D
The number of people in the world is growing. By the year 2,000 world population is expected to grow to 6.2 billion. The fastest growth is in developing countries, where there is already a shortage(短缺) of food, housing, and jobs. Africa is the fastest-growing part of the world. In Kenya, for example, the population will increase 10 times in the next 80 years.
In Asia, a few countries have begun to reduce their population growth slowly, china still makes up about 21% of the world's population, but it has greatly slowed down its rate(速度) of growth. It is now growing at a rate of only 0.8% per year. In India, however, the population continues to grow, and it is expected to be even larger than the Chinese population by the year 2040.The population in India is growing three times faster than in Australia, Japan, and the developed countries in Europe. In fact, European people are more worried about population decrease(减少)than increase. Eastern European countries are growing at a rate of only about 1%.
The best news is that, in general, population growth has slowed down from 2.08% in 1970 to 1.6% in 1985. At the present rate, the earliest that the world could reach zero population growth is 2040. At that time, there will probably be about 8 billion people in the world. It is possible, though, that the population might not really stop growing until much later. With people living longer, the number of elderly will have grown by 15% by that time. Nearly half of the world' s population will be living in cities. This is a situation that could cause a long list of other problems including pollution and a lack of food, water, housing, and jobs.
68. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
[ A ] Decrease of World Population
[ B ] Population Growth Has Stopped
[ C ] World Population—A Look Into the Future
[ D ] China' s Population—One Fifth of the World Population
69. Among all the countries mentioned in the text, the one with the highest growth rate is_______.
[ A ] India
[ B ] China
[ C ] Japan
[ D ] Kenya
70. People in European countries are more concerned about the fact that__________.
[ A ] they do not have enough jobs for people
[ B ] many people from the countryside come to live in the cities
[ C ] the population in developing countries is not decreasing
[ D ] their populations are falling
71. Which of the following facts is best supported by the text?
[ A ] There will be a number of problems in cities in the future.
[ B ] The world population will stop growing in 2040.
[ C ] 15 percent of the world population will be elderly people.
[ D ] Kenya will have the biggest population in the world.
E
FILM PREVIEWS
In the Line of Fire
After his Oscar success as an aging cowboy in Unforgotten, Clint Eastwood plays an aging secret-service man in this action movie. He is Frank Horrigan, a devoted citizen who has strong love for his country and who believes that he was responsible(有责任的) for the death of John F. Kennedy in 1963. When a madman, played by John Malkovich , says that he will kill the present President. Horrigan is given the chance to redeem himself.
Sleepless in Seattle
A very interesting film from Nora Ephron , the writer-director of When Harry Met Sally. One Christmas, a little boy, who has just lost his mother, calls a national radio station to find a new wife for his dad, played by Tom Hanks. When a radio-reporter hears the program, she is sure that she has found the man of her dream and spends the rest of the film in an eager search for him.
The Firm
Tom Cruise plays a young lawyer, Mitch McDeere, who finds out that several members of his new law firm have died. When an FBI man finds out that the firm is run by the Mafia (黑手党), Mitch is offered a job as an undercover agent(便衣特工), who will pretend to work for one side while working for another. However, he refuses and thinks up a way neither to follow the FBI nor the Mafia. This is Tom Cruise acting the part he knows best— "The Great American Individual".
72. Who plays the major part in the Line of Fire?
[ A ] Frank Horrigan.
[ B ] Clint Eastwood.
[ C ] John Kennedy.
[ D ] John Malkovich.
73. The underlined word "redeem" probably means
[ A ] to show one' s skills and bravery
[ B ] to test one' s ability through a task
[ C ] to protect someone from being killed
[ D ] to make up for a mistake made before
74. We can learn from the second part of the text that Nora Ephron
[ A ] worked for a radio station
[ B ] borrowed Sleepless in Seattle
[ C ] directed When Harry Met Sally
[ D ] acted the main part in Sleepless in Seattle
75. By the last sentence; the writer means that Tom Cruise
[ A ] is great American individual
[ B ] likes the part of Mitch McDeere
[ C ] is at his best when playing this kind of role
[ D ] admires the spirit of American individualism
第四部分 写 作
第一节 短文改错
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉.
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词.
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词.
注意：原行没有错的不要改.
If there are much more people in the world, then there 76.____________
must have more food to feed the people. But food is 77.____________
already serious problem today. One-third of the world' s population 78.____________
are starving, because there is not any enough food. Ten thousand 79.____________
people die of hunger everyday in some parts of the world. 80.____________
But in others parts of the world, people become ill or die 81.____________
so they eat too much food, and they are too fat. 82.____________
Some countries have no food, but others have too much, and they 83.____________
throw them away. How can tomorrow's world feed its people? 84.____________
The world needs to produce more food than it is now. 85.____________
第二节 书面表达
天津某公司在《中国日报》上登了一则广告，招聘一名英文秘书。假如你叫王平，请根据启事写封简短的应聘信，介绍自己的有关情况。寄天津1102信箱.
内容包括：
1．姓名：王平
2．年龄：26岁
3．学历：某大学英语系毕业，汉语、英语口语流利.
4．工作经历：当了四年英语导游
5．本人通讯处：天津1328信箱
6．写信时间：2004年2月
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