单选题 Question 24 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question.
Now, listen to the news.

Where was the center of the earthquake?

A、 At 350 kilometers northwest of Honiara.
B、 In the south Pacific Ocean.
C、 In the island of Gizo.
D、 Far from Solomon Islands.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Officials in the Solomon Islands say at .least twelve people have been killed by a powerful earthquake and the tsunami that followed. The magnitude 8. 0 quake struck the South Pacific nation at about 7:40 local time. It was centered about 350 kilometers northwest of the Solomon's capital, Honiara, at a depth of ten kilometers. Charles Stennet from the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporations says the island of Gizo was hit hard.