70. If zhe problem of global poverty is to be settled, ___________.
A. more taxes on banks is the only solution
B. American and British support comes first
C. international co-operation and support are essential
D. the public should force the leaders to take actions
PART FOUR WRITING
SECTION A
Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram / Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information for the passage.
Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer
The private automobile has long played an important role in the US. In fact, it has become a necessary and important part of the American way of life. In 1986, 69% of American families owned at least one car, and 38% had more than one. By giving workers rapid transportation , the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has encouraged the growth of the cities, but it has also led to traffic problems.
For farm families the automobile is very helpful. It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for pleasure, and also to transport their children to distant schools.
Family life has been affected in various aspects. The car helps to keep families together when it is used for picnics, outings, and other shared experiences. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents can’t keep an eye on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs--- or is “ showing off” by speeding or breaking other traffic laws. Mothers of victims of such accidents have formed an organization called MADD (Mother Against Drunk Driving). These women want to prevent further tragedies. They have worked to encourage the government to limit the youngest driving age. Students have formed a similar organization. SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) are spreading the same message among their friends.
For many Americans the automobile is a necessity. But for some, it is also a mark of social position and for young people, a sign of becoming an adult. Altogether, cars mean very much to Americans.
Title: 71.___________ in the USA
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72._________ |
It has become a necessary and important part of American life. |
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73.________
of ownership in 1986 |
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69% of the families owned at
least one car. l 38% had more than one. |
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74.___________ |
Positive |
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Freeing workers from living near
their place of work. l 75.________ the growth of cities. l Being helpful to farmers in business, pleasure and so on. |
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76.______ |
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Causing 77_________ . l Causing danger if improperly used by teenagers |
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78.______ of setting up MADD and
SADD |
To prevent further tragedies |
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79.___ towards owning an automobile |
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A necessity l 80._______ of social position. l A sign of becoming an adult |
SECTION B
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Even bird brains can get to know an entire continent ----- but it takes them a year of migration to do so, suggests a Princeton research team.
The scientists have shown that migrating adult sparrows can find their way to their winter nesting grounds even after being thrown off course by thousands of miles.
The team first brought 30 sparrows to Princeton from northern Washington State, where the birds had been in the process of migrating southward from their summer breeding grounds in Alaska. Half the birds were juveniles(少年) of about three months in age that had never migrated before, while the other half were adults that had made the round trip to their wintering site in the south-western United States at least once.
After the birds were released, they attempted to start their migration again but both age group grew disoriented(迷失方向) quickly.
“All the birds scattered(分散) at first,” Wikelski said. “It was clear that they were turned around for a couple of days. But while the adults eventually realized they had to head southwest, the younger birds began flying straight southward again as though they were still in Washington.”
“The adults,” said team member Richard Holland, “recovered their bearings because they possess something the younger birds do not, which is an internal map.”
“These birds need two things to know where they are and migrate effectively: a ‘map’ and a ‘compass’,” said Holland, a postdoctoral research associate in Wikelski’s lab. “What we’ve found is that juveniles use their compass, but the adults also use their map.”
Holland said, “The birds do not lose the
compass as they age, but somehow develop the map, eventually applying both
tools to keep on tra
ck during migratory flights.
Scientists already have determined that the compass is based on the sun or the
magnetic field, but where the map comes from remains a mystery----one that the
team will be exploring in the coming years.”