SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: Saudi Arabia has said it will not allow the United States to use its facilities for any attack against neighboring Iraq even if a strike sanction by the United Nations. The Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saudi Al Faisal said the Kingdom wanted a political resolution to the crisis over weapons inspections. He said Saudi Arabia would abide by the decision of the UN Security Council, and would cooperate with it, but he said that cooperation would not extend to the use of Saudi military forces or facilities.
Saudi Arabia would do the following EXCEPT
A. making a political resolution to the crisis over weapons inspections.
B. abiding by the decision of the UN Security Council.
C. allowing the United States to use its facilities to attack Iraq.
D. cooperating with the decision of the UN Security Council.
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听力原文:M: Let's look at a few things about English. (4)What is a compound word?
W: Two chemicals mixed together?
M: Very funny, but no.
W: Two words mixed together?
M: Well, yes, in a manner of speaking. A compound word is made up of two or more words that express a single idea. There are different ways that compound nouns can be formed. We are going to concentrate here on the noun plus noun form. Can you come up with any examples?
W: Doghouse, dog plus house; cupcake, cup and cake.
M: Excellent. (5/6) There are three different ways to form. this type of compound noun: there is the closed form, in which the words come together as one, such as firefly, keyboard, notebook.
W: Textbook, fireplace.
M: Great. And (5)there is the hyphenated form. ski-boot, daughter-in-law, sin-pack... The last form. of compound nouns is the open form, such as Post office, history book, mineral water. Just exactly how and why these three exist is not clear, but it seems likely that the process will begin with two words, become hyphenated after a time, and then eventually end up as just one word. Language is a living thing and always changing.
What are the two people talking about in this conversation?
A. Chemistry.
B. Literature.
C. Linguistics.
D. Physics.
What can we infer from this news item?
A. There are not so many people experience headaches in the worldwide.
B. The headache is always temporary and can be cured by aspirin.
Chronic headaches make severe pain and can go away but come back soon.
D. The experts have already found the cure and help for chronic headaches.
听力原文: This year, something happened at the Academy Awards. All the winners for best acting were from outside the United States.
Daniel Day — Lewis and Tilda Swinton are British. He won best actor for "There Will Be Blood"; she won best supporting actress for "Michael Clayton". French actress Marion Cotillard won the Oscar for best actress for "La Vie en Rose". And Spain's Javier Bardem won best supporting actor in "No Country for Old Men". Hollywood is increasingly looking outside America's borders for stars and profit. Jonathan Taplin is a professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. He says that today, about fifty-four percent of the ticket sales for Hollywood studios now come from outside the United States.
What changes happened at the Academy Awards?
A. Less American people concern about the Academy Awards.
B. All the winners for best acting were from outside the United States.
C. Most winners of the best actors are British.
D. Most winners of best actresses are from France.
What is the only thing that they are NOT satisfied with the new library?
A. It's toe crowded.
B. There are not enough study places.
C. It's too far away.
D. There are not so many books as the old library.