Questions 21 to 23 are based on the following news.

(21) Volunteers from Indonesia’s Aceh province have headed to Padang，the hardest-hit city in the September 30 quake, (22) which killed hundreds and destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings. A coalition called the Aceh Humanitarian Axis is raising money, collecting donations and sending volunteers. (23) So far the group has sent 40 volunteers, some of whom are specialists like doctors and disaster management experts. Lilianne Fan，an advisor to the governor of Aceh, says the volunteers bring something to Padang that other volunteers may not have. “These organizations are made up of people who are directly affected by the terrible disaster of 2004,” Fan said. “So they have themselves experienced what it likes to be survivors of a devastating natural disaster.”

 

题目

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In this section you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Questions 21 to 23 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.

21. What is the news item mainly about?

A. A coalition is raising money for the quake.

B. The volunteers have experienced a natural disaster.

C. The quake has killed hundreds and destroyed many buildings.

D. Volunteers have headed to Padang，the hardest-hit city in the quake.

22. How many buildings were destroyed according to the news item?

A.1,800     B.18,000     C.180,000         D.1,800,000

 23. Some of the 40 volunteers sent by the Aceh Humanitartian Axis are____

A. doctors and disaster management experts

B. doctors and economic management experts

C. psychologists and disaster management experts

D. nurses and disaster management experts

 

答案解析

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21. D主旨题。本题考查新闻的主旨，听力在原文中提到“Volunteers from Indonesia’s Aceh province have headed to Padang”，由此可知，印尼亚齐省的志愿者已经奔赴巴 东，另外要注意新闻的第一句往往点明主旨，因此，选项D为正确答案。

22. C 细节题。根据听力原文中的“which killed hundreds and destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings.”可知成百上千人遇难，18万建筑物被摧毁，因此，选项C为正 确答案。

23. A 细节题。根据听力原文中提到的“So far the group has sent 40 volunteers, some of whom are specialists like doctors and disaster management experts. ” 可知到目前 该组织已经向灾区派送了 40名志愿者，其中包括一些专家，如医生以及灾后管理专 家，因此，选项A是正确答案。