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Politics
News Item 1
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1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the news story?
A. President Bush’s plan of extending unemployment benefits met strong opposition from the Democrats.
B. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said the President’s plan came too late.
C. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton says another 30-week extension of unemployment benefits is smart policy.
D. Currently there are more than 750,000 people who are out of job in the United States.
News Item 2
1. According to the news story, who would resign from the post of Palestinian Prime Minister?
A. Yasser Arafat B. Mahmoud Abbas
C. Ahmed Queira D. Nasser yousef
2. Why did the prime minister quit his post?
A. Mr. Arafat cancelled a meeting of the Palestinian Legislative Council last week.
B. Mr. Arafat appointed an eight-member cabinet through what he called a special emergency decree.
C. He had fought for several days with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.
News Item 3
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1. Which of the following can be the best title for the news story?
A. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer’s career as a diplomat and politician
B. Selects Dutch Foreigh Minister as new Secretary Geneeral
C. Who is Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
D. NATO is facing challenging times
2. Why did NATO select the Dutch foreign minister as new Secretary General?
A. He is believed to be the right man to make sure NATO remains the world’s most successful defense alliance.
B. He has rich experiences in diplomatic and political affairs.
C. He is seen as someone who can improve ties between Washington and NATO.
D. Both A and C.
News Item 4
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1. How many guns have the Albanian authorities managed to retrieve?
A Half a million. B. More than 800 million.
C. Around 250 thousand. D. Around 115 million.
News Item 5
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1. According to the rumours, what post will Mr. Gordon Brown take?
A. Finance Minister of Britain.
B. President of the IMF.
C. Chairman of a decision-making committee of the IMF.
D. Both B and C.
2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the story?
A. Mr. Gordon Brown will have to contend with prominent bankers and politicians from France, Spain and Poland.
B. Mr. Gordon Brown has had very good cooperation with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
C. Mr. Gordon Brown is seen by many people as a natural successor of Tony Blair.
D. Mr. Gordon Brown’s reputation has been damaged somewhat by the rumours.
News Item 6
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1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the news story?
A. The Christian Democrats won much less support in the East than in the West.
B. Living standards in the East is much lower than in the West.
C. A huge number of people have moved from East to West to seek opportunities.
D. A trillion Euros will be transferred from West to East until the year 2019.
2. Which of the following is NOT a progress having been made according to the annual reunification report of the government?
A. Net incomes have doubled in the last fifteen years in East.
B. Pavements and roads have been repaired and replaced.
C. Unemployment is no longer a problem for people in the East.]
D. Efforts are being made to improve the motorway and rial network.
News Item 7
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1. Which of the following is the best title for the news story?
A. Candlelit vigils across Spain
B. Terrorist attack stuck Spain
C. Spanish national mourning
D. Conflicting evidence for yesterday’s terrorist attack
News Item 8
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1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the news story?
A. The bomb attacks in Madrid enormously affected the general election.
B. The reporter concludes that the al-Qaeda appears to be capable of changing the government of a leading western democracy.
C. The Socialist party leader is unlikely to tackle terrorism in a very different way than the outgoing government.
D. The Socialist party leader said he may seek to withdraw Spanish troops who are serving in Iraq now.
News Item 9
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1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the news story?
A. Gordon Brown is thought to have drummed up a lot of support for the prime minister’s plans.
B. Tony Blair has succeeded in getting his plans approved.
C. The death of the weapons scientist David Kellyy is a more difrutbing matter for Tony Blair.
D. The prime minister’s plans are popular among the people, but not among the senior ministers.
News Item 10
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1. Which of the following is the best title for the news story?
A. Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman on the Iran nuclear controversy
B. Pakistan: dialogue needed to resolve Iran nuclear controversy
C. The disputes between Pakistan and the United States on Iran nuclear program
D. Pakistan: more support to the European nations’ peaceful approach to Tehran’s nuclear program
2. Who is being detained for having illegally transferred weapons technology and material to several countries, including Iran?
A. Abdul Qadeer Khan. B. Masood Khan.
C. Khursheed Kasuri. D. Both A and B.
3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the news story
A. Iran says its nuclear energy facilities will not be used to develop weapons of mass destruction.
B. Pakistan has caught much attention for the founder of its own nuclear program openly admitted last year to having transferred weapons technolog and material to Iran.
C. The United States has promised that it will not resort to the use of force against Iran in a did to resolve the nuclear controversy.
D. Compared with the
News Item 11
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1.Which of the following can be the best title for the news story?
A.Indonesia court dismisses presidential vote challenge
B.Presidential election in Indonesia goes smoothly
C.Indonesian Presidential candidate General Wiranto
D.Who would be the next Indonesian President?
2.Who is a finalist in the presidential election?
A.General Wiranto
B.Keith Loveard
C.Suharto
D.Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the news story?
A.General wiranto was charged with crimes against humanity
When he was the head of the Indonesian armed forees.
B.The presidential election has not been manipulated by political
C.The incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri,one of the two finalists,was in the second place in the polls.
D.Many voters changed their minds when they learned that Mr.Wiranto has lost the court challenge.
News Item12
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1.Which of the following is NOT true according to the news story?
A.President Lukashenko has not won enough support to allow
B.The reporter believes President Lukashenko has established a very authoritarian regime in Belarus.
C.President Lukashenko has been alleged of playing electoral fraud in the vote.
D.President Lukashenko has called his people to pay no attention to western criticism of him.
News Item13
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1.How many troops has Uganda offered to provide to the AU’s peace support mission for Somalia?
A.20,000 B.2,000 C.4,000 D.3,000
2.Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the news story?
A.Afrcan Union intends to send more peacekeepers to Somalia.
B.The Somali government on its way to its own country.
