News listening tests for NEC with audio and key - Bài tập luyện nghe ôn thi học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh, học sinh giỏi quốc gia THPT Mã A400843

Part 1:

1. ………………… of the flames tearing through Amazon have caught the

world’s attention. 2. Scientists using ……………. to track the fires say 2019 is …………… to be

the Brazilian Amazon’s worst fire since 2010. 3. According to Matt Hansen, the fires were caused by people who reduced

cover to get ………………… 4. Most years some of those fires spread to ……………. and some years are

worse than others. 5. On the Descent viewed ………………. in the atmosphere, which freaks

people. 6. Combine that with social media and celebrities …………... and you had the

perfect storm. 7. This isn’t the first time Brazil has suffered ………………… 8. Although locals say farming is an important part of their …………………,

Brazil has been ………… by the international community for slowing down deforestation in the early 2000s. 9. But in the last decade, Brazil has been …………. in terms of limiting

deforestation. 10. Today, it looks like a(n) ………………....... against the forest. 11. ………………………… drive the majority of tropical deforestation. 12. According to Matt Hansen, …………… and …………….. have to be

respected. 13. However, in modern age, balance between the services that the environment

provides like ……………… and …………. versus the economic development. 14. It’s reasonable that there’s a bit of structure and much more ……………….

Key: 1. Jarring photos and videos 2. NASA satellites – shaping up 3. new forage for cattle graze 4. unintended areas 5. (really) clear aerosol line 6. chiming in 7. dramatic forest fires 8. economic prosperity – applauded 9. backsliding 10. economic incentive Hollywood 11. Beef, soil, palm oil and wood products 12. sovereignty – economic development 13. regulating climate – harboring biodiversity 14. organized disciplined approach

Part 2: Back in jail for a third time, one of them picked off the streets by police this morning. In the van are Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow. If this …...(1)….. against China’s rule has any recognizable faces, it is theirs. Charged with public order offences and …….(2)…….., they may look like high school students. But they become Beijing’s biggest headache, determined to fight on and even as the ……(3)………. apparently free from fear. Joshua Wong: We shall not ……(4)…… and I urge international communities could send a clear message to President Xi, sending troops or …….(5)………. is not the way out. We will continue our fight no matter how they arrest and prosecute us. Agnes Chow: We can see very clearly that ……(6)….. and Hong Kong government is trying to create .…..(7)…… You tried to scare Hong Kong people to not to participate in the social movement and in the democratic movement in the future. But we Hong Kong people won’t give up and won’t be scared by these ……(8)……. The demonstration surrounded ……(9)….. on the 21st of June. No violence on that occasion but ……(10)…… the police in their own building was seen as a(n) ……..(11)…….. to the authority of Beijing and its …….(12)……. in Hongkong. These latest arrests may appear …..(13)….. but they’re part of China’s ……(14)…… to this dilemma. How to stop the …….(15)……. without resorting to a bloodbath? Link: (0:00 – 1:46)