听力原文及题目答案Unit 8

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1、听力原文及题目答案Unit8ThisisbasedontheresultofanewUNstudycalled“TheStateofFoodInsecurityintheWorld,2002”.Itfoundthatmorethanninemillionpeopledieeachyearfromhunger.Sixmillionofthemarechildrenyoungerthanagefive.Researchersalsofoundthatthenumberofstarvingpeopleisgrowinginsomepartsofth

2、eworld.Thereportsaysthatabouteighthundredandfortymillionpeoplearoundtheworldaregettingenoughfoodtoeat.Ninety-fivepercentofthesepeopleareindevelopingcountries.Unit8Task1【答案】A.1)interestrates;thirdtime2)shrunk;firsttime3)Afall;employment4)higherB.NewsItemsFiguresPossibleCause

3、sorEffects11)Theovernightbanklendingrateroseby0.25percent.Andthecurrentratewas5.5percent.2)Thediscountrateincreasedby0.25percentto5percent.Theincreasewouldreducethedangerofinflation.2ThetotalvalueofgoodsandservicesproducedintheUSfellbyfourtenthsof1percent(0.4percent)between

4、JulyandSeptember.3USbondsfellnearlytwopoints.MorejobshadbeencreatedinMarchthanhadbeenexpected.4TheDowJonesIndustrialAveragewasupnearly1percentor89pointsat10,205.SomeanalystsbelievedsomesignsindicatedtheUSinflationwasundercontrol.【原文】NewsItem1TheUnitedStatescentralbank,theFe

5、deralReserve,hasraisedinterestratesforthethirdtimethisyear.TheFederalReserveraisedtheovernightbanklendingrateby0.25percent(onefourthofonepercent)to5.5percent.Itraisedthediscountratealsoby0.25percentto5percent.TheFederalReservesaidithadnoplanstoraiseinterestratesagainanytime

6、soon.Itsaidtheincreasetodayshouldreducethedangerofinflation.NewsItem2TheCommerceDepartmentsaystheAmericaneconomyhasshrunkforthefirsttimeineightyears.ThetotalvalueofgoodsandservicesproducedintheUnitedStatesfellbyfourtenthofonepercent(0.4percent)intheperiodofJulythroughSeptem

7、ber.Arecessioniscommonlydefinedasatleastsixmonthswheretheeconomyshrinks.NewsItem3AfallintheNewYorkmarkethadbeenwidelypredictedfollowingFriday'sbetterthanexpectedUSemploymentfigures.USbondsfromwhichthegovernmentfundslong-termborrowingfellnearlytwopointsonthenewsthatmorejobsh

8、adbeencreatedinMarchthanhadbeenexpected.TheDowJonesIndexwasclosedonFridayfortheEas