【正文】 d life.‖16. More and more young Europeans remain single because .A) they are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualismB) they have entered the workforce at a much earlier ageC) they have embraced a business culture of stabilityD) 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.5 A) warm and lighthearted B) on either side of marriageC) negative and gloomy D) healthy and wealthy 19. The author quotes Eppendorf to show that .A) some modern women prefer a life of individual freedomB) the family is no longer the basic unit of society in presentday EuropeC) some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonelyD) 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.abdac 5. Passage one ()Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage 1. Sustainable development is applied to just about everything from energy to clean water and economic growth, and as a result it has bee difficult to question either the basic assumptions behind it or the way the concept is put to use. This is especially true in agriculture, where sustainable development is often taken as the sole measure of progress without a proper appreciation of historical and cultural perspectives.2. To start with, it is important to remember that the nature of agriculture has changed markedly throughout history, and will continue to do so. Medieval agriculture in northern Europe fed, clothed and sheltered a predominantly rural society with a much lower population density than it is today. It had minimal effect on biodiversity, And any pollution it caused was typically localized. In terms of energy use and the nutrients captured in the product it was relatively inefficient.3. Contrast this with farming since the start of the industrial revolution. Competition from overseas led farmers to specialize and increase yields. Throughout this period food became cheaper, safe and more reliable. However, these changes have also led to habitat loss and to diminishing biodiversity.4. What‘s more, demand for animal products in developing countries is growing so fast that meeting it will require an extra 300 million tons of grain a year by the growth of cities and industry is reducing the amount of water available for agriculture in many regions.5. All this means that agriculture in the 21st century will have to be very different from how it was in the will require radical thinking. For example, we need to move away from the idea that traditional practices are inevitably more sustainable than new ones. We also need to abandon the notion that agriculture can be ―zero impact‖. The key will be to abandon the rather simple and static measures of sustainability, which centre on the need to maintain production without increasing damage. instead we need a more dynamic interpretation, one that looks at the pros and cons of all the various way land is used. There are many different ways to measure agricultural performance besides food yield: energy use, environmental costs, water purity, carbon 6 footprint and biodiversity. It is clear, for example, that the carbon of transporting tomatoes from Spain to the UK is less than that of producing them in the UK with additional heating and lighting. but we do not know whether lower carbon footprints will always be better for biodiversity.6. What is crucial is recognizing that sustainable agriculture is not just about sustainable food production.52. How do people often measure progress in agriculture?A) By its productivity C) By its impact on the environmentB) By its sustainability D) By its contribution to economic growth 53. Specialisation and the effort to increase yields have resulted in________.A) localised pollution C) petition