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ShoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

OnestudyshowsthatAmericansprefertoanswerwithabrief“Yes”,“No”,“Sure”,ortheverypopular“Yeah”ratherthanwithalongerreply.（76）ButbriefrepliesdonotmeanAmericansareimpoliteorunfriendlytosomeextent.Veryoften,Americansareinahurryandmaygreetyouwithasingleword“Hi”,indeed;

thisisagreetingyouwillhearagainandagainduringyourstayintheUnitedStates.Itisusedbyeveryone,regardlessofrank,ageoroccupation.However,thosewhoareaccustomedtolongergreetingsmayrequirealittlemoretimebeforetheyfeelcomfortablewithAmericansimpletalk.

Americanssometimesuseplaintalkwhentheyareuncomfortable.（77）Ifpeoplepraisethemorthanktheminanespeciallypoliteway,theymaybecomeuncomfortableandnotknowwhattosayinreply.Theydon’twanttobeimpoliteorrude,youcanbesurethattheylikedwhatwassaidaboutthem.Exceptforcertainholidays,suchasChristmas,Americansdon’tusuallygivegifts.Thus,youwillfindAmericansembarrassedastheyacceptgifts,especiallyiftheyhavenothingtogiveinreturn.Theyaregenerallyawarmbutinformalpeople.

1. 

ThefactthatAmericanslikeshorteranswerstellsus______.

A. 

theyreplyveryquicklyinahurry

B. 

theychoosewordstoocarefully

C. 

theylikereplyingbriefly

D. 

theywanttobeaspoliteastheycan

2. 

Thosewholikeusingbeautifulorformalwords_____.

needmoretimetogetusedtoAmericansimplegreeting

neednotimetogetfamiliarwithAmericangreeting

donotverymuchlikeAmericanwayofgreeting

thinkAmericansarenotpolitewhatever

3. 

WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

Americansoftenanswerwiththewordslike“sure”,“yeah.”

Theyarenotimpolitewithbriefreplies.

Americansinhighranksmustuseformalwordsingreeting.

Americansareawarmbutinformalpeople.

4. 

TheAmericanslikeothers’praisebutifinapoliteway________.

theydon’tknowwhattowayinreply

theyfeelsomewhatuneasy

theydon’twanttoreply

bothAandB

5. 

Thepassageindicatesthat_______.

Americansexchangegiftsthefirsttimetheymeet.

Americansseldomgivegiftsexceptforsomeholidays.

Americansoftenbringsomegiftstotheirfriends.

Americansonlywanttogetgiftsfromothers.

1~5CACDB

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

（78）Theadvantagesanddisadvantagesofalargepopulationhavelongbeenasubjectofdiscussionamongeconomists（经济学家）.Ithasbeenarguedthatthesupplyofgoodlandislimited.Tofeedalargepopulation,inferiorlandmustbecultivatedandthegoodlandworkedintensively.Thus,eachpersonproduceslessandthismeansaloweraverageincomethancouldbeobtainedwithasmallerpopulation.Othereconomistshavearguedthatalargepopulationgivesmorescopeforspecializationandthedevelopmentoffacilitiessuchasports,roadsandrailways,whicharenotlikelytobebuiltunlessthereisabigdemandtojustifythem.

Oneofthedifficultiesincarryingoutaworld-widebirthcontrolprogramliesinthefactthatofficialattitudestopopulationgrowthvaryfromcountrytocountrydependingonthelevelofindustrialdevelopmentandtheavailabilityoffoodandrawmaterials.Inthedevelopingcountrywhereavastlyexpandedpopulationispressingharduponthelimitsoffood,spaceandnaturalresources,itwillbethefirstconcernofgovernmenttoplacealimitonthebirthrate,whatevertheconsequencesmaybe.Inthehighlyindustrializedsocietytheproblemmaybemorecomplex.Adecreasingbirthratemayleadtounemploymentbecauseitresultsinadecliningmarketformanufacturedgoods.（79）Whenthepressureofpopulationonhousingdeclines,pricesalsodeclineandthebuildingindustryisweakened.Facedwithconsiderationssuchasthese,thegovernmentofadevelopedcountrymaywellprefertoseeaslowlyincreasingpopulation,ratherthanonewhichisstableorindecline.

6. 

Asmallerpopulationmaymean_______.

higherproductivity,butaloweraverageincome

lowerproductivity,butahigheraverageincome

lowerproductivity,andaloweraverageincome

higherproductivity,andahigheraverageincome

7. 

Accordingtothepassage,alargepopulationwillprovideachancefordeveloping_______.

A.agricultureB.transportsystemC.industryD.nationaleconomy

8. 

Inadevelopedcountry,peoplewillperhaps