题目内容
The production now is three times what it was ten years ago．
现在的产量是10年前的3倍。
PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION(30 marks)
SECTION A(22.5 marks)
Directions：In this section, you'll hear six conversations between two speakers．For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C．Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer questions by marking the corresponding letter(A, B, C)in the question booklet．
You will hear each conversation TWICE．
Conversation 1
1．How many ballet performances will be held next week?
A．2．
B．3．
C．4．
2．When will the man attend the performance?
A．Next Thursday．
B．Next Friday．
C．Next Sunday．
Conversation 2
3．Why does the man want to return the product?
A．He dislikes its color．
B．He already has one．
C．There is something wrong with it．
4．When did the man buy the produc?
A．Last Thursday．
B．Last Friday．
C．Friday．
Conversation 3
5．What does the man think of the tour company?
A．Disorganized．
B．Dishonest．
C．Disordered．
6．What does the woman promise to do?
A．Offer the man a better accommodation
B．Give back some money to the man．
C．Offer the man a free city tour．
Conversation 4
7．Why does the man want to buy a present for Professor Kim?
A．The professor helped him a lot．
B．The professor will leave for China．
C．The professor's birthday is coming next week．
8．What kind of present does the woman suggest?
A．A tie．
B．Some kind of pet．
C．Some kind of water plant．
9．What do we know about the woman?
A．She likes the professor very much．
B．She has the same interest as the professor．
C．She will run a flower shop this term．
Conversation 5
10．How much does the man charge for the book Today's World?
A．＄ 13．
B．＄ 30．
C．＄ 60．
11．Why is the woman surprised by the price of the science book?
A．It is an old copy．
B．It is in pretty bad condition．
C．It is full of the man's poor notes．
12．What book does the woman buy in the end?
A．The science book．
B．The math book．
C．The English book．
Conversation 6
13．What happened to the man?
A．He broke one of his feet．
B．He hurt one of his ankles．
C．He hurt his left leg．
14．What does the man ask the woman to do?
A．Take him to the X－ray room．
B．Give him some medince．
C．Help him stand up slowly．
15．How soon will the X－ray result come out?
A．In a qurter or so．
B．In about half an hour．
C．In fifty minutes or so．
SECTION B(7.5 marks)
Directions：In this section, you will hear a mini－talk．Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have got．Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS．
You'll hear the short passage TWICE．
Brazil has become one. of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint ef??forts to reduce birth rates, Brazil had better results without re??ally trying, says George Martine at Harvard.
Brazil’s population growth rate dropped from 2. 99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1. 93% a year between 198 land 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2. 7 chil??dren on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.
Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (肥皂剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in low??ering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest produc??ers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television net??work, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.
Although they have never really tried to work in a mes??sage towards the problems of reproduction, they describe mid??dle and upper class values: not many children, women work??ing, says Martine. They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious (有意识的) of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a very attrac??tive package.
Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. " This led to an enormous change in consumption (消费) patterns and consumption was incom??patible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction," says Mar??tine.
9. According to the passage, Brazil has lowered its population growth ________.
A. by educating its citizens B. by careful family planning
C. by developing TV programmes D. by chance
10. According to the passage, many Third World countries
A. haven’t given much attention to birth control
B. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate
C. haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population
D. haven’t realized the importance of TV plays in family planning
11. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate be??cause ________.
A. they keep people sitting long hours watching TV
B. they have gradually changed people’s way of life
C. people are drawn to their attractive package
D. they popularize birth control measures
12. What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?
A. The increase in birth rate will increase consumption.
B. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.
C. Consumption goes with reproduction.
D. A country ‘s production is limited by its population growth.
according to the passage, Brazil has lowered its population growth ________.
according to the passage, many Third World countries
Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate be??cause ________.
What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?
Brazil has become one. of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint ef?forts to reduce birth rates, Brazil had better results without re?ally trying, says George Martine at Harvard.
Brazil’s population growth rate dropped from 2. 99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1. 93% a year between 198 land 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2. 7 chil?dren on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.
Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (肥皂剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in low?ering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest produc?ers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television net?work, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.
Although they have never really tried to work in a mes?sage towards the problems of reproduction, they describe mid?dle and upper class values: not many children, women work?ing, says Martine. They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a very attrac?tive package.
Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. " This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incom?patible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction," says Mar?tine.
1. According to the passage, Brazil has lowered its population growth ________.
C. by limiting birth rate D. by chance
2. According to the passage, many Third World countries
A. are unwilling to control the birth rate.
B. are willing to join Brazil in controlling their birth rate soon
3. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate be?cause ________.
A. they educate people.
4. What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?
A. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.
B. The increase in birth rate will be controlled.
5. According to the passage, soap operas show that they have ____in the middle class.
A. one or two babies. B. many babies C. only a boy D. only a girl
