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1、听力原文及题目答案Unit 8This is based on the result of a new UN study called TheState of Food In security in the World, 2002 ”.lt found that more tha n nine millio n people die each year from hunger. Six million of them are children younger than age five. Researchers also found that the nu mber of starvi ng

2、people is grow ing in some parts of the world.The report says that about eight hundred and forty million people around the world are getting eno ugh food to eat. Nin ety-five perce nt of these people are in develop ing coun tries.Unit 8Task 1【答案】A.1) in terest rates; third time2) shr unk; first time

3、3) A fall; employme nt4) higherB.NewsFiguresPossible Causes or EffectsItems11) The overnight bank lending rate rose by 0.25 perce nt. And the curre nt rate was 5.5 perce nt.2) The disco unt rate in creased by 0.25 perce nt to 5perce nt.The in crease would reduce the dan ger of in flati on.2The total

4、 value of goods and services produced in the US fell by four ten ths of 1 perce nt (0.4 perce nt)betwee n July and September.3US bonds fell nearly two poin ts.More jobs had been created in March than had bee n expected.4The Dow Jones In dustrial Average was up n early 1 _ perce nt or 89 poi nts at 1

5、0,205.Some an alysts believed some sig ns indicated the US inflation was under control.【原文】News Item 1The United States central bank, the Federal Reserve, has raised interest rates for the third time this year. The Federal Reserve raised the overnight bank lending rate by 0.25 percent (one fourth of

6、 one perce nt) to 5.5 perce nt. It raised the disco unt rate also by 0.25 perce nt to 5 perce nt. The Federal Reserve said it had no plans to raise interest rates again any time soon. It said the in crease today should reduce the dan ger of in flati on.News Item 2The Commerce Department says the Ame

7、rican economy has shrunk for the first time in eight years. The total value of goods and services produced in the Un ited States fell by four tenth of one percent (0.4 percent) in the period of July through September. A recession is commonly defi ned as at least six mon ths where the economy shri nk

8、s.News Item 3A fall in the New York market had been widely predicted following Fridays better than expected US employment figures. US bonds from which the government funds long-term borrowing fell nearly two points on the news that more jobs had been created in March than had been expected. The Dow

9、Jones Index was closed on Friday for the Easter holiday, so today was the first chance for the share market to react.News Item 4And we go straight to Wall Street where share prices closed higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up nearly 1 percent or 89 points at 10,205. Shares made up for some

10、 of the losses they incurred in the past week, thanks to what was interpreted as signs the US inflation is under control.Task 2【答案】A.1) F2) F3) TB.manned; third; the Soviet Union; a person; Shenzhou v ； the Gobi Desert; Inner Mongolia; Thursday; 14; about 20; importance; modernity【原文】News Item 1Chin

11、a has launched a manned space flight, becoming the third country to do so 40 years after the Soviet Union and the United States. A single astronaut was on board the Shenzhou VCraft, which took off from the Gobi Desert. Its expected to go round the earth 14 times during a 24-hour period before landin