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PassageTwo
ThenorthernpartsoftheUnitedStatesgetverycoldinthewinter. ItsnowsagreatdealandthetemperatureoftengoesbelowzerodegreesinJanuary, FebruaryandMarch. But [29]thenortheasternandnorth-centralregionsofthecountryhavebeenfinancialandindustrialcenters,andtheyareheavilypopulated. Inrecentyears, [29]peopleintheseregionshavebeguntotakevacationsduringthesecoldwintermonths.Theygotosouthernpartsofthecountrywhereitiswarmer. ManygotoFloridawheretheweatheristropical. OthersgotothesouthwesternstatesofArizona, NewMexicoandTexaswheretheyfinddrydesertclimates. Ithasbecomecommon, nowadays, forolderpeopletomovesouthtotheseplaceswhentheyretire. [30]Typicallythesepeopleselltheirhousesintheirhomecommunitiesandmovesouthtobeginanewlifeasseniorcitizens.Theirchildrenlikelyhavehomesoftheirown, andmanyofthemaremovingsouthawayfromcommunitieswheretheywereraised. Thesouthernandsouthwesternpartsofthecountryarenowgrowingfasterthananyotherparts. Businessandindustryhaveopenedmanynewofficesandfactoriesinthesouth. Californiaisalreadythemostpopularstateinthecountry. [31]TexasandFloridaaregrowingfasttoo. TheymaysoonreplacesuchstatesasNewYorkandPennsylvaniainpopulation.
Questions 29 to 31 arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
29. WhatdoesthespeakersayaboutthenorthernpartsoftheUnitedStates?
正确答案：B
解析：选项可分为两类：某些地区吸引人（A、C）；人们来到或远离这些地区（B、D），且与冬天有关。短文开头大篇幅介绍美国北方的寒冷，人们选择去南方度假，甚至退休后举家南迁。因此答案为B。选项D过于夸大其词。
30. Whydosomeretireesselltheirhousesintheirhomecommunities?
正确答案：C
解析：短文中间部分提到有些老人退休后会卖掉房子，紧接着说了原因，搬到南方开始新的生活。C中的tobeginanewlife基本上是听到的原词，inwarmerweather是对上下文的同义表达。D项具有一定的干扰性。
31. InwhichaspectwillTexasandFloridasurpassNewYorkandPennsylvania?
正确答案：A
解析：A是尾句听到的与四个地区有关的原词。符合短文听力“听到什么选什么”的解题原则。