单选题 Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
单选题 Which of the following concerning Namibia is NOT true?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文] 21-22
Chinese President Hu Jintao heads Tuesday for South Africa, China's biggest trade partner on the continent.
Hu, on an eight-nation tour of Africa, traveled Monday to Namibia, [21] where he announced new development aid for the sparsely populated, mineral-rich desert country, which hopes to benefit from an in-flow of Chinese investment and tourists.
Hu announced a package of measures, including an interest-free loan and grants to build schools as he paid tribute to the "brotherly friendship" shown by a "young country full of vitality and talent."
Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, who took office in March 2005, has actively promoted cooperation with China. [22] Trade between the two nations in the first 11 months of 2006 amounted to $240 million, an increase of 103 percent from the previous year.
[考点] 本题出题点在定语从句处。
[精析] 新闻提到纳米比亚人口稀少,是矿物质储量丰富的沙漠国家,并未提到它是第八大非洲国家,故选D。
单选题 Trade between China and Namibia was about in 2005.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 本题出题点在数字处。
[精析] 新闻提到中国和纳米比亚2006年的前11个月的贸易额是2.4亿美元,比去年增长103%,经计算2005年的贸易额是240/(1+1.03)≈118,故选B。