单选题 Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.


单选题 The cause of the Indian train accident was ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] 8-9
At least 80 people have died in a derailment of a luxury train in eastern India, [8] which some government officials say could have been caused by terrorist sabotage. An investigation has been ordered to identify the cause of the accident. There were nearly 600 passengers and staff on board the train. It was going from the eastern city Calcutta to New Delhi when it was wrecked late Monday night. [9] The train derailed as it was crossing a bridge over the Davie River, near Rafen Gange Station in the eastern Bihar State. One of the coaches sank in the river, at least two others hung precariously from the bridge. Several others left the tracks. The accident occurred in a remote area with poor telecommunication links. Many victims remained trapped in the wreckage through the night before they were rescued. A spokesman for Eastern Railway says rescue operations were slowed down by bad weather, but are now fully under way.
[考点] 本题考查新闻事件发生的原因。
[精析] 新闻提到,一些政府官员称事故可能是由恐怖分子的破坏活动引起的,相关部门已派人对事故发生的原因进行调查。由此可以看出,恐怖分子的破坏只是政府官员的推测,真正的原因还在调查当中,尚无法确定,故选B。
单选题 Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 本题的设题点在时间状语从句处。
[精析] 新闻提到,列车是在经过Davie River上的桥时发生脱轨事故的,显然事故发生在桥上,故选A。列车是开往新德里的,而不是事故发生在新德里,故B不正确。列车上共有近600人,至少死亡80人,故C不正确。被困者过了一夜才获救,故D不正确。