【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析]
[7]The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that hundreds of thousands of Burmese lives could be at risk unless the military government removes all restrictions on foreign aid following Cyclone Nargis a week ago. The UN has appealed for almost $200 million in aid. The Burmese ambassador to the UN said his country would accept help from any quarter. His government has said that it is not ready to allow in foreign search and rescue teams. [8]But the UN's Head of Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes said he believed Burma could become more flexible after the constitutional referendum.
"The pressure on them from everyone, from us of course, but also from many states around the
world, including their friends in ASEAN, in China and India, they are all saying please be more open because there is no time to lose to get the aid in and I hope they will begin to listen." Holmes said.
Polling in the referendum is now underway. In his BBC interview, Mr. Holmes described as naive suggestions that the UN and the aid organizations could impose help on Burma without the agreement of the government. He said air-dropping supplies would be very much a last resort.
背景 ASEAN(Association of Southeast Asian Nations) 东南亚国家联盟，简称东盟；Cyclone Nargis指缅甸强热带风暴“纳尔吉斯”，造成缅甸数十万人死亡；constitutional referendum指缅甸定于2008午5月10日举行的新宪法草案全民公决。
[解析] 新闻开头提到，联合国秘书长潘基文向缅甸政府发出警告，如果仍旧限制国外援助，缅甸数十万人的生命都将危在旦夕。由此可见，选项C正确。
[点睛] 推理判断题。①预读题干时可知听音重点是潘基文催促缅甸政府的目的，听音时应抓住相关细节进行推理。②选项A是缅甸即将如期举行的全民公决，是干扰项；新闻中提到缅甸政府表示还没有做好接受国外搜救队进入缅甸的准备，故B错误；D项在新闻中没有提及。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 联合国负责人道主义事务的官员John Holmes认为缅甸政府在公投之后政策会更加灵活。D中的elastic是原文中的flexible的同义替换，故正确。
[点睛] 事实细节题。听音时重点抓住John Holmes判断公投后缅甸政府政策的走向；此外，正确选项往往是对原文的同义替换。