【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] 9-10
The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven returned to Earth Wednesday, making a rare nighttime touchdown to wrap up "a two-week adventure" at the international space station. The shuttle landed in darkness Wednesday night after its scheduled landing was delayed by cloud cover. [9]The shuttle swooped through the darkness and landed on NASA's illuminated runway at 8:39 p.m., an hour after sunset. The shuttle's homecoming was a bit delayed. [10]Endeavour was supposed to land before sunset, but at virtually the last minute, clouds moved in. As the astronauts took an extra swing around the planet, the sky cleared enough to satisfy flight controllers and—after asking Gorie for his opinion—they gave him the green light to head home. It was only the 22nd space shuttle landing in darkness. Fewer than one-fifth of all missions have ended at nighttime; the last one was in 2006.
背景 wrap up圆满完成。注意与飞行有关的用语：space shuttle航天飞机，太空梭；landing降落，其近义词为新闻中提到的touchdown，反义词为take-off起飞；runway飞机跑道。NASA是National Aeronautics and Space Administration的缩写。
[解析] 新闻中提到航天飞机于下午8点39分，也就是日落一小时后，冲破黑暗、降落在美国太空总署灯火通明的跑道上，因此B为正确答案。
[点睛] 事实细节题。预读选项可知题目考查的是时间，听时应抓住选项中的不同之处重点区分是before还是after、sunrise还是sunset。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 新闻中提到，奋进号航天飞机原本定于日落前降落，但在最后关头突然云层聚拢，宇航员只好推迟降落，等到天空明朗符合飞行条件时才降落。可见新闻主要叙述无法预测的天气因素如何导致奋进号航天飞机推迟降落，因此C为正确答案。
[点睛] 主旨大意题。选项A新闻未提及；航天飞机最后安全返航，新闻并未提及有任何机组人员无法返回，故B错误根据新闻内容，航天飞机的返航可谓好事多磨，而非一帆风顺，故D错误。