inmate, custody, detain,
Question 22 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
Airlines are being hit with huge increases to ensure their planes after the terrorist attacks in the United States. Goshork Insurance Holdings, which ensures aircraft around the world, said rates had soared as much as 10
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fold since the September 11 terror attacks. Airlines around the world have cut services and dismissed staff as their business has plunged in the wake of the crisis. They are also struggling with increased security costs.
Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
A Pakistani lawyer said the resumption of
the trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of preaching Christianity in Afghanistan has been put off until Sunday. He had met earlier Saturday with the ai` workers, 2 Americans, 2 Australians, and 4 Germans. They insist they ware in Adghanistan to help the poor, not to convert them. The penalty for these captured aid workeps could range from expulsion to a jaih term and death sentence.
Question 25 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
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On the 20 anniversary of the first official report on AIDS, the head of the United Nations AIDS program warns that the deadly disease may only be at its early stages in many parts of the world. Dr. Piu said the disease has already reached staggering proportions since first being identified in 1981. 58 million people worldwide have contracted the HIV
virus, which causes AIDS, while 22 million have died from related illnesses. The UN estimates the world?s HIV positive population at 36 million, including 25 million in sub-Saharan Africa.
International officials warn the disease will have disastrous political, social, and economic consequences in many developing countries.
Reading Comprehension
Word attack skills 猜测词义 结构线索
1. 语法结构线索
The sploony urdle departed. 2. 构词法结构线索 1. 根据前缀猜测词义
例如：He fell into a ditch and lay there, semiconscious, for a few minutes.
根据词根conscious（清醒的，有意识的），结合前缀semi（半，部分的，不完全的），我们便可猜出semiconscious词义“半清醒
的，半昏迷的”。
I?m illiterate about such things.
词根literate 意为“有文化修养的，通晓的”，前缀il表示否定，因此illiterate指 “一窍不通，不知道的”。
2. 根据后缀猜测词义
例如：Insecticide is applied where it is needed.
后缀cide表示“杀...者，杀灭剂”，结合大家熟悉的词根insect（昆虫），不难猜出 insecticide意为“杀虫剂”。Then the vapor may change into droplets. 后缀let表示“小的”，词根drop指“滴，滴状物”。将两个意思结合起来，便可推断出droplet词义“小滴，微滴”。 3.根据复合词的各部分猜测词义 例如： Growing economic problems were highlighted by a slowdown in oil output. Highlight或许是一个生词，但是分析该词结构后，就能推测出其含义。它是由 high （高的，强的）和light（光线）两部分组成，合在一起便是“以强光照射，使突出” 的意思。 4. 根据词根猜测词义