Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 45 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.

The countries that are predicted to experience negative population growth are mainly in（）

单项选择题In Professor Wang’s opinion, technical skills（）

A．require good education.
B．are secondary to education.
C．don’t call for good education.
D．don’t conflict with education.

单项选择题According to Professor Wang, what is the purpose of the present-day education（）

A．To turn out an adequate number of elite for the society.
B．To prepare students for their future career.
C．To offer practical and utilitarian courses in each programme.
D．To set up as many technical institutions as possible.

单项选择题Who will be consulted first before the EU list is submitted to WTO（）

A．EU member states.
B．The United States.
C．WTO.
D．The steel corporations.

单项选择题According to the news, which country will experience small life expectancy drop（）

A．Burma.
B．Botswana.
C．Cambodia.
D．Thailand.

单项选择题Which of the following regions in the world will witness the sharpest drop in life expectancy（）

A．Latin America.
B．Sub-Saharan Africa.
C．Asia.
D．The Caribbean.