单选题Questions 27 and 28 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
How many unidentified bodies are likely to be Burmese?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文] 27-28 When the tsunami hit southern Thailand last year hundreds of Burmese migrants working in beach front hotels were among the victims. Thai officials have identified 80 Burmese migrant workers among the dead. [27]But they believe several of the more than 800 unidentified bodies are likely to be Burmese. Thousands of Burmese migrant workers are employed along Thailand's Andaman Sea coast—a source of cheap labor for contractors who often overlook the need to register the workers. [28]Those who survived the December 2004 tsunami often found their jobs, homes and belongings were gone. and that they were unable to get government aid. Adisorn Kurdmongkol, a Thai labor activist, says the disaster called attention to the problems the Burmese migrants faced even before the tsunami. [解析] 新闻提到,泰国官方已经确认80名缅甸工人在海啸中丧生。同时,在800多具没有确定身份的遇难者中,泰国官方认为其中有一些为缅甸人。故选项A正确。 [点睛] 数字细节题。听音时需留意选项A、B、C中的数字在新闻中出现时各指什么。
单选题
The surviving Burmese faced the following problems after the tsunami EXCEPT