compared with 74.4 years old, a decade earlier. While the death rate of middle-
aged residents increased dramatically, according to recent official report. The
report made public by the Beijing Disease Control and Prevention Center said the
past mortality of people age between 35 to 54 years old had gone up 58.5% during the past ten years, from 158 people per 100,000 in 1991 to 251 people per 100,000 last year. Infant and maternal mortality rates went down 132% and 147% respectively. Health experts said chronic non-infectious diseases were the main causes of death covering 60% of the total number of deaths. The male mortality is higher than that of females and the death rate among rural residents is higher than that of the urban ones.?
News Item Four (24-25)
Islamabad-Pakistani President, Purvez Musherof said yesterday there was no danger of the country going to war with neighboring India but that Pakistani forces would be ready to repel any aggression. There is no danger of war, Musherof told reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. We should have confidence in ourselves. We are not sitting idle. We are prepared for everything. There should not be any misunderstanding. Tensions were raised this week as the two accused each other of links to killings in the two countries. India suspects the two gunmen who killed twenty-eight at an Indian temple on Tuesday have links to Pakistan?based Islamic militant groups. Pakistan denied any involvement in the temple massacre and police in Karachi said there were indications of India intelligence agents behind the murder of seven Christian charity workers in the city, but India rejects the charges yesterday.?
This is the end of Listening Comprehension.
PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A STATEMENT
1. 答案： D
问句译文：莉莉现在在那里工作？
试题分析：本题为细节题。
详细解答：尽管前面有关于 Lily 如此多的信息，但从最后 “Now she is a teacher, because she likes children.” 可得出D为正确答案。
2 ．答案： B
问句译文：搭乘 5125 号航班的乘客必须何时办理登机手续？
试题分析：本题为计算题。
详细解答：本来于 11 ： 30 起飞的飞机 “ will be delayed for 20 minutes ” ，然后又要求乘客 “ check in half an hour prior to departure” ，意为11:30起飞的飞机将推迟20分钟起飞，请提前30分钟登机，由此可计算出正确答案为 11:20.
3. 答案： C
问句译文：下面哪种说法是真的？
试题分析：本题为细节题。
详细解答：从第一句 “There is a railway in the South Region and several trains have been cancelled” 可得出 选项B, D 错误， C 正确；从后一句 “the strike doesn’t seem to be spreading to other regions” 意为罢工没有蔓延到其他的地区，得出选项A为错误答案。
4 ．答案： B
问句译文：洪灾中的死亡和失踪人数分别是多少？
试题分析：本题为细节题。
详细解答：本题的关键词是“At least 16 people lost their lives” 和 “a further 9 people, mostly children are reportedly missing.” 可得出正确答案为B。
5 ．答案： B
问句译文：星期天约翰应该会干什么？
试题分析：本题为细节题。
详细解答：从 “John, your paper must be revised over the weekend” 故选项B为正确答案。
6. 答案： C
问句译文：关于玛丽杰克逊我们知道些什么？
试题分析：本题为推理题。
详细解答： Mary Jackson 显然是人名，但后文说话人对她的发现为 a gift from a friend ，且说很喜欢她书里的故事，所以可以推出她是那本书的作者。
7 ．答案： A
问句译文：关于说话人我们知道些什么？
试题分析：本题为细节题。
详细解答：从第一句 “talking about the money is terrible when you think how tiring the work is” 可得知 选项C，D 均错；第二句谈到 It’s only with tips and free meals that I manage to get by.” 意为只有小费和免费的饭菜我才能度日，得知 选项B 为错误答案，故选项A为正确答案。
8 ．答案： D
问句译文：说话人接下来可能会干什么？
试题分析：本题为推理题。
详细解答：本题的关键词是 “look into the matter”，很多药都不见了，所以说话人决定调查这件事，即选 D.
SECTION B CONVERSATION
9 ．答案： A
问句译文：他们会什么时候讨论议程？
试题分析：本题为细节题。
详细解答：男士提议饭前讨论明天的议程，女士立即表示同意，因为她“ certainly don’t want to talk about it during our meal ” 意为她不想吃饭的时候讨论这个问题，故选项A为正确答案。
10 ．答案： B
问句译文：关于这个女人我们可以推出些什么？
试题分析：本题为推理题。
详细解答：本题的关键句是 “Jane and I’ve decided to stay on here as research assistants” ，可推出正确答案为 B 。
11 ．答案： B
问句译文：他们为什么抱怨？
试题分析：本题为细节题。
详细解答：他们不管是说图书馆里很闷，还是说希望将空调打开，都是因为很热，所以选 B。
12 ．答案： C
问句译文：关于杰尼特我们可以得出什么结论？
试题分析：本题为推理题。
详细解答：本题的关键句是“ I can’t imagine what happened to Janet ”和“ she planned to come to the party ”可推知正确答案是C。
13 ．答案： D
问句译文：这个对话很可能在哪里发生？
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