听力题

How large is the iceberg described in the news?

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】

该部分开头提到南极洲的一个是纽约城七倍大小的冰山断裂了。 可知D选项正确。

【录音原文】
A huge iceberg, seven times the size of New York City, broke off of Antarctica,scientists said Wednesday. The iceberg that broke away is 5,800-square-kilometers large.It is described as weighing 1 trillion tons. That is about the same volume as the great Lake Erie between Canada and the U.S. Scientists at the University of Swansea in Britain described the iceberg as one of the largest ever recorded. It broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf over the last few days.