现代大学英语听力 UINT9.docx

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现代大学英语听力UINT9

Unit9Task1:

【答案】A.1F2T3F4F5T6F7T8F9T10TB.1tradeandeconomicgrowth，resortingdiplomaticties2integrate，theglobaleconomy，membership，theWorldTradeOrganization3democracy，humanrights，religion，nationalities，introducegreatachievements4sharedinterests，presentorpastdifferences【原文】OnTuesday,U.S.PresidentGeorgeW.BushmeetswithVietnamesePrimeMinisterPhanVanKhai.Toppingtheagendawillbeeconomicissues.But30yearsaftertheendoftheVietnamWar,manybelievethevisitwillsymbolicallyturnapageandbeginaneweraoftradeandcooperation.ThevividimagesoftheVietnamWarstillproducestrongemotionsintheUnitedStatesandVietnam30yearsaftertheconflict'send.Despitethosememories,thetwocountrieshaveforgedanewrelationshipbuiltontradeandeconomicgrowthoverthepast10years,sincerestoringdiplomaticties.Today,theUnitedStatesisVietnam'slargesttradingpartner.DanaDillon,aSoutheastAsiaanalystattheHeritageFoundationinWashington,creditsthebilateraltradeagreementsignedfouryearsago.“Asaconsequenceofsigningthatbilateraltradeagreementandtheimplementationofthebilateraltradeagreement,Vietnam'seconomyhasgrownbyleapsandboundsandourtraderelationshipwithVietnamhasalsogrownconsiderably,"saidMr.Dillon.VietnamesePrimeMinisterPhanVanKhaiwantstofurtherintegratehisnationintotheglobaleconomyandisseekingmembershipintheWorldTradeOrganization.DuringhistalkswithPresidentBushattheWhiteHouseonTuesday,Mr.Khaiwillseekacceleratednegotiationstomakemembershippossiblebytheendoftheyear,withU.S.help."Therelationshiphasgonealongwayandthismeetingwillcapwhathasbeenatremendous10yearsasfarasthedevelopmentoftheU.S.-Vietnamrelationship."Despitegrowingcommercialties,differencesremainbetweenthetwonations,mostnotablyU.S.criticismofVietnam'srecordonhumanrights.Mr.Khaibelieveshisgovernmenthasmadeprogressonthisissue."WearealsoreadytodiscusswiththeU.S.leaderstheissueslikedemocracy,humanrights,religionandnationalitiesandtohavetheopportunityforustointroducegreatachievementswehaverecordedsofarinthisarea."Mr.KhaiisthefirstVietnameseleadertovisittheUnitedStatessincetheendoftheVietnamWar.HisvisitmayindicatethattheUnitedStatesandVietnamnowbaserelationsonsharedinterests,notpresentorpastdifferences.Task2:

【答案】A.TheyaretheleakedBritishdocumentsthatsuggestthatPresidentBushtoldPrimeMinisterTonyBlairasearlyasApril2002ofhisintentiontotoppleSaddamHusseinbyforceandwashavingtheintelligencecookedtosupporthisplan.B.1Becausetherepublicanshadrefusedtheuseofahearingroom.2WhetherMr.BushdeliberatelymisledCongresstoma

kethemostimportantdecisionapresidenthastomake.3OnMay1stintheSundayTimesofLondon.4BlairwouldsupportmilitaryactiontobringaboutregimechangeinIraq.5AresolutionthatwouldrequireMr.BushtoannouncebytheendoftheyearaplantowithdrawAmericantroopsfromIraq.C.1throughmilitaryaction，beingfixedaroundthepolicy2late-bloomingissue，thewholebuildupforwaragainstIraq，thesearchforweaponsofmassdestruction，thelinkstoterrorists，pretext，aninvasionalreadydecided【原文】TheyaretheleakedBritishdocumentsthatsuggestthatPresidentBushtoldPrimeMinisterTonyBlairasearlyasApril2002ofhisintentiontotoppleSaddamHusseinbyforceandwashavingtheintelligencecookedtosupporthisplan.Theissueseemsnotabouttogoawayinthiscountry.OnThursday,DemocraticmembersoftheHouseJudiciaryCommitteeheldaforumonthesubjectintheCapitolbasement.TheRepublicanshadrefusedtheuseofahearingroom.Andatthisforum,CharlesRangelofNewYorkraisedthequestionofwhetherMr.BushdeliberatelymisledCongresstomakethemostimportantdecisionapresidenthastomake.Thehighlyclassifiedmemoswereanissueinlastmonth'sBritishelectioncampaign,usedbyconservativestosupporttheirclaimthatBlairwasBush'spoodle.ThememossurfacedonMay1stintheSundayTimesofLondon,ownedbytheconservativemediatycoonRupertMurdoch.OnedocumentquotedBlairashavingtoldtheAmericanpresidentinCrawford,Texas,inApril2002thathewouldsupportmilitaryactiontobringaboutregimechangeinIraq.InJuly2002,theprimeministersentanemissarytoWashington,whoreturnedwithword—andhereIquotethememo—that"BushwantedtoremoveSaddamthroughmilitaryactionandtheintelligenceandfactswerebeingfixedaroundthepolicy,"unquote.Thememosbecamealate-bloomingissueinAmericanpolitics,seizeduponbyDemocratstoassertthatthewholebuildupforwaragainstIraq,thesearchforweaponsofmassdestruction,thelinkstoterrorists,wereallsimplyapretexttojustifyaninvasionalreadydecided.AsmallbipartisangroupofHousemembers,twoDemocrats,twoRepublicans,haveintroducedaresolutionthatwouldrequireMr.BushtoannouncebytheendoftheyearaplantowithdrawAmericantroopsfromIraq.Thatresolutionhaslittlechanceatthispoint,butinthedebateoverit,we'relikelytohearabouttheDowningStreetmemosalloveragain.Task3:

