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Section A

Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A , B, C, and D.

______, such damages are usually due to carelessness in operation.

A．At large

B．By far

C．In common

D．In general

Internet cafes are spreading rapidly due to the official efforts to promote technology and improve ______.

Due to the child-centric nature of our society,

A) parents are worried when their kids swear at them

B) people think it improper to criticize kids in public

C) people are reluctant to point our kids’ wrongdoings

D) many conflicts arise between parents and their kids

Our party is perfect due to our careful plan.

A.excellent

B.normal

C.common

D.casual

Which statement about the amateur is correct?

A．Professionals and amateurs are very different from each other in science.

B．The growth of specialization improves the amateur participation in science.

C．In the twentieth century, due to the increasing developments of science, the difference between the professional and amateur becomes larger than before.

D．A similar process of differentiation occurred in the specific societies of geology.

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.

听力原文：W: The Italian opera to be performed by College of Music faculty and students on Saturday has been cancelled due to lack of interest.

M: What do you mean?

Q: What can we conclude about the opera?

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A．The opera will not be performed.

B．All the tickets for the opera were sold.

C．They are going to watch the opera.

D．They don't have much interest in the opera.

Questionsare based on the following passage.

A very important world problem is the increasing number of people who actually inhab-it this planet. The limited amount of land and land resources will soon be unable to supportthe huge population if it continues to grow at its present rate.

So why is this huge increase in population taking place? It is really due to the spread ofthe knowledge and practice of what is becoming known as "Death Control". You have nodoubt heard of the term "Birth Control". "Death Control" is something rather different. Itrecognises the work of the doctors and scientists who now keep alive people who， not verylong ago， would have died of a variety of then incurable diseases. Through a wide variety oftechnological innovations that include farming methods and the control of deadly diseases，we have found ways to reduce the rate at which we die. However， this success is the verycause of the greatest threat to mankind.

If we examine the amount of land available for this ever-increasing population， we be-gin to see the problem. If everyone on the planet had an equal share of land， we would eachhave about 50，000 square metres. This figure seems to be quite encouraging until we exam-ine the amount of usable land we actually have. More than three-fifths of the world"s landcannot produce food.

Obviously， with so little land to support us， we should be taking great care not to reduceit further. But we are not! Instead， we are consuming its "capital" —— its nonrenewable fos-sil fuels and other mineral deposits that took millions of years to form. but which are nowbeing destroyed in decades. We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usu-ally thought of as being nonrenewable such as fertile soils， groundwater and the millions ofother species that share the earth with us.

It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are causedmainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit theirreproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important asthe effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment，but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth asa whole.

According to the passage， what contributes to the population increase? 查看材料

A.Human beings" ignorance.

B.The failure of"Birth Control".

C.The success of"Death Control".

D.Technological innovations.