Discerned from the perplexing picture of population growth the 1980 census provided, America in 1970s ________.

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• 1The author’s attitude toward the issue of “science vs. anti-science” is ________.

  A.impartial

  B.subjective

  C.biased

  D.puzzling

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• 2Which of the following is true according to the passage、

  A.Environmentalists were blamed for anti-science in an essay.

  B.Politicians are not subject to the labeling of anti-science.

  C.The “more enlightened” tend to tag others as anti-science.

  D.Tagging environmentalists as “anti-science” is justifiabl

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• 3Paragraphs 2 and 3 are written to ________.

  A.discuss the cause of the decline of science’s power

  B.show the author’s sympathy with scientists

  C.explain the way in which science develops

  D.exemplify the division of science and the humanities

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• 4The word “schism” (Line 4, Paragraph 1) in the context probably means ________.

  A.confrontation

  B.dissatisfaction

  C.separation

  D.contempt

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• 5Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage、

  A.Radical reforms are essential for the increase of productivity.

  B.New ways of organizing workplaces may help to increase productivity.

  C.The reduction of costs is not a sure way to gain long-term profitability.

  D.The consultants are a bunch of good-for-nothings.

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• 6The census distinguished itself from previous studies on population movement in that ________.

  A.it stresses the climatic influence on population distribution

  B.it highlights the contribution of continuous waves of immigrants

  C.it reveals the Americans’ new pursuit of spacious living

  D.it elaborates the delayed effects of yesterday’s “baby boom”

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• 7We can see from the available statistics that ________.

  A.California was once the most thinly populated area in the whole US

  B.the top 10 states in growth rate of population were all located in the West

  C.cities with better climates benefited unanimously from migration

  D.Arizona ranked second of all states in its growth rate of population

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• 8The word “demographers” (Line 1, Paragraph 8) most probably means ________.

  A.people in favor of the trend of democracy

  B.advocates of migration between states

  C.scientists engaged in the study of population

  D.conservatives clinging to old patterns of life

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• 9The author believes that ________.

  A.the motion of the plates corresponds to that of the earth’s interior

  B.the geological theory about drifting plates has been proved to be true

  C.the hot spots and the plates move slowly in opposite directions

  D.the movement of hot spots proves the continents are moving apart

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• 10That Africa and South America were once joined can be deduced from the fact that ________.

  A.the two continents are still moving in opposite directions

  B.they have been found to share certain geological features

  C.the African plate has been stable for 30 million years

  D.over 100 hot spots are scattered all around the globe

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