【正文】 school in the mornings. In the afternoon she sunbathes or sleeps, resting up for going dancing. Just shy of 50, she says she’d never have wanted to do what her mother didgive up a career to raise a family. Instead, “I’ve always done what I wanted to do: live a selfdetermined life.” 16. More and more young Europeans remain single because . A) they are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualism B) they have entered the workforce at a much earlier age C) they have embraced a business culture of stability D) they are pessimistic about their economic future 17. What is said about European society in the passage? A) It has fostered the trend towards small families. B) It is getting closer to Americanstyle capitalism. C) It has limited consumer choice despite a free market. D) It is being threatened by irresistible privatization. 18. According to Paragraph 3, the newest group of singles are . A) warm and lighthearted B) on either side of marriage C) negative and gloomy D) healthy and wealthy 19. The author quotes Eppendorf to show that . A) some modern women prefer a life of individual freedom B) the family is no longer the basic unit of society in presentday Europe C) some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonely D) most Europeans conceive living a single life as unacceptable 20. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage? A) To review the impact of women being high earners. B) To contemplate the philosophy underlying individualism. C) To examine the trend of young people living alone. D) To stress the rebuilding of personal relationships. Passage Three Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Supporters of the biotech industry have accused an American scientist of misconduct after she testified to the New Zealand government that a geically modified(GM) bacterium could cause serious damage if released. The New Zealand Life Sciences Network, an association of proGM scientists and anisations, says the view expressed by Elaine Ingham, a soil biologist at Oregon State University in Corvallis, was exaggerated and irresponsible. It has asked her university to discipline her. But Ingham stands by her ments and says the plaints are an attempt to silence her. “They’re trying to cause trouble with my university and get me fired,” Ingham told New Scientist. The controversy began on 1 February, when Ingham testified before New Zealand’s Royal Commission on Geic Modification, which will determine how to regulate GM anisms. Ingham claimed that a GM version of a mon soil bacterium could spread and destroy plants if released into the wild. Other researchers had previously modified the bacterium to produce alcohol from anic waste. But Ingham says that when she put it in soil with wheat plants, all of the plants died within a week. “We would lose terrestrial(陸生的 ) plants...this is an anism that is potentially deadly to the continued survival of human beings,” she told the mission. She added that the . Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) canceled its approval for field tests using the anism once she had told them about her research in 1999. But last week the New Zealand Life Sciences Network accused Ingham of “presenting inaccurate, careless and exaggerated information” and “generating speculative doomsday scenarios(世界末日的局面 ) that are not scientifically supportable”. They say that her study doesn’t even show that the bacteria would survive in the wild, much less kill massive numbers of plants. What’s more, the work says that contrary to Ingham’s claims, the EPA was never asked to consider the anism for field trials. The EPA has not mented on the dispute. But an to the work from Ja Anderson, director of the EPA’s biopesticides(生物殺蟲劑 ) division, says “there is no record of a review and/or clearance to field test” the anism. Ingham says EPA officials had told her that the anism was approved for field tests, but says she has few details. It’s also not clear whether the anism, first engineered by a German institute for biotechnology, is still in use. Whether Ingham is right or wrong, her supporters say opponents are trying unfairly to silence her. “I think her concerns should be taken seriously. She shouldn’t be harassed in this way,” says Ann Clarke, a plant biologist at the University of Guelph in Canada who also testified before the mission. “It’s n attempt to silence the opposition.” 21. The passage centers on the controversy . A) between American and New Zealand biologists over geic modification B) as to whether the study of geic modification should be continued C) over the possible adverse effect of a GM bacterium on plants D) about whether Elaine Ingham should be fired by her university 22. Ingham insists that her testimony is based on . A) evidence provided by the EPA of the United States B) the results of an experiment she conducted herself C) evidence from her collaborative research with German biologists D) the results of extensive field tests in Corvallis, Oregon 23. According to Ja Anderson, the EPA . A) has cancelled its approval for field tests of the GM anism B) hasn’t reviewed the findings of Ingham’s research C) has approved field tests using the GM anism D) hasn’t given permission to field test the GM anism 24. According to Ann Clarke, the New Zealand Life Sciences Network . A) should gather evidence to discredit Ingham’s claims B) should require that the research by their biologists be regulated C) shouldn’t demand that Ingham be disciplined for voicing her views D) shouldn’t appease the opposition in such a quiet way 25. Which of the following statements about Ingham is TRUE? A) Her testimony hasn’t been supported by the EPA. B) Her credibility as a scientist hasn’t been undermin