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Part I Listening Comprehension
Section A
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
A new study finds that beverages containing added sugar might be harmful.
In the study, researchers analyzed information from over 80, 000 women and 37, 000 men. Participants worked in the health profession. (1) They were followed for approximately three decades. They completed surveys about their diet every four years. They also answered questions about sleep and exercise and health every two years.
The more beverages containing added sugar that people drank, the greater their risk of death was during the study period. These beverages included soda, energy drinks and sports drinks. Beverages like pure fruit juice which are sweet but do not contain added sugar were not part of the study.
The findings held even after the researchers considered other factors that could affect people’s health. These factors included lack of exercise and not eating enough vegetables. They also included consuming too much meat.
(2) The scientists say that their results support limiting beverages with added sugar. They argue we should replace them with other drinks, with water being the best choice. However, the researchers admit this is simply their recommendation. The study found only an association: It did not prove that drinks with added sugar cause early death.
1. What do we learn about the new study from the news report?
2. What is the scientists’ recommendation?
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
(3-1) German police appealed Friday for information about the possible owners of two 17th-century oil paintings. (3-2) Police said a 64-year-old man found the paintings in a garbage pile at a highway rest stop last month. He later handed them in to the Cologne p
olice.
(4) An initial assessment by an art expert concluded the two framed paintings were originals, police said.
One is a landscape painted by the Italian artist Pietro Bellotti dating to 1665. The other is a painting of a boy by the 17th-century Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten, date unknown. Their combined worth is estimated to be around one million euros.
Authorities have not yet confirmed what will happen if the rightful owner is not found. Nevertheless, it is speculated that they could either be handed over to the National Art Museum of Cologne or sold to the public by the local government.
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3. What did German police say about a 64-year-old man?
4.What is the art expert’s conclusion about the two framed paintings?
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard,
(5)A four-year-old girl has walked eight kilometers through a snowy forest to seek help for her sick grandmother who later died of a heart attack. The young girl braved the threat of bears, wolves and temperatures far below freezing. She made the journey through a remote region in Siberia after waking up to find her grandmother motionless.
Named locally as Karla, she lives alone with her elderly grandmother and her blind grandfather. (6) As a result, the girl’s mother is facing a criminal case. She stands accused of leaving a minor in danger in the care of the elderly. She also faces investigation from childcare services, who will also be asking why Karla was left alone with her vulnerable relatives.
The journey took place in February when temperatures average negative 26 degrees Celsius. Russian reports on social media suggest the forest may have been as cold as negative 34 degrees Celsius. The journey was only recently confirmed by authorities.
(7) But though she was suffering from the effects of extreme cold, the child reportedly suffered no life-threatening effects. Last year, a three-year-old boy survived alone for thre
e days in a remote forest in the same region.
5 What did the four-year-old girl attempt to do?
6. What do we learn from the news report about the girl’s mother?
7. What happened to the little girl according to the news report?
Section B
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
W: I’ve made a new friend recently. Her name is Susan and she’s from South Africa.
M: How did you meet her?
W: We met over WeChat. She has very cool photos on her social media. The photos of her hometown look amazing.
M: (8-1) What’s her hometown called?
W: (8-2) It’s called Cape Town. It’s in the southwest of South Africa. She says it’s very green and windy. The city was built by European settlers. And there’s a big mountain that overlooks the city. (9) The mountain is called Table Mountain because it’s flat at the top.
M: That sounds interesting. What are the people there like?