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8．Why does the woman call the man？
A．To cancel a flight．B．To make an apology．C．To put off a meeting．

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解答 C

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19．If the new safety system _______ to use，the accident would never have happened．（　　）

16．A quick review of successes and failures at the end of year will help _________your year ahead．（　　）

3．Population Change      Why is the world's population growing？The answer is not what you might think．The reason for the explosion is not that people have been reproducing like rabbits，but that people have stopped dropping dead like flies．In 1900，people died at the average age of 30．By 2000 the average age was 65．But while increasing health was a typical feature of the 20th century，declining birth rate could be a defining one of the 21st．
      Statistics show that the average number of births per woman has fallen from 4.9 in the early 1960s to 2.5 nowadays．Furthermore，around 50% of the world's population live in regions where the figure is now below the replacement level（i．e.2.1 births per woman）and almost all developed nations are experiencing sub-repalanement birth rate．You might think that developing nations would make up the loss（especially since 80% of the world's people now live in such nations），but you'd be wrong，Declining birth rate is a major problem in many developing regions too，which might cause catastrophic global shortages of work force within a few decades．
      A great decline in young work force is likely to occur in China，for instance．What does it imply？First，China needs to undergo rapid economic development before a population decline hits the country．Sencond，if other factors such as technology remain constant，economic growth and material expectations will fall well below recent standards and this could invite trouble．
      Russia is another country with population problems that could break its economic promise．Since 1992 the number of people dying has been bigger than that of those being born by a massive 50%，Indeed official figures suggest the country has shrunk by 5% since 1993 and people in Russia live a shorter life now than those in 1961．Why is this occurring？Nobody is quite sure，but poor diet an above all long-time alcoholism have much to do with it．If current trends don't bend．Russia's population will be about the size of Yemen's by the year 2050．
      In the north of india，the population is booming due to high birth rates，but in the south，where most econmoic development is taking place，birth rate is falling rapidly．In a further twist，birth rate is highest in poorly educated rural arceas an lowest in highly educated urban areas．In total，25% of India's working-age population has no education．In 2030，a sixth of the country's potential work force could be totally uneducated．
      One solution is obviously to import foreign workers via immigration．As for the USA，it is almost unique among developed nations in having a population that is expected to grow by 20% from 2010-2030，Moreover，the USA has a track record of successfully accepting immigrants．As a result it's likely to see a rise in the size of its working-age population and to witness strong economic growth over the longer term．

71．lower 72．size/scale 73．immediate74．economic75．old/older
76．earlier77．living/life78．equality79．immigration80．compensate．

13．听第7段材料，回答第8至10题．
8．What does Richard do？
A．He's a newsman．B．He's a manager．C．He's a researcher．
9．Where is Richard going next week？
A．Birmingham．B．Mexico City．C．Shanghai．
10．What will the speakers do tomorrow？
A．Eat out together．B．Visit a university．C．See Professor Hayes．

20．After years of heated debate，gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park．Fourteen wolves were caught in Canada and transported to the park．By last year，the Yellowstone wolf population had grown to more than 170 wolves．
    Gray wolves once were seen here and there in the Yellowstone area and much of the continental United States，but they were gradually displaced by human development．By the 1920s，wolves had practically disappeared from the Yellowstone area．They went farther north into the deep forests of Canada，where there were fewer humans around．
   The disappearance of the wolves had many unexpected results．Deer and elk populations-major food sources （来源） for the wolf-grew rapidly．These animals consumed large amounts of vegetation （植被），which reduced plant diversity in the park．In the absence of wolves，coyote populations also grew quickly．The coyotes killed a large percentage of the park's red foxes，and completely drove away the park's beavers．
   As early as 1966，biologists asked the government to consider reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone Park．They hoped that wolves would be able to control the elk and coyote problems．Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets．
    The government spent nearly 30 years coming up with a plan to reintroduce the wolvers．The U．S．Fish and Wildlife Service carefully monitors and manages the wolf packs in Yellowstone．Today，the debate continues over how well the gray wolf is fitting in at Yellowstone．Elk，deer，and coyote populations are down，while beavers and red foxes have made a comeback．The Yellowstone wolf project has been a valuable experiment to help biologists decide whether to reintroduce wolves to other parts of the country as well．
28．What is the text mainly about？D
A．Wildlife research in the United States．
B．Plant diversity in the Yellowstone area．
C．The conflict between farmers and gray wolves．
D．The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone Park．
29．What does the underlined word"displaced"in paragraph 2 mean？C
A．Tested．B．Separated．C．Forced out．D．Tracked down．
30．What did the disappearance of gray wolves bring about？A
A．Damage to local ecology．     B．A decline in the park's income．
C．Preservation of vegetation． D．An increase in the variety of animals．
31．What is the author's attitude towards the Yellowstone wolf project？B
A．Doubtful．B．Positive．C．Disapproving．D．Uncaring．

I had been staring at the white walls of the video game store for about 2 hours since lunch. It was a very _________ day. I glanced at the table in front of the store, and my heart _________. It was the donation table for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda and even though I had donated what I could, I _________ felt sad whenever I saw the people on the TV suffering.

I was broken out of my _________ when the doors got open. Customers, _________!

She was a small girl about 10 or 11. Her mother was accompanying her with a few plastic bags. I _________ her mom. When I was selling cigarettes on the street, I saw her selling clothes she _________herself at the market.

The daughter just had a _________ and her mom finally had _________ money to buy a PS3 and some games.

The girl half-jogged, half-skipped to my counter. She __________ her backpack and pulled out a console(操纵板). Her mom handed me the bag full of games.

“Can I __________ this?”

“Sure sweetie, no problem.”

I inspected the console and the games, and nothing was opened. According to our __________, I returned the __________ to the mom. She handed it to the girl. And the girl ran off as fast as her little feet could take her. I was about to ask when the mom, seeing my __________, explained, “She wants to sell her birthday __________, so she can donate to the __________.”

She was __________ to give up what was supposed to be hers and gave to those __________. That's real generosity out there.

________ I was watching her talking to the girl at the donations table, I was reminded that even though there are a lot of __________ people in the world, there are still those people just like that little girl.

1.A. good B. cold C. warm D. slow

2.A. beat B. ached C. ran D. sank

3.A. almost B. also C. still D. never

4.A. moods B. dreams C. pains D. thoughts

5.A. firstly B. finally C. quickly D. excitedly

6.A. greeted B. found C. recognized D. told

7.A. wore B. made C. washed D. bought

8.A. date B. job C. birthday D. disease

9.A. enough B. little C. easy D. big

10.A. carried B. opened C. sold D. left

11.A. buy B. change C. return D. donate

12.A. plan B. decision C. discussion D. regulation