单选题
单选题 How many awards did the previous record-setting movies win in the history of Golden Globe Awards?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
On Sunday night, romantic musical comedy "La La Land" swept the 74th Golden Globe Awards. The movie, which stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, set a record by winning seven awards in every category it was nominated in, including best motion picture—musical or comedy and the best director award for Damien Chazelle. The film also took home the awards for best screenplay, best score and respective acting awards for Gosling and Stone. Prior to Sunday, the record for most Golden Globes for a single movie was six, shared by 1975"s One Flew Over the Cuckoo"s Nest and 1978"s Midnight Express.

[解析] 新闻最后提到在星期天之前,金球奖中单个影片获奖记录是六项。因此B选项正确。
单选题 Who is Wilbur Ross according to the news?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
As president-elect Trump continues to flesh out his administration he"s sending strong signals to China in the process. According to Reuters, Trump has packed his trade team with veterans of the US steel wars with China. This could potentially signal a more aggressive relationship between the two countries. Trump often complained about China while on the campaign trail and promised to take a stronger stance than previous presidents when trading with the communist country. Trump"s potential trade team is led by Wilbur Ross, a steel billionaire and Trump"s top pick for commerce secretary. China has already warned that new tariffs would result in re taliation against US companies.

[解析] 新闻最后提到Wilbur Ross是“a steel billionaire”,也是特朗普眼中商务部长的第一人选。因此A选项正确。
单选题 What was the building destroyed by the car bomb?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
A car bomb killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens more near the Turkish border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added the bomb targeted a building used by a rebel group in the northern Syrian town of Azaz. The building was being used as a security office. A political officer with the group who controls the building, stated the death toll is higher, indicating that 13 of the dead were fighters with the group. Yasser al-Yousef added a total of 22 people died from the bombing. Azaz is under the control of multiple rebel groups, which have been in fighting among each other in recent months.

[解析] 新闻中提到被袭击建筑被用于“security office”。因此B选项正确。
单选题 What made "powerball" the top trending term on Google in January 2016?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
In 2016, "powerball" was the top trending term on Google and "Prince" came in second. The surge in "powerball" searches happened in January when the jackpot reached more than $1 billion. "Prince" was searched for the most in April when he passed away unexpectedly. On Google News, "Olympics" and "Elections" were the most searched-for terms, with eight of the top 10 people searches being either Olympic athletes or presidential candidates. Google is the most used search engine in the world, so it gives a pretty good idea of what people are looking at.

[解析] 新闻开始提到一月份“jackpot”达到超过10亿时,出现了对“powerball”的搜索。因此C选项正确。
单选题 What is said about smoking?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
According to a new study by the World Health Organization, smoking already costs the global economy more than 1 trillion dollars a year. By 2030, it will also kill one third more people than it does now. The cost of smoking "far outweighs global revenue from tobacco taxes", which is estimated to be about 269 billion dollars from 2013 to 2014. The study determined that tobacco-related deaths will increase from 6 million to 8 million by 2030. More than 80 percent of those deaths will occur in low and middle income countries.

[解析] 新闻最后提到在吸烟致死的人中,80%出现在“low and middle income countries”。因此D选项正确。