单选题   Questions12-15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] Current studies show that what goes on labels is an important consideration for manufacturers, since more than seventy percent of shoppers read food labels when considering whether to buy a product. A recent controversy as to whether labels on prepared foods should educate or merely inform the consumer is over, and a consumer group got its way. The group had maintained that product labels should do more than simply list how many grams of nutrients a food contains. Their contention was that labels should also list the percentage of a day's total nutrients that the product will supply to the consumer, because this information is essential in planning a healthy diet. A government agency disagreed strongly, favoring label that merely informs the consumer, in other words, a label that only lists the contents of the product. The agency maintained that consumers could decide for themselves if the food is nutritious and is meeting their daily needs. The consumer group, in supporting its case, had cited a survey in which shoppers were shown a food label, and were then asked if they would need more or less of a certain nutrient after eating a serving of this product. The shoppers were not able to answer the questions easily when they were not given a specific percentage. This study, and others helped get the new regulation passed, and now food products must have the more detailed labels. According to the speaker, how many percent of customers read food labels before making a purchase? 短文从一开头就提到,食品生产商很关注食品标签上的内容,因为有超过于70%的消费者购买食品前会读食品上的标签。 本题为数字题。预读选项文中出现的数字,再进行信息匹配。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文] What was the controversy about? 短文谈到controversy时说到,最近一场关于食品标签应该给顾客提供详细还是简要信息的争论已经结束,可见D为正确选项。 预读选项可推知文章内容与食品标签、食品信息有关。此题也可以根据反复出现的list,contents,detailed labels等关键词做出判断。其他三个选项都是根据个别词语胡乱拼凑的选项。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] What's the government agency's attitude towards more detailed labeling? 短文提到,政府机构坚决反对标签提供更多的信息,C的opposing(K对)与短文的disagreed strongly一致,故正确。 从选项内容来看,这是观点态度,听录音时要抓住表示态度立场的词句。题录音中提到government agency时很明确地使用了disagreed strongly的字眼,不难判断出政府机构的态度。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] What kind of food labels are provided to the customers now? 文章最后提到,如今食品标签必须向消费者提供更为详细的信息,答案为A。 预读选项可知木月与食品标签内容的详细与简单有关。本题符合“短文结尾处常出题”的命题。只要抓听到detailed便可选出正确答案。