Part A For questions 1-5, you will hear a passage. Listen and answer the questions with the information you’ ve heard. Write not more than 3 words in each blank. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the questions below. Each year, an average of ______ people visit the Niagara Falls.
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Passage 2 When Jules Verne wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1864, there were many conflicting theories about the nature of the Earth’ s interior. Some geologists thought that it contained a highly compressed ball of incandescent gas, while others suspected that it consisted of separate shells, each made of different materials. Today well over a century later, there is little direct evidence of what lies beneath our feet. Most of our knowledge of the Earth’ s interior comes not from mines or boreholes, but from the study of seismic waves--powerful pulses of energy released by earthquakes. The way that seismic waves travel shows that the Earth’ s interior is far from uniform. The continents and the seabed are formed by the crust--a thin sphere of relatively light, solid rock. Beneath the crust lies the mantle, a different layer that extends approximately halfway to the Earth’ s center. There the rock is the subject of a battle between increasing heat and growing pressure. In its high levels, the mantle is relatively cool; at greater depths, high temperatures make the rock behave more like a liquid than a solid. Deeper still, the pressure is even more intense, preventing the rock from melting in spite of a higher temperature. Beyond a depth of around 2,900 kilometers, a great change takes place and the mantle gives way to the core. Some seismic waves cannot pass through the core and others are bent by it. From this and other evidence, geologists conclude that the outer core is probably liquid, with a solid center. It is almost certainly made of iron, mixed with smaller amounts of other elements such as nickel. The conditions in the Earth’ s core make it a far more alien world than space. Its solid iron heart is subjected to unimaginable pressure and has a temperature of about 9,000°F. Although scientists can speculate about its nature, neither humans nor machines will ever be able to visit it. Why does the author state in the last paragraph that the Earth’ s core is "more alien" than space
A. Government funds are not available to study the Earth’ s core.
B. Scientists aren’ t interested in the characteristic of the Earth’ s core.
C. It is impossible to go to the Earth’ s core to do research.
D. The Earth’ s core is made of elements that are dangerous to humans.
Questions 17-20 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read questions 17-20. Which of the following is true according to the passage
A. The sun’ s light comes from millions of candles.
B. Most of the sun’ s heat and light are received on the earth.
C. The temperature of the sun is the same as that of the earth.
D. Without the correct balance of heat and light, life on the earth would not be possible.
由于可转换债券既具有股权性资金的某些特征又具有债权性资金的某些特征,因此可转换债券投资者,既是被投资单位的股东,也是债权人。( )
A. 对
B. 错
Questions 14-16 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds to read questions 14-16. The difference in time between zones is ______ .
A. seven days
B. twenty-four hours
C. one hour
D. more than seven days