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SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文： The development of cancer in childhood is strongly linked to pollution from engine exhausts, research claims. Professor George Knox, from the University of Birmingham, said youngsters were at higher risk of cancer if they lived near emissions hotspots, such as transport depots. But experts said the public should not be alarmed by the claims and stressed much more research was needed to show what level of exposure posed a threat. Prof. Knox looked at data on 22,500 children who died from cancer in Britain between 1955 and 1980, taking into account where they lived and nearby emissions hotspots for specific chemicals. He said that when combined with living close to an emissions source, such as a bus or coach Station, a child had a 12 times higher risk of dying from cancer than other youngsters. Prof. Knox concluded: "Childhood cancers are strongly determined by pre-natal or early post-natal exposures to oil based combustion gases, especially from engine exhausts. "About 1,500 new cases of childhood cancer are diagnosed each year in the UK, accounting for about 300 deaths annually.
How many new cases of childhood diagnosed in the UK each year？

A. 12.
B. 300.
C. 22,500.
D. 1,500.

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The expression "flummoxed by" in the sentence "Politicians, obsessed with inputs and outputs, targets and controls, are flummoxed by immeasurable concepts such as the value people place on spending time with their families." (para. 2) can best be replaced

A. confronted with
B. fascinated with
C. perplexed by
D. haunted by

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George Orwell is mentioned in the passage because ______.

A. he was the one who coined the expression "Big Brother"
B. he was a famous British novelist in the 20th century
C. he described a world where individual privacy is denied
D. he conducted the investigation of the damage done to individual privacy

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听力原文：W：I can't imagine you have any interest in attending that lecture on sculpture. For you it is so boring.
M：I do．Now you would remind me of the one. And just now I have the time. So come I.
Q：What do we learn about the man from this conversation？
(17)

A. He'd rather not go to the lecture.
B. He doesn't mind if the woman goes to the lecture.
C. He wants to hear the lecture.
D. He's heard the lecture before.

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The inventor of the rocker chair may not be able to launch the chair into the market because ______.

A. he hasn't applied for the patent
B. he himself can't make many chairs
C. the rocker in the chair is protected by the patent
D. the rocker chair has not been proved to be safe

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A. 12. B. 300. C. 22,500. D. 1,500.

The expression "flummoxed by" in the sentence "Politicians, obsessed with inputs and outputs, targets and controls, are flummoxed by immeasurable concepts such as the value people place on spending time with their families." (para. 2) can best be replaced

George Orwell is mentioned in the passage because ______.

听力原文：W：I can't imagine you have any interest in attending that lecture on sculpture. For you it is so boring.M：I do．Now you would remind me of the one. And just now I have the time. So come I.Q：What do we learn about the man from this conversation？(17)

The inventor of the rocker chair may not be able to launch the chair into the market because ______.

A. 12.
B. 300.
C. 22,500.
D. 1,500.

听力原文：W：I can't imagine you have any interest in attending that lecture on sculpture. For you it is so boring.
M：I do．Now you would remind me of the one. And just now I have the time. So come I.
Q：What do we learn about the man from this conversation？
(17)