单选题 In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, 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 What can we learn from the survey?

A. Eight American journalists were killed in 2001.
B. The number of reporters killed rose by more than 50% from 2000.
C. 24 journalists died in the war in 2001.
D. 37 journalists died in the war in 2000.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] Washington-A survey said 37 reporters were killed as a direct result of their work last year, a huge increase from 2000 when 24 died. Eight journalists were killed while covering the USled military campaign in Afghanistan. 原文中说2000年24个记者被杀，去年有37个记者被杀，因此可知从2000年以来，记者死亡率增加了百分之五十。

单选题 How many years has it been since the wallabies were introduced to New Zealand?

A. 132 years.
B. 500 years.
C. 1,870 years.
D. 800 years.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] Science report-New Zealand's Department of Conservation plans to decrease the number of the wallabies-a type of small kangaroo-estimated to number 8,500, which were introduced to the island by Governor Sir George Grey in 1870. 原文中说1870年wallabies被引进，现在是2002年，一共经历了132年。

单选题 When will the French presidential election be held?

A. In February.
B. In March.
C. In April.
D. In May.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] Nanterre, France-A lone gunman went mad at a town council meeting in northwest Paris on Wednesday, March 27, killing eight and wounding 30-less than a month before the presidential election. 原文提到March 27-less than a month before the presidential election因此可知，总统选举在四月。

单选题 Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the news?

A. The explosion was near the Lima Embassy in the United States.
B. 30 people were injured in the explosion.
C. The explosion was caused by an ear bomb.
D. The explosion happened three days before the scheduled visit of President W. Bush.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] Lima-Peru announced a security clampdown yesterday after nine people were killed and 30 injured in a powerful car bomb explosion near the United States Embassy in Lima, three days before the scheduled visit of President George W. Bush. 原文说explosion near the United States Embassy in Lima意为“在Lima的美国大使馆附近发生爆炸”。因此选项A是错误的。

单选题 What's the main purpose of the conference?

A. To make a plea for aiding poor countries.
B. To hold Middle East ceasefire talks.
C. To establish the International Criminal Court.
D. To dismiss the notion that tying to help was not a waste of money.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] Monterrey, Mexico-United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan prepared a conference to make a plea to wealthy nations yesterday, dismissing the notion that trying to help the poor was a waste of money. 原文第一句make a plea to wealthy nations yesterday, dismissing the notion that trying to help the poor was a waste of money意为“昨天向发达国家发出请求取消那种认为帮助贫穷国家是浪费钱的说法”。