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One of our main argument is that we in Western countries actually【M1】______have a part to

One of our main argument is that we in Western countries actually 【M1】______

have a part to play in causing the problems of the Third World. Many Third

World countries are saddle by immense debt burdens, for example. They 【M2】______

lent money at low interest rates in the 1970s, when money flooded into 【M3】______

Western banks from the oil-producing countries and was lent out to the

Third World. The interest rates have then been risen dramatically. So you 【M4】______

have a situation where a country in many cases can' t even repay the interest

, let alone the capital, on the debt. And I suppose the best example

from that I' ye come across is a country, in West Africa where the consumption 【M5】______

, the local consumption of peanuts was banned, because peanuts, if

they' re imported can bring in a great deal of foreign income. The peanut 【M6】______

is a major source of protein in this country. So you had people go hungry as 【M7】______

a result of that. The peanuts were exported to Great Britain and the United

States to feed our cattle. Those cattle then produced a surplus of milk

which we don't know what to do with. We have enough milk, more milk

than we can cope with, in the West World. And also that milk was trans- 【M8】______

formed into dried milk powder and then taken back to this country to help

feed children who were suffering from malnutrition. So that's the kind of insanely 【M9】______

【M1】

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第2题
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第3题
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The main idea of this passage is that______.

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B.the way we are brought up determined what profession we will choose

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D.our values are determined by the culture in which we are brought up

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第4题
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第5题
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The Rise of Industry

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第8题
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B.To inform. people about a performance.

C.To broadcast an awards ceremony.

D.To announce a meeting of the tribal elders.

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People who love music, who can lose themselves in a book, or who can spend hours painting
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B.Art of high values can improve us as human beings.

C.It's difficult to express our satisfaction from works of art.

D.Simple entertainment is easy to understand and can give us pleasure.

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听力原文:It is a great privilege for me to be invited to speak at the tenth year reunion o

听力原文: It is a great privilege for me to be invited to speak at the tenth year reunion of State University' s graduating class. When you arrived on campus today, after a decade, you were probably impressed by two changes at State:

one, the absence of University Tower, the first building constructed on the campus, and a historic landmark for many years; and two, the disappearance of parking lots on main campus.

Two years ago, University Tower was inspected and found to be unsafe. In spite of efforts to restore it, it was necessary to level the building. A bell tower was constructed on the same site, built for the most part using the good brick that was saved from the original building. The original bells were also preserved. As for the parking lots, they have been replaced by grass, trees, and pedestrian walkways. Parking is now located in parking garages on the North and West sides of the campus.

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What is the occasion for the man's speech?

A.Graduation.

B.A class reunion.

C.The dedication of a new building.

D.The groundbreaking ceremony for a pedestrian walkway on campus.

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