Passage Three
According to the best historical and archaeological evidence, it is estimated that it took about 800 thousand to 1 million years for the earth's population to reach the 250 total which existed at the end of the first century 'after Christ. For some time after that, disease, famine, and war kept the population increase down to a fraction of 1 percent a year so that more than 15 centuries passed before the population reached 500 million. But in the next 250 years, up to 1850, the population of the world shot up to the 1 billion mark, and today it has reached 3 billion. It is predicted by United Nations investigators that in the next 35 years the population of the world will double. When experts are asked what the most effective measure which overpopulation poses, they reply that at least three measur A. estimates based on current population growth B. references in literature and mythology C. estimates based on previous population growth D. written records and cultural remains [单项选择]According to the passage, psychophysical parallelists would be LEAST likely to agree with which of the following views attributed to Spinoza
A. Through a relationship of correlation, mental occurrences can only determine other mental occurrences. B. Through a relationship of causation, physical occurrences can only determine other physical occurrences. C. Mind and body exist in pre-established coordination provided by a third entity, transcendent intelligence. D. Consciousness and extension, as separate finite qualities, may be described as distinct. E. One of the necessary attributes of any divine essence is its infinitude. [单项选择]What is true according to the passage
A. Helen was born blind and deaf. B. A sickness caused her to be blind and deaf. C. Helen lost her sight and heating at the age of 19. [单项选择]Which statement is right according to the passage [A] The thief’s stick grew an inch longer. [B] The thief got a shorter stick. [C] The thief cut an inch off the stick.
[填空题]According to the passage, daydreaming is actually an action ______.
[单项选择]According to the passage, scientists have concluded which of the following from the discovery of the large amount of deuterium found in comets
A. Comets do not contain enough deuterium to have solely created the Earth’s oceans. B. Given the ratio of deuterium to ordinary hydrogen in seawater, comets cannot have contributed to the Earth’s oceans. C. It is likely that comets contain less Xenon than meteorites do. D. Given the low level of deuterium in the waters of Earth’s oceans, comets cannot be its sole source. E. Comets now play a greater role in the creation of the Earth’s oceans than was previously thought. [填空题]According to the passage all water pollutants come from household waste.
[单项选择]What is a ghetto according to the passage
A. It is a community in New York. B. It is an industrial center in Chicago. C. It is a place where poor blacks live. D. It is a nickname for Chinatown. [单项选择]
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