About 4 million Americans are now 85 or older, a figure that will nearly double withi
A.八十五岁以上(包括85岁)已达四百万美国人,25年内会翻番
B.美国85岁或85岁以上的人口现有400万,在未来25年内将会翻一番
C.大约400万美国人年龄在85岁往上,这个数据在2025年之前将翻一翻
D.有400万美国人超过85岁(含85岁),而这个数字在1/4个世纪里几乎翻了一倍
A.八十五岁以上(包括85岁)已达四百万美国人,25年内会翻番
B.美国85岁或85岁以上的人口现有400万,在未来25年内将会翻一番
C.大约400万美国人年龄在85岁往上,这个数据在2025年之前将翻一翻
D.有400万美国人超过85岁(含85岁),而这个数字在1/4个世纪里几乎翻了一倍
听力原文:W:You Americans are funny! It seems as if you were married to your cars.
M:Yeah,I guess that's true.The country is becoming one big highway. I was reading that there are about 4 million miles of roads and highways in this country now.
Q:What are they talking about?
(16)
A.Families with cars.
B.Americans' heavy dependence on cars.
C.Roads and highways.
D.Traffic problems in America.
听力原文:W: You Americans are funny! It seems as if you were married to your cars.
M: Yeah, I guess that's true. The country is becoming one big highway. I was reading that there are about 4 million miles of roads and highways in this country now.
Q: What are they talking about?
(18)
A.Families with cars.
B.Americans' heavy dependence on cars.
C.Roads and highways.
D.Traffic problems in America.
听力原文:W: You Americans are funny. It seems as if you were married to your cars.
M: Yeah, I guess that's true. The country is becoming one big highway. I was reading that there are about 4 million miles of roads and highways in this country now.
Q: What are they talking about?
(19)
A.Families with cars.
B.American's heavy dependence on cars.
C.Roads and highways.
D.Traffic problems in America.
In this passage, "the American paradox" probably means ______ (Line 1, Para. 4).
A.the American characteristic
B.the American contradiction
C.the American miracle
D.the American phenomenon
In 1989,Melissa started Kids F.A.C.E.as an after-school club at her elementary school.The six-member group met each Monday to write letters and plan cleanup activities."We never thought it was anything more than a group of kids coming together so they could talk about the environment,"says Trish Poe,her mother.But then a letter from Milissa to the "Today" show got her club on television in 1990.When other kids heard about the club,they wrote asking how they could get involed.So Melissa,with the help of her mother,who today manages the Kids F.A.C.E.office as executive director,developed a membership book that instructed kids on environmental projects and how to start a club of their own."I felt like I had to write them all back at once because I didn't like what the president did to me.Because I didn't like being ignored...I didn't want the kids to have the same feeling,"says Melissa.Requests for information came from all over the nation.At first,Melissa's parents paid the postage and supply bills for the club,but soon expenses became too high.So the club found a sponsor,War-Mart Inc.,which began underwriting the bimonthly newsletter,Kids F.A.C.E.illustrated,which currently provides environmental updates,suggestions,and ideas to more than 2 million people world wide.
问题:How many people worldwide can have access to the club's bimonthly newsletter ___
A、1 million
B、2 million
C、3 million
D、4 million
More people wanted to join the club after________
A、a newspaper interview was made
B、enough letters were distributed
C、they heard about the club from a television show
D、Melissa became an executive director
When Melissa was starting the club,she was________
A、a school teacher working for the kids
B、a social worker taking care of children after school
C、the parent of a kid at school
D、a kid attending an elementary school
When Melissa first organized Kids F.A.C.E.,she meant to ()
A、have a writing club for the kids
B、ask the kids to clean the environment
C、give kids a chance to talk about the environment
D、have a national club
Now in the United States, about 19 million people are suffering from mental illness.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
A.At to
B.Concerning
C.About
D.As far as
A.Because it is very important.
B.Because she cared about spending 12 million quid.
C.Because she attached importance to new things and challenges.
D.Because she is afraid of being fired.
Population tends to grow at an exponential(指数的)rate. This means that they progressively double. As an example of this type of growth rate, take one penny and double every day for one month. After the first week, you would have only 64 cents, but after the fourth week you would have over a million dollars.
This helps explain why the population has come on "all of a sudden". It took from the beginning of human life to the year 1830 for the population of the earth to reach one billion. That repents(缓慢进行)a time span of at least two million years. Then it took from 1830 to 1930 for world population to reach 2 billion. The next billion was added by 1960, only thirty years, and in 1975 world population reached 4 billion, which is another billion people in only fifteen years.
World population is increasing at a rate of 9000 per hour, 220000 per day, and 80 million per year. This is not only due to higher birth rate, but to lower death rate as well. The number of births has not declined at the same rate as the number of deaths.
Some countries, such as Columbia, Thailand, Morocco, Costa Rica, and the Philippines, are doubling their population about every twenty-one years, with a growth rate of 3.3% a year or more. The United States is doubling its population about very eighty-seven years, with a rate of 0.8% per year. Every time a population doubles, the country involved needs twice as much of everything, including hospitals, schools, resources, food and medicines to care for its people. It is easy to see that this is very difficult to achieve for the more rapidly growing countries.
This passage chiefly discusses______.
A.the growth of world population
B.one type of the exponential rate
C.the population problem of more rapidly growing countries
D.the possible ways of dealing with the rapid population growth
Which of the following about Gaga is INCORRECT?
A.She has sold 15 million singles in the world.
B.She was on the list of the 100 Most Influential People.
C.She doesn"t consider herself as an icon.
D.She is always quite fascinated with Princess Diana.