Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news item.    At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions.    Now listen to the news.

21. What happened in the province of Inner Mongolia?
A. A fire was attacking it caused by an explosion.
B. 16 people died because of the fire/
C. A fire lasted for a week.
D. A fire was spreading into it from Mongolia.
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22. What prevented the fight with the fire?
A. A lack of water.
B. A lack of transport.
C. Strong winds.
D. Both B and C.
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Question 23 is based on the following news item.    At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the following question.    Now listen to the news.

23. The news is mainly about _____.
A. how the World Swimming Organization is going to protest against drug use
B. how RENA is going to combat against drug use in the future
C. How RENA fails to tackle drug cheats
D. how leading international swimming coaches train swimmers
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Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news item.    At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions.    Now listen to the news.

24. How much are the weapons worth?
A. 80 million.
B. 84 million.
C. 18 million.
D. 50 million.
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25. When was the initial agreement first made?
A. May
B. April
C. March
D. Not mentioned.
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PART II    CLOZE [15 MIN.]

Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.    Select the correct choice for each blank.

Recreational runner Carrie Johnston usually doesn't feel hungry after a good sweat.    Exercise
(26)_____ Johnston's appetite, but she knows she needs to (27)_____ lost calories following a workout.    "When I come home from a good run, I force myself to eat supper," says Johnston, a dietitian at McMaster University in Hamilton.    (28)_____, Johnston says many female athletes let good eating habits go and risk health (29)_____ thinness.    Johnston, who works in the bone-marrow transplant unit at McMaster, has a background in sports (30)_____.    In 1997, while a student at the University of Guelph, she worked with Prof. Heather Keller on a study for her (31)_____ on the eating habits of female athletes.    The (32)_____ person with eating disorders is driven by a desire to look svelte, says Johnston.    But her study focused on athletes who eat less to lower weight and body fat (33)_____ the belief it will improve (34)_____.    The study involved (35)_____ 22 elite female athletes between ages 15 and 25 over three months.    "Years ago when we didn't know any better it was thought that being lighter meant running better," says Johnston, adding that's still the mentality of many competitive runners, as well as other (36)_____ like gymnasts and swimmers.    Johnston's study (37)_____ consumed 400 to 700 fewer calories daily than recommended for their (38)_____ training.    Even when training more as they got closer to competing, they failed to (39)_____ more food fuel for energy.    Initially, race (40)_____ tend to improve when a runner loses some weight, but then they hit a peak and plummet, says Johnston.

26.
A. represses
B. suppresses
C. depresses
D. expresses
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27.
A. make up to
B. make up on
C. make up for
D. make up with
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28.
A. Therefore
B. However
C. Moreover
D. Furthermore
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29.
A. in the act of
B. on the point of
C. at the expense of
D. for the sake of
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30.
A. nutrition
B. nullity
C. nuisance
D. nuance
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31.
A. thesis
B. object
C. target
D. objective
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32.
A. common
B. average
C. ordinary
D. popular
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33.
A. based on
B. basing on
C. being based on
D. having based on
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34.
A. act
B. action
C. demonstration
D. performance
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35.
A. to track
B. to have tracked
C. tracking
D. being tracked
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36.
A. players
B. athletes
C. runners
D. contestants
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37.
A. topics
B. projects
C. plans
D. subjects
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38.
A. strenuous
B. tedious
C. lusty
D. nervous
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39.
A. take up
B. take to
C. take on
D. take in
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40.
A. signals
B. signs
C. scores
D. symbols
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