一、听力练习

1.

A.USpresidentialelectionwaspostponedbecauseofthenewcoronavirus.

B.USpresidentialelectionwascancelledbecauseofthenewcoronavirus.

C.SomeUSstatesbeginpreparationformail-invotinginpresidentialelectionbecauseofthenewcoronavirus.

D.SomeUSstatesbeginpreparationforonlinevoteinpresidentialelectionbecauseofthenewcoronavirus.

2.

A.Oregon.

B.Utah.

C.Washington.

D.California.

二、听力文本

MillionsofAmericansarestayinghometopreventspreadingthecoronavirus.Asaresult,somegroupsaresuggestingthatvotinginthisyearspresidentialelectionmightdependonmailingballots.Vote-by-mailoffersawaytoprotectthehealthofvoterswhilepermittingthemtoexercisetheirrightsascitizens.Absenteeballotsthataremailedtovotingcentersalreadyexist,butvotingbymailwouldbeachangeformanyAmericans.TheUnitedStateswillvoteonNovember3tochoosethepresidentandmembersofCongress.However,electionsystemsarerunbystateandlocalgovernments.Eachhasitsownrulesandlawsaboutvoting.Ofthe50U.S.states,fiveholdalltheirelectionsmostlybymail:Colorado,Hawaii,Oregon,UtahandWashington.Therearelargenumbersofmail-inballotsintheotherstates.These"absentee"ballotsareforvotersinthemilitary,thosetravelingatelectiontimeorthosewhocannotgotheirpollingplaceforphysicalreasons.WesternandMidwesternstates,andtheDistrictofColumbia,nowpermitanyonetouseanabsenteeballotforanyreason.TheyincludeCalifornia,thestatewiththemostvoters.IntheCongressionalelections,morethan8millionCalifornianssentabsenteeballotsbymail,morethan65percent.ReutersnewsagencysaysWyomingandAlaskahavesaidtheywillusemailballotsthisyear.Itisestimatedthatnearly25percentofballotswerevote-by-mailinthepresidentialelection.

Question1:What’sthemainideaofthisnewsreport?

Question2:Accordingtothenewsreport,whichUSstatehasthemostvoters?

三、重点词汇

1.ballot:asystemoroccasionofsecretvoting（无记名）投票

2.absenteeballot:asystemofvotinginwhichpeoplesendtheirvotesbypostwhentheycannotbepresentatanelection（无法到达选举现场的人通过邮寄方式进行的）缺席投票制，邮寄式投票制

四、背景知识

和美国经济过去十年的增长势头一样，美国总统大选初选原定的日程表也被新冠肺炎疫情所打乱。3月下旬本将举行初选的乔治亚州和美国海外领地波多黎各已宣布推迟其初选时间。此前，俄亥俄州在3月16日深夜宣布取消原定于第二天举行的初选，并将之推迟至4月底。而将要在4、5月举行初选的多个州也将其日期延后，为民主党初选带来了所谓的“超级推迟日”——6月2日成为10个州和华盛顿特区居民投票选择其属意的党内候选人的日子。纽约州、路易斯安那州和肯塔基州更是将其初选日期推迟至民主党全国委员会规定的初选截止日(6月9日)后。和由州政府或州政党机关组织的初选活动不同，美国总统大选在历史上尚没有被推迟过。目前，美国有八个州将邮寄选票定为初选主要的投票方式，而州务卿全国协会在3月24日的公开信也表示将会增加诸如邮寄选票在内的投票方式。（背景知识来自于