What does the news item mainly report?
A.China will send three people into space in a week.
B.Three Chinese astronauts will spend a week in space.
C.The Shenzhou VI will be launched next year.
What does the news item mainly report?
A.China will send three people into space in a week.
B.Three Chinese astronauts will spend a week in space.
C.The Shenzhou VI will be launched next year.
What is the news item mainly about?
A.U.S. astronauts made three space walks.
B.An international space station was set up.
C.A problem in the cooling system was solved.
D.A 350-kilogram ammonia pump was removed.
What is the news item mainly about?
A.The work of the two Nobel laureates sheds light on the tiny building blocks of life-cells.
B.The work of the three Nobel laureates sheds light on the huge building blocks of life-cells.
C.The work of the three Nobel laureates sheds light on the tiny building blocks of life-cells.
D.The work of the three doctors sheds light on the tiny building blocks of life-cells.
Which of the following is CORRECT according to the news item?
A.The crime group consists of four women and three men.
B.Little information about the suspects has been identified.
C.There are four teenagers in the crime group.
D.New details about the investigation will be made public.
Now, listen to the news.
Three British Muslim men were found guilty of
[A] conspiring to murder some North Americans.
[B] planning an attack which is more devastating than the 9 -11.
[Cl smuggling liquid bombs through airlines.
[D] plotting to blow up 7 trans-Atlantic planes.
News Item Three (23-24)
Five people died, two were missing and at least 18 were injured on Wednesday when an Italian petrol vessel collided with a dinghy filled with refugees crossing the Adriatic sea from Albania, authorities said. The victims were believed to be Albanians from either Albania or Kosovo, said authorities from Italy’s Tax Police Division, which, along with the coast guard, patrols the nation’s coast. The cause of the collision was not immediately known. Three Albanians,believed be smuggling the refugees were arrested a few hours after the accident.
News Item Four (25)
Malaysian authorities are discussing possible salvage efforts with Sun Cruisers, the Singapore owner of a large liner, that sunk off Malaysia last week, a news report said yesterday. Sun cruisers had received some advice from Malaysia on the matter. The Business Times newspaper quoted the company’s spokeswoman Judy Shoo Asian. Judy and other Sun Cruiser’s officials could not immediately be reached for further comment as they were away in Indonesia. The Sun Vista went down in international waters. The nearby Malaysia may have the right to order the wreck’s removal, the newspaper said. Salvage experts said the wreck of the Sun Vista, which sank in 65 metres of water, poses no threat to ships passing over it. But Malaysia may still want it removed.
Nigeria was suspended from the 54 nation group of mainly former British colonies in 1995 after it executed 9 minority rights activists including writer Ken Thawrawiwa. But now that the country has embarked on the return to democracy, Commonwealth heads of government have agreed to end this estrangement. Secretary general chief Ormiga Anyaco said in a statement: “I’m delighted an unfortunate episode in Nigeria Commonwealth relations will now come to an end and Nigeria is resuming its rightful place in the Commonwealth.”
Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 second to answer the question.
Now listen to the news.
23. How many people died during the collision?
A Two.
B Eighteen.
C. Three.
D. Five.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: China has set aside on putting 3 people into space for a week, the China news service said on Tuesday. The news agency reported an official as saying the preparations were underway for the next Shenzhou launch. The Shenzhou VI is expected to blast off within the next two years. Shenzhou V carried a Chinese astronaut aloft. He circled the earth 14 times during his 21-hour trip October 15th to 16th 2003, making China the third country to put a man into space.
What does the news item mainly report?
A.China will send three people into space in a week.
B.Three Chinese astronauts will spend a week in space.
C.The Shenzhou Ⅵ will be launched next year.
D.Shenzhou Ⅴ circled the earth for two days.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
听力原文: A special antiterrorist court in Paris has acquitted three members of the extremist Action Directe Group of attempted murder after the alleged victim testified they were innocent. The three have been on hunger strike since the beginning of December in protest of being held in solitary confinement. One of them, Nathalie Menigon, was wheeled in and out of the court in a wheel chair for the two-day trial. They have already been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for criminal conspiracy and are to face other charges.
How have three members of Action Direct Group been acquitted?
A.After they had been on hunger strike.
B.After they lodged strong protest.
C.After the court failed to get enough evidence.
D.After the victim testified they were innocent.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
听力原文: In a suburb of Sarajevo a shelling attack has killed at least ten people including three children. They were in a crowd waiting for a distribution of UN food supplies. Bosnia-Herzegovina's government says the United Nations must take action against such outrages. The Muslim-led government blames Bosnian Serbs for the attack. The Serbs say they are not responsible because the shells came from an area they do not control. Bosnia's three warring sides resume peace talks in Geneva next Thursday.
They were in a crowd waiting for a distribution of______.
A.UN food supplies
B.the Red Cross food supplies
C.UN supplies
D.the Red Cross supplies
听力原文:News Item Two
Bad weather forced mission managers to postpone launching NASA's Messenger spacecraft on a Boeing Delta 2 rocket early on Monday,
Managers stopped the launch because of clouds near the pad at a critical point in the countdown. The minuscule 12-second launch window left no time to try again,
NASA hopes to try again early on Tuesday.
Messenger is set to begin a 4. 9 billion mile journey to orbit the planet Mercury and collect data on the planet's geology and atmospheric composition.It will be the first spacecraft to visit the planet since Mariner 10 whizzed by three times in 1974 and 1975. It will also be the first spacecraft ever to orbit the planet.
Launch controllers have until Aug. 14 to launch the spacecraft. After that, planetary alignment issues will postpone the launch for about a year. Upcoming launch opportunities will also have extraordinarily short launch windows.
The Messenger spacecraft was originally scheduled to be launched on _________.
A.Monday
B.Sunday
C.Tuesday
D.Wednesday
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