Japan's aid will be donated through a fund set up by______.A.the WTOB.the World BankC.the
Japan's aid will be donated through a fund set up by______.
A.the WTO
B.the World Bank
C.the UN
D.the World Bank and the UN
Japan's aid will be donated through a fund set up by______.
A.the WTO
B.the World Bank
C.the UN
D.the World Bank and the UN
22 Japan will reject Blair's proposal to increase aid to Africa
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
Japan will reject Blair's proposal to increase aid to Africa.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: Japan has pledged 100 million dollars in aid to help rebuild the ravaged territory of East Timor. Caren Hamadael reports from Tokyo the announcement came at the beginning of a 2-day meeting of international donor community designed to map long-term reconstruction plans for the territory.
Thursday' s pledge by Japan is about 1/3 of the 300 million dollars the World Bank is seeking for the reconstruction of East Timor. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki told a news conference the aid will be donated over the next 3 years through a fund set up by the World Bank and the United Nations. Reconstruction is to begin within the next few months and is expected to take years to finish. Experts say the task will be enormous. East Timor needs electrical power, schools, hospitals and a civil administration. The territory was devastated after last August' s vote for independence. The 300 million dollars the World Bank says East Timor needs for rebuilding does not include 199 million dollars required annually for humanitarian aid. Additionally, there will be the cost of funding the UN administration in East Timor over the next 2 or 3 years as the territory moves to full independence. Thursday' s aid pledge is in addition to Japan' s previous contributions to help East Timor. It has already given 200 million dollars to the territory including 30 million dollars in humanitarian aid. Thirty nations and international organizations are taking part in this week' s donor meeting for East Timor. This is Caren Hamadael, for VOA News, in Tokyo.
The meeting of international donor community is held for______ days.
A.2
B.3
C.4
D.5
M: Does he have any scholarship or other financial aid?
W: Yeah. He receives fund from the school in the amount of US $ 19, 600 per year. I have planed many times to visit him, but I am always so busy with my work.
M: OK, madam, you must make sure that you would go back to Japan on time after these two months.
What is the woman doing in the dialog?
A.She is applying for a doctor's degree.
B.She is looking for her husband.
C.She is applying for a visa to USA.
D.She is talking with her officer.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: Former rival East Timorese groups met in Tokyo Wednesday to discuss the reconstruction of the former Indonesian territory. Caren Hanadael reports from the Japanese capital that the meeting comes just ahead of Friday's international conference of aid donors to East Timor.
Wednesday's meeting was an opportunity for leaders of East Timorese groups and development experts to discuss World Bank proposals to rebuild the ravaged territory. Humanitarian issues headed the agenda. Providing basic needs such as food, medicine and shelter are still major concerns. Developing a system of government and rebuilding the economy were also urgent issues. Observers in Tokyo expressed hope that Wednesday's meeting was a sign that the many factions in East Timor will begin to dissolve and new groups with a common goal of rebuilding the territory will emerge. The World Bank estimates the cost of reconstruction in East Timor will be between 260 and 300 million dollars over the next 3 years. Donor countries including Japan, Australia and the United States will meet here on Friday under World Bank auspices to pledge contributions to meet those needs. Caren Hamadael, for VOA News, in Tokyo.
The international conference of aid donors to East Timor is scheduled on ______.
A.Wednesday
B.Tuesday
C.Friday
D.Saturday
A、In advance of
B、 In aid of
C、 In the face of
D、 In back of
At the end of the three-day gathering in Scotland, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that they speak in the shadow of terrorism, but it will not obscure what they came here to achieve. With a last-minute pledge from Japan, Blair won a key victory, announcing that aid to Africa would rise from the current 25 billion US dollars annually to 50 billion by 2010.
What can we learn from the passage?
A.The decision was made in a world summit on fighting against terrorism.
B.Africa will benefit a lot from this decision.
C.The decision was made by common consent of its member countries from the beginning.
D.Blair announced that aid to Africa would rise from 25 million US dollars annually to 50 million by 2010.
At the end of the three-day gathering in Scotland, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that they speak in the shadow of terrorism, but it will not obscure what they came here to achieve. With a last-minute pledge from Japan, Blair won a key victory, announcing that aid to Africa would rise from the current 25 billion US dollars annually to 50 billion by 2010.
What can we learn from the passage?
A.The decision was made in a world summit on fighting against terrorism.
B.Africa will benefit a lot from this decision.
