[单项选择]The passage appears to be from a(n) ______.


A. formal speech
B. information booklet
C. advertisement
D. newspaper article

[单项选择]The passage appears to be from a(n) ______.
A. formal speech
B. information booklet
C. advertisement
D. newspaper article

[单项选择]This passage appears to be a part of introduction to ______.
A. foreign students
B. the Immigration and Naturalization Service
C. the local community
D. U.S. college and university life

[单项选择]This passage appears to be written by ______.

[单项选择]According to the passage what appears to be changing rapidly in Britain and the USA
A. The style writers are employing.
B. The way new writers are being recruited.
C. The medium authors are using.
D. The message authors are putting forward.

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Passage Five
From the beginning rivers have played an important part in the life of man. Man of the earliest times used the rivers as a means of travel. Today rivers still serve as a great waterway for the transport and people.
In ancient times, man settled near rivers or on river banks and built up large empires.
Water is Nature’s most precious gift to man. Man needs water to irrigate his crops, to cook and to wash. In nations all over the world rivers mean life and wealth. They feed and clothe the nations around them.
Water is also a source of energy and power. Man constructs huge dams across the river to control the water for irrigation and get the energy needed to drive generators. The electrical power is then directed to homes, cities, factories and television stations.
Man uses water each day. His main source of water comes from reservoirs, which in turn get their water from the rivers.
Rivers also bring down soil
A. people and crops
B. life and wealth
C. poverty and death
D. agriculture and bridge