In this section, you will hear five short news items. After
each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the
pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide
which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer
sheet with a single line through the centre.
单选题
Which side first made gestures to return to talks according to the news? A. The Republic of Korea. B. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea. C. India.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Seoul--The Republic of Korea said yesterday it welcomed a statement from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on reviving stalled official talks as a positive sign after a series of setbacks in ties.
新闻中指出the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on reviving stalled official talks意为“the Democratic People's Republic of Korea将重新开始已停止的谈话”，由此可知，首先提出恢复谈话的是朝鲜民主主义人民共和国。
单选题
Where did the earthquake take place?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
In Indonesia, a strong earthquake has struck the western island of Sumatra. At least 70 people were killed. Officials say hundreds of others were injured. The earthquake struck 50 kilometers from West Sumatra's capital Padang.
新闻中提到强地震袭击了the western island of Sumatra，即苏门答腊岛(印尼西部的大岛)西部岛屿，可知地震是发生在印尼。
单选题
Which country is the second largest oil exporter?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Norway's oil production is vast, making the country the third largest oil exporter after Saudi Arabia and Russia. New areas for oil exploration are under constant consideration to keep production on a high level.
新闻中提到挪威是世界上第三大石油出口国，仅次于Saudi Arabia and Russia，可知Russia应是第二大出口国。
单选题
Has the Earth got steadily colder over the last ten thousand years?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Over timescales of thousands of years, the Earth goes through a natural cycle of warmer and colder periods, driven by changes in heat coming from the Sun. Professor William Ruddiman from the University of Virginia has now calculated that if the Earth had followed its natural cycle over the last ten thousand years, it ought to have got steadily colder.
新闻开头就提出地球goes through a natural cycle of wanner and colder periods，即忽冷忽热的，最后又提出if tile Earth had followed…have got steadily colder，由虚拟式可知地球并没有变冷。
单选题
We can infer from the news that the sentence would set a precedent for an attempt to ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Two police officials in Argentina have been sentenced to seven years in prison for arranging the abduction of a baby during the last period of military rule. It's the first time an Argentine court has condemned senior officials under the military dictatorship for stealing babies in what could set a precedent for an attempt to bring officials to trial.
新闻末句提到阿根廷法庭开了先例，因为an attempt to bring officials to trial，故B项正确。