【答案】A.1F2T3T4TB.I.A.3B.175million，190millionII.A.35，25B.Africa,LatinAmerica，theCaribbean，Europe，Oceania，NorthAmerica，theformerSovietUnionC.theUnitedStates，Russia，Germany，China，India，thePhilippinesIII.A.highpopulationgrowth，highHIV/AIDSincidence，armedconflict，civilwarsB.Africanemigrantsinothercountriescanbeofuseforthede

velopmentoftheirowncountriesIV.A.hugeamountsofmoneyB.$93million，$100million【原文】The2005WorldMigrationReportsaystoomanymythsandmisperceptionsexistaboutthemillionsofpeoplewhomigratetoothercountries.TheGeneva-basedInternationalOrganizationforMigrationsayscommonperceptionsthatmigrantscausejoblosses,lowerwagesandincreasewelfarecostsareexaggerated,andcontrarytotheevidence.Thereportsaysthebeliefthatmigrationisspiralingoutofcontroliscontradictedbythefacts.Itsaysmigrantsrepresentlessthanthreepercentoftheglobalpopulation.Theeditor-in-chiefofthereport,IrenaOmalaniuk,saysmigrationisgrowing,butitisnotgrowingatahugepace."Roughly,175millionpersonsintheyear2000weremigrantsandwethinkthatbynowitiscloserto190million,ifweextrapolateonthestatisticsaround2000.Itisnotalargeanddramaticgrowth,”shenoted.Thereportfindsnearlyhalfofallmigrantsarefemale.Itsaysglobalmigrationhasdecreasedpracticallyeverywhere.AlthoughthenumberofAsianmigrantshasincreased,itsaystheirshareoftheglobalnumberofmigrantshasdecreasedfromnearly35percentin1970to25percentin2000.Inaddition,thereportsaysmoreandmoreAsiansarefindingjobopportunitieswithinAsiaitself.ItnotesthenumberofinternationalmigrantshavedecreasedinAfrica,LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean,EuropeandOceania.ThereportsaysonlyNorthAmericaandtheformerSovietUnionhaveseenasharpincreaseinmigration.Accordingtothereport,thetopthreemigrant-receivingcountriesaretheUnitedStates,Russia,andGermany.ThetopthreesendingcountriesareChina,India,andthePhilippines.Ms.Omalaniuksaysthat,forseveralreasons,Africanswillcontinuetoseektomigratetootherregions."…highpopulationgrowth,highHIV/AIDSincidence,deterioratingeducationandhealthsystemsandarmedconflict,civilwarsandlargedisplacedpersonpopulations.TheAfricanUnionhasplacedthediasporaatthecenterofitsvisionandstrategicplanfortheyears2004and2007.ThereisalotofemphasisfortheAfricanUnion,thereisalotofimportancebeingplacedonhowAfricanemigrantsinothercountriescanbeofuseforthedevelopmentoftheircountry,"sheexplained.Ms.Omalaniuksaysgovernmentsincreasinglyarelookingatmigrantsasaforcefordevelopmentbecausetheysendhomehugeamountsofmoney.Thereportnotesin2003,remittancesthroughofficialchannelstotaled$93billiondollars.And,thatgrewtomorethan$100billionlastyear.Itsaysthisexceedstheamountofmoneymanycountriesreceiveinofficialdevelopmentaid.Task4:

【答案】A.1AidtoAfrica2HelpforthePalestinians3Avowtoseekconsensusonglobalwarming4UnityinthefaceofterrorismB.1F2F3F4F5T6T7FC.1Theyhopedtoaddress

thehopelessnessandpovertythatcouldcreateabreedingground2Asubstantialpackageupto$3billionintheyearstocome.3Inadditiontoanalreadycompletedagreementondebtcancellation,theG8promiseda$50billionaidpackage,stepstoboosttrade,andeffortstodramaticallyincreaseaccesstoAIDStreatment.4Itisdesignedtoreduceemissionsofgasesthatpollutetheairandwarmtheatmosphere.5Slowingdownandthenintimereversingtheriseinharmfulgreenhousegasemissions6Onthe1stofNovemberwithameetinginBritain.【原文】TheG8summithasendedwithagreementonaidtoAfrica,helpforthePalestinians,andavowtoseekconsensusonglobalwarming.Thismeetingtotheworld'sleadingindustrializednationsandRussiamaybebestrememberedforitsunityinthefaceofterrorism.Thefinalimageofthissummitsentastrongmessage,thesightoftheG8leadersstandingasone'tocondemnterrorism,alongwithagroupofpresidentsandprimeministersfromAfrica.BritishPrimeMinisterTonyBlair,wholeftthesummitforseveralhoursThursdaytogotothesceneoftheLondonbombings,walkedtothepodium."Wespeaktodayintheshadowofterrorism,butitwillnotobscurewhatwecameheretoachieve."Mr.Blairsaidthe