【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] 26-30 The mushy remains of a tomato thrown at a prominent member of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats has posed a legal dilemma for authorities trying to assess how to punish the thrower. Police investigating the fruit, thrown by an unemployed protestor at the premier of the state of Brandenburg, said they have concluded it was a yellow tomato. Had it been a soft red one, the man would have faced a lesser charge of causing malicious damage. A harder, green tomato could carry the tougher charge of bodily harm, A yellow one is somewhere in between. "In these types of cases it has to do with the consistency of the fruit," said a spokeswoman for the court in the eastern city of Cottbus. No decision on the charge has yet been reached. Social democratic politicians have been facing the wrath of the public in recent months, especially in the economically depressed east where many people face painful jobless benefit cuts from January 2005. Tens of thousands have joined protests in the last six weeks and Schroeder himself has been pelted with eggs, none of which hit their mark. [分析] 事实细节的找寻和判断。 原文提到德国法庭在审判投掷番茄事件时面临窘境，然后具体说明原因，因为用来砸人的是黄色番茄，而法律对红色的软番茄和绿色的硬番茄掷人均有明确惩罚规定，但对介于两色间的黄色番茄掷人没有明文处罚规定，只是说其处罚按番茄硬度应处于红绿两者处罚之间，因此No decision on the charge has yet been reached。由此可见，C项内容与原文含义相符，因此是正确答案。 [解题关键] 通过上下文语义进行合理推断。本题原文并未明确说明。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[分析] 推理判断题。 根据原文，如拿a soft red one 砸人，受到的处罚较轻，而若是a harder，green tomato 受的处罚较重；而黄色番茄则应介于两者之间，即A yellow one is somewhere in between。由此可推测，C项说法与原文相符，是正确答案。 [解题关键] 根据上下文语义作判断。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[分析] 事实细节的找寻和判断。 根据原文，法庭发言人说In these types of cases it has to do with the consistency of the fruit由此可见，这类案件的处罚程度要依照番茄的硬度而定。由此可见，B项与原文内容相符，是正确答案。 [解题关键] 根据上下文掌握多义词词义是解题的关键。本题相关原文中单词 consistency 的含义有：1)一致性，连贯性；2)坚实度；粘稠度，这里根据上下文应取第二个含义。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[分析] 因果关系的找寻和判断。 根据原文Social democratic politicians have been facing the wrath of the public in recent months especially in the economically depressed east where many people face painful jobless benefit cuts from January 2005可知，社会民主派政客们最近几个月已经饱尝公众愤怒，尤其是来自经济衰退的东部地区的人们的愤怒。2005年7月以来该地区失业救济削减，使人们深感痛苦。由此可知，公众愤怒的原因是jobless benefit cuts，这与C项内容相符，因此该项为正确答案。 [解题关键] 1)掌握同义词替换。原文关键词jobless benefit cuts与选项中 unemployment benefits... to be reduced意思相同；2)掌握句中逻辑关系。通过上下文可知本题相关原文where定语从句说明了公众愤怒的原因，因此需对该部分重点处理。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[分析] 事实细节的找寻和判断。 根据原文Tens of thousands have joined protests in the last six weeks可知，A项与原文不符；根据原文The mushy remains of a tomato thrown at a prominent member of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats可知，人们朝Gerhard Schroeder总理的社会民主党一位重要人物扔番茄，由此可见，选项B、C的说法是错误的；根据原文，最后 Schroeder himself has been pelted with eggs，none of which hit their mark 可知，人们朝他本人扔过鸡蛋，但未击中目标，由此可见，D项与原文相符，该项为正确答案。 [解题关键] 理解比喻性表达是解题的关键。原文中none of which hit their mark“没有击中目标”，即指Schroeder没有被砸着，与选项D中he was not hit心意思相同。