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听力原文:Money from migrant workers now exceeds the combined total of all direct foreign investment and foreign aid to Latin America -- 62.3 billion dollars. 23 billion dollars of that was sent back to Mexico, mostly from workers living in the United States. It now ranks along with oil and tourism as Mexico's biggest foreign currency earner. The Inter-American Development Bank, which supports the region with aid and other help, says the remittances, as they're known, will increase by about fifteen percent a year during the next four years, topping one-hundred billion dollars by 2010. The bank describes the money as a very effective poverty reduction programme because it keeps between eight and ten million families above the poverty line. But it says it also means the economies of the region are not generating enough jobs to keep workers from leaving in the first place. Another problem is that as much of the money is sent back in small amounts, it's difficult to track. The average is between a hundred and a hundred-and-fifty dollars a month. That in turn makes it an unpredictable source of revenue for governments to tap into. The bank says it wants people to get away from what it calls cash to cash flows and into account to account transfers but the bank says the recent crackdown on illegal immigrants by the American authorities could hinder efforts to get migrants to use banks.
The passage is about ______.

A. migrant workers
B. poverty reduction
C. remittances
D. Latin America

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听力原文:She is the multi-grimy award woman, ever-changing queen of pub, icon of style, actress, mother and global brand.Now the material girl has reinvented us again, this time as a fashion designer. MF Madonna arranging clothing design by the star goes on sale worldwide this week in stores of European fashion retailer H&Dam. In the age with line of celebrity and business blurred, teaming up with the global brand -- makes a commercial sense.
Who is the celebrity that the news talked about?

A. Monika.
B. Ferrin. M.
C. Madonna.
D. Michael.

听力原文:The late-December tsunami ushered in 2005 on a somber note, with the death toll at over 140,000 and rising. Several million have been left homeless along the Indian Ocean coast, in particular in Indonesia's Aceh province and in Sri Lanka.The rebuilding, along with the immediate need for emergency food and medical assistance, will require a global relief effort.
The Tsunami that occurred in November 2004 killed over 140,000 people, leaving several million homeless in Aceh Province and Sri Lanka.

A. 正确
B. 错误

听力原文:Now China's sizzling economy is growing at its fastest rate in a decade. This year 5 million young people will graduate from the country's universities, with the potential to boost China's economy still further. But the government estimates that I million of them won't find jobs because the education system isn't supplying the need of an economy still based on manufacturing. Our Beijing correspondent Lindsey Hilsum went along to a graduate job fair.
According to the government's estimation, how many university graduates will find jobs this year?

A. 1 million.
B. 2 million.
C. 3 million.
D. 4 million.

Why could malaria be transmitted from person to person?

A. Mosquitoes breed very quickly.
B. Mosquitoes carry parasites.
C. It destroys red blood cells.
D. It is an epidemic.

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