C.African Union approves peace mission for Somalia.
D.Uganda sends peacekeepers to Somalia.
News Item14
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1.Which of the following can be the best title for the news story/
AChirac criticizes the United States at the UN
B.Chirac:transferring sovereignty to the Iraqis is essential
C.Chirac at the UN
D.Chirac calls for far-reaching reform of the UN
News Item15
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1.We can conclude from the news story all the following except that .
A.Many people hated John Garang for his brutal methods
B.John Garang is a controversial man
C.Mr. Kiir will surely solve all the problems in southern Sudan
D.John Garang has left a motley of problems for his successor to settle
News Item16
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1.How many people competed for the seats on Afghanistan s new National Assembly?
A More than600 B More than 60, 000
CMore than 6,000 D More than 34
2 What minght be the problems on Afghanistan s way to a modern democracy?
A More than half the population is illiterate
B Many parts of the country are divided because of ethnical and tribal matters
C Some of the candidates themselves are former warlords orsurrogates for drug cartels
D All the above
News Item 17
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1 which of the following is TRUE according to the news story?
A Cyprus has not joined the European Union due to block from Turkey
B Austria now holds the rotating presidency of the FU
C A majority of people in France and Netherlands do not want Turkey to join the EU
D Turkey is thinking of accepting a less than full EU membership
News ltem 18
1 Whose identity has been knowingiy rebealed as retaliation?
A Karl rove B Valerie plame
C Scott McClellan D Lewis Libby
News ltem 19
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1 Whar was true of rosa Parks according to the news story?
A She refused to give her bus seat for a white man as the law in Montgomery, Alabama, required at the time.
B.She was granted the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton in 1996
C.She led a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system.
D.She holds an everlasting position in the history of the United States for her challenge to racial discrimination.
News Item 20
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1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the news story?
A. Ali al-Haidari was involved in an assassination attempt in 1982.
B. Ali al-Haidari was only 7 years old when he was put into jail.
C. Saddam refused to attend the session on December 7.
D. Two defense lawyers for the eight defendants have been murdered.
Economy
News Item 21
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1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the news story?
A. The Nikkei is up 1.33 percent from last week’s close.
B. Taiwan’s stock index is up 1.75 percent from last week.
C. The KOSPI is nearly three percent lower from a week age.
D. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is half a percent lower from last week’s close.
2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the news story?
A. The rising Japanese yen could lead to poorer revenues.
B. The strategist at Dongwon Securities in Seoul said the stock market could not endure the difficulty of LG Card.
C. Some stock markets in Asia closed for a long Christmas week.
D. Stock markets in Asia are lack of vitality in general.
News Item 22
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1. Which of the following can be the title for the news story?
A. Cattle future prices fall due to mad cow diseases
B. Brazil’s beef industry benefits from problems in the United States
C. Beef industry hit hard by mad cow discovery
D. Japan stopped to import any beef from the United States
2. Which of the following is NOT a major importer of beef from the United States?
A. Japan B. South Korea C. Mexico D. Britain
News Item 23
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1. Which of following is NOT true according to the news story?
A. James O’ Connor is optimistic about the prospects of Ford’s sales.
B. James O’ Connor thinks that Toyota poses no threat to Ford.
C. Toyota is likely to become the number one seller of cars in the U.S. in the next few months.
D. James O’ Connor believes that zero percent interest rate has done little in stimulating car sales.
2. According to O’ Connor, how many vehicles will Fold sell in 2003?
A. Around 16.5 million units. B. Around 1.5 million units.
C. 3 million units. D. 60.5 million units.
News Item 24
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1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the news story?
A. The OPEC’s upper limit of oil price is 22 to 34 dollars.
B. The chief economist of the European Central Bank thought the euro would register a sharp rise.
C. Price pressures in the United States have risen quickly due to the dollar’s steady decline against the euro.
D. Much of China’s huge trade surplus with the United States come from its exports to U.S. market.
News Item 25
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1. What did the leaders of the 21 nations of APEC pledge to do?
A. Work harder to crack down international terrorism.
B. Work harder to revive world trade liberalization talks.
C. Work harder to eliminate North Korea’s nuclear facilities.
D. Both A and B.
2. What does the news story say about the leaders’ pledge to fight terrorism?
A. Coordinate efforts to block terror financing.
B. Improve security at sea ports.
C. Restrict the export of portable missiles.
D. All the above.
News Item 26
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1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the news story?
A. President Bush will ask the Congress to pass a growth and jobs package of more tax cuts to boost economic recovery.
B. President Bush wants to extend the unemployment benefits for 750,000 Americans who will lose that assistance on December 28.
C. He hopes to create an environment in which businesses, especially small businesses, can grow and provide more job opportunities.
D. For the first time since the terrorist attack in New York and Washington, all the Americans are more concerned about the weak economy than terrorism or Iraq.
News Item 27
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1. Why has U.S. job growth been held back?
A. Employers have added more jobs in November than had been expected.
B. It’s partly due to a labor dispute in Southern California where grocery store employees have been on strike.
C. The labor dispute and strikes have caused many people in related industries to lose their jobs.
D. Both B and C.
2. How many new jobs were added in November?
A. 15,000 B. 57,000 C. 17,000 D. 150,000
News Item 28
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1. What were the issues the WTO meeting in Moscow failed to reach agreements on?
A. Agricultural subsidies. B. Market access.
C. The revitalization of world economy. D. Both A and B.
2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the news story?
A. The WTO Director General doesn’t believe it’s necessary to restart talks.
B. The APEC ministers want to bring all member countries of the WTO back to the negotiating table no later than December 15.
C. The APEC ministers are optimistic that they can help the WTO restart talks on trade reform.
D.