短文 Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the countrys impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945，there were over five in 19...
短文 Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. Settlers originally came to the American continent so they could practice their religion as they wished, free from the religious persecution of that era. One of these religious groups that...
短文 Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. According to recent surveys, a large number of Americans favor increasing the present 55-mile-an-flour speed limit. The current speed limit was set in the early 1970's when the US faced it...
短文 Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. Its interesting to note that insurance has existed in some form for a very long time. The earliest insurance policies were what were called bottomry contracts. (11) They provided shipping...
短文 Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. Daniel Defoe (about 1660-1731 ) was an important novelist in the English literature. When he was young, he served as a soldier and had been to Spain，Italy, France and Germany. At the sam...
短文 Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage, (14) Most people think of astronomers as people who spend their time in cold observatories peering through telescopes every night. In fact, a typical astronomer spends most of his/her time...
短文 Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. During this century, archaeologists have discovered that trees can be a valuable tool for measuring time. In scientific terms, this method is called dendrochronology. Dendrochronology is b...
短文 Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. Nowadays，the standard for measuring power has changed. These changes foretell a new standard for measuring power. (18) No longer will a nations political influence be based solely on the...
短文 Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage, (14) It is estimated that some seven hundred million people are unable to read and write，and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more whose level of attainment is so slight...
短文 Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. The United States is on the verge of losing its leading place in the worlds technology. So says more than one study in recent years. (11) The main reason for this decline is the parallel d...
