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Section C: In this section, you will hear five short news items.
第三节：在本节中，你将听到五段短新闻。
After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a twenty-second pause.
每段新闻只读一遍。每段新闻后有20秒钟的停顿。
During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
在停顿期间，阅读问题和A、B、C、D四个选项，并选出最佳答案。
Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
然后在答题纸上用一条线标出相应的字母，线划在字母的中间。
16.In conjunction with World Snow Day on Jan. 18, 15 ski resorts across China—from northwest Xinjiang to northeast Heilongjiang and to the southeast coastal provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang—will host Children’s Skiing Day for kids and their families to enjoy time on the slopes.
16.随着1月18日世界雪日的到来，中国15个滑雪场——从新疆西北部到黑龙江东北部，再到东南沿海省份江苏和浙江——将举办儿童滑雪日，让孩子们和他们的家人在滑雪场上享受时光。
Chinese organisers hope the event will help popularize snow sports in China and crank up support for Beijing’s bid for 2022 Winter Olympics.
中国组织者希望这次活动将有助于在中国普及雪上运动，并为北京申办2022年冬奥会提供支持。
17.Scottish writer All Smith’s inventive How to Be Both, which is divided into two parts, each starting with a different character, was named the winner in the novel category on Monday for Britain’s 2014 Costa Book Awards.
17.苏格兰作家艾尔·史密斯的新作《How to Be Both》被分成两个部分，每一部分都以不同的人物开头，周一，该书获得了2014年英国科斯塔图书奖小说类奖项。
The Costa Book Awards is the only major British book prize that is open solely to authors resident in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
科斯塔图书奖是英国唯一一个只对居住在英国和爱尔兰的作家开放的主要图书奖。
Smith’s novel will contend with four other books for the main Costa Book of the Year award, to be announced on Jan. 27.
史密斯的小说将与其他四本书角逐科斯塔图书奖年度最佳图书奖，该奖项将于1月27日公布。
18.China and Ecuador reached agreement on a visa exemption, as the energy-reliant Latin American country, facing a deep plunge in the price of oil, works to attract Chinese tourists and investors.
18.中国和厄瓜多尔就免签达成协议，由于油价暴跌，这个依赖能源的拉美国家正在努力吸引中国游客和投资者。
Under the agreement, Chinese passport-holders will be able to visit the Andean country, with its abundant tourist attractions, without applying for a visa in advance, Ecuadorean President Fafael Correa said at a meeting with Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Thursday.
厄瓜多尔总统拉斐尔·科雷亚周四在北京与李克强总理会面时表示，根据该协议，中国护照持有者将可以在没有提前申请签证的情况下访问这个拥有丰富旅游景点的安第斯国家。
19.A new report says the world is a very risky place and many are not prepared for it.
19.一份新的报告称，世界是一个非常危险的地方，许多人没有为此做好准备。
The World Economic Forum has released its Global Risks 2015 report that lists the greatest threats to stability over the next 10 years.
世界经济论坛发布了2015年全球风险报告，列出了未来10年世界稳定面临的最大威胁。
The report defines a global risk as an “uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, can cause significant negative impact for several countries or industries within the next 10 years.”
该报告将全球风险定义为“不确定的事件或状况，如果它发生，可能会在未来10年内对一些国家或行业造成重大负面影响。”
20.Restoring a historic building to its original shape usually starts with taking detailed measurements of all of its elements—doors, windows, stairs, chimneys—so they can be taken apart, repaired or replaced with their exact replicas.
20.要将一座历史建筑恢复到原来的形状，通常首先要对它的所有元素——门、窗、楼梯、烟囱——进行详细的测量，这样它们就可以被拆开、修复或更换为它们的复制品。
But exact measurements that used to take months can now be done in a few days, thanks to the advanced technology of laser cameras.
但由于激光相机的先进技术，过去需要几个月才能完成的精确测量现在只需几天即可完成。
An experimental project is being conducted at a on a hill overlooking Washington, D. C.
一项实验项目正在一座可以俯瞰华盛顿特区的山上的历史地点进行。
