听力原文：New York City: The United States National Weather Service says that the huge wint

er storm has dumped some 68.3 centimeters of snow in Central Park, making it the worst blizzard to hit New York City since records began in 1869. To add to the problems facing the entire north-eastern seaboard, winds across the region have been gusting at up to 96 kilometers an hour, causing serious localized drifting. The road network in many places then is impassable. Most of the airports in the region have been closed, with hundreds of flights cancelled.

Nuremberg: The soccer competition between the world's two biggest sports apparel, Nike and Adidas, is getting increasingly intense. Nike, a relative newcomer to soccer, is gunning for the Germany company, whose name is practically synonymous with the game. For Nike, soccer has become the Holy Grail. Nike is bigger than Adidas, but as Nike sees it, to truly be the number one sport brand in the world, you have to be the number one in the world's most popular sport. On the other hand, the spokesman of Adidas says that Adidas is number one in soccer, always has been, always will be.

Manila: Rescuers in central Philippines are working through the night, scrambling to find survivors of today's deadly mudslides. At least 15 bodies have been found, but more than a thousand villagers are still missing. Leyte Governor said trees were sliding down upright with the mud. The landslide followed two weeks of non-step rain. One survivor told Manila Radio Station that it sounded like the mountain exploded. Southern Leyte has been devastated by natural disasters before. In 1991, more than 5,000 people were killed by floods and landslides triggered by a tropical storm.

New York City: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked Western nations to spend l0 to 12 billion US dollars to fight AIDS. The request came at a special session of the UN General Assembly on AIDS. The first U.N. session on AIDS four years ago led to the creation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Since then, the fund has helped improve the health of millions of people in developing countries. But the Global Fund now faces questions of whether it can ever thrive under constant pressure to prove to donors that it's working.

Washington: A company owned by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates that's set to take over some operations at six US ports has agreed to undergo an intensive security review. The move is aimed at defusing a fire storm on Capitol Hill. Critics from both Parties have been discussing legislation to block the deal allowing Dubai Ports World to buy a British company that operates terminals at ports including New York and Miami. But DPW has issued a statement asking for a full 45-day investigation from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, even though the deal had already been approved by the Federal Government. Now some lawmakers say they are ready to hold off on voting to stymie the plan.

Questions:

6.What has caused great damage in New York City？

7.Which of the following is not true about sports apparel companies？

8.How many bodies have been found in the deadly mudslide in Philippine？

9.What has the U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked Western nations to do？

10.Why does DPW agree to undergo an intensive security review from the Committee on Foreign Investment？

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A．Blizzard.

B．Airplane crash.

C．Heavy rain.

D．Tsunami.