单选题Although they entered the wildly profitable coffee business rather late, South American countries now produce most of the coffee consumed worldwide,A South American countries now produceB it is the South American countries now producingC and South Amer

“Some” in “Some still exist today” Para. 1 means _____.

Passage 6Question 8-12　　● Read this text which is about issues of health and safety in a factory.　　● Choose the best sentence from the list A-G to fill each of the blanks.　　● For each blank (8-12) mark one letter (A–G) on your Answer Sheet.　　● Do not mark any letter twice.　　● One answer has been given as an example.MAKE BIETANM A MOST FAVORED NATION　　For 25 years, Vietnam has been an open sore on the U.S. body politic: It not only ate up thousands of American lives and billions of US dollars, but also often reminded the Americans of bitter failure (0)______. Only in the past year has Washington begun rebuilding links by allowing aid from international organizations and lifting the trade embargo.　　But that's not enough (8)______.. The Key step is to grant most-favored-nation status to Vietnam, letting Vietnamese goods enter the U.S. at favorable tariff rates (9)______.. Why MFN for Vietnam? (10)______.. Strained trade relations between the two countries make it less likely that American companies will get their share of these contracts. (11)______.. In both the North and South, Americans are highly regarded, and American companies are welcomed as a counter-balance to Japanese, Chinese, and European investment.　　Granting MFN to Vietnam is sure to be controversial (12)______.. But it should be taken seriously.　　A. The U.S. government may not like a heated dispute on this neglectable issue.　　B. The U.S. response to defeat was to block international did and forbid American companies to do business there.　　C. Moreover, despite the conflicts of the past, Vietnam could be a tremendous ally for the U.S.　　D. It’s time now to move toward establishing normal ties with Vietnam whose economy is growing 8% a year.　　E. To start with，Vietnam will sign contracts involving billions on telecommunications，power plants，and airliners.　　F. Given the trouble of Clinton Administration’s foreign policy，the issue will be held in suspension.　　G. That would give Vietnam equal footing with most other countries，including Russia and—at least for now—China.

The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England _____.

The area between（）and（）is now often referred to as the"Silicon Glen".

The writer used an Arabic story to prove that _____.

The Arabic legend is used to prove that _____.

Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

Which is true about the three countries?

In the Latin American countries, titles and degrees lend prestige and social status to the individual.

Practice 8　　The United States has long been known as a “melting pot”, because many of its people are descended from settlers who came from all over the world to make their homes in the new land. The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands. Attracted by reports of great economic opportunities and religious and political freedom, immigrants from many other countries flocked to the United States in increasing numbers, reaching a peak in the years 1880—1914. Between 1820 and 1980 the United States admitted almost 50 million immigrants.　　Some 1,360,000 American Indians, descendants of North America's first inhabitants, now reside in the United States. Most live in the West, but many are in the south and north central areas. Of the more than 300 separate tribes, the largest is the Navaho in the Southwest.　　Black people were first brought to America from Africa as slaves. Their descendants now make up nearly 12 percent of the population. They once lived mainly in the agricultural South but now are scattered throughout the nation.