A、 It carried passengers leaving an island.
B、 A terrorist forced it to land on Tenerife.
C、 It crashed when it was circling to land.
D、 18 of the passengers survived the crash.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：选项是关于飞机失事的。听力篇章是几条新闻。第一条新闻涉及飞机失事：飞机运送旅客去小岛上度假，要降落时撞上山头，据说无一生还。所以C)为正确答案。

A、 He was kidnapped eight months ago.
B、 He failed in his negotiations with the Africans.
C、 He was assassinated in Central Africa.
D、 He lost lots of money in his African business.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：根据选项，考生可判断这是另一则新闻。听力篇章中讲，记者被绑架 8 个月后，被放回英国，官方并没有详细说明赎金问题。从中，考生可判断A)为正确答案。

A、 The management and union representatives reached an agreement.
B、 The workers' pay was raised and their working hours were shortened.
C、 The trade union gave up its demand.
D、 The workers on strike were all fired.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：根据选项，这是关于罢工方面的新闻。第三条新闻提及罢工问题，罢工致使管理阶层和工会代表开始商谈，在工作时间和条件方面达成一致。所以A)为正确选项。选项B是个干扰项，新闻中并没有提及具体在什么方面达成一致。