Section C 

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. 

答案：

36. slight

37. official

38. shrinking

39. plunge

40. decline

41. primary

42. headswｗw.ExamＷ.CoM

43. Poverty

44. Hampered by higher taxes and weak demand for its exports, Mexico's economy is seen only partially recovering this year.

45. Mexico has historically had high drop-out rates as poor families pull kids out of school to help put food on the table，

46. The nation's drop-out problem is just the latest bad news for the long-term competitiveness of the Mexican economy. 

【解析】本篇文章談?wù)摰氖悄�西哥失學(xué)率問(wèn)題。文章先開(kāi)篇闡述了墨西哥失學(xué)情況的現(xiàn)狀，然后談到這一現(xiàn)狀的原因和所造成的嚴(yán)重后果。文中國(guó)家有關(guān)的Mexico、Mexican、Chile等部分考生可能不熟悉，而造成聽(tīng)力困擾，但這些實(shí)際并非考點(diǎn)，切記死盯部分詞匯不放，而影響全篇理解。

   最后，文中生詞不多，實(shí)際內(nèi)容對(duì)于喜歡閱讀報(bào)刊雜志、關(guān)心時(shí)事熱點(diǎn)的考生而言，能夠根據(jù)日常經(jīng)驗(yàn)有所預(yù)判。這就提醒考生，聽(tīng)力同樣也需要平時(shí)多多進(jìn)行報(bào)刊閱讀。