Test 1
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. U.N. Security Council as being involved in organizing and carrying out cruel and violent actions in Darfur. The president ’s order comes days before rallies are planned in Washington and throughout the United States to protest the ’s attention need to be focused on what he called the “first massive murder of the 21st century.”
1. Why is the U.S. president taking actions in Darfur?
2. Who is scheduled to speak at the rally?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item. his supporters say it’essential economic support to Uganda have held up Uganda as a role model in the region, opposition leaders are calling on them to take a stand. In this edition of Analysis, Lucy Williamson looks at whether Uganda’s relationship with its donors is feeling the strain.
3. Why did Kizza Basigye return to Kampala?
4. What is the consequence of Basigye’
s incident?
Questions 5 and 7 will be based on the following news item.
car bomb. A suicide bomber entered the crowd and exploded a bomb hidden in clothing.
The attacks took place in the al-Zahraa district, in the central part of the city. others were hurt.
It was the second major attack in Homs since the government and rebel forces reached a cease-fire agreement this month. The government will take back areas of the city controlled by rebels. The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The Wall Street Journal newspaper reports that many people who live in the neighborhood are members of the Alawite sect. The newspaper reports the area is often “attacked by anti-government rebels armed with rockets and vehicle bombs.”
5. What do we learn about the bomb attacks from the news report?
6. What did the state-controlled media say?
7. What happened on December 12?
Test 2
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
The number of Americans over the age of 65 is expected to double between now and 2030. This next generation of retirees will be the healthiest, best educated, and most wealthy in American history. Retired workers who have a pension continue to be paid a certain percentage of their highest annual salary-usually anywhere from one to three percent-multiplied by the number of years they worked for the company. Pensions first became popular during World War Ⅱ, when a federally-approved wage-freeze meant unions had to 1. What problem does the next generation of retirees have?
2. When did pensions reach the height of their popularity?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
U.S. government health and safety officials are investigating the cause of the recent explosion at a West Virginia miner safety at a time of extraordinary expansion. Mine companies operate in 27 states, from West Virginia in the east to Montana in the west, producing a total of about one billion tons a year, or more than a third of the world’s coal supply. The U.S. economy is dependent on coal production. Coal-fired power plants generate about 50 percent of the nation’s electricity. More than half the nation’s coal is mined underground by thousands of men and women who daily risk injury 3. What do we learn about the recent explosion at a coal mine?
4. What made the mining industry safer in the late 1960s?
Questions 5 and 7 will be based on the following news item.
When it comes to dieting, losing weight fast holds some appeal. Maybe that’s why U.S. News & World Report has added a Fast Weight-Loss Diet category to its annual rankings of best diet plans. And one of the diets that comes out on top is the Health Management Resources (HMR) program. made-at-home meals, dieters can order low-calorie milk, soups, nutrition bars and multigrain cereal.
The U.S. News reviewers say The down side is “the milk lacks variety,” and it’s tough to eat out while on this diet.
[7] “numerous studies demonstrate that following a lifestyle change program which promotes fast initial weight loss can result in better long-term success.”
5. What is the HMR program?
6. What is the advantage of HMR program?
7. What’
s the common misunderstanding about losing weight fast?
Test 3
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. African Union says it wants to end child marriage in Africa.
Delegates at a summit in Zambia are expected to set 18 years old as the lowest legal age for marriage across the contient. Marriage before age 18 is already against the law in most African countries.
Yet the UN says more then 125 million African women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. Experts say most were given to men in traditional or religious unions in violation of the law. 1. What do we learn from the United Nation’s report?
2. What is the reason for child marriage in Africa?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item. linked to climate change.
Scotland is the largest producer of whisky in the world. And a Scottish professor has found how to take the waste products from distilling whisky and turn them into a form of alcohol called biobutanol. Biobutanol can be used as a fuel.
Whisky comes from grain, such as corn and wheat.
Martin Tangney is director of the Biofuel Research Centre at Napier University in Edinburgh. He says less than 10 3. What is the news report mainly about?
4. What are the unwanted products in making whisky?
Questions 5 and 7 will be based on the following news item.
For several years, human resources director Pete Tapaskar says it’s been a challenge to fill all the jobs at his Elizabeth Sue is principal policy analyst for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, who studies Chicago’s recent immigration trends. She said “were between 50 and 60 thousand most years. Now, since 2010, we’ve been at about 23- to 24-thousand international in-migrations on a net basis.”’s overall still population growth.
Tapaskar says there are many reasons why immigrants choose to live in Southern states instead of Chicago.
But Tapaskar says one thing that could bring new immigrants to Chicago is increasing the number of work visas that would attract the highly skilled tech workers his business needs.
