【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] I have to tell it was another down day on Wall Street, ending a down week. Earlier in the week it was the Subprime Mortgage story, now renewed concerns about inflation, consumer prices rose a little bit more than expected in February, and that has investors worded, partly because the Fed is unlikely to cut interest rates while prices are on the rise. So as a result, stocks ended broadly lower today, taking a look at the Big Board at the New York Exchange, the Dow lost 49 points, the NASDAQ Composite fell 0.25%, the S&P 500 dropped more than 1/3 %. [难点] 本题难度较大，需要笔记的辅助再加上细心的读题。根据第一句中的“another down day”和“ending a down week”，可以得出选项a是正确的。选项b与“consumer prices rose a little bit more”相反，故不正确。而选项c与“the Fed is unlikely to cut interest rates”相反，故也不正确。选项d与“that has investors worried”不符，故不正确。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] Hi, everyone, as we mark the anniversary of the Iraq war, we're being reminded of all that our soldiers have sacrificed and what some continue to experience. The scandal of Walter Reed put their suffering into sharp focus and so was a new study from the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study found that about a third of returning vets were diagnosed with mental illness, or a psychosocial disorder, everything from depression and post-traumatic stress to homelessness and domestic violence. The highest rate of mental problems is among the youngest- soldiers between 18 and 24. The doctor who conducted this study says the numbers may eventually surpass those from Vietnam. [难点] 本题较简单，只要能抓住原文并且记下18-24这个范围后稍加判断就可以得出正确答案。本题为细节题，考查应试者对细节的把握，只要细心，不难做出本题。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] Inside this court room today Jason Mclean appeared in front of the judge for the first time in his life. He's never been in trouble until this point, but now he faces first-degree murder. In shackles, showing no emotion, Mclean stands up. "This is an interesting case. It's all I can say." Interesting but most of all tragic for those involved, Mclean's mother wipes away tears. Her son will remain behind bars from now. "During the headlights, just sitting and stunt, in sigh. He really doesn't comprehend what's happening right now." Defensive attorney Bruce Parkston could lay out the case as a crime of passion. Jason's family says Erin Mclean, an intern-teacher at West High, was having an affair, an affair with Senior Shean Paul, a student at West High. Police say Mclean shot Paul in the head as he sat inside a vehicle outside Mclean's home. [难点] 回答本题的关键在于听懂这句话：Jason's family says Erin Mclean, an intern-teacher at West High, was having an affair, an affair with Senior Shean Paul, a student at West High. Police say Mclean shot Paul in the head as he sat inside a vehicle outside Mclean's home．

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] She is the multi-grimy award woman, ever-changing queen of pub, icon of style, actress, mother and global brand. Now the material girl has reinvented us again, this time as a fashion designer. MF Madonna arranging clothing design by the star goes on sale worldwide this week in stores of European fashion retailer H&Dam. In the age with line of celebrity and business blurred, teaming up with the global brand -- makes a commercial sense. [难点] 此题非常简单，文中直接提及。文章的开头并没有直接说明她是谁，而是表明了她的多重身份，只要考生耐心听，便可以从“MF Madonna arranging clothing design by the star goes on sale worldwide this week in stores of European fashion retailer H&Dam.”这句话中轻松得到答案。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] And in my first term Hillary was really the face of America and Africa and India, places like that, because she went to 82 countries when I was president, 82! And in my first term when I was preoccupied with getting the economy turned around with and in the Middle East, in Haiti, she was out there in places meeting with women and children talking about education and economic and power for people in poor countries and in human rights. In 1995 when Hillary represented our country at the Beijing International Women's Conference, she said human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights. [难点] 此题为细节题，需要辅以笔记做排除选择。根据原文中“She was out there in places meeting with women and children talking about education and economic and power for people in poor countries and in human rights.”这句话，加以排除可以得出正确答案。