More and more young Europeans remain single because ________.

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• 1From the passage it can be inferred that ________.

  A.human activities will do grave damage to rainforests

  B.Amazon rainforest soils used to be the richest in the world

  C.farming is responsible for the destruction of the Amazon rainforests

  D.there once existed an urban civilization in the Amazon rainforests

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• 2What does Glaser say about the regrowth of rainforests、

  A.They take centuries to regrow after being burnt.

  B.They cannot recover unless the vegetation is burnt completely.

  C.Their regrowth will be hampered by human habitation.

  D.They can recover easily after slash-and-burn farming.

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• 3Glaser made his discovery by ________.

  A.studying patches of fertile soils in the central Amazon

  B.examining pottery left over by ancient civilizations

  C.test-burning patches of trees in the central Amazon

  D.radiocarbon-dating ingredients contained in forest soils

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• 4Most rainforest soils are thin and poor because ________.

  A.the composition of the topsoil is rather unstable

  B.black carbon is washed away by heavy rains

  C.organic matter is quickly lost due to heat and rain

  D.long-term farming has exhausted the ingredients essential to plant growth

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• 5We learn from the passage that the traditional view of slash-and-burn farming is that ________.

  A.it does no harm to the topsoil of the rainforest

  B.it destroys rainforest soils

  C.it helps improve rainforest soils

  D.it diminishes the organic matter in rainforest soils

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• 6What is said about European society in the passage、

  A.It has fostered the trend towards small families.

  B.It is getting closer to American-style capitalism.

  C.It has limited consumer choice despite a free market.

  D.It is being threatened by irresistible privatization.

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• 7According to Paragraph 3, the newest group of singles are ________.

  A.warm and lighthearted

  B.on either side of marriage

  C.negative and gloomy

  D.healthy and wealthy

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• 8The author quotes Eppendorf to show that ________.

  A.some modern women prefer a life of individual freedom

  B.the family is no longer the basic unit of society in present-day Europe

  C.some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonely

  D.most Europeans conceive living a single life as unacceptable

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• 9What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage、

  A.To review the impact of women becoming high earners.

  B.To contemplate the philosophy underlying individualism.

  C.To examine the trend of young people living alone.

  D.To stress the rebuilding of personal relationships.

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• 10The passage centers on the controversy ________.

  A.between American and New Zealand biologists over genetic modification

  B.as to whether the study of genetic modification should be continued

  C.over the possible adverse effect of a GM bacterium on plants

  D.about whether Elaine Ingham should be fired by her university

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