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40. What will the next paragraph most likely be according to the structure of the passage?
(A) How to choose an appropriate workstation.
(B) The history of workstations and treadmills.
(C) The relationship between illness and desk job.
(D) How to lose weight by using a new workstation.

Faber-Castell was founded in 1761 by Kasper Faber, a carpenter’s apprentice. It is the largest maker
of wood-encased pencils in the world. It also makes a broad range of pens, crayons and art and
drawing supplies as well as accessories like erasers and sharpeners. About half the company’s
German production is exported, mostly to other countries in the euro zone. When even preschool
children know how to operate iPads, there is no certainty of a future for colored pencils and ink
markers. But Faber-Castell has stayed competitive by focusing on design and engineering, turning
everyday products into luxury goods. While the basic design of a pencil has not changed much in
400 years, Faber-Castell has managed to find ways to be unique. For example, in the late 1990s, it
developed a triangular pencil with raised dots that make it easier to hold. That proved popular.
Additional innovations include the use of water-based coatings to make pencils more
environmentally friendly, as well as nontoxic to compulsive pencil chewers. The company manager,
while aware of the digital threat, maintains that writing by hand will never disappear. He argues that
people still use pens, pencils and highlighters for personal notes and to mark up printed documents.
Even in wealthy countries, he says, children use pencils and pens to learn how to develop the motor
skills needed to read and write.
45. In line 8, what does the word “it” refer to?
(A) A triangular pencil. (B) The basic design.
(C) Faber-Castell. (D) The red dots.

Since it started flying commercially seven years ago, the A380 has caught the imagination of
travelers. Its two full-length decks total about 560 square meters, 50 percent more than the original
jumbo jet, the Boeing 747. Its wingspan barely fits inside a soccer field. Its four engines take this
500-metric-ton airplane to a cruising altitude of 12,000 meters in less than 15 minutes. The plane
can hold more than 500 passengers and they love it because it is quiet and more reminiscent of a
cruise ship than an airplane. Nevertheless, Airbus has struggled to sell the planes. Orders have been
slow, and not a single buyer has been found in the United States, South America, Africa or India.
Only one airline in China has ordered it, and its only customer in Japan has canceled. Only one
airline—Emirates—has made the A380 a central element of its global strategy, ordering 140 as it
built a major travel hub in Dubai. Airbus spent $25 billion to develop the aircraft. While that was a
boon for the European aerospace industry, Airbus is unlikely to recover its costs. Just three new
carriers—Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways and Asiana Airlines—are getting a few A380 planes this
year. Not only do airlines take a big risk on the size of the A380, but they also have to gain the
cooperation of airports to modify gates and widen taxiways to make room for the plane.

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