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听力原文: If the earth gets hotter, what will happen to animals and plants which animals depend on for survival? The question offers another way of looking at the "Greenhouse Effect". People have talked about the general problem of "Global Wanning" for some time. (17) But they were usually worried about things like whether to buy a home on the coast. Biologists and other scientists turned their attention to plants and animals last October. They review evidence that plants and animals are sensitive to climate. (18)Since the Ice Age ended and wanner temperatures returned to the northern latitudes, many species have migrated north. If the predictions about the Greenhouse are correct, temperatures will rise by the same amount in the next one hundred years as they did in the past ten thousand. Will animals and plants be able to adapt that quickly to change in the environment? Many won't. Certain species will become rare. (19 ) Experts say plants under climate stress will be very open to disease and fire. Forest fires may become more common. That, in turn, may harm animals that depend on the trees for food or shelter. (20)Any preserves we set up to protect endangered species may become useless, as the species are forced to migrate along with their natural homes. Change is a part of life, but rapid change is the enemy of life.
What is the concern of ordinary people about the "Greenhouse Effect" ?

A. Whether it can be detected and checked.
B. Whether it will lead to widespread food shortage.
C. Whether global warming will speed up in the future.
D. Whether it will affect their own lives.

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Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: Saudi Arabia has said it will not allow the United States to use its facilities for any attack against neighboring Iraq even if a strike sanction by the United Nations. The Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saudi Al Faisal said the Kingdom wanted a political resolution to the crisis over weapons inspections. He said Saudi Arabia would abide by the decision of the UN Security Council, and would cooperate with it, but he said that cooperation would not extend to the use of Saudi military forces or facilities.
Saudi Arabia would do the following EXCEPT

A. making a political resolution to the crisis over weapons inspections.
B. abiding by the decision of the UN Security Council.
C. allowing the United States to use its facilities to attack Iraq.
D. cooperating with the decision of the UN Security Council.

听力原文:M: Let's look at a few things about English. (4)What is a compound word?
W: Two chemicals mixed together?
M: Very funny, but no.
W: Two words mixed together?
M: Well, yes, in a manner of speaking. A compound word is made up of two or more words that express a single idea. There are different ways that compound nouns can be formed. We are going to concentrate here on the noun plus noun form. Can you come up with any examples?
W: Doghouse, dog plus house; cupcake, cup and cake.
M: Excellent. (5/6) There are three different ways to form. this type of compound noun: there is the closed form, in which the words come together as one, such as firefly, keyboard, notebook.
W: Textbook, fireplace.
M: Great. And (5)there is the hyphenated form. ski-boot, daughter-in-law, sin-pack... The last form. of compound nouns is the open form, such as Post office, history book, mineral water. Just exactly how and why these three exist is not clear, but it seems likely that the process will begin with two words, become hyphenated after a time, and then eventually end up as just one word. Language is a living thing and always changing.
What are the two people talking about in this conversation?

A. Chemistry.
B. Literature.
C. Linguistics.
D. Physics.

What can we infer from this news item?

A. There are not so many people experience headaches in the worldwide.
B. The headache is always temporary and can be cured by aspirin.
Chronic headaches make severe pain and can go away but come back soon.
D. The experts have already found the cure and help for chronic headaches.

听力原文: This year, something happened at the Academy Awards. All the winners for best acting were from outside the United States.
Daniel Day — Lewis and Tilda Swinton are British. He won best actor for "There Will Be Blood"; she won best supporting actress for "Michael Clayton". French actress Marion Cotillard won the Oscar for best actress for "La Vie en Rose". And Spain's Javier Bardem won best supporting actor in "No Country for Old Men". Hollywood is increasingly looking outside America's borders for stars and profit. Jonathan Taplin is a professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. He says that today, about fifty-four percent of the ticket sales for Hollywood studios now come from outside the United States.
What changes happened at the Academy Awards?

A. Less American people concern about the Academy Awards.
B. All the winners for best acting were from outside the United States.
C. Most winners of the best actors are British.
D. Most winners of best actresses are from France.

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