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　　8. The dramatic decline in the enrollment of foreign students in the U.S. after September 11 was caused by ___________________________________________________________.

　　9. Many Americans fear that American competitiveness may be threatened by foreign students who will ________________________________________________________________.

　　10. The policy of welcome foreign students can benefit the U.S. in that the very best of them will stay and _____________________________________________________________.

　　三)单词在听力中的作用

　　Section C

　　Crime is increasing worldwide. There is every reason to believe the _____1_____ will continue through the next few decades.

　　Crime rates have always been high in multicultural, industrialized societies such as the United States, but a new _____2_____ has appeared on the world _____3_____—rapid rising crime rates in nations that previously reported few _____4_____. Street crimes such as robbery, rape, _____5_____, and auto theft are clearly rising, _____6_____ in eastern European countries such as Hungary and in western European nations such as the United Kingdom.

　　What is driving this crime _____7_____? There are no simple answers. Still, there are certain conditions _____8_____ with rising crime: increasing heterogeneity(混杂)of populations, greater cultural pluralism, higher immigration, democratization of governments, _______________________9___________________________.

　　These conditions are increasingly observable around the world. For instance, cultures that were previously isolated and homogeneous(同种类的), such as Japan, Denmark, and Greece, ___________________________________10______________________________________.

　　Multiculturalism can be a rewarding, enriching experience, but it can also lead to a clash of values. Heterogeneity in societies will be the rule in the twenty-first century, and ______________________________11________________________________________.

　　1.trend 2.phenomenon 3.scene

　　4.offences/ offenses 5.murder 6.particularly

　　7.explosion 8.associated

　　9.changing national borders, greater economic growth, and the lack of accepted social ideas of right and wrong

　　10.are now facing the sort of cultural variety that has been common in America for most of its history

　　11.failure to recognize and plan for such diversity can lead to serious crime problems