【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文] 33-35
Once again in Richfield Heights today, there were no classes in the public elementary and secondary schools. This marks the eleventh day that the schools in that community have remained closed. Teachers are still on strike despite the back-to-work order issued yesterday by the District Court. A spokesperson for the Teachers' Union stated at a press conference today that the strike would continue until such time as the School Committee agrees to a public hearing to settle the dispute. According to the spokesperson, wages are not an issue in the dispute. At issue is a new rule passed by the School Committee, which eliminates paid sick leave from the teachers' contract. Under the new contract, teachers would receive no salary for any day on which they failed to appear due to illness. School administrators, on the other hand, would continue to receive fifteen days of paid sick leave annually. The Parent Board, which was initially sympathetic to the teachers' position, has urged the teachers to return to work until a settlement can be reached. Spokespersons for the School Committee are refusing to comment on the latest developments.
33. What seems to be the main issue in the dispute?
信息明示题。文章提到in the dispute…which eliminates paid sick leave from the teachers’contract，由此可知，此次争端的主要问题是学校委员会在教师合同中取消了教师带薪病假的规定，所以D正确。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
According to the news, which of the following institutions is LEAST likely to be in favor of the back-to-work order?
综合推断题。文章提到，教师协会的发言人在新闻发布会上声称罢工会一直持续到学校委员会同意开听证会解决此争端为止，由此推断，教师协会最不可能支持回校工作的命令，所以C正确。
Some students at the Open University left school 20 years ago. Others are younger but all must be at least 21 years old. This is one example of how the Open University is different from all other universities. Its students must either work full-time or be at home all day, for instance, mothers of families. They do not have to pass any examinations before they are accepted as students. This is why the university is called open. The university was started in order to help a known group of people who missed having a university education when they were young.
The first name for the Open University was The University of the Air. The idea was to teach on the air, in other words, on radio and television. Most of the teaching is done like this. Radio and television have brought the classroom into people's homes. But this, on its own, is not enough for a university education. The Open University student also receives advice at one of 283 study centers in the country; 36 weeks of the year, he has to send written work to a tutor, the person who guides him. He must also spend three weeks every summer as a full-time student. Tutors and students meet and study together, as in other universities. At the end of the Open University's first year, the results were good. Three out of every four students passed their examinations. If they do this every year, they will finish their studies in four or five years.