In this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will be read only once. After each item, 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 How many people have been killed since Islamists began to fight for independence?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] Officials in Indian Kashmir say suspected Muslim militants are holding two women as hostages in an Islamic center. The officials say one soldier was killed in a gunfight after security forces surrendered the building in the town of Punch. Few other details were released. More than 60,000 people have been killed in Kashmir since Islamists began fighting for the area's independence or joining with Pakistan. 新闻最后一句指出More than 60,000 people have been killed in Kashmir since Islamists began…Pakistan,故A项正确。
单选题 Which of the following is not true about the steps Mr. Moil will take to restore Japan's economy? A. Increasing foreign investment. B. Trying to deal with bad loans made by banks. C. Cutting taxes.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] In Washington President Bush has met with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the White House. Mr. Mori said he will take steps to restore Japan's economy. The Prime Minister said he will seek to increase foreign investment in Japan and deal with bad loans made by banks. White House officials say the two leaders discussed Mr. Bush's tax-cut proposal and efforts to limit the spread of weapons in Asia. On Monday in Tokyo, the Japanese Central Bank decided to lower interest rates to near zero in an effort to help the economy. Mr. Moil恢复日本经济的措施有increase foreign investment, deal with bad loans, lower interest rates, 而cutting taxes是布什的措施,故D项正确。
单选题 How many finance ministers have attended the meeting according to the news?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] Ottawa-Finance officials of the Group of Seven are meeting near Ottawa, Canada. They're discussing the world's financial condition. They also are trying to find ways to seize money and property belonging to terrorists. Finance ministers and central bank governors from the seven richest industrial nations are attending, so are ministers from Russia and Spare. 新闻开头部分提到了七个财政部长参加会议,结尾部分又提到了Spain和Russia,由此可知一共是九个人参加了会议。
单选题 US Defensive Department says although the coalition victory over Iraq was impressive militarily, it was by no means ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] US Defense department says although the coalition victory over Iraq was impressive militarily, it was by no means certain. In a report on lesson learned during the Gulf War, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said the events could have been very different if Saudi Arabia had not welcome the coalition force or if Iraq had invaded Saudi Arabia before the force was in place. The report also praises high-tech weapons used by the coalition in the war. 新闻第一句指出尽管伊拉克的联合胜利给人留下武力作战的深刻印象,但不管怎样它确实胜利了,故A项“确定的”正确。
单选题 How old are the children to be immunised?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] Tens of thousands of health workers will go house to house over the next three days in an effort to immunise 63 million children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa. The campaign is the start of monthly national immunisation days during the low season for polio. It's hoped that vaccinating children now—when the virus is at its weakest—will be the best way of stopping transmission. 由原文第二句in an effort to immunise 63 million children under the age 0f five in sub-Saharan Africa. 可知答案为B。