【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Reaction to the attempted bombing of a U. S. airliner on Christmas Day has been mixed among the six African nations with direct air links to the United States. Ghana has announced it will install full-body scanners at Accra's international airport next month. Nigeria has also announced it will install the scanners at Lagos international airport. They can detect non-metallic materials hidden on the human body. But some rights groups consider the scanners an invasion of privacy, because they show private physical characteristics in detail.

[考点] 数字信息理解
[解析] 新闻开头指出有6个非洲国家和美国有直接航班联系。故正确答案为C项。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Tens of thousands of people have fled the conflict in northern Yemen over the past five months, and they continue to leave in large numbers. The spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Dorothea Krimitsas, says the freezing temperatures are making the already dire situation of people fleeing their home even worse, "harsh weather conditions and winter conditions in northern Yemen are affecting the populations there, especially those fleeing who have absolutely no shelter and nothing and, sometimes no clothes."

[考点] 细节信息理解
[解析] 新闻中提及冰冷的天气使已经窘迫的民众更加雪上加霜，逃离家园。故正确答案为A项。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
President Obama says the United States will fully back Haiti's rescue and recovery efforts, now and in the future. Earlier Friday, Mr. Obama talked with Haitian President Rene Preval, after several days of efforts to reach his counterpart on the telephone. Mr. Preval lost his home when the presidential palace and government ministries collapsed in the quake.

[考点] 时间信息理解
[解析] 周五早上，奥巴马总统和海地总统勒内·普雷瓦尔通了电话，而之前数次电话沟通未能成功。所以这次电话沟通也就是地震后的第一次沟通了。故正确答案为B项。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
The European Union has announced that its satellite navigation system Galileo will start operating in 2014. Rescue workers will be the first to use it with other services rolled out over the following years. Mark Gregory reports. The Galileo project is already way over budget in several years late. Two years ago, it was nearly scrapped, but now the first commercial contract has been announced, a clear signal that Europe's alternative to the American GPS satellite locating network will go ahead.

[考点] 时间信息理解
[解析] 新闻提及急救工作人员将首先使用新的卫星导航系统。故正确答案为A项。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Egyptian archaeologists say they have discovered tombs of workers who helped build the country's largest pyramid. As Keith Adams reports, the discovery sheds light on how they lived. The tombs made from bricks of dried mud date back 4,500 years. According to Egypt's head of antiquities, Zahi Hawass, they revealed far from being slaves. Those who toiled on the Great Pyramid were free and enjoyed relatively good working conditions. He says their location, so close to the pyramid, which itself a tomb for their king, proves they weren't of the slave class.

[考点] 地点信息理解
[解析] 大金字塔的工人是自由的，享受相对好的工作条件，他们的坟墓也靠近金字塔。故正确答案为B项。