【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] The Institute of International Education, based in New York, recently published its yearly report, Open Doors Two Thousand Five. The report says the number of foreign students decreased by about one percent during the school year that began last fall. India sent the most students, more than eighty thousand. That was a one percent increase from the year before. China sent the next highest number, more than sixty two thousand. That was also a one percent increase. South Korea was third, with more than fifty-three thousand students, up two percent. Japan was fourth, with more than forty-two thousand students, an increase of three percent. Question: How many Chinese students went to study in the U.S.A. in 2005? 文中具体列举了每年前往美国学习的亚洲留学生的数额。其中,印度留美学生最多,达8万人次之多;中国位居其次,高达6万2千多人;韩国位列第三,5万3千多人;日本第四,4万2千多人。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] Joaquim Chanque May does not remember facing such daunting hurdles when he arrived to Barcelona, as a student from Equatorial Guinea 30 years ago. After completing his university studies, Mr. Chanque May opted to stay on, because he opposed his country's government. Now 57 years old, Mr. Chanque May owns a small business and has Spanish citizenship. But he says he and his family are not completely welcome in their adopted country. Question: How many years has Joaquim Chanque May been living in Spain? Barcelona巴塞罗那(西班牙首都);Equatorial Guinea赤道几内亚(非洲)。文中得知梅先生现年57岁,30年前来到西班牙,故得知他已在此居住27年。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] As Secretary for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Dr. Fred Cerise has had little time to rest since Hurricane Katrina and the catastophic flooding that followed. Dr. Cerise spoke with VOA in the state capital at Baton Rouge while a helicopter waited outside, ready to take him on an inspection tour over a devastated New Orleans. "We actually have a team, a large team, here from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta that is coming down to help us with our environmental assessment. Even though the water may be running, you have had stagnant water. It can be contaminated." Question: Where is the team from to help New Orleans people with the environmental assessment? Baton Rouge巴吞鲁日(美国路易斯安纳州首府);Atlanta亚特兰大;New Orleans新奥尔良
单选题 A. Reduce violations of intellectual property rights. B. Control the growing population. C. Working together to fight terrorism.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] Asia-Pacific ministers also drafted another statement for action on wide-ranging issues that affect or threaten global trade, They are vowing to reduce violations of intellectual property rights-such as movie privacy-to make the oil markets more transparent and to act collectively to fight terrorism and prevent a human epidemic of bird flu. Question: What are Asia-Pacific ministers not vowing to do? 可用排除法选题。文中亚太组织各部长关注保护知识产权、石油市场透明化、合作反恐、抗击禽流感等问题,只有控制人口增长这一选项文中没有提到。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] More than seven thousand activists outside the meeting hall protested that the WTO's trade rules hurt workers and farmers. The activists began the week declaring they wanted to derail the talks and prevent the delegates from reaching any agreement. Despite days of protests, including a brief riot near the conference center on Saturday, the activists did little to interfere with the talks. Question: Who did the WTO's trade rules hurt according to the activists? 文中第一句明确告知世贸组织的贸易规定给工人和农民的利益造成了损失。