听力题________member(s)ofGreenpeacehadbeenaccused.

听力题Around the year 1000 A.D

听力题What''stheprobablerelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?

听力题LuisPosadaCarrileswasdetained________.

听力题Londontaxidriversareveryefficient________.

听力题According to the report, how many people are HIV-positive?

听力题Whoisthecaller?

听力题Whatisthemainpurposeoftheresearch?

听力题Thespeakerthinkthecausesofautomobileaccidentsare________.

听力题 A new data shows nations in every part of the world, 51 in all, are suffering declining life expectancies because of an increasing prevalence of HIV infection. The impact is occurring in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, but is greatest in sub-Saharan in Africa, with only 10% of the world''s population, but 70% of its HIV infections. Seven African countries have life expectancies of less than forty years. For example, in Botswana, life expectancy is 39 years. By 2010, it will be less than 27 years. Without AIDS, it would have been 74 years. In such Asian countries as Cambodia and Burma, life expectancies are predicated to decline to around 60 years from what would have been in the mid-sixties. Even in countries where the number of new infections is dropping, such as Thailand, Uganda and Senegal, small life expectancy drops are forecast. A new data shows nations in every part of the world, 51 in all, are suffering declining life expectancies because of an increasing prevalence of HIV infection. The impact is occurring in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, but is greatest in sub-Saharan in Africa, with only 10% of the world''s population, but 70% of its HIV infections. Seven African countries have life expectancies of less than forty years. For example, in Botswana, life expectancy is 39 years. By 2010, it will be less than 27 years. Without AIDS, it would have been 74 years. In such Asian countries as Cambodia and Burma, life expectancies are predicated to decline to around 60 years from what would have been in the mid-sixties. Even in countries where the number of new infections is dropping, such as Thailand, Uganda and Senegal, small life expectancy drops are forecast.

听力题 Education is required and free for every child in the United States. Most children start by the age of six. They attend eight years of elementary school and four years of high school (or secondary school). The money for free public schools comes from taxes, and each state is responsible for its own educational system. State legislatures set the educational requirements but leave the management of the schools in the hands of the local communities. Most states require their children to go to school until a certain age. This age varies from 16 to 18 according to the laws of the individual states. The Federal Government contributes funds to the states for additional school services. After graduation from the high school, a student can start his higher education in a two-year college, a four-year college, a university, or a specialized professional school—either public or private. Most colleges admit students on the basis of their high school records. The cost of the college education is great in private universities, but it is much less in those supported by states and cities. Many students receive scholarships from the schools, the Government, or private foundations and organizations. More than 50% of the college students work to help pay their college expenses. Only 2% of the population of the country cannot read and write. Education is required and free for every child in the United States. Most children start by the age of six. They attend eight years of elementary school and four years of high school (or secondary school). The money for free public schools comes from taxes, and each state is responsible for its own educational system. State legislatures set the educational requirements but leave the management of the schools in the hands of the local communities. Most states require their children to go to school until a certain age. This age varies from 16 to 18 according to the laws of the individual states. The Federal Government contributes funds to the states for additional school services. After graduation from the high school, a student can start his higher education in a two-year college, a four-year college, a university, or a specialized professional school—either public or private. Most colleges admit students on the basis of their high school records. The cost of the college education is great in private universities, but it is much less in those supported by states and cities. Many students receive scholarships from the schools, the Government, or private foundations and organizations. More than 50% of the college students work to help pay their college expenses. Only 2% of the population of the country cannot read and write.

听力题Thisconversationismainlyabout________.

听力题Altogetherhowmanypeoplewereinjuredduringtheviolence?

听力题Markrefusedtotakethejobbecause_______.

听力题Thespeakersarediscussing________.

