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76 % of the peasants questioned are senior citizens B.

3 ,610 families have the urgent problem of supporting the old in the family C. peasants are worried about the economic pressure which they will face in their old age D. many peasants feel concerned about whether they can live over

70 13. From Paragraph

3 , we can deduce that aging of the population may be the result of A. high mortality rates B. the development of economy C. better care of the children D. the implementation of family planning 14. China'

s elderly population 一一一一- A. is declining in the 90'

s B. will be more than

10 percent of the total population by the year

2000 C. reached

10 percent of the total population in

1995 D. will be around

120 million by the year

2000 502 15. The best title for the passage might be 一一一一一一・ A. China Is Growing Old B. Senior Citizens'

Rights and Interests C. Supporting the Elderly D. Peasants'

Questions Read Passage

3 again and find a word/phrase , which is similar in meaning to each of the following. The paragraph in which the word/phrase appears is indicated in brackets. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 16. to carry out 一一一一一 (paragraph 2) 17. to state or express 一一一一一一 (paragraph 2) 18. outstanding_一一一一 (paragraph 3) 19. to deal with 一一一一一一 (paragraph 4) 20. to depend on 一一一-一一一 (paragraph 6) Part III True or False Questions 21-30 are based on Passage

4 (20 points ,

2 points each). Passage

4 It is easy to think of examples of culture but difficult to define the term. The British musician and artist Brian Eno had a try , suggesting that Culture is what we don'

t have to do. We can explain his definition by considering how much culture is a part of the smallest details of our lives: we have to eat , but we don'

t have to eat rice as Japanese sushi or Spanish paella;

we have to walk , but we don'

t have to dance cowboy-like dances or Viennese waltzes. Whatever we don'

t strictly have to do , from food to fashion to furniture , becomes part of our indivídual cultures. Culture often results from a problem-solving activity. When the lndían peasant woman prepares her food , the dried dung of cows serves fuel. It is an easily available fuel source in a country lacking forests or coal and oil. Such fuels would , in any case , be too expensive. And because dried cow dung burns slowly and evenly at a low temperature , the woman can leave the cooking fire unattended and go to work in the field while the evening meal slowly SI 口1 自lers. In China , where coal has been the main cooking fuel for centuries , a different cooking has emerged. Coal produces extremely high heat for a short períod of time. Dishes cooked

503 using coal ideally feature foods cut into small pieces and quickly stir-fried. Food cultures have emerged not just from the ingredients available locally , but also the tools and methods available to prepare them. Although many of the reasons for the development of these cultural food practices are changing , people still rely on parts of them. Home chefs in India and China are both increasingly likely to use microwave ovens to heat up pre-made foods but still favor curries and diced vegetables and meat respectively. Read Passage

4 and decide whether the following statements are True or False. Write T for True and F for False against the number of each of the statements on your Answer Sheet. 21. People can easily give the real meaning about culture. 22. Culture is only a part of the important things in people'