Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hearthree news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or threequestions. 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 fourchoicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on thefollowing news item.
An international team of doctors and scientists is calling for more focus on the causes of death among young people around the world, age between 10 and 24, saying the issue is largely ignored by policy makers. A study published in the medical journal the Lancet found that 40%of adolescent deaths are caused by various forms of injury. Until this research was published there were little data on how many young people die worldwide in which countries and for what reasons. Now a pattern is emerging The study suggests the death rate is strongly linked to how poor a country is. Most deaths are in the developing world driven by high rate of infectious disease and of maternal death rate. But globally 40% of adolescent deaths are caused by types of injury including road traffic accident, suicide and violent attacks.
Why should more attention be paid to young people's health?
What's the primary reason that makes teenagers die in the world?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on thefollowing news item.
A panel of experts appointed by the White House has warned that current plans to send astronauts back to the moon in preparation for manned missions to Mars are just not possible. One of the panel members Li Ruoqiao says the space agency NASA hasn't been given enough funds to realize the plans. " That is when the visions for space aspirations were first announced ten years ago there was expectation of a certain budget level of the next several years. In fact over the last five years those numbers are nothing realized. So because of that we are in trouble that we are in now." The experts say the current budget of the space agency NASA would need to be increased by billions of dollars. Without the extra money, the experts say, NASA would have to work with private companies now trying to engage in commercial space flights.
3. Why is it unrealistic to send astronauts back to the moon now?
4. How can NASA settle the financial matter?
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
At this week's CES technology expo, LG will be one of many TV makers to show off an impressive group of super-high-definition TVs. But there's one thing that separates LG from the competition. You can roll up one of LG's TVs like a newspaper. The 18-inch display is just one of the concept designs LG will be unveiling, as it attempts to predict the future of television screens. Also on display will be a 55-inch TV that is as thin as a piece of paper and a 65-inch "extreme-curve" set of TVs that bend inwards and outwards. None of these TV will be sold this year and it's possible they may never hit stores. It's also not totally clear why you'd want to roll up or bend your TV. Like automakers' "conceptcars", LG's TVs are meant to show off what's possible, even if it's not yet marketable, affordable or able to be mass-produced for consumers. TV makers continue to take a risk, by developing ultra-high definition televisions that produce richer pictures, and thinner profiles. But those TVs are becoming virtually indistinguishable from one another. It's concepts like LG's that may one day push the industry forward into new markets and technologies it hasn't yet considered.
5. What is the news report mainly about?
6. What do we learn about LG's TVs on the expo?
7. What may probably push TV industry into new markets?
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