英语专四 新闻听力 news 4-8-5

 新闻

Questions 25 to 27 are based on the following news.

As the countdown to the game winds down, South Africa is gripped by World Cup fever. Excitement over the upcoming event is palpable. But, the enthusiasm is tempered by concerns that reckless behavior might lead to further spread of HIV.

(25) The government launched a huge campaign in late April to test 15 million people for HIV by June 2011. (26) Each person who is tested is to receive counseling and 100 condoms. The World Cup will kick off a program to distribute an additional one billion condoms over the following six months. The government and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis¹ and Malaria² will share the cost of these campaigns.

Yogan Pillay is acting³ director of the National Department of Health that oversees⁴ the HIV/AIDS and TB epidemics⁶ in South Africa. He says people who are HIV-positive often are stigmatized⁷ and this drives the disease underground.

South Africa has less than one percent of the world’s population. Yet it accounts for 17 percent of the global HIV/AIDS burden. About 5.7 million South Africans are HIV- positive. This high prevalence rate has fueled the tuberculosis epidemic⁵.

The World Cup is meant to be fun. And, the government is giving its all to make sure visitors are not disappointed, that these Games are spectacular. (27) The government also is giving its all to make sure people know how to protect themselves from getting HIV/AIDS. It considers this to be a winning combination.

 

 

题目

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Questions 25 to 27 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions ?

Now, listen to the news.

25. The government launched a huge campaign in____ to test people for HIV.

A. early April B. mid⁸ April C. late April D. late June

26. Each person who is tested is to receive ____counseling and condoms.

A. 1 B. 10 C. 50 D. 100

27. The main idea of the news is _____.

A. the South Africa will hold World Cup

B. the South Africa government launches campaigns to fight against HIV

C. the South Africa has less than one percent of the world’s population

D. the South Africa government is giving its all to make sure visitors are not disappointed

 

 

答案解析

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25. C细节题。南非政府于4月下旬起开展艾滋病病毒测试活动，所以选C。

26.  D细节题。新闻说每个接受测试的人都能获得100个避孕套，所以选D。

27.  B大意题。新闻主要说了南非政府将防治艾滋病和世界杯结合起来，所以选B。

1 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。

2 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 oversees   

v.监督，监视( oversee的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网

5 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

6 epidemics   

n．流行病

参考例句：

• Reliance upon natural epidemics may be both time-consuming and misleading. 依靠天然的流行既浪费时间，又会引入歧途。
• The antibiotic epidemics usually start stop when the summer rainy season begins. 传染病通常会在夏天的雨季停止传播。

7 stigmatized   

v.使受耻辱，指责，污辱( stigmatize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was stigmatized as an ex-convict. 他遭人污辱，说他给判过刑。 来自辞典例句
• Such a view has been stigmatized as mechanical jurisprudence. 蔑称这种观点为机械法学。 来自辞典例句

8 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。