(完整版)新视野视听说第四册quiz.9答案

Part I
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A.Decrease imports.
B.Increase imports.
C.Decrease its deficit by 5%.
D.Increase its deficit by 5%.
Your answer Correct answer
A A
2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A.Raise the oil prices.
B.Import less oil.
e less oil.
D.Take buses more frequently.
Your answer Correct answer
B B
3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A.It benefits the developing nations a great deal.
B.It increases the developing nations' GDP a great deal.
C.Developed nations may benefit more than developing
nations from it.
D.Developing nations may benefit more than developed
nations from it.
Your answer Correct answer
C C
4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The richest people have contributed most to the nation.
B. The richest people should contribute more to society.
C. A smaller middle class is favorable to equality for all people.
D. A larger middle class will benefit all people.
Your answer Correct answer
D D
5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A.The same as the woman's opinion.
B.The WTO is a good thing.
C.The WTO is no good.
D.The WTO is good but not without problems.
Your answer
D Correct answer
D
Part II
Directions:Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.
The U.S. economy lost steam in the second quarter as consumers hit by high-energy costs turned thrifty.
(1)
U.S. gross domestic product, a (S1) of total output within the nation's borders, climbed at a (S2)
(2)
and weaker-than-expected 3 percent annual rate in the April-June period, Commerce Department data (S3)
(3)
.
Consumer spending rose at an insignificant 1 percent rate, a mere shadow of the 4.1 percent jump of the first quarter and the (S4)
(4)
gain since the second quarter of 2001, when the economy was in recession.
The degree to which consumers were (S5) (5)
to
buy surprised Wall Street analysts. A leading (S6)
(6)
, John Lonski, called the spending gain "shockingly small".
(S7) (7)
said big energy price hikes were one
factor that hit consumer spending in the spring.
(S8) (8)
.
While GDP growth proved weaker than expected, the economy's pulse has already shown signs of quickening. (S9)
(9)
.
Bond prices rose as investors saw weakness, but the dollar moved higher against the euro as foreign exchange traders saw strength. Stock prices were little changed.
"(S10) (10)
," Treasury Secretary John Snow told
correspondents.
Your
Correct answer
answer
(1)measure measure
(2)modest modest
(3)showed showed
(4)weakest weakest
(5) reluctant
(6)economist
(7)Analysts
Inflation rose at a relatively speedy 3.3
(8)percent rate in the second quarter, the
same as at the start of the year
Other data on Friday showed consumer
spirits have brightened a bit this month
(9)
while business activity has picked up in the
Midwest
When you combine the first quarter and
the second quarter, we're growing at 3.75
(10)
percent, which is a very strong,
sustainable growth rate
Part III
Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the
correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the
correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1.What does a compulsory license require drug manufacturers to
do?
A.To give up their patents completely.
B.To give up their patents in case of health crises.
C.To shorten the period of their patents.
D.To keep their patents intact.
Your answer Correct answer
B B
2.What is true of large drug companies under compulsory
licenses?
A. They are compelled to sell their drugs at low prices.
B. They are compelled to sell their drugs at high prices.
C. They must allow other companies to produce their drugs at
low costs.
D. They are not compelled to disclose their intellectual
property.
Your answer Correct answer
C C
3.Why do international drug companies oppose the Doha
agreement?
A.They think it will prevent drug companies from
seeking cures for diseases.
B.They must pay a great deal for their research.
C.Patents help drug companies recover the costs
of developing new medicines.
D.All of the above.
Your answer Correct answer
D D
4.What do developing countries want during health
emergencies?
A.They want to import low-cost drugs.
B.The want to import high-cost effective drugs.
C.The want to export low-cost drugs.
D.The want to export high-cost drugs.
Your answer Correct answer
A A
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A.WTO Debate Between Rich and Poor Countries on
Drug Production.
B.WTO Debate on the Advantages and Disadvantages of
Compulsory Licenses.
C. WTO Agreement on Drug Patents.
D. WTO Agreement Against Compulsory Licenses.
Your answer Correct answer
C C
Part IV
Directions:Choose the right answer.
1.Excuse me, it just ________________ my mind what GDP
stands for.
A.slipped
B.slipped away
C.slipped off
D.slipped through
Your answer Correct answer
A A
2.GDP is simply a gross measure of market activity, of money
changing hands. It makes no distinction ________________ between the desirable and undesirable.
A.that
B.what
C.whichever
D.whatsoever
Your answer Correct answer
D D
3.The bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good
laugh at the woman for using a $250,000 Rolls as collateral
________________ a $5,000 loan.
A. to
B. at
C. over
D. against
Your answer Correct answer
D D
4.Rich nations welcomed the new deal, which
________________ them to a plan to cut back on the huge subsidies they spend on farmers.
mutes
mits
mittees
missions
Your answer Correct answer
B B
5.Developed nations promised to give developing nations better
________________ to their markets.
A.entry
B.entrance
C.access
D.accession
Your answer Correct answer
C C。