Sweden has many trees that it can use as a fuel source.

now？

A．The Academy's selection of the winners has less to do with true writing ability than with other things.

B．The Academy only selects certain types of writers as the winners.

C．The Academy hasn't modified any of the standards of selection as time progresses.

D．The Academy has selected too many English language writers as the winners.

g owners must pay for any damage their dog does. A Swedish Kennel Club official explains what this means; if your dog runs out on the road and gets hit by a passing car， you, as the owner, have to pay for any damage done to the car, even if your dog has been killed in the accident. From the text it can be inferred that in Sweden ____ .

A、dogs are welcome in public places

B、keeping dogs means asking for trouble

C、many car accidents are caused by dogs

D、people care much about dogs

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B.

C.

D.

Millriver is a tiny village. Someone says it possesses a tree. The tree is cursed. Someone mentioned the tree in a newspaper. People visit Millriver. The number has now increased. The tree near a church. Someone planted it fifty years ago. It is only in recent years. It has gained an evil reputation. People say that anyone touches the tree will have bad luck, picks a leaf will die. The tree has already claimed a number of victims. Many villagers believe. They has been asked the vicar to ask others cut down the tree. Up to now he has refused. He has pointed out. The tree is a useful source. People can get income from it. Tourists have been coming to see it. They are from all parts of the country. People all said that. The tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk. Up to now, there are no men has been struck down by sudden death!

一个深度为h的满k叉树，最多有多少个叶结点？（独根树深度为0）(单选) There is a full k-ary tree, whose depth is h. How many leaf nodes can it have at most？ (The depth of a tree, which only has a root node, is 0.)（There is only one correct answer）

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Section D

听力原文： The fourth component of the Swedish social system is that its policies ensure full employment and increase the mobility of labour—that is, the ability to change jobs without losing income. Swedes have a strong work ethic. This, combined with state-funded programmes that minimise unemployment, results in a policy of subsidised employment, which Sweden prefers to high unemployment rates and large welfare expenditures. So, there are a large number of vocational training programmes that employers pay for available to workers in jobs that have become unnecessary. There are also subsidies for workers who must change jobs because of changes in the labour market.

Sweden introduced the fifth and final component of its social system at the end of the 20th century. This component corrects some of the problems created by the four previously mentioned components. It includes new rules that are designed to improve job stability, such as training programmes to help employees learn new skills as their jobs change and become more complex. Also, the government has reduced social insurance and welfare payments.

So, in conclusion, the Swedes are happy with their system. Sweden has achieved more in terms of social equality, economic security and freedom than many other economies. As a result, most Swedes aren’t interested in any more reform. of the economic system. However, because it is heavily involved in international markets, Sweden must continue to manage its social policies so that it remains competitive in the international marketplace.

The fourth component of the Swedish social system is that its policies ensure full employment and increase the mobility of labour—that is, the ability to change jobs without【21】______ income, Swedes have a strong work ethic. This, combined with state-funded programmes that【22】______unemployment, results in a policy of subsidised employment, which Sweden prefers to high unemployment rates and large welfare【23】______. So, there are a large number of【24】______training programmes that employers pay for【25】______to workers in jobs that have become unnecessary. There are also subsidies for workers who must change jobs because of changes in the labour market.

Sweden introduced the fifth and final component of its social system at the end of the 20th century. This component corrects some of the problems created by the four【26】______ mentioned components. It includes new rules that are designed to improve job stability, such as training programmes to help employees learn new skills as their jobs change and become more【27】______. Also, the government has reduced social【28】______and welfare payments.

So, in conclusion, the Swedes are happy with their system. Sweden has achieved more in terms of social equality, economic【29】______than many other economies. As a result, most Swedes aren’t interested in any more reform. of the economic system. However, because it is【30】______in international markets, Sweden must continue to manage its social policies so that it remains competitive in the international marketplace.

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a land of liberal-minded people living in a bastion of equality—which, in many ways, it is. Sweden has the second highest number of female parliamentarians 'in the world. Half its government ministers are women. Its wage gap is narrow, and females are well represented in the labor force. Both the United Nations and the World Economic Forum have rated it tops in the world for equality.

