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【正确答案】许多美国人心中有三大主要问题：孩子教育的质量和开销、负担得起的医疗保健的享有以及我们国家对不安稳地区的能源的依赖。
【答案解析】[听力原文] Three key issues are on the minds of many Americans: the quality and cost of their children's education, access to affordable health care, and our nation's dependence on foreign sources of energy from unstable parts of the world.
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【正确答案】2005年美国有记录的致命工伤事故总数为5702起，比2004年修改后的致命工伤总数5764起下降了1%。
【答案解析】[听力原文] A total of 5,702 fatal work injuries was recorded in the United States in 2005, down about 1 percent from the revised total of 5,764 fatal, work injuries recorded in 2004.
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【正确答案】虽然私有企业中致命工伤事故数量仍然是所有工业部门中最高的，但其2005年死亡事故数量比2004年降低了4%。
【答案解析】[听力原文] While the number of fatal work injuries in private construction continued to be the most of any industry sector, the number of fatalities was 4 percent lower in 2005 than 2004.
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【正确答案】2005年由于飓风导致的致命工伤总计达29起，不过这个总数可能因其他事故的确认和证实而上升。
【答案解析】[听力原文] Fatal workplace injuries attributable to hurricanes accounted for 29 fatal work injuries in 2005, though this total may rise as additional cases are identified and verified.
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【正确答案】2005年工作场所杀人案总数由2004年的559起上升到564起，然而2005年工作场所自杀事件减少了很多，降低了14%后只有177起事故，这是一系列新低之一。
【答案解析】[听力原文] A total of 564 workplace homicides was recorded in 2005, up from 559 in 2004. However, workplace suicides were sharply lower in 2005, dropping 14 percent to a series low of 177 fatalities.
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【正确答案】由于交通和仓库存货增加，专业和商业服务机构、行政和支持性质的服务机构、零售和信息部门的增多，服务业记录的死亡事故数量略有增加。
【答案解析】[听力原文] Led by increases in transportation and warehousing, professional and business services, administrative and support services, retail trade, and information, service-providing industries recorded a slight increase in the number of fatalities.
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【正确答案】每日调查常用于收集日常活动的信息，比如消费者支出。这对于收集日常的高频率购买物品的记录非常有用，因为人们通常很难记得这些信息。
【答案解析】[听力原文] Diary surveys are often used to collect information on daily activities such as consumer spending. They are particularly useful for collecting daily records of small frequently purchased items, which are normally difficult to recall.
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【正确答案】根据消费支出调查结果，在2004年每个消费单位的年日常支出上升了6.3%后，2005年上升了6.9%。
【答案解析】[听力原文] Average annual expenditures per consumer unit rose 6.9 percent in 2005, following an increase of 6.3 percent in 2004, according to results from the Consumer Expenditure Survey.
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【正确答案】食物、个人保险和养老金的增长在统计学上很有意义。2005年服饰、服务、医疗、娱乐方面的消费也有所增长，但这部分增幅不那么明显。
【答案解析】[听力原文] Increases for food and personal insurance and pensions were statistically significant. Spending on apparel and services, health care, and entertainment also rose in 2005, but these increases were not statistically significant.
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【正确答案】我亲爱的美国同胞们，现在又是我们反思的时候了：我们有多自由?举个例子，没有如飞机那样的特殊设备，美国人就不能飞翔，所以我们天生就不是完全自由的。
【答案解析】[听力原文] My fellow Americans, it's time to take stock again: how free are we? U.S. humans can't fly, for example, without the use of special equipment such as airplanes, so we're inherently not completely free.