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Why did many southerners go to the Northeast and the Midwest during World, War Ⅱ？
A．They wanted to learn to like country music.
B．They wanted to take music with them.
C．Country music was popular all over the country.
D．They wanted to work in the factories there.
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NEELIE KROES, the European Union’s competition commissioner, didnot mince her words when reporting on Europe’s energy markets on WednesdayJanuary 10th. Europe’s energy firms have failed to invest in networks and socustomers are suffering. Those “vertically integrated” energy companies such asElectricité de France (EDF) or Germany’s E.ON, widely dubbed as “nationalchampions”, are effectively behaving like local monopolies. Shy of competition,eager for artificially high prices, they are helping to block the efficientgeneration, transmission and distribution of energy on the continent.
Energy prices vary wildly across Europe. Ms Kroes wants to seecheaper energy, and intends to push suppliers to divest their distributionnetwork and to get them to invest more in transportation systems so that moreenergy—in the form. of gas, or electricity, for example—can flow easily overborders. It is remarkably hard, for example, for gas-poor Germany to importfrom the neighbouring, gas-rich Netherlands. Companies that dominate nationalmarkets have, so far, had little interest in improving the interconnectionswhich would mean lower prices for consumers across the continent.
Ms Kroes, of course, will struggle to get her way. The EuropeanCommission, which on the same day presented its recommendation for improving EUenergy policy, also wants to see the unbundling of ownership, the legalseparation of energy suppliers and transporters, something that the integratedenergy companies and interested governments, notably in France and Germany, arebound to oppose ferociously.
Complicating the matter is an argument over the security of energysupply in Europe. Much has been made of the risk for western Europe ofdepending too heavily on Russian exports of gas. Russia under Vladimir Putin isprone to using energy exports as a blunt tool of foreign policy, especiallywhen trying to bully countries in its hinterland. Last year Russia interruptedgas deliveries to Ukraine, affecting supplies in central and western Europetoo. This week it blocked oil exports passing via Belarus to Europe, thoughthat spat was soon resolved.
The risk is that concerns about security of supply may be usedspuriously by those in Europe who oppose the sort of liberalisation encouragedby Ms Kroes. The likes of E.ON and EDF may claim that only protected nationalchampions are able to secure supply, by striking long-term deals with powerfulforeign suppliers. The Commission disagrees. Such deals are too oftenpolitically motivated and far from transparent. Protection has been tried forlong enough and evidently has not worked for the internal market, nor havethese companies secured the best deals for consumers from the Russians.
In contrast, the Commission&39;s new policy proposes, ideally, abreak-up of these companies into suppliers and distributors. (As a second bestsolution, especially for France and Germany, it recommends the management ofthe networks by a third party.) Properly independent managers of Europe&39;senergy networks would have a strong incentive to build interconnectingpipelines and power lines across borders. For the gas market another means ofensuring competition and security would be finding a more diverse range ofsuppliers, for example by building more terminals for the import of liquifiednatural gas. It would also be likely to mean lower prices, if the example ofliberalised Britain over the past ten years is anything to go by.
Whether any of this is likely to happen soon, however, is anothermatter. The Commission is also calling for European governments to agree on acommon effort to reduce carbon emissions by at least 20% by 2020 (compared with1990 levels). If America is willing to play ball, the Commission proposes toreduce emissions by as much as 30%. Achieving either target would meanpromoting cleaner cars, a more effective emissions-trading system for Europe,wider use of public transport and a sharp increase in the use of renewablesources of energy, like wind and solar power. All that is laudable enough, butwill also require political horse-trading as governments—Europe’s leaders aredue to meet in March to discuss the various energy proposals—try to avoidcommitments that may hurt domestic energy companies or make European firms lesscompetitive than rivals in America, Asia and elsewhere.
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Questions 15-19
Do the following statements reflect the views of the writer in thereading passage？
In boxes 15-19 on your answer sheet write
YES if the statement reflects the views of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage
Europe’s energy companies have funded the construction of thedistribution network.
There has been a wide range of energy prices within Europe.
The European Commission proposes to reduce carbon emissions by 30% if the U.S. is willing to cut its.
EON and EDF may oppose the liberalisation due to their concerns about the security of energy supply.
Gas-poor Germany has to pay a price higher than average to import gas from its neighbour.
