单选题 The 3rd generation of programming language shares all the following characteristics EXCEPT ______.

A、 it is used in designing software
B、 it is hardware-independent
C、 is should be translated into the computer language by software
D、 it is designed to solve some specific problem

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】是非题。文章中提到a third generation of languages．．．are largely independent of the hardware；．．．are designed for solving a particular type of problem；．．．must be translated into machine code，但是没有提到设计软件，因此选择A。