Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the conversation you will be give 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.
Now listen to the interview. Stephanopoulos pointed out that the number of today’s natural disasters is about ______ limes more than that of the 1960s.

单项选择题The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modem English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.

单项选择题The Premium Pension Authority ______. A. provides several funds for employees to choose B is a non-governmental agency C. pays the pension for people D. centrally administers premium pension contributions and fund choices

单项选择题The political changes led to ______.

单项选择题The passage suggests that the author would be likely to agree with which of the following statements about the social structure of eighteenth-century American society Ⅰ. It allowed greater economic opportunity than it did social mobility. Ⅱ. It permitted greater economic opportunity prior to 1750 than after 1750. Ⅲ. It did not contain rigidly defined socioeconomic divisions. Ⅳ. It prevented economic disputes from arising among members of the society.

单项选择题Which of the following sentence is wrong about Mayo and village life in Ireland