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TEXT H
First read the following questions.
85. Many Japanese vehicles have their first "service" at a _____.
A. garage
B. factory
C. temple
D. workshop
正确答案是
86. Koalas are unique to _____.
A. France
B. Japan
C. the world
D. Australia
正确答案是
Now read Text H quickly and select your answers.
AUSTRALIA
THE QUEENSLAND Police and the University of Queensland are now "finger-printing" koalas to prevent them from being taken illegally. Although the palms of koalas lack prints, their fingertips show a pattern that researchers believe is as individual as human fingerprints are. Under the system, wildlife rangers who suspect that a koala has been taken illegally can check whether its print is on record.
(from The Wall Street Journal)
THE WORLD
THE WORLD POPULATION of about 5.4 billion people were gathered together in one spot, with each person standing on a generous two-by-two-foot patch of ground, we'd cover an area of less than 800 square miles.
(from Marilyn vos Savant in Parade)
JAPAN
A HIGH PERCENTAGE of new cars sold in Japan have their first "service" at a temple or shrine rather than a garage workshop. In a form of religious insurance taken out by an increasing number of Japanese motorists, drivers go with their new car to the temple gate for the blessing ceremony. The Buddhist or Shinto priest is summoned, and the doors, hood and trunk are opened.
Hundreds of thousands of new cars are taken for the blessing, and sometimes the motorist makes a donation to the temple.
(from The Daily Telegraph, London)
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