Question 3 is based on the news report you have just heard.

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    (3) [The village of Maref in Alaska voted on Tuesday to move to the state’s mainland.] The move is due to global warming and rising sea levels. Most of the village’s 169 registered voters took part in the town hall meeting. They decided in a vote of 89 to 78 to move from their land on Sarichef Island, near the Arctic Circle. Maref Council Secretary Donna Barr said the vote was largely symbolic. It will be costly financially to the community. “About 15 years ago, they estimated the cost at $180 million. I would figure it’s much higher now,” Barr said. (4) [“We don’t see the move happening in our lifetime because of the funding.”] The village’s roughly 650 residents have seen warming temperatures melt sea ice and permanently frozen land. This has resulted in houses falling into the water. At least 31 villages in Alaska face “immediate threats” due to climate change, the Government Accountability Office reported in 2009.

3. What is Maref’s vote on Tuesday about? （马廖夫村庄在周二的投票是关于什么的？）

解析：A。此题为开头出题，可用到视听一致原则作答。录音开头表示，周二，阿拉斯加的马廖夫村庄经投票决定，将迁往阿拉斯加大陆。A项符合题意，其中move to the state’s mainland在录音中复现，为正确答案。

错项排除：录音中提到，这次迁移的起因要是全球变暖和海平面上升，并没有说要投票决定如何防止村庄沉入海里，或是如何应对海平面上升，故B、D两项错误。录音中巴尔表示，由于资金的问题，我们在有生之年可能都无法看到迁移实现，但并没有说投票要决定如何筹集重建村庄的资金，故排除C项。