听力原文：At the Earth Summit in Johannesburg over a year ago, Israel and Jordan agreed to look into building a "Red-Dead" pipeline that would run 320 km along their rugged desert border. Dubbed the "Peace Conduit", the canal would be the biggest Israel-Jordanian joint venture since their 1994 peace treaty. Israeli officials cite the importance of cooperation with former Arab enemies as one of the main reasons they favor the Red-Dead canal over an older "Med-Dead" proposal to take water from the Mediterranean Sea, which would not involve Jordan.
Why did Israelis prefer the "Red-Dead" canal to the "Med-Dead" proposal？
A．Because they wanted to cooperate with their former Arab enemies,
B．Because the Red-Dead canal would run across the desert.
C．Because the Med-Dead canal would be much longer.
D．Because they didn't want to take water from the Mediterranean Sea.

Sally wants to become a singer when she __ up.
A．grows
B．grew
C．will grow

听力原文：The theory once advanced in the nineteenth century—that the productivity of the land can be infinitely increased by the application of capital, labor, and science—is wrong. History has shown that once the natural life-support systems of a civilization have been sufficiently damaged, they cannot usually be repaired.The ancient deforestation and overgrazing of the Mediterranean region is a famous example. Today, a global civilization is ruining the global environment.
The Mediterranean region is cited as an example of .
A．the ability of nature to remedy human destruction
B．the ability of people to make use of natural resources
C．the manner in which people replenish the environment
D．the effects of human abuse of natural resources

All the information can __ in this small computer.
A．store
B．be storing
C．be stored

听力原文：The decentralization, diversity, academic freedom and shared governance that have evolved over the past two centuries have made America's system of higher education one of the most accessible and democratic in the world.Today educators from around the globe are turning to U.S. institutions of higher learning for inspiration.
According to the passage, what has made America's system of higher education a great success？
A．Accessibility, diversity, academic freedom and centralized governance.
B．Diversity, academic freedom, democracy and centralization.
C．Shared governance, diversity, academic freedom and accessibility.
D．Decentralization, diversity, academic freedom and shared governance.

We are happy that the 2008 Olympic Games __ in Beijing.
A．will be held
B．will hold
C．hold