[简答题]{{B}}Section B{{/B}}
Directions: In this
section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage
carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words.
Questions 61-65 are based on the following
passage.
This Wednesday, Gordon Brown will replace Tony
Blair as the new head of Britain’s Labor Party. This long-serving chancellor is
a man of substance. However, even after more than a decade of scrutiny, his name
remains a mystery and is not fully understood. Brown was born in Glasgow,
Scotland in February 1951 and entered university at 16. After graduating" with a
history degree from Edinburgh University, he Went on to earn a PhD.
Brown’s destiny, though, was politics. He joined Blair in entering the
parliament in 1983. They even shared offices, where they became friends-with a
slight bit of competitiveness. When the Labor leader John Smith died
unexpectedly in May 1994,
[简答题]{{B}}Section B{{/B}}
Directions: In this
section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage
carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words.
Questions 61-65 are based on the following
passage.
Scientists say there has been a severe
decrease in the amount of water in Lake Chad in northern Africa in the last
thirty years. They reported that nature and humans share equal blame for this
loss.
In 1963, the fresh-water lake covered 25,000 square
kilometers. Now the lake is only about five percent of that size. It measures
only about 1,300 square kilometers in the dry season.
Four
nations surround Lake Chad. People in Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon use it
for water, fish and plant life.
Michael Coe and Jonathan Foley,
water experts at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, reported on Lake Chad
in a science journal. They say the area has suffered f