【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
The International Monetary Fund"s own watchdog has criticized the agency saying it called off austerity too soon after the financial crisis. A new report from the IMF"s independent valuation office says the advice was less effective in promoting recovery and was detrimental to emerging markets. The report says that much of the research including the IMPs own suggested that government tax and spending policies are particularly effective following a financial crisis. Instead the IMF advised using interest rates and the policy on its quantitative easing which, the report argues, were less likely to work.

[解析] 新闻开头提到国际货币基金组织的监管者批评该机构在金融危机之后很快就取消了紧缩机制，“The International Monetary Fund"s own watchdog has criticized the agency saying it called off austerity too soon after the financial crisis. ”，因此C为正确选项。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
A painting sold by the auction house Sotheby"s in London for 83,000 dollars is at the center of a legal battle amid claims that it could be the work of the Baroque-Italian master Caravaggio and worth over 20 million dollars. In 2006 the then owner of the painting Bill S. asked Sothehy"s for their opinion. They said it was a replica. The owner then sold it bat the buyer claimed it was an original. It"s called the Card Shops, and it depicts a wealthy young man at a card table falling victim to two cheats.

[解析] 关于这幅画，新闻中提到“In 2006 then the owner of the painting Bill S. asked Sothehy"s for their opinion. They said it was a replica. ”，可以得知拍卖所认为这幅画是一幅复制品。A、C、D选项均不符合新闻事实。故B选项为正确答案。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
A day earlier, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the recapture of Jurf al-Sakhar, about 50 kilometers south of Baghdad, was a "fatal blow" against the Islamic State group. The Sunni extremists had occupied the town since July. In Monday"s other attack, a car bomb exploded in a central Baghdad neighborhood filled with shops and restaurants, killing at least 10 people. In another development, the US military said Monday it launched 11 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in the past day.

[解析] 新闻开头提到“Juff al-Sakhar”，“Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the recapture of Jurf al-Sakhar, about 50 kilometers south of Baghdad．was a "fatal blow" against the Islamic State group. ”，对小镇的重新占领是对伊斯兰教的沉重一击。故A为正确选项。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Two Ukrainian pro-European parties are in the lead after a parliamentary election on Sunday. With more than 65 percent of the votes counted, Ukraine"s Central Election Commission says Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk"s Popular Front is in first place, with nearly 22 percent of the votes. A political bloc headed by the prime minister"s ally, President Petro Poroshenko, was a close second, with 21 percent. A third pro-Western party called Serf Help was in third place with about 11 percent, while the Opposition Bloc party of Ukraine"s ousted pro-Russia president Viktor Yanukovych was fourth with almost 10 percent.

[解析] 新闻中提到“Ukraine"s Central Election Commission says Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk"s Popular Front is in first place, with nearly 22 percent of the votes. ”，即首相所在的“Popular Front”排名第一。因此D为正确选项。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
At least 40 people remain missing, and presumed dead, after an unexpected blizzard struck a popular Himalayan trekking route last week. Nepalese search teams, travelling by helicopter, continue to scan high-altitude areas in what is gradually turning from a rescue to a recovery operation. At least 39 hikers are confirmed dead, among them Canadians, Indians, Israehs, Slovaks and Poles, but mostly Nepalese porters. Many of the hikers were on Nepal"s popular Annapurna trail where the storm produced avalanches.

[解析] 新闻的最后提到“Many of the hikers were on Nepal"s popular Annapurna trail where the storm produced avalanches. ”，徒步旅行者在安纳布尔纳峰的路上行走时遭遇了雪崩。因此A选项为正确答案。