In this passage, Hawking appears to be ______.
A. silent and hard working
B. humorous, modest and industrious
C. confident and proud
D. diffident and shy
What does the expression "the assembly line" refer to?
A. It refers to the monotonous life style. of the workers in modern factories.
B. It refers to machine parts or other parts of products being moved in an assembly shop.
C. It refers to the monotonous production manner as is in a'car-making factory.
D. It may refer to the firm army disciplinary training style.
What is the problem of the gigantic cities in Latin America?
A. These cities grow relatively slowly.
B. These cities' growth is parallel to their industrial growth.
C. These cities have grown much faster than industry.
D. These cities are short of labor force.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
听力原文: Canada, for the seventh consecutive year, ranks as the best place to live in the world. But if you are a woman, you are better off in Scandinavia, says the LIN Human Development Report 2000, released yesterday.
Norway is in second place in overall ranking, followed by the United States, Australia, Iceland, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan and Britain. Finland is in the 11th place, followed by France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand.
At the other end of the scale, the 10 least-developed countries that provide the fewest services to their people, from the bottom up are: war-devastated Sierra Leone, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Chad, Central African Republic and Mali.
According to the UN Human Development Report, which is the best place for women in the world?
A. Canada.
B. The U.S.
C. Australia.
D. Scandinavia.