C.The decision was made by common consent of its member countries from the beginning.
D.Blair announced that aid to Africa would rise from 25 million US dollars annually to 50 million by 2010.
根据下列文章,请回答 46~50 题。
Landmines
Worldwide there a,re estimated to be l 20 million landmines(地雷)spread through 62 countries._________(46)The United Nations is currently involved in I 4’mine—clearing operations around the world but it estimates that,at current rate,it will take 1,000 years to remove all the world’s landmines.
Landmines are a favorable weapon because they cost SO little to produce——about 3 pounds per mine。_________ (47)
Landmines cause the death or injury of 70 people a day,of whom most are civilians.
_________ (48)In fact,about half the landmines active today lie in unmarked fields.In countries no longer in conflict.
And landmines do not only kill and maim(使残废):they also hold back economic development.In Afghanistan,for example,where the former Soviet Army laid down art estimated ten million landmines,more than half of the land which could be cultivated for agriculture is useless because it is SO heavily mined.According to Eileen maybin of the charity Christian Aid,mines also condemn people to relying on overseas aid—aid which is often provided by governments which provided the landmines in the first place:
“_________ (49)Because there are landmines on agricultural land,people are actually dependent on food aid.This is one of the ironies of the situation——that governments are providing money for food aid when,if the mines were cleared,people would be able to feed themselves.”
Forty-nine countries have SO far signed, the United Nations Inhumane Weapons Convention which restricts the manufacture and export of landmines_________(50)But some signatories(签约国)of the UN Convention,such as the UK,continue to support the manufacture and export of these weapons。The British Government says that it won’t support a complete ban because it considers the landmine a legitimate(合法的)militia’s weapon if it is used responsibly.
A.A further 19 countries,including the USA,France,Germany and Japan,have banned all exports of landmines completely.
B.However, the cost of locating and removing them is high—between 300 pounds and 700 pounds per mine.
C.A recent UN gathering of world leaders in Vienna,Austria。failed to secure a complete ban on the manufacture and sale of landmines.
D.And every year, for every 100,000 mines removed,another two million are put down
E.Landmines are actually destroying the social fabric and economic independence of countries.
F.And many of the casualties occur in countries where war has long since ended.
第 46 题 请选择(1)处最佳答案。
TEXT D
Information is the primary commodity in more and more industries today.
By 2005, 83% of American management personnel will be knowledge workers. Europe and Japan are not far behind.
By 2005, half of all knowledge workers (22% of the labour force) will choose“flextime, flexplace”arrangements, which allow them to work at home, communicating with the office via computer networks.
In the United States, the so-called “digital divide”seems to be disappearing. In early 2000, a poll found, that, where half of white households owned computers, so did fully 43% of African-American households, and their numbers were growing rapidly. Hispanic households continued to lag behind, but their rate of computer ownership was expanding as well.
Company-owned and industry-wide television networks are bringing programming to thousands of locations. Business TV is becoming big business.
Computer competence will approach 100% in US urban areas by the year 2005, with Europe and Japan not far behind.
80% of US homes will have computers in 2005, compared with roughly 50% now.In the United States, 5 of the 10 fastest-growing careers between now and 2005 will be computer related. Demand for programmers and systems analysts will grow by 70%. The same trend is accelerating in Europe, Japan, and India.
By 2005, nearly all college texts and many high school and junior high books will be tied to Internet sites that provide source material, study exercises, and relevant news articles to aid in learning. Others will come with CD-ROMs that offer similar resources.
Internet links will provide access to the card catalogues of all the major libraries in the world by 2005. It will be possible to call up on a PC screen millions of volumes from distant libraries. Web sites enhance books by providing pictures, sound, film clips, and flexible indexing and search utilities.
Implications: Anyone with access to the Internet will be able to achieve the education needed to build a productive life in an increasingly high-tech world. Computer learning may even reduce the growing American prison population.
Knowledge workers are generally better paid than less-skilled workers. Their wealth is raising overall prosperity.
Even entry-level workers and those in formerly unskilled positions require a growing level of education. For a good career in almost any field, computer competence is a must. This is one major trend raising the level of education required for a productive role in today’s work force. For many workers, the opportunity for training is becoming one of the most desirable benefits any job can offer.
76. Information technology is expected to have impact on all the following EXCEPT ____.
A.American management personnel
B.European management personnel
C.American people’s choice of career
D.traditional practice at work
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