Ruel says there are encouraging signs that politicians and implementers are beginning to get on board. Many major donors and the United Nations are targeting hunger-relief programs at pregnant women and young children. They focus on improving diets or providing micro-food supplements. They improve access to pre-birth care and encourage exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life.
Ruel says in the 1980s Thailand was able to reduce child undernourishment by （22）recruiting a large number of volunteers to travel the countryside teaching about health and nutrition.
“They really did very active promotion of diversity in the diet and good eating habits. So they were providing more food to people, but also educating people on how to use them, and also educating people on how to feed their young children.”
Ruel says countries may take different approaches to reducing child undernutrition. But she says nations will not make progress fighting hunger and poverty until they begin to focus on those critical first thousand days. 20. What is the experts’ conclusion regarding children’s undernourishment in their earliest days of life?
21. What does IFPRI’s Marie Ruel say about well-fed children in their adult life? 22. What did Thailand do to reduce child undernourishment in the 1980s? Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25. 23.
A) The guaranteed quality of its goods. B) The huge volume of its annual sales. C) The service it provides to its customers. D) The high value-to-weight ratio of its goods. 24.
A) Those having a taste or smell component. B) Products potentially embarrassing to buy. C) Those that require very careful handling. D) Services involving a personal element. 25.
A) Those who live in the virtual world. B) Those who have to work long hours. C) Those who are used to online transactions. D) Those who don’t mind paying a little more.
【解析】
23，视听一致
24，视听一致，AB选项均被读到，需要通过问题（什么产品不适合网上购买），可知应该选A，有气味的产品。而不是B，购买时可能会觉得尴尬的产品。 25，视听一致
【听力原文】
I’d like to look at a vital aspect of e-commerce, and that is the nature of the product or service. There are certain products and services that are very suitable for selling online, and others that simply don’t work.
Suitable products generally have （23）a high value-to-weight ratio. Items such as CDs and DVDs are obvious examples. Books, although heavier and so more expensive to post, still have （24）a high enough value-to-weight ratio, as the success of Amazon, which started off selling only books, shows. Laptop computers are another good product for selling online.
Digital products, such as software, films and music, can be sold in a purely virtual environment. The goods are paid for by online transactions, and then downloaded onto the buyer’s computer. There are no postage or delivery costs, so prices can be kept low.
Many successful virtual companies provide digital services, such as financial transactions, in the case of Paypal, or means of communication, as Skype does. The key to success here is providing an easy-to-use, reliable service. Do this and you can easily become the market leader, as Skype has proved. Products which are potentially embarrassing to buy also do well in the virtual environment. Some of the most profitable e-commerce companies are those selling sex-related products or services. For a similar reason, online gambling is highly popular.
Products which are usually considered unsuitable for selling online include（24）those that have a taste or smell component. Food, especially fresh food, falls into this category, along with perfume. Clothes and other items that need
to be tried on such as diamond rings and gold necklaces are generally not suited to virtual retailing, and, of course, items with a low value-to-weight ratio. There are exceptions, though. Online grocery shopping has really taken off, with most major supermarkets offering the service. The inconvenience of not being able to see the food you are buying is outweighed by the time saved and convenience of having the goods delivered. Typical users of online
supermarkets include the elderly, （25）people who work long hours and those without their own transport.
23 What is important to the success of an online store? 24. What products are unsuitable for selling online? 25. Who are more likely to buy groceries online?
