单选题

A、 The Government"s welfare-to-work policy is not running good.
B、 The Government"s welfare-to-work policy is practical and effective.
C、 The Government"s welfare-to-work policy is targeting poverty.
D、 The Government"s welfare-to-work policy is very positive.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Positive effects of the Government"s welfare-to-work policies could be "swamped" by worsening poverty among people who remain dependent on benefits.

A、 The Metropolitan Police has six forces.
B、 These six police forces will spend ￡7.5m.
C、 The security is more than just these six forces.
D、 The security plan will be fully carried out by the Metropolitan Police.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Six police forces are part of the ￡7.5m security plan. The Metropolitan Police is leading, but calling in colleagues from the City of London and British Transport Police.

A、 His plan is well accepted.
B、 His has come across a lot of good plans.
C、 He had problem articulate his nice ideas.
D、 People don"t understand the level of pollution in the city.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
He had an interesting plan for reducing the level of pollution in the city, but it took him a long time to get his ideas across.

A、 We will take the kids to visit the grandparents.
B、 The weather is so bad that the kids cannot go to school.
C、 The kids will visit the grandparents after school.
D、 Though the weather is nice, the kids cannot visit the grandparents.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
If our kids didn"t have to go to school, they could visit the grandparents. What a pity it is such a good day.

A、 The only child loves apples.
B、 The only child is too dependent and lack problem-solving ability.
C、 Parents of the only child are not qualified.
D、 Parents of only child have education problems.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Most parents see their only child as the apple in their eyes and do everything for him or her, but at the same time, they also worry that too much dependence will weaken their child"s problem-solving ability.