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英语教育专业《新闻英语视听说》复习题 复习题之一 I. Fill in the Blanks (参考教材171页) Directions: Listen to the dialogue and fill in the missing information. Questions Answers 1．How many people are overweight? About _______ of Americans are overweight. Interestingly, one study said that ________ have higher percentage of overweight people than _________________. 2. _____________________________? The study also said that the hotter the climate, the lower the percentage of obese people. 3. Is that way Chinese people are typically skinnier than Americans? One diet has a lot less ___________ than American food. And Americans __________________than we do. 4. _____________________________________ __________________________? Nobody exercises anymore----not even kids. The average American home has the TV on for six hours a day! 5. What has Mike begun to do? He started a diet and ____________. And then he quit and gained it all back plus _____________. II．An Environmental Studies Major ( 参考教材181页) A. Listen for the main idea Directions: Listen to the news report and judge which sentence tells the main idea of the news. What is the news mainly about? _______ a. An increasing number of students go to college. b. All things about environment are hot topics. c. Colleges offer a new environment study’s major. d. College students majoring in Sustainability enjoy their study B. Listen for details Directoins: Fill in the blanks by using the exact wording in the news. (1) What may a Sustainability major learn in his environmental studies? The college offers an environmental studies major, taking students from ___________ damaged by boats to the potential dangers of __________. The new major called Sustainability, brings together everything from ___________, to __________, to ___________, in an effort to ___________ to environmental issues. (2) What are the purpose of the new major? According to a student, it’s for protecting our ___________. According to the president of Arizona Sta