5. What is the problem for the technology companies in Chicago?
6. What do we learn about international in-migrations in Chicago?
7. Why do immigrants choose southern states instead of Chicago?
Test 1
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. U.N. Security Council as being involved in organizing and carrying out cruel and violent actions in Darfur. The president ’s order comes days before rallies are planned in Washington and throughout the United States to protest the ’s attention need to be focused on what he called the “first massive murder of the 21st century.”
1. Why is the U.S. president taking actions in Darfur?
2. Who is scheduled to speak at the rally?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item. his supporters say it’essential economic support to Uganda have held up Uganda as a role model in the region, opposition leaders are calling on them to take a stand. In this edition of Analysis, Lucy Williamson looks at whether Uganda’s relationship with its donors is feeling the strain.
3. Why did Kizza Basigye return to Kampala?
4. What is the consequence of Basigye’
s incident?
Questions 5 and 7 will be based on the following news item.
car bomb. A suicide bomber entered the crowd and exploded a bomb hidden in clothing.
The attacks took place in the al-Zahraa district, in the central part of the city. others were hurt.
It was the second major attack in Homs since the government and rebel forces reached a cease-fire agreement this month. The government will take back areas of the city controlled by rebels. The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The Wall Street Journal newspaper reports that many people who live in the neighborhood are members of the Alawite sect. The newspaper reports the area is often “attacked by anti-government rebels armed with rockets and vehicle bombs.”
5. What do we learn about the bomb attacks from the news report?
6. What did the state-controlled media say?
7. What happened on December 12?
Test 2
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
The number of Americans over the age of 65 is expected to double between now and 2030. This next generation of retirees will be the healthiest, best educated, and most wealthy in American history. Retired workers who have a pension continue to be paid a certain percentage of their highest annual salary-usually anywhere from one to three percent-multiplied by the number of years they worked for the company. Pensions first became popular during World War Ⅱ, when a federally-approved wage-freeze meant unions had to 1. What problem does the next generation of retirees have?
2. When did pensions reach the height of their popularity?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
U.S. government health and safety officials are investigating the cause of the recent explosion at a West Virginia miner safety at a time of extraordinary expansion. Mine companies operate in 27 states, from West Virginia in the east to Montana in the west, producing a total of about one billion tons a year, or more than a third of the world’s coal supply. The U.S. economy is dependent on coal production. Coal-fired power plants generate about 50 percent of the nation’s electricity. More than half the nation’s coal is mined underground by thousands of men and women who daily risk injury 3. What do we learn about the recent explosion at a coal mine?
4. What made the mining industry safer in the late 1960s?
Questions 5 and 7 will be based on the following news item.
When it comes to dieting, losing weight fast holds some appeal. Maybe that’s why U.S. News & World Report has added a Fast Weight-Loss Diet category to its annual rankings of best diet plans. And one of the diets that comes out on top is the Health Management Resources (HMR) program. made-at-home meals, dieters can order low-calorie milk, soups, nutrition bars and multigrain cereal.
The U.S. News reviewers say The down side is “the milk lacks variety,” and it’s tough to eat out while on this diet.
[7] “numerous studies demonstrate that following a lifestyle change program which promotes fast initial weight loss can result in better long-term success.”
5. What is the HMR program?
6. What is the advantage of HMR program?
7. What’
s the common misunderstanding about losing weight fast?
Test 3
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. African Union says it wants to end child marriage in Africa.
Delegates at a summit in Zambia are expected to set 18 years old as the lowest legal age for marriage across the contient. Marriage before age 18 is already against the law in most African countries.
Yet the UN says more then 125 million African women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. Experts say most were given to men in traditional or religious unions in violation of the law. 1. What do we learn from the United Nation’s report?
2. What is the reason for child marriage in Africa?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item. linked to climate change.
Scotland is the largest producer of whisky in the world. And a Scottish professor has found how to take the waste products from distilling whisky and turn them into a form of alcohol called biobutanol. Biobutanol can be used as a fuel.
Whisky comes from grain, such as corn and wheat.
Martin Tangney is director of the Biofuel Research Centre at Napier University in Edinburgh. He says less than 10 3. What is the news report mainly about?
4. What are the unwanted products in making whisky?
Questions 5 and 7 will be based on the following news item.
For several years, human resources director Pete Tapaskar says it’s been a challenge to fill all the jobs at his Elizabeth Sue is principal policy analyst for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, who studies Chicago’s recent immigration trends. She said “were between 50 and 60 thousand most years. Now, since 2010, we’ve been at about 23- to 24-thousand international in-migrations on a net basis.”’s overall still population growth.
Tapaskar says there are many reasons why immigrants choose to live in Southern states instead of Chicago.
But Tapaskar says one thing that could bring new immigrants to Chicago is increasing the number of work visas that would attract the highly skilled tech workers his business needs.
5. What is the problem for the technology companies in Chicago?
6. What do we learn about international in-migrations in Chicago?
7. Why do immigrants choose southern states instead of Chicago?