Which of his novels was made into a movie?
A. Killing Time.
B. The High Tower.
C. Bladerunner.
D. Jane Bobb.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:W: Oh, David. I just can't believe it. There are more than forty million people who have HIV in the world, 70 percent of them in Africa, and the former Soviet Union and parts of Asia are also big risk areas.
M: The UN AIDS organization last week estimated that in just over 20 years, 20 million people have died of AIDS, and this figure will be 3 times in the next 2 decades unless a major rescue effort is launched in poor countries.
W: That sounds really terrible! Something must be done to it.
M: Yes. The 14th International AIDS Conference was held in Barcelona. It's aiming at increased global awareness of the threat of the killing epidemic to the economic development, peace, security and mobilized resources to check the spread of HIV. I've heard there's breakthrough in technology. But the fight against AIDS will be long.
W: Many people argue that AIDS victims should be separated. What de you think about it?
M: Separating will help no one. Most AIDS patients are too sick to be transmitting the virus. Largely people who de not have AIDS but are infected with the HIV virus are spreading the virus, and they may or may not know it. Separation would be totally futile.
W: Would mandatory testing help?
M: I believe it would drive every people you want to test underground. Voluntary, confidential testing is much more appropriate.
How many people are there in Africa infected with HIV?
A. 40 million.
B. About 28 million.
C. 12 million.
D. Less than 28 million.
听力原文: Vice President Dick Cheney's top adviser, I. Lewis Libby Jr., resigned Friday after being indicted on five counts of obstruction of justice, making false statements and committing perjury. The charges relate to the leaking of the identity of a CIA operative whose husband had challenged Bush administration intelligence on Iraq.
Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's senior adviser and deputy chief of staff, escaped indictment by the federal grand jury, but Rove's lawyers said the special prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, had made it clear that he would remain under investigation, casting a continuing cloud on his influential role in the White House.
Libby resigned because he was indicted on five counts, not including ______.
A. committing perjury
B. leaking the identity of a CIA operative's husband
C. making false statements
D. obstruction of justice
听力原文: I'm sure that most of you already know that only members of Congress may introduce a bill, or present the bill for the group's consideration. Introducing the bill is a great honor and many Congress people consider it a historical move because many of these bills eventually become law. But before the bill can be considered, it must first be drafted, or put into the proper language. Usually a Congressional staff member familiar with the particulars of the Congressional vocabulary drafts the bill. In addition, many businesses, labor, farm, and other special interest groups will also draft bills they want Congress to consider.
When the bill is ready for consideration, it follows two different procedures, depending on where the bill is introduced. In the House, representatives place their bills in the hopper.
A hopper is a special box on a clerk's desk. From this box, the bills go into the appropriate House committee for further study. In the Senate, senators go in front of the Senate floor and introduce their bills to the whole group.
Who may introduce a bill?
A. Leaders in the community.
B. Clerks.
C. Members of Congress.
D. Members of special interest groups.