the Gold Yuan Certificate. 
This measure was necessary because the people had 
lost all confidence in the old currency, called the Fa 
Bi. Inflation had escalated to the point where one US 
dollar was worth 11 million 
Fa Bi 
Official 
announcements called for all Chinese to turn in their 
old banknotes, their gold and silver and their foreign 
currency. Gold Yuan Certificates would be given in 
exchange, supposedly backed by gold and each worth 
four to one American dollar. Immediately there was a 
gold rush, as most private depositors withdrew their 
precious metals and foreign currency from local 
banks, because no one with common sense believed 
that there was any gold to back those certificates.