Question 6 to 10 are based on the following news.

New York, USA

Thousands of "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators fanned out across New York on Thursday in the first major showing of protest strength since authorities forcibly evicted them from their Lower Manhattan encampment two days earlier.

The group twice squared off against riot police in Zuccotti Park, while engaging in sporadic confrontations with authorities throughout the day.

Demonstrators say they plan to cross the Brooklyn Bridge, where 700 people were arrested in a similar march early last month.

At least 177 protesters were arrested during Thursday's demonstrations, said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who noted that seven police officers were also hurt during exchanges with protesters.

解析：本篇主要講的是紐約“占領(lǐng)華爾街”事件。通篇文章僅陳述了事件的一些基本信息，如抗議人數(shù)，以及游行中受傷警察的人數(shù)。文章并沒(méi)有對(duì)這一事件背后的原因和造成的影響作進(jìn)一步闡述，所以整體不難。只要抓住一些數(shù)字關(guān)鍵詞，比較容易得出正確答案。

Rome Italy

New Italian PM Mario Monti's government of technocrats has passed its first test, winning a vote of confidence in the senate.

As expected, the government won the vote in the upper house of parliament easily, by 281 votes to 25.

The vote was held after Mr. Monti had outlined his government's program of reforms to tackle all the country's economic problems and cut its debt.

He faces a second vote in the lower house of parliament on Friday.

Mario Monti, a former EU commissioner, said austerity measures would be balanced by economic growth and social fairness.

Meanwhile, thousands of students staged protests in several Italian cities against Mr. Monti's government.

解析：本 篇主要圍繞著羅馬總理候選人Mario Monti展開(kāi)?？忌枰⒁?，一般圍繞著一個(gè)人物展開(kāi)的新聞，考察的重點(diǎn)會(huì)放在與該人物相關(guān)的一些事實(shí)上，如本題的What can we know about New Italian PM Mario Monti’s government of technocrats?
考察考生歸納新聞重點(diǎn)的能力。或者出題者還喜歡考察諸如下列哪項(xiàng)關(guān)于xxx的描述不正確，考察學(xué)生排查關(guān)鍵信息的能力。在做此類(lèi)題目時(shí)，考生可以邊聽(tīng)邊做筆記，以此記錄聽(tīng)力重點(diǎn)。

Tokyo Japan

Unlike an earthquake, a demographic disaster does not strike without warning. Japan’s population of 127millon is predicted to fall to 90million by 2050. By then, the ratio between working-age Japanese and children and the elderly will be one to one. What’s more, half the talent in Japan is female. Outside the kitchen, those talents are woefully underemployed, nearly half of Japanese university graduates are female but only 67% of these women have jobs,
Japanese women with degrees are much more likely than Americans to quit their jobs voluntarily, saying that the strongest push came from employers who do not value them. A startling 49% of highly educated Japanese women quit, because they feel their careers have stalled.

解析：本篇聽(tīng)力主要針對(duì)日本地震過(guò)后會(huì)出現(xiàn)的一些問(wèn)題進(jìn)行 闡述。其中提到了人口結(jié)構(gòu)的變化以及日本女性的職業(yè)情況。本篇無(wú)明顯生詞，但通篇下來(lái)出現(xiàn)了五處數(shù)字信息，這種情況下考生需要注意在聽(tīng)的過(guò)程中記筆記。此 外，也可以看出，聽(tīng)力中的數(shù)字信息是每次高口考試的必考點(diǎn)，考生在平時(shí)準(zhǔn)備的時(shí)候尤其需要注意。

Cambridge Massachusetts USA

Scientists are getting closer to the dream of creating computer systems that can replicate the brain.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a computer chip that mimics how the brain's neurons adapt in response to new information. Such chips could eventually enable communication between artificially created body parts and the brain.

It could also pave the way for artificial intelligence devices.

There are about 100 billion neurons in the brain, each of which forms synapses - the connections between neurons that allow information to flow - with many other neurons.

This process is known as plasticity and is believed to underpin many brain functions, such as learning and memory.

The MIT team of scientists has been able to design a computer chip that can simulate the activity of a single brain synapse.

解析：本篇屬于科技方面的題材，闡述了麻省理工學(xué)院在計(jì)算機(jī)人工智能上的最新進(jìn)展。科技型文章中會(huì)出現(xiàn)一些考生比較陌生的詞匯，但是另一方面，出題者一般不會(huì)考察文章的細(xì)節(jié)，而是會(huì)放在文章主旨或者中心思想上。所以，考生只需要掌握文章大意即可得出正確選項(xiàng)。

Manchester UK

Leading figures in the world of soccer, on Thursday blasted FIFA President Sepp Blatter for controversial remarks he made on racism in an interview with CNN World Sport.

The head of world football told Pedro Pinto there is no on-field racism in football and that any player who has been abused should simply shake hands with his opponent at the end of the match and move on.

Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand, a former England captain, expressed his outrage on Twitter, blasting Blatter's comments as "so condescending it's almost laughable."

The Swiss was re-elected unopposed as the head of football's governing body in June after his main rival was suspended amid corruption allegations. The bidding process for the 2018 World Cup was also dogged by bribery allegations.

Soon after Blatter gave his interview to CNN on Wednesday, his position appeared to be undermined when the English Football Association charged Liverpool's Luis Suarez with racism toward a fellow player.

解析：本篇是有關(guān)足球方面的文章，當(dāng)中出現(xiàn)了很多專(zhuān)有名詞，如 FIFA, CNN World Sport, Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand,如果考生平時(shí)對(duì)體育方面不是很感興趣的話(huà)，容易聽(tīng)漏。但是正如上一篇聽(tīng)力短文一樣，對(duì)于大部分考生不太熟悉的文章類(lèi)型，一般出題者會(huì) 將考察點(diǎn)設(shè)置在文章主旨上，所以，考生在做聽(tīng)力之前可以預(yù)先瀏覽選項(xiàng)，對(duì)文章的內(nèi)容進(jìn)行大膽推測(cè)，此外，在聽(tīng)的過(guò)程中以一些字母符號(hào)替換文章的專(zhuān)有名詞， 只抓取重點(diǎn)信息即可。

Questions：

6. At least how many "Occupy Wall Street" protesters were arrested during Thursday’s demonstration in New York？
7. What can we know about New Italian PM Mario Monti’s government of technocrats?
8. What percentage of Japanese female university graduates have jobs?
9. What new finding has been made by scientists said MIT, USA?
10. Why did leading figures in the world of soccer call on FIFA president Blatter to resign?