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[单项选择] Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the country’s impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966, Canada’s population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930s and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950s, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canada’s history, in the decade before 1911 when the prairies were being settled.
Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950s supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of
A. the urban population decreased rapidly
B. fewer people married
C. economic conditions were poor
D. the birth rate was very high
[单项选择] Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
No one should be forced to wear a uniform under any circumstances. Uniforms are demanding to the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic society. Uniforms tell the world that the person who wears one has no value as an individual but only lives to function as a part of a whole. The individual in a uniform loses all self-worth.
There are those who say that wearing a uniform gives a person a sense of identification with a larger, more important concept. What could be more important than the individual himself If an organization is so weak that it must rely on cloth and buttons to inspire its members, that organization has no right to continue its existence. Others say that the practice of making persons wear uniforms, say in a school, eliminates all envy and competition in the matter of dress, such that a poor person who cannot afford good-quality clothing is not to be belittled by a wealthy per
A. efforts
B. motivation
C. skills
D. attempts
[单项选择]Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
Who are supposed to pay for the wedding
A. The bride’s parents.
B. The groom’s parents.
C. The bride’s and the groom’s parents.
D. The couple themselves.
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Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following passage. At the
end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the
questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
John Williams has lived in his present location ______.
A. since he was born
B. since he graduated from college
C. since his wife died
D. almost half his life
[单项选择]Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
Today, cigarette smoking is a common habit. About forty-three percent of the adult men and thirty-one percent of the adult women in the United States smoke cigarettes regu-larly. It is encouraging to see that millions of people have given up smoking.
It is a fact that men as a group smoke more than women. Among both men and women the age group with the highest portion of smokers is 24-44.
Income, education, and occupation all play a part in determining a person’s smoking habit. City people smoke more than people living on farms. Well-educated men with high in-comes are less likely to smoke cigarettes than men with fewer years of schooling and lower incomes. On the other hand, he is likely to smoke packs of cigarettes per day.
This situation is somewhat different for women. (80) There are slightly more smokers among women with higher family income and higher education than among the lower in-com
A. B．There are more smoking women than smoking men in US
[单项选择]Questions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.
Why did the hummingbirds leave the mountains
A. They prefer warmer weather.
B. There are not enough moths to eat.
C. They are looking for brighter flowers.
D. They don’t want to be caught by other pollinators.
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Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. Before refrigerators, homes usually had ice boxes. But
(47) way to keep food cool without the need for electricity is to use an evaporative cooler. This is easy to make and does not even use
(48) .
A. Cold
(54) in a freezer, however, can keep foods in good condition fox months after the
(55) season. Yet foods can be damaged if they are kept too cold The British development group Practical Action says the best way to prepare foods for storage is at
(56) time while still in the field. Use a sharp knife to avoid damage.
- stayI) covered
- B) storageJ) under
- C) harvest
B. K) water - other
C. L) cold - growing
D. M) air - another
E. N) preparation - ice
F. O) take - cool
[单项选择] Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
All of the following are the themes of the songs of The Beatles EXCEPT ______.
A. love
B. death and poverty
C. old age and daily life
D. conflict and struggle
[单项选择] Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
What are the general reaction when people are watching movies
A. They are deeply involved and forget all the troubles and problems.
B. They feel everything on the screen is too romantic and familiar.
C. They are greatly stirred and want to fulfill their own dreams.
D. They are often moved to tears.
[单项选择]Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for to spend more time ___36___ the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives max have ___37___ different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed ___38___ on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands’ retirement age, but men ___39___ the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more ___40___ about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling（穷于应对）careers and families, most couples don’t take time to sit down , ___ 41___ together, and think about
