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单选题 Questions 18～21 are based on the following dialogue on sports.

单选题{{I}}Questions 14 ～ 17 are based on the following dialogue.{{/I}}

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单选题In the writer's opinion, a fairy tale ______.

单选题The writer was particularly touched by Clint because he ______.

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单选题{{B}}Text 2{{/B}} It was once thought that air pollution 'affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories or heavy automobile traffic. Today, we know that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the entire eastern halt' of the United States and led to health warning even in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be affected by air pollution. Some scientists feel that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of coal and oil is creating a "greenhouse effect" holding in heat reflected from the earth and raising the world's average temperature. If this view is correct and the world's temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be under water. Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particulate matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth's temperature — a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to new ice age and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top fanning areas. At present we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen ( though one recent government report prepared by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very likely). Perhaps, if we are very lucky, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world's temperature will stay about the same as it is now.

单选题{{B}}Text 1{{/B}} The American party system is a two-party system which is unlikely to become anything else. It is not just that the two-party polarization has the weight of tradition behind it but also that the two-party polarization is built into our constitutional and legal system. Our entire electoral arrangements, the absence of proportional representation, the exorbitant cost of political campaigns, the legal difficulties in getting on and staying on the ballot in many states-all these things work against the rise of minor parties. Also the single member legislative district, the division of power between the nation and the states, the method of electing a president with the winner itself, work to keep power in the hands of the two major parties. Major parties (like the Federalists and the Whigs) have broken up and been replaced as new parties have emerged in the past. But no minor party has ever gradually risen to achieve the stature of a major party, and no third party has lasted very long in any prominent capacity. All this is not to say that third parties do not have a function in the American system. However, their function is largely that of pressure groups, and in this respect they are a curious combination of European special-interest parties and American interest groups. They have at various times been useful in bringing to the fore the interests of neglected groups in the public at large. The Populist party of 1890's as was a notable case in point. What happens characteristically, however, is that as soon as third parties begin to make their mark, one or both of the major parties appropriates enough of their principles or program to absorb the discontent on which they were flourishing. For this reason it has been said that third parties are like bees: once they have stung they must die.

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单选题You will hear one dialogue or monologue. Before listening, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C, or D. You will hear ONLY ONCE.

单选题According to Ikeda, more single seniors remarry in order to ______.

单选题 On Friday nights when her friends are deciding which film to see, Karina Wood{{U}} (26) {{/U}}to a recreational club where she{{U}} (27) {{/U}}after adults with learning difficulties. Karina has been{{U}} (28) {{/U}}at the club in Stonehaven for two years. She helps organise social events for a group of 30,{{U}} (29) {{/U}}in age from young adults to the{{U}} (30) {{/U}}. Now Karina is one of 70 young people being{{U}} (31) {{/U}}for her work with a Diana Award, an honor{{U}} (32) {{/U}}upon children and teenagers who have made an outstanding or selfless{{U}}(33) {{/U}}to their community. The awards,{{U}} (34) {{/U}}to the memory of the Princess of Wales, will be{{U}} (35) {{/U}}at the Scottish parliament tomorrow in the first ceremony north of the border. Karina, a sixth-year pupil at Mackie Academy, is going to the event with her{{U}} (36) {{/U}}teacher, Ewen Ritchie, who{{U}}(37) {{/U}}her for the award. Karina, who is studying advanced chemistry, maths and biology and hopes to become a doctor, insists that she doesn't seek{{U}} (38) {{/U}}for her work. "It is a fantastic experience," she says. "I get to meet new people and learn new skills." She isn't{{U}} (39) {{/U}}that she is the only one of her friends who{{U}} (40) {{/U}}volunteer work, and she says she doesn't{{U}} (41) {{/U}}their Friday night get-togethers. "I don't know what they think but I{{U}} (42) {{/U}}the volunteer work. It is good fun." Although Karina was only seven when the{{U}} (43) {{/U}}of Wales died, she says: "I know she was very{{U}} (44) {{/U}}in charity work. She was the people's royal and people could relate to her. I am glad the award is{{U}} (45) {{/U}}her name."

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单选题 {{I}}Questions 14～17 are based on the following dialogue.{{/I}}

单选题Earthquakes may rightly be ranked as one of the most destructive forces known to man: Since records began to be written down, it has been estimated that earthquake-related fatalities have numbered in the millions, and that earthquake-related .destruction has been beyond calculation. The greater part of such damage and loss of life has been due to collapse of buildings and the effects of rockslides, floods, fire, disease, tsunamis(gigantic sea waves), and other observable events resulting from earthquakes, rather than from the quakes themselves. The great majority of all earthquakes occur in two specific geographic areas. One such area covers the Pacific Ocean and its bordering landmasses. The other extends from the East Indians to the Atlas Mountains, including the Himalayas, Iran, Turkey, and the Alpine regions. It is in these two great belts or zones that ninety percent of all earthquakes take place; they may, however, happen anywhere at any time. This element of the unknown has for centuries added greatly to the dread and horror surrounding earthquakes, but in recent times there have been indications that earthquake forecast may be possible. By analyzing changes in animal behavior, patterns of movements in the earth's shell, variations in the earth's force of attraction, and the frequency with which minor earthshakes are observed, scientists have shown increasing success in expecting when and where earthquakes will strike. As a resuit, a worldwide earthquake warning network is already in operation and has helped to prepare for (and thus lessen) the vast destruction that might otherwise have been totally unexpected. It is doubtful that man will ever be able to control earthquakes and get rid of their destructiveness altogether, but as how and why earthquakes happen become better understood, man will become more and more able to deal with their possible damage before they occur.

单选题Whatdoesthewomantakeinhercoffee?A.Creamandsugar.B.Nothing.C.Cream.D.Sugar.