SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Questions 18 and 19 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
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　　Now listen to the news.

　　18. The UN resolution is about international efforts in tightening control on ____.

　　ism activities
　　ists' networks
　　s for terrorists
　　g for terrorism

　　19. What does the UN resolution specifically require states to do?

　　A.To establish a financial network.
　　B.To revise their banking laws.
　　C.To increase their police force.
　　D.To curb regional terror activities.

　　Questions 20 and 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

　　Now listen to the news.

　　20. Altogether how many people were injured during the violence?

　　A.1.
　　B.2.
　　C.13.
　　D.14.

　　21.How long has the violence lasted?

　　A.For one day.
　　B.For two days.
　　C.For the whole summer.
　　D.For one year.

　　Question 22 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.

　　Now listen to the news.

　　22. After the terrorist attacks in the United States, insurance rates soared as much as ____.

　　A.100%
　　B.200%
　　C.500%
　　D.1000%

　　Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you ill be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

　　Now listen to the news.
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　　23. Eight foreign aid workers were arrested in Afghanistan because of their ____ activities.
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　　24. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the penalties?

　　A.A fine.
　　B.Expulsion.
　　C.A jail term.
　　D.Death sentence.
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　　Question 25 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.

　　Now listen to the news.

　　25. According to the report, how many people are HIV-positive?

　　A.22 million.
　　B.36 million.
　　C.25 million.
　　D.58 million. 

　　Part Ⅳ CLOZE ［15 MIN.］

　　Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
　　During McDonald's early years French fries were made from scratch every day. Russet Burbank potatoes were (26)____, cut into shoestrings, and fried in its kitchens. (27)____ the chain expanded nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought to cut labour costs, reduce the number of suppliers, and (28)____ that its fries tasted the same at every restaurant. McDonald's began (29)____ to frozen French fries in 1966-and few customers noticed the difference. (30)____, the change had a profound effect on the nation's agriculture and diet. A familiar food had been transformed into a highly processed industrial (31)____. McDonald's fries now come from huge manufacturing plants (32)____ can process two million pounds of potatoes a day. The expansion (33)____ McDonald's and the popularity of its low-cost, mass-produced fries changed the way Americans eat.

　　The taste of McDonald's French fries played a crucial role in the chain's success-fries are much more profitable than hamburgers-and was (34)____ praised by customers, competitors, and even food critics. Their (35)____ taste does not stem from the kind of potatoes that McDonald's (36)____, the technology that processes them, or the restaurant equipment that fries them: other chains use Russet Burbank, buy their French fries from the (37)____ large processing companies, and have similar (38)____ in their restaurant kitchens. The taste of a French fry is (39)____ determined by the cooking oil. For decades McDonald's cooked its French fries in a mixture of about 7 per cent cottonseed oil and 93 per cent beef fat. The mixture gave the fries their unique (40)____.

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　　27. A.As B.Due to C.Owing to D.With 
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　　30. A.Still B.AnywayC.Besides D.Nevertheless 
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　　Part ⅤGRAMMAR & VOCABULARY ［15 MIN.］

　　 There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

　　Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

　　41. Agriculture is the country's chief source of wealth, wheat ____ by far the biggest cereal crop.

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　　42. Jack ____from home for two days now, and I am beginning to worry about his safety. been missing been missed been missing missed
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　　43. Above the trees are the hills, ____ magnificence the river faithfully reflects on the surface.

　　 whose 

　　44. Who____ was coming to see me in my office this afternoon?

　　 said you say you say that did say 

　　45. -Does Alan like hamburgers?

　　-Yes. So much ____ that he eats them almost every day.

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　　46. Your ideas, ____, seem unusual to me.
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　　 her hers r to her r to herself 

　　47. The opening ceremony is a great occasion. It is essential ____for that.

　　 us to be prepared we are prepared

　　 us to be prepared being prepared 

　　48. Time ____, the celebration will be held as scheduled.

　　 ting ted s 

　　49. ____ I like economics, I like sociology much better.

　　A.As mush as B.So much C.How much D.Much as 

　　50. It is futile to discuss the matter further, because ____going to agree upon anyghing today.

　　r you nor I are r you nor me is

　　r you nor I am r me nor you are 

　　51. They overcame all the difficulties and completed the project two months ahead of time, ____ is something we had not expected.

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　　52. He is quite worn out from years of hard work. He is not the man ____ he was twenty years ago.

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　　53. She would have been more agreeable if she had changed a little bit, ____?

　　't she n't she 't she 't she 

　　54. At three thousand feet, wide plains begin to appear, and there is never a moment when some distant mountain is not ____.

　　 view a glance the scene sight 

　　55. The first two stages in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of weapons and the discovery of fire, although nobody knows exactly when he acquired the use of the ____.

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　　56. It will take us twenty minutes to get to the railway station, ____traffic delays.

　　edging ing ng for ting for 

　　57. He will have to____ his indecent behaviour one day.

　　 to for back about 

　　58. With ____ exceptions, the former president does not appear in public now.

　　 l rdinary 

　　59. We have been hearing ____accounts of your work.
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　　ed able ite ing 

　　60. During the summer holiday season there are no ____ rooms in this seaside hotel.
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　　 ed 

　　61. Drive straight ahead, and then you will see a ____ to the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway.

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　　62. Whenever possible, Ian ____ how well he speaks Japanese.

　　 up around off out 

　　63. The tenant left nothing behind except some ____ of paper, cloth, etc.

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　　64. Shares on the stock market have ____ as a result of a worldwide economic downturn.

　　 d d ated 

　　65. I think you can take a(n) ____ language course to improve your English.

　　ediate