What do we learn from the news item?
A.The ancient city shows evidence of human sacrifice.
B.The Wari state existed some four hundred years ago.
C.The Inca state built Peru’s first extensive road network.
What do we learn from the news item?
A.The ancient city shows evidence of human sacrifice.
B.The Wari state existed some four hundred years ago.
C.The Inca state built Peru’s first extensive road network.
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.
We can know from the news item all of the following EXCEPT that______.
A.651, 000 workers lost their jobs in February, 2009
B.more than four million Americans have lost their jobs since December, 2007
C.job losses in February were close to expectation
D.the number of job loss in December, 2008 was the largest in history
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: Police have not yet definitively established that four men who carried bombs un to London's transport network intended to die in last week's blasts, a Scotland Yard spokesman said on Saturday.
He was commenting on a report in the Daily Mirror newspaper suggesting the bombers, who all died in the July 7 explosions, may have thought they had time to get away after planting the devices.
Police have, carefully refrained throughout the investigation from publicly using the term "suicide bomber", describing the four men only as bombing suspects.
Fifty-five people died in the blasts on three underground trains and a bus. Police suspect the attacks were masterminded by al Qaeda Islamist militants.
The Daily Mirror report said several factors cast doubt on the suicide theory—two of the men had pregnant wives, they did not carry the explosives strapped to their bodies, and they bought return rail tickets from Luton to London.
According to the news item, which of the following has NOT been mentioned as a reason to cast doubt on the suicide theory.
A.The bombers bought return tickets from Luton to London.
B.The bombers were masterminded by al Qaeda Islamist militants.
C.The explosives were not fastened to the bombers.
D.Two of the bombers were father-to-be.
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: Malaysia's Minister of Culture, Mokhtar Hasim, has been charged with the murder of a politician during the election campaign last April. Four other persons also were arrested Saturday on the same charge. The five are accused of killing the speaker of the Negri Sembilan State Assembly. The Malaysian Prime Minister's office says the five will be sentenced to death if they are found guilty.
The politician who was killed was ______.
A.Malaysia's Prime Minister
B.Malaysia's Minister of Culture
C.the speaker of a State Assembly
D.the spokesman of the Prime Minister's office
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: The UN diplomat in charge of overseeing arms inspection teams visiting Iraqi presidential sites says he's confident of Iraqi cooperation. Sri Lanka's Gian Dan Perla left Baghdad Saturday after four days of talks with Iraqi officials. He said authorities assure him they will fully implement the accord signed with the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month that opened Iraq's eight presidential palaces to arms inspectors. Mr. Dan Perla is to form. teams of diplomats to accompany arms inspectors visiting those sites.
How long did the talks between Iraqi officials and Gian Dan Perla last?
A.Two days.
B.Three {lays.
C.Four days.
D.A week.
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.
What is the news item mainly about?
A.The U.S. charity, Save the Children, in Vietnam.
B.Improving maternal and child health in the world.
C.Reducing the number of childhood deaths in South Asia.
D.High infant and maternal mortality in developing countries.
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 man who fired three shots into a crowded birthday party killing one man and wounding two other people has been sentenced to six years in prison. 36-year-old Mark Eastwood was in court for sentencing today after a jury had found him guilty of manslaughter but not guilty of murder.
Mark Eastwood snapped after being kept awake for four successive nights by noisy parties yards away from his home. He took a loaded revolver and fired three shots through the window of a house in the southeastern part of the city. A 25-year-old man at the party died after being hit in the head, two other people were seriously wounded. The court was told that Eastwood had a lengthy criminal record for dishonesty and he was keeping the gun without a licence. Sentencing him to six years in prison, Mr Justice Dawson said, "No one must be allowed to kill innocent people and not be severely punished."
The man was convicted for
A.dishonesty.
B.manslaughter.
C.murder.
D.having a gun.
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: The Cambodia authority say around thirty children and staff held hostage by gunmen at an international school in Siem Reap have been freed. They say one child reported to be Canadian was killed by the hostage takers. Reports say two of the gunmen were killed and four others arrested. The identity and motives are not clear. G. L reports from the Cambodian Capital Phnom Perth.
"Diplomats have confirmed that a child of Canadian nationality died at some point in the siege. Police at the scene said the hostage takers had killed the child before they stormed the building. Cambodian Information Minister said the men were threatening to shoot the 29 children one by one. Parents who had gathered at the school said they saw armed officers entered the compound midway through the afternoon. Gunfire was heard and then children emerged, some of them, in the arms of adults. The siege began shortly after classes started when masked gunmen entered the school. They demanded a thousand dollars in cash, small arms and a vehicle to take them to Thailand."
According to the report, how many hostage takers have been found?
A.two
B.four
C.five
D.six
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