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anged a lot and is ____ rapidly year by year.One day, if you e to my hometown, I’m willing to guide you. From the top of the mountains you can see ____ the coast of the sea. ____, in the near future, our hometown will bee more beautiful.Answering Sheet聽力錄音稿第一節(jié)聽下面5段對(duì)話。 ______________________________________________.80. 這件事與我無關(guān)。(A) Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural areas to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years. In many countries, the main reason people e to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people e to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There is usually a residential area nearby, where the factory workers can live. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so more people e to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows. In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big panies have their main offices. In the United States this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see the huge skyscraper office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day. Many of them live in suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the city center. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice house and big gardens. There are usually parks for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need.But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger and bigger? Perhaps not. Some major cities have actually bee smaller in the last ten years and it is quite possible that one day we will see people out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages.46. We can easily know that the underlined phrase are ____.A. areas of the countryside B. areas of a town or a cityC. areas near the countryside D. areas near a town or a city47. Why do people move to live in cities or towns?A. Because they can live more fortably there.B. Because they prefer noisy life to peaceful life.C. They do so mainly to find work.D. Because they are sure of having a better life there.48. In a residential area you can see _____.A. rows of housesB. many offices and factoriesC. a lot of factories and farmsD. many houses with offices and factories49. In the United States, many people work in the center of a big city ____.A. while live on the far away edge of the cityB. and live thereC. but live in another cityD. but live far away out of the city50. We can infer that this movement from country areas to urban areas _____.A. has been going on for more than 2,000 yearsB. will continue in the futureC. may not continue in the futureD. is sure to stop(B)If you went to Australia, you would have to visit the famous Great Barrier Reef(大堡礁). One of Australia’s biggest tourist attractions, it is also home to great numbers of wildlife. There are 1,500 kinds of fish, 350 kinds of corals(珊瑚) and 30 kinds of sea animals. However, in recent years, the reef has e under threat from record high temperatures, pollution and overfishing. To save one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, Australia plans to ban fishing from onethird of the reef, according to a government announcement on June 2. Visitors are often surprised to learn that only a small part of the underwater attraction is now protected – just 5 per cent. Australia’s environment minister David Kemp said the new plans would increase protected areas to over 30 per cent of the 2,000 km reef. “The Great Barrier Reef is suffering very considerable pressures at the moment from increasing usage by tourists, by fishers, by the local people,” Kemp said. “It is very important that we give the reef proper protection for the future. It is Australia’s greatest natural icon(象征物).” The Great Barrier Reef lies off northeast Australia’s Queensland state. It brings about billion Australia dollars ( billion yuan) to the country each