听力题 The space shuttle Discovery made a rare night landing at the Kennedy Space Center early on Thursday. The night landing, the eleventh in the center''s ninety-four shuttle missions, ended a ten-day mission to outfit the orbiting international space station. Although the spacecraft created a sonic boom that could be heard along much of Florida''s eastern seaboard, witnesses on the ground could not see the orbiter until it was directly over the runway lights. Scattered showers off the Florida coast had threatened to postpone the shuttle''s return, but forecasters gave the green light when they decided no rain would fall within forty-eight kilometers of the space center. The space shuttle Discovery made a rare night landing at the Kennedy Space Center early on Thursday. The night landing, the eleventh in the center''s ninety-four shuttle missions, ended a ten-day mission to outfit the orbiting international space station. Although the spacecraft created a sonic boom that could be heard along much of Florida''s eastern seaboard, witnesses on the ground could not see the orbiter until it was directly over the runway lights. Scattered showers off the Florida coast had threatened to postpone the shuttle''s return, but forecasters gave the green light when they decided no rain would fall within forty-eight kilometers of the space center.

听力题What is the news item mainly about?

听力题Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice

听力题 Hundreds of youths stormed a police station and set fire to cars in southeastern Nigeria on Tuesday after a protester was fatally shot by a police rifle, officials said. The youths began protesting Tuesday morning over demands that a local oil refinery and petrochemical plant employ more people from the area, said police chief Samuel Adetuyi. They set fire to part of a police station in the Niger delta village of Ogale and burned an SUV in its courtyard. One protester was killed when he tried to grab a rifle from a police officer and the gun accidentally went off, he said. Discontent is high among people in the Niger delta over unemployment and continued poverty despite booming oil production in their area. Nigeria is the world''s seventh largest oil exporter and the fifth largest supplier of crude oil to the United States. Hundreds of youths stormed a police station and set fire to cars in southeastern Nigeria on Tuesday after a protester was fatally shot by a police rifle, officials said. The youths began protesting Tuesday morning over demands that a local oil refinery and petrochemical plant employ more people from the area, said police chief Samuel Adetuyi. They set fire to part of a police station in the Niger delta village of Ogale and burned an SUV in its courtyard. One protester was killed when he tried to grab a rifle from a police officer and the gun accidentally went off, he said. Discontent is high among people in the Niger delta over unemployment and continued poverty despite booming oil production in their area. Nigeria is the world''s seventh largest oil exporter and the fifth largest supplier of crude oil to the United States.

听力题 The most common type of child abuse you know is beating with the hands or with an instrument usually a cane in some places. Nearly a third of the abused children we see are in the age group between six and ten, and about sixty-five percent of them are boys. This is the age group when children are first to expect to study hard and parents have great expectations of their progresses in school. Boys of course attract more abuse such as beating because once again parental expectations are high, and boys tend to be more energetic and difficult to control than girls. Most experts seem to agree that the child abuse is caused by a combination of social and psychological factors. Families who beat their children are not particularly different from other people. The only difference that exists between them is that they lack skills in the establishing good relationships with their children. These families too, generally speaking, have other problems such as marriage problems or financial problems. Some parents are hurting their children because they strongly believe in the use of traditional discipline methods. But many of them have emotional problems. They are often the victims of violence themselves. Sometimes they even bear an unreasonable hatred for a child because they believe that the child has brought the family bad luck. The most common type of child abuse you know is beating with the hands or with an instrument usually a cane in some places. Nearly a third of the abused children we see are in the age group between six and ten, and about sixty-five percent of them are boys. This is the age group when children are first to expect to study hard and parents have great expectations of their progresses in school. Boys of course attract more abuse such as beating because once again parental expectations are high, and boys tend to be more energetic and difficult to control than girls. Most experts seem to agree that the child abuse is caused by a combination of social and psychological factors. Families who beat their children are not particularly different from other people. The only difference that exists between them is that they lack skills in the establishing good relationships with their children. These families too, generally speaking, have other problems such as marriage problems or financial problems. Some parents are hurting their children because they strongly believe in the use of traditional discipline methods. But many of them have emotional problems. They are often the victims of violence themselves. Sometimes they even bear an unreasonable hatred for a child because they believe that the child has brought the family bad luck.