Questions 21 to 22 are based on the following news.

Hawaii’s budget crunch is giving school children some reason to smile. (21) Public schools are gonna be closed most Fridays for the remainder of the academic year. Under a new union contract with teachers，it cuts 17 days from the calendar and gives Hawaii the nation’s shortest school year. Educators are concerned there is just not enough time for kids to learn. Hawaii already ranks near the bottom nationally in academic achievement.

Lawmakers in Nebraska have approved a big change to the state’s controversial Safe Haven Law. Under the new measure，children older than 30 days can not be dropped off at state hospitals. 35 children, many of them，preteens or even teenagers, have been abandoned in hospitals since the original law took effect in July. (22) State lawmakers say it was intended to prevent newborns from being dumped in trash bins or even worse. The new law is expected to go into effect at midnight.

 

题目

News 6

In this section you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Questions 21 to 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

Now, listen to the news.

21. What will happen in Hawaii's public school?

A. The school days will be much shorter than before.

B. The children in public school will be given more courses.

C. The teachers in the public school will be granted a pay-raise.

D. The academic record in Hawaii’s public school remains high.

22. What is the purpose of issuing the new law?

A. To avoid the conflict between the hospital and the state.

B. To protect children from abandoning or maltreating.

C. To maintain the rights of new mothers.

D. To ensure the family planning could run smoothly.

 

答案解析

21.A细节判断题。新闻中指出，由于夏威夷的预算紧缩，公立学校周五也将放假。 在与教师们签订的新工会合同中，将再减掉17个工作日，夏威夷即成为整个国家中 拥有最短学年的州。故正确答案是A。

22.B细节判断题。新闻中指出，内布拉斯加州的立法者通过了引起全国争论的安全 庇护法。这一新的法律将保证30天以上的孩子不能被遗弃在医院。这一法律的出 台旨在保护新生婴儿免被抛弃或者更恶劣的情况。故正确答案是B。