[单项选择]Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.A. That colloquial Arabic is the everyday spoken language, which varies from country to country.
B. That Arabic is just one language that all Arabs understand, speak and write.
C. That classical Arabic and modern Arabic are two different kinds of written Arabic.
D. That pan-Arabic provides a means of communication between educated people of different Arab nationalities.

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Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following interview between Mr. Pollard and Mrs. Partridge about the housing situation in Britain.
Interviewer: Mrs. Partridge, I understand that you are very concerned about the housing situation in Britain.
Mrs. Partridge: Indeed I am. The government itself admits that there are more than two million houses which ought to be pulled down at once. It also admits that there are another two million in such a shocking state that it would be a waste of money to repair them.
Interviewer: What do you mean by "shocking state"
Mrs. Partridge: I mean houses that are in such a bad condition that they are permanently damp, or houses where you’ll find as many as five families sharing one tap and one toilet.
Mr. Pollard: But what about all the good things that have been and are being done What about the rebuilding of whole parts of cities like Sheffield and Birmingham and Coventry — not to mentio
A. To hotels.
B. To new towns.
C. To hostels.
D. To empty buildings.

[单项选择]Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.A. The unusual habits of the centenarians. B. How to live to be 100
C. The incredible groups of senior citizens. D. How to be young forever

[单项选择] Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following interview with Tom Kenney, the managing editor for multimedia at Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive about WashingtonPost. com. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 14 to 17.When did the WashingtonPost. com get into the video news business
[A] 1988.
[B] 1989.
[C] 1998.
[D] 1999.

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Questions are based on the following conversation on transportation in 21st century.
M: Talking about the 21st Century, as far as transportation is concerned, I think there’re going to be huge changes in the way people use cars.They’ll probably have made laws about what kind of car you can own and when you can use it.
W: And I bet it’ll be impossible for people to use cars whenever they like. There’ll be just too many of them on the roads.The air will be so seriously polluted that nobody will be able to breathe normally.
M: Exactly. People will have to rely on other modes of transportation — especially trains.
W: Why do you say that
M: Well, we won’t be able to use caps, and airports take too much space.With the supply of land for airports shrinking around the world, there are going to be fewer airports and fewer plane flights.That leaves trains.
W: Huh. So do you thinkthere will be more efficient
A. The land for airports will be used for other purposes.
B. There are too many people travelling by car.
C. Many people have a fear for air travel.
D. There will be faster way" of travelling than travelling by air.