In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

单选题 What can we learn from the news? A. Mexican Industry Minister will visit Japan later this month. B. There exists commercial disagreement between Japan and Mexico. C. Japan is planning to export cars to Mexico.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] Tokyo--Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister on Friday expressed willingness to resolve remaining differences with Mexico to strike a free trade agreement during his upcoming visit to the country later this month. 文中提到：日本国际贸易部长希望能够to resolve remaining differences with Mexico to strike a free trade agreement during his upcoming visit to the country later this month.“说明他在本月末即将访问墨西哥，试图与墨西哥解决存在不同观点的问题，并且签订自由贸易协定”。
单选题 Which of the following details is INCORRECT? A. The two ferries sank on different days. B. The accidents were caused by storms. C. The two ferries sank on the same river.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] Storms sank two river ferries in southern Bangladesh on Sunday and some 90 passengers were reported missing, while at least another 68 died. One of the packed ferries carrying around 150 people capsized early on Sunday on the Megna River and 50 were rescued. A second ferry sank on the same river just one kilometer away, leaving 40 passengers missing after 6 were rescued. 新闻首句指出Storms sank two fiver ferries in southern Bangladesh on Sunday“周日孟加拉南部的暴风导致两艘船沉没”，可判断事故发生在同一天，因此选项A不正确。
单选题 Who are involved in the military attack?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] Washington--U. S and British warplanes struck Iraqi communications and control facilities near Baghdad Friday, the first such strike outside the no-fly zones since 1998. 文中第一句就明确指出：U.S and British warplanes struck Iraqi，即美国和英国战斗机袭击了伊拉克，故C项正确。
单选题 What has been discovered in Tibet?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] New York--A new species of wild camels that survives on salt water has been discovered in Tibet, the U.N. Environment Program said Tuesday. The number of wild camels is around 1,000. 文中提到：they hope to replace school textbooks with the e-books in all state-run schools by 2007，即“他们打算用电子书来替换现在的书本”。
单选题 What will replace the school textbooks in Malaysia?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] Kuala Lumpur--About 8,000 Malaysian students in 100 schools will begin learning from electronic books, or e-books, under a trial program to start next year. If the project proves successful, education authorities said they hope to replace school textbooks with the e-books in all state-run schools by 2007. A news report said Monday. 新闻指出这种合成药物是通过bind to the SARS virus然后stop it from invading human cells…。