听力题 As the death toll continues to climb in the wake of Sunday''s earthquake — triggered tsunami, the world is (36) 1 the biggest-ever mobilization of international aid for a natural disaster. But (37) 2workers are warning that the geographic scope of the tragedy is so (38) 3that there is no way to (39) 4that life-saving food, fresh water and medicine will reach everyone in need. So far, the (40) 5, like the event that triggered it, is unparalleled in modern history. Already, aid workers report, the flow of material goods to some airports in the disaster zone greatly (41) 6storage and distribution (42) 7 Such is the case in Medan Indonesia, some 300 kilometers southeast of the devastated town of Banda Aceh. Speaking with VOA by cell phone from Medan, Oxfam (43) 8 Mona Laczo believes that a planned aid shipment to the city has had to be diverted. She said; "Things change so fast, our plane that left the U. K. on Wednesday — now, we are being told that, (44) 9. and we have to go back to square-one. Aside from food and fresh water, Oxfam plans to distribute mosquito nets to protect tsunami-ravaged communities from mosquito-born diseases, such as dengue fever and malaria. (45) 10. At a news conference in New York, U. N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said the world body will be "stretched" to meet the needs of tsunami survivors. But, he added, (46) 11.
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【正确答案】 1、witnessing,    2、relief,    3、immense,    4、guarantee,    5、response,    6、exceeds,    7、capacity,    8、coordinator,    9、because so much aid has poured in, the Medan airport can no longer facilitate the arrival. So, our plane is actually going to end up some where else,    10、Bottlenecks in aid distribution are the challenge of reaching survivors across a wide swath of Asian coastline, with many islands and villages virtually inaccessible,    11、the global community has no choice but to do its utmost in every way possible    
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