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2013-12-25

What is the main message of the news item?

A．The financial institution regained confidence inthe global economy．
B．The financial industry in America is coming back to stability．
C．The US is still the biggest economy in the word．
D．The role of Wall Street won't change for a long time．
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参考答案

D

答案解析

本题考查新闻主旨。新闻首先提出某些人对金融危机后华尔街时代的悲观推测，而后举例反驳，指出随着经济的逐渐复苏，华尔街也将恢复生机，在很长一段时间内没有什么可以撼动华尔街作为世界金融中心的地位，只有D表述最恰当，故选D。
News Item 3
[听力原文]
The news of more than 10 percent of China's high school graduates choosing not to sit for the National College Entrance Exam this year made me think, and not ironically so, that it was good for the country.

Besides, not all of them will earn a diploma four years later.
A diploma may not be more than a piece of paper, but Chinese society is such that very few doors open for people who don't have one. Many parents start dreaming about their children earning a diploma even before they are born. The pressure on kids begins before they start going to school. Students aim to take the National College Entrance Exam right from the beginnmg of their 12-year primary, middle and high school. They have had no other choice, but things may have started to change now.
Can't a candidate have knowledge and even the indispensable ability to do a job without possessing that "piece of paper"? After all, a diploma does not recognize all the skills a person can have. Are people who don't pass the entrance exam necessarily bad? No, because it's not an educational problem, but a social problem: lack of enough seats in universities to accommodate all students.
【听力预测】
根据题干中出现的high school graduates可以判断该新闻与高中毕业生有关。
【新闻摘要】
新闻报道称，今年中国有超过10％的高中毕业生选择放弃参加高考。这对国家来说是件好事，因为中国高校目前只有招收300万学生的能力，这样就减轻了高校的招生压力。新闻还提到中国人过于追求文凭，以至于家长和学生的压力都很大。
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