单选题 Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following news report. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17 to 20.

单选题 What does the news say about the Boeing 737 plane?
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. Eighteen of its passengers survived the crash.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 17-20
W: The time is 9 o'clock and this is Marian Snow with the news.
The German authorities are sending investigators to discover the cause of the plane crash late yesterday on the island of Tenerife. The plane, a Boeing 737, taking German holiday makers to the island crashed into a hillside as it circled while preparing to land. The plane was carrying 180 passengers. It's thought there are no survivors. Rescue workers were at the scene.
The British industrialist James Louis, held by kidnapper in central Africa for the past eight months, was released unharmed yesterday. The kidnappers had been demanding 1 million pounds for the release of Mr Louis. The London Bank and their agents who had been negotiating with the kidnappers have not said whether any amount of money has been paid.
The 500 UK motors workers who had been on strike in High Town for the past three weeks went back to work this morning. This follows successful talks between management and union representatives, which resulted in a new agreement on working hour and conditions. A spokesman for the management said they'd hope they could now get back to producing cars, and that they lost lots of money and orders over this dispute.
And finally the weather. After a cloudy start, most of the country should be warm and sunny. But towards late afternoon, rain will spread from Scotland to cover most parts by midnight.

单选题 What happened to British industrialist James Louis?
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】第二条新闻是关于英国企业家．James Louis的，其中第一句指出：...held by kidnapper in central Africa for the past eight months...，即他8个月前在中非被绑架，因此[A]项是正确的。其余三项都与此条新闻的内容不符，都属于用原文中的词句设置成的干扰项。

单选题 How did the 3-week strike in High Town end?
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】第三条新闻是关于英国汽车工人罢工的。其中第一句首先指出工人们今天上午回去工作了，紧接着第二句指出：This follows successful talks between...and conditions(这是在资方和工会代表举行了成功的谈判并且就工作时间和工作条件达成新的协定之后发生的)，其中的follow一词既指时间的先后，又隐含有因果关系。对照选项可知[A]项正确。有一部分考生误选了[B]项，但原文只是说就工作时间和工作条件达成新的协议，并没有具体说明“工资上涨，工作时间缩短”，因此该项属于扩大原文意思，是不对的。至于其余两项，在原文中都没有涉及。

单选题 what kind of weather will be expected by midnight in most parts of the country?
A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Windy. D. Cloudy.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题关键是看清题目中的限定条件，再将其与听力原文进行对照。新闻最后说明的是天气，其中第二句指出，开始多云，之后全国大多数地区都暖和而晴朗；而午后晚些时候，就会从苏格兰开始下雨，午夜时则全国大部分地区都会下雨。对照题目要求可知，午夜时大多数地区的天气情况都应是rainy(多雨)，因此本题选[B]。