听力原文: The official death toll from the Asian tsunami climbed dramatically to 147,000 Friday, andauthorities held out little hope for tens of thousands still missing. Flying over miles of ravaged shoreline, a shaken U.N. Secretary-General Kofi-Annan asked: "You wonder where are the people? What has happened to them?" Indonesia said searchers found 7,118 more bodies in the shattered piles of rubble. Sweden, Britain and France warned they feared that nearly 1,100 of their citizens missing in the disaster were dead. Nearly two weeks after huge waves struck 11 countries in Asia and Africa, the lists of missing were still rising.
How many people have died in the recent tsunami so far?
A. 147,000
B. 174,000
C. 14,000
D. 17,000
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听力原文: France has carried out the first of a planned series of nuclear tests in the South Pacific despite strong international opposition. The French Defense Ministry said the device exploded at an underground site beneath Mururoa Atoll yielded less than 20 kilotons. Australian scientists described it as fairly small compared with previous tests. There's been swift reaction from several countries. New Zealand and Chile have recalled their ambassadors to Paris in protest. Australia condemned the test and the U. S. expressed its regret. Before the nuclear device was exploded, the French President Jacques Chirac said his country might carry out fewer than the eight tests originally planned.
Australia reacted towards the French test by______
A. recalling its ambassador to Paris
B. describing the test as insignificant
C. expressing its regret
D. expressing its disapproval
SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: The idea of helping people comes naturally to most of us. If we see a blind person getting off a bus, we watch to make sure that he is in no danger of falling. Members of a family help one another, with particular care for the very young and the elderly.
There are many people who have nobody near to see their need for help and often nobody to give it even when the need is known. The old, the handicapped, the homeless and friendless-these are the people for whom help may not come, because nobody sees. It may not have occurred to you that you are in a position to help. Community service means helping the people around you. These organizations depend on voluntary help to carry out a wide variety of tasks, volunteers giving up a little of their spare time to lend a hand.
If you wish to take part in this worthwhile activity, what sort of things would you do? Think of the people most
in need of help and the ways in which help can be given. Much of the work of community service is concerned with the care of the elderly and the handicapped. Old people cannot always redecorate their homes. Household responsibilities such as cleaning, preparing food or taking care of the garden may all prove difficult. Elderly people with fail- ing eyesight are delighted if a friend comes in to read or to write letters for them. A helping hand and a friendly face can mean a great deal to a lonely elderly person.
What does community service mean?
A. Helping the poor.
B. Offering medical service to patients.
C. Helping people around you.
D. Feeding birds in the parks near your community.
When there is【C7】______ over territory, animals will commonly use force, or a【C8】______ of force, to decide which will stay and which will go. It is interesting to note,【C9】______ ,that animals seem to use only the【C10】______ amount of force necessary to drive away the intruder. There is usually no killing. In the【C11】______ of those animals which are capable of doing each other harm, there is a【C12】______ for the losing animal to show the winning animal that he wishes to submit. When he shows this, the【C13】______ normally stops fighting. Animals (especially birds),which can【C14】______ escape from conflict seem to have no【C15】______ against killing, and equally no mechanism for【C16】______ The losing bird simply flies away. However, if two doves are 【C17】______ in a cage, and they start fighting, they will continue to fight until one kills the other. We all think of the dove as a【C18】______ of peace and,【C19】______ its natural habitat, it is peaceful. But the "peace" mechanism does not【C20】______ in a cage.
【C1】
A. establishes
B. builds
C. founds
D. erects
We cannot hope to solve the problems of industrial life, many of which arise directly from
A. provided
B. as
C. unless
D. when