In1837thehistorianCarlylemadethefirstrecordeduseoftheword"queue"(排队)．He

spokeoftheFrenchandtheir"habitofstandinginaqueue"．FortyyearslaterPariswasthebest

placetowaitinline.

HoweverqueuingbecamepopularinBritaintoo．TheSecondWorldWarwasthegoldenage

ofqueuingandpeoplejoinedanylineinthehopethatitwasaqueueforsomethingtobuy．This

wasthesourceofmanySecondWorldWarjokes:

Shopkeepertocustomer:Excusememissareyoupregnant(怀孕)?

Customer: WellIwasn'twhenIjoinedthequeue.

TodayaccordingtoresearchinAmericawe(inBritain)canspendupto5yearsofourlives

queuing-ascomparedtotwelvemonthslookingforthingswehavelost．Butthingsmaybechanging.

Manypeoplenolongerhavethepatiencetostandinaqueue．Thelawofthejungle(丛林)hasbeguntooperateatbusstopswithpeopleusingtheirarmstopushothersoutoftheway.

Onewaytomakelifeeasieristointroduce"queuemanagement"．Customersatsupermarket

cheesecounterscannowtakeaticketwithanumberwhichappearsonascreenwhenitistheir

turn．Andwhiletheywaitfortheirnumbertheycandoabitofshopping.

Insomebookingofficesthereisalsoasystemtellingcustomershowlongtheymayhavetowaitbeforetheyareserved.

Oneofthelatesttechnicalprogressistheuseofanelectronicscanner(电子识别器)which

canreadallthecontentsofyourshoppingbasketortrolleyinjustafewseconds．Ifthesebecome

popularqueuinginsupermarketsmaybecomeathingofthepast.

Butsomepeoplejustlikequeuing．OnemanqueuedallnightforHarrodsfamousJanuarysaleandthenreturnedhomeforbreakfastatnineo'clockthenextmorningwithoutgoingintotheshop.

68．ThejokeinParagraph2impliesthattheyoungwoman_______.

A．hasbeenwaitinginthequeueforalongtime

B．doesn'tneedtostandinthequeue

C．enjoysstandinginthequeue

D．hasstoodinthewrongline

69．Accordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingistrue?

A．TheBritishspendmoretimequeuingthanlookingforlostthings.

B．TheAmericanscriticize