英语新闻听力教程(文本+答案)_杨世登1-10Unit_缺(14)

4. the center is now a building without power, water, or toilet facilities, overflowing with crowds calling for food, water and other assistance.

5. He is scheduled to visit parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana that were wrecked by the hurricane.

Unit6

Section A

1. life expectancy 2. regulators abortion 3. rabies 4. infected with cases 5. bird flu immune 6. outbreaks borne 7. prescription medicines 8. AIDS 9. antiviral 10. medicare

Section B

1. The problem of obesity is spreading into many different aspects of Americans‘ lives. Now researchers have confirmed that some children are so fat they can‘t fit into car safety seats designed for kids.

2. Two more Indian states have banned the sale of soft drinks produced by U.S.giants Coca-cola and Pepsi-cola after a test by an environmental group showed high pesticide levels. This brings the total number of states to six where there is a partial r full ban of the soft drinks.

3. An Asian expert says disease and natural disease and natural disasters may pose a greater security threat to the region than conventional political conflicts.

4. The United Nations says opium cultivation in Afghanistan has declined for the first time since 2001 as tens of thousands of farmers have given up opium poppies for legal crops.

5. The authorities in Iran have warned that if the dangerously high level of air pollution in the capital Teheran continues, there could be thousands of casualties. Answers:1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.B

Section C

Item 1

The number of people infected with HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS, is still rising and has passed 14 million worldwide for the first time. The United Nations said there had been 5 million new infections this year and warned that AIDS was outstripping global and national efforts to contain it. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst affected region. In Asia, where more than eight million people are infected, the UN says infection rates are rising sharply. It warned that Pakistan, in particular, was on the verge of a serious epidemic.

Answers: Task1 1.A 2.C 3.C

Item 2

The biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in the West African state of Cameroon to discuss the latest scientific findings on the disease which kills more than 1.5 million people worldwide each year. 75% of those victims are African children. Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Yaounde, 80% are from Africa. The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollars in lost GDP each year. The latest research suggests that 41% of the world‘s population live in areas where malaria is transmitted.