单选题 In this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will be read only once. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
单选题 Which of the following is NOT true?
  • A. It was very hot.
  • B. It was wet.
  • C. It rained in the mountains.
  • D. It was cloudy today.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] The weather was cloudy today with some light rain patches. Our local temperatures varied between 22. 6 and 25.2 degrees while the relative humidity ranged from 70 to 82 percent. Winds were moderate northeast to east. At 7 o'clock temperature was 24 Celsius, the relative humidity at 78%. The mount rainfall has been recorded by the observatory since the night. 根据其气温变化范围可推断当地并不热。
单选题 Mr. John Elliman was imprisoned for ______ months.
  • A. 70
  • B. 62
  • C. 18
  • D. 19
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] One of the key figures in the Watergate Scandal John Elliman has asked President Reagan for a pardon. Mr. Elliman, who is now 62, was one of President Nixon White House aids. He served 18 months in prison for conspiring to cover up the scandal in the early 1970s. A Justice Department spokesman said any pardon would be largely symbolic, it would not expunge the record in the case. 新闻中提到Mr. John Elliman“served 18 months in prison”。
单选题 The disaster caused ______ deaths.
  • A. 105
  • B. 115
  • C. 125
  • D. 150
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] An official inquiry in China has concluded that neglect of duty led to a ferry disaster in May which cost the lives of 105 people. The accident happened on the Yangtze River near Nantong when a tug hit a wooden double-deck ferry more than 2 miles out from the river bank. The New China News Agency reports that the captain and first mate of the tug are to be arrested. 通过“which cost the lives of 105 people”可知灾难中死亡105人。
单选题 The highest temperature is ______ degrees.
  • A. 15
  • B. 23
  • C. 27
  • D. 30
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] Before we go, a quick look at the weather. Cloudy over night, but it will be fine with sunny periods tomorrow and a maximum temperature of 27 degrees. 通过a maximum temperature of 27 degrees可知选项C正确。
单选题 The meeting was held in ______.
  • A. Beijing
  • B. Lisbon
  • C. Macau
  • D. Hong Kong
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] The Sino-Portuguese Joined Liaison Group held its last full meeting in Macau today, ahead of next month's hand-over ceremony. The two sides want to work out details on the stationing of People's Liberation Army troops in the enclave after the hand-over. Other topics of discussion include how the government will maintain a bilingual Chinese-Portuguese system and the future of the judicial. The Joined Liaison Group will be desponded in January next year. 录音开头讲到中葡联合联络小组“held its last full meeting in Macau”，可知C项正确。