【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] China's car boom is presenting the country of 1.3 billion with a dilemma. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, for instance, is experimenting with a plan to limit the number of vehicles entering the city during the two-week sports extravaganza next summer by using odd-and even-numbered license plates. Traffic gridlock and air pollution have been haunting organizers. International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge even hinted at the possibility of rescheduling some endurance events if air quality doesn't improve. The country's car population has been growing due to an emerging middle class that desires personal mobility. Already, China has become the world's second largest consumer of auto- mobiles and the third biggest maker of automobiles. [难点] 本题较简单，录音速度较慢，并且内容是关于考生耳熟能详的北京奥运会。本题的关键在于选项。考生必须仔细审清题目和选项。关键句中的“extravaganza”一词较生僻，会分散考生的注意力。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] We've been living through times of plenty in recent decades, but no more. World grain sup- plies are low, there's just forty days' worth in stock and the long-term future looks bleak. Our demand for foods predicted to rise 50% by 2030. The statistics are startling. The world's population is set to explode from over 6 billion now to 9 billion by 2050. The increase is mainly in the developing world. In countries like China and India, an economic boom is increasing their wealth and dramatically altering the traditional diet. New western habits are taking hold, the McDonald's wave becoming a familiar sight in unexpected places. More meat and dairy products require more land and water. All the ingredients are there for a future food crisis. And it's the first priority of the UK's new chief science adviser. [难点] 这篇短文中出现了三个数字，并且都出现在选项中，这给考生解题带来了一定的负担，分散了考生有限的注意力。此外，本题的选项较难，正确与否主要看考生是否能发现选项中的细节。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] The Catholic church is worried that people aren't taking sins seriously enough. So the Vatican has decided to update its list of the seven deadly sins. But whereas the focus of traditional sins--LUST, GREED, SLOTH, WROTH, ENVY, PRIDE, and GLUTTONY is individual, those which we will consign today is seen as the hellfire and more social than nature. In the days when the artist Hieronymus Bosch gave us his view of the sins they said the earth was flat. Now the Vatican says its new sins will take into account the after effects of globalization. New sins on the block could be Abusing drags or selling them to others, Genetic manipulation such as embryo research which the Vatican opposes, Morally dubious experiments think Dolly the sheep, Polluting the environment, Creating social inequalities and social injustice, Causing poverty and which some would say goes with it, Accumulating excessive wealth￡┐wealth, something the church itself has been known to do. [难点] 整篇文章的信息量较大，并且内容是大多数考生都不熟悉的。另外，题目要求考生能抓住中心思想，这又给本题增加了难度，因为这要求考生全面理解整篇文章。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] City has raised the most 14.5 billions dollars in January from foreign governments and wealthy investors. In November, it sold a 4.9% stake to the Abu Dhabi investment authority for 7.5 billion dollars. This week, a Dubai government fund manager said city group would need a lot more and may have trouble getting it. A sentiment reflected on Wall Street, the stock's price cut in half in a year and now trades at its lowest price in ten years. The bank's new CEO Vikram Pandit in a company Memo today described what he calls a challenging economic environment but insisted City is financially sound well-capitalized and focused on the strength of our balance sheet. The company does have enough money to meet federal requirements. Banking regulators won't comment on city group's problems. Despite several years of record bank earnings, bank failures are on the rise. [难点] 本题未将数字列入考查范围，但这些数字不可避免会影响考生的注意力。四个选项都较复杂，特别是第一个和第三个，看似相似，其实不然。并且，只有全面领会文章的内容，才有可能做出正确的选择。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] "Making super-small microchips", has made Intel one of the world's biggest tech companies, and has led college students to rank the company 34th on the ideal employer list. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Intel is the world's largest semi-conductor company. But they also make motherboards, chipsets, network cards, ICs, flash memory, graphic cards, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. Intel has more than 1,000 career opportunities posted on its website under a topic called "jobs just for students". Their recruiters have a strong interest in students with backgrounds in engineering, science, and business majors. And they offer a variety of internships and rotational programs to give students a taste of various departments. Intel also has a recent college graduate network, designed to help students make connections with tech-professionals both inside and outside of Intel. [难点] 整个篇章虽然涉及的内容较简单，但信息量较大，并且较分散，不利于考生抓重点。而题目主要考查考生对于细节的把握。