{"data":[{"question":[{"id":"816","number":"1","choice":["A)He set a record be swimming to and from an island.","B)He celebrated ninth birthday on a small island.","C)He visited a prison located on a faraway island.","D)He swam around an island near San Francisco."],"details":" A 9-year-old Central California boy braved strong currents and cold water to swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back. ","answer":"A","content":"\u4e8b\u5b9e\u7ec6\u8282\u9898\u3002\u65b0\u95fb\u5f00\u5934\u63d0\u5230\uff0c\u4e00\u4f4d\u6765\u81ea\u52a0\u5229\u798f\u5c3c\u4e9a\u7684\u4e5d\u5c81\u7537\u5b69\u4ece\u65e7\u91d1\u5c71\u6e38\u6cf3\u5230\u4e86\u6076\u9b54\u5c9b\u5e76 \u8fd4\u56de\uff0c\u521b\u9020\u4e86\u4e00\u9879\u65b0\u7684\u7eaa\u5f55\u3002","user_answer":""},{"id":"817","number":"2","choice":["A)He doubled the reward.","B)He cheered him on all the way.","C)He set him an example.","D)He had the event covered on TV."],"details":" His father said he had offered his son $100 as a reward. To encourage his struggling son, he doubled it to $200. ","answer":"A","content":"\u4e8b\u5b9e\u7ec6\u8282\u9898\u3002\u65b0\u95fb\u4e2d\u63d0\u5230\uff0c\u8fd9\u4f4d\u7236\u4eb2\u8bf4\u4ed6 \u7ed9\u5b69\u5b50100\u7f8e\u5143\u4f5c\u4e3a\u5956\u52b1\uff0c\u4f46\u4e3a\u4e86\u9f13\u52b1\u513f\u5b50\uff0c\u4ed6\u628a \u5956\u52b1\u91d1\u989d\u52a0\u500d\u4e86\u3002\u7531\u6b64\u53ef\u77e5\uff0c\u7236\u4eb2\u901a\u8fc7\u52a0\u500d\u5956\u52b1 \u6765\u9f13\u52b1\u513f\u5b50\u6e38\u6cf3\u3002","user_answer":""}],"title":"Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard."},{"question":[{"id":"818","number":"3","choice":["A)To end the one-child policy.","B)To encourage late marriage.","C)To increase working efficiency.","D)To give people more time to travel."],"details":" The holiday bonus was designed to encourage young people to delay getting married in line with China\u2019s one child policy. But with that policy now being abolished, this holiday incentive is no longer necessary, the government says. ","answer":"B","content":"\u76ee\u7684\u539f\u56e0\u9898\u3002\u65b0\u95fb\u4e2d\u63d0\u5230,1\u67081\u65e5\u65b0\u7684\u89c4 \u5b9a\u5c06\u8981\u5f00\u59cb\u6267\u884c\uff0c\u4e0d\u518d\u4e3a\u665a\u5a5a\u592b\u59bb\u63d0\u4f9b\u5e74\u5047\u5956\u52b1\uff0c \u5f53\u521d\u5236\u5b9a\u8fd9\u4e00\u653f\u7b56\u7684\u76ee\u7684\u662f\u4e3a\u4e86\u914d\u5408\u4e00\u5b69\u653f\u7b56\uff0c\u9f13 \u52b1\u5e74\u8f7b\u4eba\u665a\u5a5a\u3002","user_answer":""},{"id":"819","number":"4","choice":["A)They will not be welcomed by young people.","B)They will help to popularize early marriage.","C)They will boost China\u2019s economic growth.","D)They will not com into immediate effect."],"details":" But one lawyer tells the paper that the changes still have to be adopted by local governments and these procedures take time, so people who are rushing to register for marriage can relax. 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The properly-named startup Morning-After Maids was launched about a month ago in Auckland by roommates Rebecca Foley and Catherine Ashurst. Aside from cleaning up, the two will also cook breakfast and even get coffee and painkillers for recovering merrymakers. Although they\u2019re both gainfully employed, they fit cleaning jobs into their nights and weekends (which is when their service is in most demand anyway). 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To encourage his struggling son, he doubled it to $200.James pushed forward, making it to Alcatraz Island and back in a little more than two hours.Alcatraz is over a mile from the mainland. \u3000\u3000News 2 On the 1st of January, new regulations will come into effect which eliminate an annual leave bonus for people who put off marrying until the age of 23 for women, and 25 for men, the South China Morning Post reports. (3) The holiday bonus was designed to encourage young people to delay getting married in line with China\u2019s one child policy. But with that policy now being abolished, this holiday incentive is no longer necessary, the government says.In Shanghai, a young couple at a marriage registration office told the paper that they decided to register their marriage as soon as possible to take advantage of the existing policy, because an extra holiday was a big deal for them. In Beijing, one registration office had about 300 couples seeking to get married the day after the changes were announced, rather than the usual number of between 70 and 80. (4) But one lawyer tells the paper that the changes still have to be adopted by local governments and these procedures take time, so people who are rushing to register for marriage can relax. \u3000\u3000News 3 (6) Everyone loves a good house party, but the cleaning up the next morning isn\u2019t as enjoyable.(5) Now, however, a New Zealand-based startup company aims to bring messy homes \u2013 and even splitting headaches \u2013 back to normal. The properly-named startup Morning-After Maids was launched about a month ago in Auckland by roommates Rebecca Foley and Catherine Ashurst. Aside from cleaning up, the two will also cook breakfast and even get coffee and painkillers for recovering merrymakers. Although they\u2019re both gainfully employed, they fit cleaning jobs into their nights and weekends (which is when their service is in most demand anyway).(7) Besides being flooded with requests from across the country, Foley and Ashurst have also received requests from the US and Canada to provide services there. They are reportedly meeting with lawyers to see how best to take the business forward. ","sign":1,"direction":"In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and then questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A\uff09, B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.","message":"\u6210\u529f","code":1}