23. Paragraph 1 ______.
24. Paragraph 2 ______.
25. Paragraph 4 ______.
26. Paragraph 5 ______.
A. The reason of marriage
B. Pain and happiness
C. Kinds of liberating realizations
D. Joys of raising a child
E. Fear to true happiness
F. Seeking happiness
27. Raising children is ______.
28. The bachelor resists marriage chiefly because of ______.
29. Envy sometimes stem from ______.
30. Happiness often ______ with pain.
A. goes hand in hand
B. his reluctance to take on responsibilities
C. hatred
D. misunderstanding
E. a rewarding task
F. a moral duty
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Water
Humanity uses a little less than half the water available worldwide. Yet occurrences of shortages and droughts （干旱） are causing famine and distress in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies. Since the worlds population is expected to double in the next 50 years, many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.
But that doesnt have to be the outcome. Water shortages do not have to trouble the world－if we start valuing water more than we have in the past. Just as we began to appreciate petroleum more after the 1970s oil crises, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic perspective. We can no longer afford to consider water a virtually free resource of which we can use as much as we like in any way we want.
Instead, for all uses except the domestic demand of the poor, governments should price water to reflect its actual value. This means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs.
Governments should also protect this resource by providing water in more economically and environmentally sound ways. For example, often the cheapest way to provide irrigation （灌溉） water in the dry tropics is through small-scale projects, such as gathering rainfall in depressions （凹地） and pumping it to nearby cropland.
No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently, they must change their institutional and legal approaches to water use. Rather than spread control among hundreds or even thousands of local, regional, and national agencies that watch various aspects of water use, countries should set up central authorities to coordinate water policy.
31. What is the real cause of the potential water crisis? ________.
A. Only half of the worlds water can be used.
B. The world population is increasing faster and faster.
C. Half of the worlds water resources have been seriously polluted.
D. Humanity has not placed sufficient value on water resources.
32. As indicated in the passage, the water problem ________.
A. is already serious in certain parts of the world
B. has been exaggerated by some experts in the field
C. poses a challenge to the technology of building reservoirs
D. is underestimated by government organizations at different levels
33. According to the author, the water price should ________.
A. be reduced to the minimum
B. stimulate domestic demand
C. correspond to its real value
D. take into account the occurrences of droughts
34. The author says that in some hot and dry areas it is advisable to ________.
A. build big lakes to store water
B. construct big pumping stations
C. build small and cheap irrigation systems
D. channel water from nearby rivers to cropland
35. In order to raise the efficiency of the water supply, measures should be taken to ________.
A. guarantee full protection of the environment
B. centralize the management of water resources
C. increase the sense of responsibility of agencies at all levels
D. encourage local and regional control of water resources
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The Appearance of Woman
All research to date on body image shows that women are much more critical of their appearance than men－much less likely to admire what they see in the mirror. Up to 8 out of 10 women are dissatisfied with their reflection, and more than half may see a distorted image.
Men looking in the mirror are more likely to be either pleased with what they see or indifferent. Research shows that men generally have a much more positive body image than women－if anything, they may tend to over-estimate their attractiveness. Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.
Why are women so much more self-critical than men? Because women are judged on their appearance more than men, and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible. Women are continually bombarded with images of the "ideal" face. And constant exposure to idealized images of female beauty on TV, magazines and billboards makes exceptional good looks seem normal and anything short of perfection seem abnormal and ugly. It has been estimated that young women now see more images of outstandingly beautiful women in one day than our mothers saw throughout their entire adolescence.
Also, most women are trying to achieve the impossible: standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century. In 1917, the physically perfect woman was about 5ft 4in tall and weighed nearly 10 stone. Even 25 years ago, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than the average woman, now they weigh 23% less. The current media ideal for women is achievable by less than 5% of the female population－and thats just in terms of weight and size. If you want the ideal shape, face etc., its probably more like 1%.
36. The main purpose of the passage is to _______.
A. explain a phenomenon
B. compare two facts
C. make a suggestion
D. strengthen a current theory
37. The difference between men and women when they look into the mirror is that _______.
A. women stay longer before the mirror than men
B. women feel more comfortable about their appearance than men
C. women, more than men, come away from the mirror feeling unsatisfied
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