A liberalised policy of energy supply was enforced over ten years in___________A.Belarus
B.Britain
C.France
D.Germany
E.Russia
F.Ukraine
G.The U.S
Oil exports passing via___________to Europe was blocked this week.A.Belarus
B.Britain
C.France
D.Germany
E.Russia
F.Ukraine
G.The U.S
Questions 20-24 Look at the box of countries below. Choose One or Two countries to complete the following sentences. Write your answers in boxes 21-25 on your answer sheet. Countries It’s dangerous for western Europe to depend too much on gas imports from___________
A.Belarus
B.Britain
C.France
D.Germany
E.Russia
F.Ukraine
G.The U.S
The governments in___________are bound to oppose the separation of energy suppliers and transporters？A.Belarus
B.Britain
C.France
D.Germany
E.Russia
F.Ukraine
G.The U.S
Last year energy supplies in central and western Europe was affected owing to the interruption of gas deliveries to___________A.Belarus
B.Britain
C.France
D.Germany
E.Russia
F.Ukraine
G.The U.S
Questions 25-28 Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the reading passage above for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 26-29. The EC disagrees with energy firms to strike long-term deals with foreign suppliers because such deals are usually far from___________
The EC proposes to split those “national champions” into___________
A more diverse range of suppliers would guarantee___________in the European gas market.
The realization of carbon emissions reduction would require the promotion of cleaner cars, a better emissions-trading system, wider use of public transport and more use of___________of energy.
听力原文： Secretary of State Warren Christopher has wrapped up his latest trip to the Middle East, saying (27[A])the peace process is progressing. Mr. Christopher says he will leave the region Thursday assured that(27[A])the picture is much less gloomy than suggested by recent reports. During two days of talks; Mr.Christopher(28[C]) met with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Perez in Israel, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat in the Gaza Strip. He also met with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in Damascus.
Mr. Warren Christopher ______.
A．believes there is hope for peace
B．will report to the UN on Thursday
C．will hold more talks before leaving the region
D．is not sure whether the peace process will succeed
A．The Syrian President.
B．The PLO leader.
C．The Jordanian President.
D．The Israeli Prime Minister.
Scientists took the ice from more than 1.5 miles deep in huge masses of ice that float on the sea. The ice represents 25,000 years of history. (23[B])It provides one of the clearest records of ancient weather.
(24[C])European and American scientific teams have been studying ice from the same area to confirm each other's findings. They measured the oxygen and carbon dioxide in the ice for the temperature. From these measurements, (25[D])the scientific teams say that the past 10,000 years is the only period during which temperature has not changed very much.
According to the news, ice from Greenland gives information about ______.
A．oxygen
B．ancient weather
C．carbon dioxide
D．temperature
A．They belong to different countries.
B．They compete against each other.
C．They want to confirm their findings.
D．There are too many ices for only one team.
听力原文： (30[A]) The infant mortality rate in China has declined notably since the beginning of the 1990s, according to China's new white paper on children's conditions. (29[A]) The average decrease in infant mortality in the country is 6.5 percent a year since 1990. The mortality rate of children under five years old has been tailing off by 5.85 percent annually, the white paper says. The white paper, entitled "The Situation of children in China" and issued by the Information Office of the State Council says that so far, no other country in the world with an annual per capita income approximate to China's has attained such rapid decreases.
The percentage of the annual decrease in infant mortality rate since 1990 is ______.
A．6.5
B．5.85
C．5
D．19
A．The weather must have been warmer.
B．The weather must have been colder.
C．The weather had remained almost the same.
D．The weather had changed a lot.
A．By replacing or upgrading its military equipment
B．By using foreign investment.
C．By using some new defense, strategies.
D．Not mentioned in the news.
Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern bent emerged during the 18th century. The western philosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters【C1】______ natural beauty, the sub-lime, and representation -- a trend【C2】______ the central position they had given to the philosophy of nature.【C3】______ that time, however, the philosophy of art has become more【C4】______ than ever and has begun to【C5】______ the philosophy of nature. Various issues【C6】______ to the philosophy of art have had a marked impac【C7】______ the orientation of 20th-century aesthetics.【C8】______ among these are problems relating to the theory of art as from and to the【C9】______ between representation and expression. Still another far-reaching question has to do with the value of art. Two op- posing theoretical positions【C10】______ on this issue: one holds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good,【C11】______ the other maintains that art is intrinsically valuable and is an end in itself. Underlying this whole issue is the concept of taste, one of the basic concerns of aesthetics. In recent years there has also been an increasing 【C12】______ with art as the prime object of critical judgment.【C13】______ to the trend in contemporary aesthetic thought, critics have followed【C14】______ of two approaches. In one, criticism is restricted to the analysis and interpretation of the work of art.【C15】______ , it is devoted to articulating the response to the aesthetic object and to 【C16】______ a particular way of perceiving it. Over the years, aesthetics has developed into a broad field of knowledge and inquiry. The concerns of contemporary aesthetics include such【C17】______ problems as the nature of style. and its aesthetic significance; the relation of aesthetic judgment to cultures the 【C18】______ of a history of art; the【C19】______ of Freudian psychology and other forms of psychological study to criticisms and the place of aesthetic judgment in practical【C20】______ in the conduct of everyday affairs.
【C1】
A．for
B．as
C．to
D．with
A．Rapid
B．Slow
C．Little
D．Negative
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