Questions 12 and 13 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.

Japan and the United States are now（）

单项选择题Employees in the US are paid for their time. This means that they are supposed to（）

A．work hard while their boss is around.
B．come to work when there is work to be done.
C．work with initiative and willingness.
D．work through their lunch break.

单项选择题The technology to make machines quieter（）

A．has been in use since the 1930’s.
B．has accelerated industrial production.
C．has just been in commercial use.
D．has been invented to remove all noises.

单项选择题According to NDS's statistics, the number of babies the average philipino woman bears dropped by （） between 1960 and 1993.

A．4.1
B．6.4
C．2.3
D．2.9

单项选择题The Agency for International Development is a （） organization.

A．new
B．regional
C．UN
D．US

单项选择题During the Meiji era depato was regarded by Japanese customers as a(n) （） shopping place.

A．cheap
B．traditional
C．fashionable
D．attractive