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Lions have disappeared from much of Africa, but for the past few years scientists have wondered if the big cats were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia. Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys difficult. But scientists released a report Monday documenting, with hard evidence, the discovery of "lost lions."
A team with Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, supported by a charity organization, spent two nights in November camping in the National Park in northwest Ethiopia, on the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The researchers set out six camera traps capturing images of lions, and they identified lion tracks.
The scientists concluded that lions are also likely to live in the neighbouring National Park across the border in Sudan. The International Union for Conservation of Nature had previously considered the area a "possible range" for the species, and local people had reported seeing lions in the area, but no one presented convincing evidence.
Section B
Directions：In this section, you will hear two long converSATions. At the end of each converSATion, you will hear four questions. Both the converSATion and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the converSATion you have just heard.
8. A) Her ‘lucky birthday’. C) Her wedding anniversary.
B) A call from her dad. D) A special gift from the man.
9. A) Gave her a big model plane. C) Took her on a trip overseas.
B) Bought her a good necklace. D) Threw her a surprise party.
10. A) The gift her husband has bought.
B) The trip her husband has planned.
C) What has been troubling her husband.
D) What her husband and the man are up to.
11. A) He will be glad to be a guide for the couple’s holiday trip.
B) He will tell the women the secret if her husband aGREes.
C) He is eager to learn how the couple’s holiday turns out.
D) He wants to find out about the couple’s holiday plan.
ConverSATion 1
8. 【答案】A. Her “lucky birthday”
【问题】What is the woman looking forward to?
【原文+解析】A golden or lucky birthday is when one turns the age of their birth date.一个黄金或幸运的生日是当一个人到达出生日期的年龄。
9. 【答案】D. Threw her a surprise party.
【问题】What did the woman’s parents do on her sister’s lucky birthday?
【原文+解析】 My parents did throw her a surprise party that year.那年我父母给她举办了一个惊喜派对。
10. 【答案】B. The trip her husband has planned.
【问题】What is the woman eager to find out about?
【原文+解析】I’m dying to know what kind of trip he has planned or way we are going.我很想知道他计划了什么样的旅行，或者我们打算去哪。
11. 【答案】C. He is eager to learn how the couple’s holiday turns out.
【问题】What does the man say at the end of the converSATion?
【原文+解析】 I can’t wait to hear all about it when you get back.我等不及要听到你回来的消息了。
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