首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Qatar is spending almost $500 million a week on major infrast
[originaltext] Qatar is spending almost $500 million a week on major infrast
游客
2023-08-05
54
管理
问题
Qatar is spending almost $500 million a week on major infrastructure projects as it prepares for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, its Finance Minister has said.
Ali Al Emadi expected spending to continue at that level for three to four years as new stadiums, motorways, rail links and hospitals are built.
More than $200 billion will be spent in total by the gas-rich country. But Mr. Emadi denied that the plans would make the 2022 tournament the most expensive World Cup yet.
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is reported to have cost $11 billion to host, while Russia increased government spending on the 2018 World Cup by $321 million to $10. 7 billion.
Brazil struggled to get many of its stadiums ready, but Mr. Emadi told reporters in Doha on Tuesday that Qatar had already awarded 90% of the contracts for 2022 projects and that two-thirds would be delivered within the next 24 months.
"We are giving ourselves a good chance to deliver things on time," he added. "We don’t want to be in a place where we start painting when people are coming to the country. "
To achieve this. contractors have brought in hundreds of thousands of migrant workers. mainly from South Asian nations, who human rights groups say have been exploited and forced to work under dangerous conditions.
Qatar’s government has denied that the workers are exploited and in December it implemented reforms designed to improve the rights of the migrant workers.
Mr. Emadi said the money for the World Cup projects had been protected from cuts to the national budget caused by low oil and gas prices.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9.What is this passage mainly about?
10. Where do migrant workers mainly come from?
11.What did Mr. Emadi say about the money for the World Cup projects?
选项
A、Qatar will develop its football in the future.
B、Qatar spends huge money on World Cup infrastructure projects.
C、Qatar gets the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
D、Qatar protects migrant workers from being exploited.
答案
B
解析
短文开头便提到,卡塔尔正在为2022年举办的世界杯足球赛做准备,一周花费将近5亿美元在主要的基础设施上。因此答案为B)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2900397.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Thetimeis9o’clockandthisisMarianSnowwiththenews.
[originaltext]It’salwaysfuntowriteaboutresearchthatyoucanactually
[originaltext]Amongglobalwarming’smostfrighteningthreatsisthepredic
[originaltext]Amongglobalwarming’smostfrighteningthreatsisthepredic
[originaltext]Amongglobalwarming’smostfrighteningthreatsisthepredic
[originaltext]FlorenceHayesisajournalistfortheGreenVilleJournal,t
[originaltext]FlorenceHayesisajournalistfortheGreenVilleJournal,t
[originaltext]Somehowtheoldmaleandfemalestereotypesnolongerfit.Me
[originaltext]Somehowtheoldmaleandfemalestereotypesnolongerfit.Me
[originaltext]ThereareroughlythreeNewYorks.Thereis,first,theNewY
随机试题
环绕火星飞行两年之久的欧洲航天器发现的初步结果表明火星大气中并不存在甲烷。(giveathumbs-down)Preliminaryresultsfro
[originaltext]M:Hi,Alice.It’sJimspeaking.W:Hi,Jim.What’sup?M:Iamc
BaseballwasinventedinNewYorkCityin1845.Although【C1】______gamesexi
简述农业技术进步的特点。
内部学习动机最为核心的成分是:求知欲和( )。A.兴趣 B.需求 C.好奇心
下列除哪一项外均属胃肠道的基本生理功能A.排泄废物 B.解毒 C.转运和消化
反映投资收益的指标不包括()。A:市盈率 B:资产收益率 C:股利保障倍数
患儿,男,4岁。于幼儿园进食后,出现严重腹痛、水样泻并进展至肉眼血便。同时进食儿
金融监管是指一国的金融管理部门为达到稳定货币、维护金融业正常秩序等目的,依照国家
不符合营养性巨幼红细胞性贫血临床表现的是A.毛发稀疏、发黄 B.头围增大 C
最新回复
(
0
)