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高级口译2009年月 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (30 minutes) Part A: Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. When Americans think about hunger, we usually think in terms of mass starvation in far-away countries. But hunger too often lurks _________ (1). In 2006, 35.1 million people, including _________ (2) children, in the United States did not have access to enough food for an active healthy life. Some of these individuals relied on emergency food sources and ________ (3). Although most people think of hungry people and homeless people as the same, the problem of hunger reaches _________ (4). While the number of people being hungry or _________ (5) may be surprising, it is the faces of those hungry individuals that would probably _________ (6). The face of hunger is _________ (7) who has worked hard for their entire lives only to find their savings _________ (8); or a single mother who has to choose whether the salary from _________ (9) will go to buy food or pay rent; or a child who struggles to _________ (10) because his family couldnt afford dinner the night before. A December 2006 survey estimated that _________ (11) those requesting emergency food assistance were either children or their parents. Children _________ (12) to live in households where someone experiences hunger and food insecurity than adults. ________ (13) compared to one in five children live in households where someone suffers from hunger ________ (14). Child poverty is more widespread in the United States than in _________ (15); at the same time, the U.S. government spends less than any industrialized country to ________ (16). We have long known that the ________ (17) of small children need adequate food _________ (18). But science