What’s the Solution?Water expert Gleick advocates conservation and local solutions to waterrelated problems; governments, for instance, would be better off building smallscale dams rather than huge and disruptive projects like the one that ruined the Aral Sea.“More than 1 billion people worldwide don’t have access to basic clean drinking water,” says Gleick. “There has to be a strong push on the part of everyonegovernments and ordinary people—to make sure we have a resource so fundamental to life.”
1. That the huge water projects have diverted the rivers causes the Aral Sea to shrink.
2. The construction of massive dams and irrigation projects does more good than harm.
3. The chief causes of water shortage are population growth and water pollution.
4. The problems Americans face concerning water are ground water shrinkage and tap water pollution.
5. According to the passage all water pollutants come from household waste.
6. The people living in the United States will not be faced with water shortages.
7. Water expert Gleick has come up with the best solution to waterrelated problems.
1.［Y］［N］［NG］2.［Y］［N］［NG］3.［Y］［N］［NG］4.［Y］［N］［NG］
5.［Y］［N］［NG］6.［Y］［N］［NG］7.［Y］［N］［NG］
8. According to Peter H. Gleick, by the year 2025, as many as of the world’s people will suffer from water shortages.
9.Two thirds of the freshwater on Earth is locked in.
10.In developed countries, before toxic chemicals are released into rivers and lakes, they should be treated in order to avoid.
Part IIIListening Comprehension(35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked ［A］,［B］,［C］ and［D］, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
11.［A］Wait for the sale to start.
［B］Get further information about the sale.
［C］Call the TV station to be sure if the ad is true.
［D］Buy a new suit.
12.［A］He doesn’t think that John is ill.
［B］He thinks that perhaps John is not in very good health.
［C］He is aware that John is ill.
［D］He doesn’t think that John has a very good knowledge of physics.
13.［A］Before six.［B］At six.［C］After six.［D］After seven.
14.［A］It is bigger.［B］It is of a prettier color.
［C］It has a larger yard.［D］It is brighter.
15.［A］Australian and American.［B］Guest and host.
［C］Husband and wife.［D］Professor and student.
16.［A］1∶30［B］11∶00［C］9∶30［D］10∶00
17.［A］He prefers staying at home because the bus is too late.
［B］He prefers staying at home because he doesn’t like to travel.
［C］He prefers taking a bus because the plane makes him nervous.
［D］He prefers traveling with the woman.
18.［A］He thinks she should visit her cousin.
［B］Her cousin doesn’t visit very often.
［C］Her cousin is feeling a lot better today.
［D］He doesn’t think her cousin has been at home today.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19.［A］Two different types of bones in the human body.
［B］How bones help the body move.
［C］How bones continuously repair themselves.
［D］The chemical composition of human bones.
20.［A］They defend the bone against viruses.
［B］They prevent oxygen from entering the bone.
［C］They break down bone tissue.
［D］They connect the bone to muscle tissue.
21.［A］They have difficulty identifying these cells.
［B］They aren’t sure how these cells work.
［C］They’ve learned how to reproduce these cells.
［D］They’ve found similar cells in other species.
22.［A］To learn how to prevent a bone disease.
［B］To understand differences between bone tissue and other tissue.
［C］To find out how specialized bone cells have evolved.
［D］To create artificial bone tissue.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23.［A］A new fuel for buses.
