Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 to 2 will be based on the following news item.
1.
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80000
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16000
2.
Meet the miners' original demand.
Offer more benefits to poor black miners.
Improve the miners' working conditions.
Offer a 10 % pay rise.
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Eighty thousand gold miners have begun a strike in South Africa. As the strike began the national union of mine workers said it would accept a 10% raise instead of their original demand of 60%. The General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, Frans Baleni told the BBC that if the gold companies offered a 10% wage increase, this would be accepted and the strike would be called off. Despite this development,the main gold mining union has also issued a hard-hitting(单刀直入的） statement, saying the strike would change the gold mining landscape forever. It said it was aware of the devastating （毁灭性的）impact industrial action would have on the economy, calling it largely a white man’s economy with no benefits for poor black mine workers.
参考答案：BD