Police in southern Afghanistan say a roadside bomb blast has hit a United Nations vehicle,  [ 26] killing one Afghan man and four security guards from Nepal.A UN spokesman confirms there was an accident, but did not provide details. Elsewhere, officials say an explosion today outside a school in the western Afghan city of Harad [26] killed at least three children. Details of.that incident are not yet dear.
【听前预测】
根据题干中出现的explosions，可以判断新闻报道了爆炸事件。
【新闻导读】
阿富汗南部警方称，一个路边炸弹爆炸击中了一辆联合国汽车，l名阿富汗人和4名尼泊尔警卫遇难。另外，有官员表示在阿富汗西部一座城市的一所学校外面也发生了一起爆炸案，造成至少3名儿童丧生。
【试题解析】
D。本题是对新闻事件中数字的考查。新闻中提到，阿富汗南部警方称，一个路边炸弹爆炸击中了一辆联合国汽车，l名阿富汗人和4名尼泊尔警卫遇难。另外，有官员说今天在阿富汗西部哈拉德市的一所学校外的爆炸事件造成至少3名儿童丧生，由此可知至少共有8人遇难，故本题选D。
News Item 5
Ma Kai, the Director of China's National Development and Reform Commission, says the Chinese government has lowered drug prices 22 times in the last few years on 1,600 kinds of drugs, in some cases several times. But despite those moves, [27] Ma says, drugs are still so expensive that the average Chinese often can't afford then. Ma was speaking Wednesday on the sidelines of China's annual legislative session, the National People's Congress. He said when the government orders a drug's price to be lowered; some drug companies simply changed the product's name or the packaging and continue charging the same high price. He also said some hospitals rely on profits from drug sales to fund their operating costs. [28]
【听前预测】
根话题干中出SEN drugprices in China，可以判断新闻报道与中国药品价格有关。
【新闻导读】
国家发展改革委员会(前)主任马凯说，中国政府在过去几年内已对1600种药品进行了22次降价，但药价仍很昂贵，普通老百姓还是常常负担不起。
【试题解析】