听力原文: The 20th Winter Olympics have just ended in Turin, Italy. But for some possible future Olympians, the games are about to begin with help from an American speed skater.
Joey Cheek won a gold medal in the 500 meter event. And he won a silver medal in the 1000 meter race. The United States Olympic Committee gave him 40,000 dollars in prize money, 25,000 dollars for his gold medal, and 15,000 for the silver (30) . Joey Cheek announced that he was giving the money to the international group Right to Play. This group is based in Toronto, Canada. It brings sports and play to children in developing countries (29) . Olympic and professional athletes from around the world help support Right to Play with their time and money. Right to Play uses athletes as ambassadors. It says star athletes are not only the heroes of children, they can also influence decision makers.
The group says well-designed sports and play programs help children develop physically, mentally and socially. Sports can help create connections between children and adults. They can also bring children together to learn teamwork, conflict resolution and cultural understanding (31) .
Right to Play began as Olympic Aid. It started as a way to show support for people in areas of war and crisis and collect money for them. Right to Play says it reaches more than 500,000 children each week. Its Website is w-w-w dot right to play, all one word, dot com.
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A. To employ athletes as ambassadors of sportsmanship.
B. To influence decision makers to support star athletes.
C. To support children in developing countries with heroes in Olympics.
D. To bring children in developing countries good sports and play programs.
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A. in view of
B. in case of
C. regardless of
D. in spite of
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage 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.
听力原文: A new report from the United Nations says the world must do much more to reduce the number of underweight children. It says one in four children under the age of five is seriously underweight.
Poor nutrition is linked to more than half of all child deaths (26) . Experts say it is a cause in more than 5.5 million deaths each year in children under five years old. The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, published the report last week. The report measures progress toward reaching the first Development Goal of this century: reducing extreme poverty and hunger. In 2000, world leaders approved a list of eight goals to reach within 15 years. The aim is to improve the lives of the world's poor.
UNICEF says China has already met the target of a 50 percent reduction in the number of underweight children. It says China has cut the rate from 19 percent to 8 percent (27) . A growing economy and government efforts to reduce poverty and improve nutrition are given credit (28) . But UNICEF says at current rates, the goal of cutting poor nutrition in half world wide will not be met. It says rates of underweight children in developing countries have dropped by just 5 percentage points since 1990.
The head of UNICEF, Ann Veneman, says nutrition affects life at every point of development, starting before a child is even born. But she says too many people do not know about its importance, and how serious a problem there is around the world.
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A. Because one in four children is dying from poor nutrition.
Because more than half of child death is caused by poor nutrition.
C. Because poverty and hunger is threatening the development of the world.
D. Because the world did little to help the underweight children in the past.
According to the passage, the term "uranium mine tailings" refers to ______.
A. the uranium that is taken from a mine
B. the ponds that hold liquid radioactive wastes
C. solid wastes that result from the mining of uranium
D. dangerous radon gas that escapes from uranium mines