But no paradise is without its paradoxes. In Sweden, the biggest one is this: while the government has done much to improve the lives of women, it has also created a glass ceiling for them that is thicker than that in many other European countries, as well as in the United States. While state funded child care and extremely long and cushy maternity benefits make it easy to be a working mother in Sweden, such benefits also have the effect of dampening female employment in the most lucrative and powerful jobs. In Sweden, more than 50 percent of women who work do so in the public sector—most as teachers, nurses, civil servants, home health aides or child minders, according to the OECD. Compare this to about 30 percent in the U.K. and 19.5 percent in America. "Private-sector employers are less willing to deal with the disruption caused by very long maternity leaves," says Manuela Tomei, a labor sociologist with the International Labor Organization in Geneva. "Gender discrimination in Sweden may be more subtle, but it is very much there."

The link between family-friendly policies and female employment are a hot topic all over the developed world, as birthrates fall and a shortage of skilled labor looms. Europeans have looked to the Nordic countries as a model—longer maternity leaves and state-funded child care must make it easier for women to have careers, or so the conventional wisdom goes. And indeed the system does make it easier for women to hold lower-to-mid level jobs and have children. But as London School of Economics fellow Catherine Hakim notes, policies that raise the birthrate "don't necessarily translate into complete gender equality, particularly in the private sector".

Swedish women are unlikely to hold important managerial positions. A study by former ILO economist Richard Anker using data from 2000 found that while women in the United States held 45.3 percent of managerial positions, their Swedish counter-parts held only 29.2 percent (Britons held 33 percent, Germans 27 percent and Danes 23 percent). And, while the average wage gap between the genders in Sweden is narrow (about 15 percent), it can exceed 40 percent in high-end jobs. And while the gap is closing in other countries, it has held steady in Sweden for most of the last decade.

By citing examples of women employment in Sweden, the author intends to show that

A．Sweden is a land of equality.

B．Sweden ranks top in equality.

C．Europeans and Americans have problems in sexism.

D．Sweden has the largest number of women parliamentarians.

riday, andauthorities held out little hope for tens of thousands still missing. Flying over miles of ravaged shoreline, a shaken U.N. Secretary-General Kofi-Annan asked: "You wonder where are the people？ What has happened to them？" Indonesia said searchers found 7,118 more bodies in the shattered piles of rubble. Sweden, Britain and France warned they feared that nearly 1,100 of their citizens missing in the disaster were dead. Nearly two weeks after huge waves struck 11 countries in Asia and Africa, the lists of missing were still rising.

How many people have died in the recent tsunami so far？

A．147,000

B．174,000

C．14,000

D．17,000

ducational system for adult students in Sweden？

M: Yes, in Swedish we call it Folkbillnin, which means the popular non-formal and voluntary educational system for all ages. Although it has been made known very recently, the system has in fact evolved over a hundred years. People in Sweden come together to study on their own conditions, to listen to lectures, and to take part in social and cultural events.

W: Do they have to register for a school course and sit for a classroom teaching as well.

M: Not exactly. All study groups are referred to as study circles, which are conducted by a larger body called study associations. It is the most typical form. of liberal adult education in Sweden. A small group of people meet regularly for a period of time, most often a night per week to study a certain subject or theme, or to take part in a cultural activity. The circle consists of five to twelve participants, of whom one is the leader. In Sweden today, there are around 350,000 study circles every year with about two and a half million participants all together. They also arrange more than 200,000 cultural events with about 15 million participants or visitors.

W: This is really a large enrollment, given the total population in your country. But how are the study circle supported？ Do you get government grants or are they privately funded？

M: Liberal adult education in Sweden is largely financed by grants from government, regional governments and local councils. The parliament has laid down the aims and conditions for granting government support. The aims are to further individuals~ own creativity, and broaden their interesting culture. Furthermore, priority should be given to such activities that aim at narrowing and bridging educational gaps and that are geared toward those who are educationally, socially and culturally disadvantaged.

19.How long has the Swedish adult educational system evolved？

20.Why do people participate in the activities of a study circle？

21.According to the man, how many study circles are them annually in Sweden today？.

22.Which of following is NOT an aim set by the parliament for the study circle？

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A．Five years.

B．Fi{teen years.

C．Fifty years.

D．A hundred years.