What is said about European society in the passage、

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• 1More and more young Europeans remain single because ________.

  A.they are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualism

  B.they have entered the workforce at a much earlier age

  C.they have embraced a business culture of stability

  D.they are pessimistic about their economic future

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• 2From 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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• 3What 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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• 4Glaser 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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• 5Most 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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• 6According 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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• 7The 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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• 8What 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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• 9The 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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• 10Ingham insists that her testimony is based on ________.

  A.evidence provided by the EPA of the United States

  B.the results of an experiment she conducted herself

  C.evidence from her collaborative research with German biologists

  D.the results of extensive field tests in Corvallis, Oregon

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