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twenty-five pence.
Jenny: And does your library run a reading course in the holidays?
Mark: Yes, and if children under ten, like Sarah, read four books in six weeks, we give them something to take home.
Jenny: What, like a book?
Mark: Well, this year it?s a pen, but sometimes it?s a book or a school bag. Meet me after the show and I?ll give you more detail.
Jenny: Thanks. See you later then.
Questions 7 to 10 are based on the long conversation you have just heard.
7. When will the show begin?
8. How much is a child?s ticket?
9. How long is the holiday reading course?
10. What free gifts can children get from the library this year?
［参考答案及解析］
7.B Mark说starts at two and finishes at three thirty。
8.C 成人票价为1.5磅，儿童半价为75便士；如果购买节目单则费用为25便士。
9.B 从马克的话中可以推知，图书馆的假期读书活动为期6周。
10.A 从文中信息得知如果参加活动的孩子能在6周期间读完4本书，会得到免费的小礼物作
为奖励，今年的礼物是钢笔。
Section C News Items (10 points)
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
11. A. 148 billion. B. 140 million. C. 1,480 million.
【录音原文】
11. President Obasanjo said about 148 billion dollars were lost each year as a result of corruption. He
described the loss as …monumental? and …preventable?, with extractive industries, such as oil and gas, among the worst hit.
Question: Approximately how much was lost each year as a result of corruption?
【答案】
12. A. Five. B. Four. C. Three.
【录音原文】
12. The University Boat Race is a uniquely British institution but it?s taken on a distinctly
international character. It dates back to 1829 and is now broadcast on television in more than a hundred countries. And of the sixteen rowers in the two boats, only five were British this year. It was the first time a French rower had taken part for at least a century. There were also four Americans, three Germans, two Canadians and an Australian.
Question: How many British students joined the University Boat Race?
【答案】
12.A 新闻中说only five were British this year。
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