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Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文： Australia, the last continent to be "discovered", was sighted by Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish ships in the 17th century. No colonies followed at that time, however, as these nations were less interested in colonizing than in exploring. As in the early history of the United States, it was the English who established the permanent settlements in Australia.
The history and geography of these two former British colonies have other things in common as well.
Australia and the United States are about equal in size, and barren western portions of the two bear a close physical resemblance. It was the eastern coast of Australia and America that the English first settled, and both colonies soon began to expand to the west. However, this westward expansion occurred more because the colonists were searching for better land than because the population was increasing. Settlement of the western part of both countries quickened after gold was discovered in America in 1849 and in Australia two years later.
Although the parallels in the development of these two countries are striking, there are some sharp contrasts as well. The United States gained its independence from the English by revolution, whereas Australia was granted its independence without having to go to war.
Australia, unlike the United States, was originally colonized by English convicts, and its economy was rooted in wheat growing and sheep raising. By 1922, for example, Australia had fifteen times more sheep than it had people, or almost half as many sheep as there are people today in the United States. Yet, in spite of these and other major differences, Australia and the United States have more in common with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world.
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A．Oceanic snails.B．Large fish.C．Different plants.D．Sunken treasures.
听力原文： Some people do not like anything to be out of place: they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthday; and they put everything in its place at their homes. Mr. Harper is such a person.
Mr. Harper works in a bank and lives on his own. His sister's family lives in the next town. But tie does not see his sister or her family from one year to the next. He sends them Christmas cards and he has never forgotten his nephew -- Mark's seventeen birthdays.
Last week, Mr. Harper had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straightaway, there was a knock at the door.
Mr. Harper opened the door, found a policeman standing on the doorstep. "What have I done wrong？" Mr. Harper asked himself. "Have I driven on the wrong side of file mad？ Has there been .some trouble at the bank7 Have I forgotten to pay an important bill？ .... Hello, Uncle," said the policeman, "My name's Mark."
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A．He has a large family.B．He recognized Mark.C．He lives alone.D．He had done something
A．Because they were searching for better land.B．Because the population was increasing.
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