对那些认为在行使他们的权利作出选择的人来说，这一整个制度不过是一个幻觉，它是由一些公司和商希望出售他们的产品而营造出来的错误想法。

1．What does the author try to argue in the first paragraph?

A．The practice of choice is difficult.

B．Choice is a born right.

C．It's easy to make choices.

D．Companies offer good shopping choice.

解析：A　考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“But for a good many people in the world, in rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury, something wonderful but hard to get, not a right.”可知，作者认为对世界上的很多人来说，选择并非是一种权利，无论是在贫穷的国家还是在富有的国家中，选择对他们来说其实是一种奢侈品，很美好但很难得到。也就是说选择是很难做到的，故选A项。