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Model Test 5Section ANews Report OneThe Australian government in May said Neil Prakash, a senior recruiter for the so-called Islamic State group, had been killed in a US air strike.He died in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Attorney-General George Brandis said at the time.But (1)the New York Times, citing senior US sources, now reports that Prakash is still alive.Prakash handed himself to Turkish authorities several weeks ago, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said. Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Counter-Terrorism, Michael Keenan, said the government could not comment on intelligence matters. (2)“The government reported Prakash’s death in May on the basis of advice from the US government that he had been killed in an air strike,” he said in a statement on Friday. “But as we have said previously, the government’s capacity to confirm reports of deaths in either Syria or Iraq is limited. These places are war zones, with many ungoverned spaces.”Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1.What’s the news report mainly about?2.What’s the basis of the report about Prakash’s death?News Report TwoThe fifth generation of cellular networks, 5G, may be put into commercial use as early as 2020, according to a regulatory body’s roadmap and the business plans of several companies. Insiders from IMT-2020(5G) promotion group, which is dedicated to boosting the systematic promotion of 5G, said second-phase testing will be launched in 2017. (3)Authoritative insiders also disclosed that the experimental stage of 5G will last three years, from 2016 to 2018. (4)The construction of a 5G network will begin in 2019, with a total budget of 500 billion RMB ($73 billion).Huang Yuhong, deputy general manager of China Mobile’s research institute, said that the three biggest operators in China will cooperate with equipment manufacturers for testing, adding that the first standard for 5G will be announced in 2018. Industry analysts believe that the commercializat