题型有： 2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 MIN)Directions: In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文： Hawaii’s budget crunch is giving school children some reason to smile. Public schools are gonna be closed most Fridays for the remainder of the academic year. Under a new union contract with teachers, it cuts 17 days from the calendar and gives Hawaii the nation’s shortest school year. Educators are concerned there is just not enough time for kids to learn. Hawaii already ranks near the bottom nationally in academic achievement.
1． What will happen in Hawaii’s public school?
A．The school days will be much shorter than before.
B．The children in public school will be given more courses.
C．The teachers in the public school will be granted a pay-raise.
D．The academic record in Hawaii’s public school remains high.
正确答案：A
四级听力解析：细节判断题。新闻中指出，由于夏威夷的预算紧缩，公立学校周五也将放假。在与教师们签订的新工会合同中，将再减掉17个工作日，夏威夷即成为整个国家中拥有最短学年的州。故正确答案是A。 知识模块：新闻听力
听力原文： Lawmakers in Nebraska have approved a big change to the state’s controversial Safe Haven Law. Under the new measure, children older than 30 days can not be dropped off at state hospitals. 35 children, many of them, preteens or even teenagers, have been abandoned in hospitals since the original law took effect in July. Stat
e lawmakers say it was intended to prevent newborns from being dumped in trash bins or even worse. The new law is expected to go into effect at midnight.
2． What is the purpose of issuing the new law?
A．To avoid the conflict between the hospital and the state.
B．To protect children from abandoning or maltreating.
C．To maintain the rights of new mothers.
D．To ensure the family planning could run smoothly.
正确答案：B
解析：细节判断题。新闻中指出，内布拉斯加州的立法者通过了引起全国争论的安全庇护法。这一新的法律将保证30天以上的孩子不能被遗弃在医院。这一法律的出台旨在保护新生婴儿免被抛弃或者更恶劣的情况。故正确答案是B。 知识模块：新闻听力
听力原文： A new study on climate change says catastrophic 4 degree rise in global temperature is increasingly likely to occur within many people’s lifetimes. The studies have been compiled by one of the wprld’s leading research bodies monitoring climate change, the Hadley Centre in Britain. This latest prediction from the Hadley Centre brings the prospect of devastating change much closer. He challenges the assumption that severe warming is a threat only for future generations. A four degree average temperature rise by the 2050s would bring increases of 10 degrees or more in some areas such as the Arctic and Africa. It could mean a sharp decline in rainfall in some areas, flooding in others and extinction of about half of all the world’s animal and plant species.
3． According to the Hadley Centre, what is going to happen by the 2050s?
A．The climate would be little different.
B．The temperature would increase dramatically.
C．Most of world’s animal and plant species will die.
D．The temperature would be a sharp decline.
正确答案：B
解析：细节题。新闻中报道：最新的关于气候变化的研究表明，全球4度的温度升高将在很多人的有生之年发生，而这将是灾难性的。到了2050年，平均4度的气温上升会导致北极或者非洲温度上升10度甚至更高。故正确答案是B。 知识模块：新闻听力
4． According to the study, the temperature by the 2050s would result in the following EXCEPT
A．droughts.
B．rainstorms.
C．snow slide.
D．extinction of living species.
正确答案：C
解析：细节题。新闻中指出，气候的不断变暖会使一些地区的降雨量急速下降，而有些地方却洪水泛滥，世界上一半的动植物灭绝。A、B、D都是气候变暖带来的后果，本题要求选出与新闻内容不符的一项，故C正确。 知识模块：新闻听力
听力原文： AIG is trying to prevent a new wave of backlash over paying out bonuses to its top executives. The Washington Post reports the company has asked the Obama Administration to approve millions of dollars in promised bonuses. The payments are scheduled to go out next week. AIG doesn’t actually need approval. Because the payments were linked to contracts from last year before received aid from the federal bailout funds. But the Post reports executives still are reluctant to pay without official approval. An earlier round of 2008 AIG employee bonuses drew widespread criticism earlier this year.
5． Why do the executives of AIG hesitate to distribute the money without the authorities’ consent?
A．Because they are planning to win more subsidy from the federal.
B．Because they couldn’t hand out the money without agreement.
C．Because they suffered a lot in the last similar event.
D．Because they want to avoid conflict and public criticism.
正确答案：D
解析：细节判断题。新闻中报道：美国国际集团正试图在发放高层主管们的奖金时，阻止新一轮的对抗。今年年初早一轮2008年奖金的发放引起了很多的非议。故正确答案是D。 知识模块：新闻听力
6． The promised bonuses are planed to hand out
A．the following week.
B．next year.
C．this week.
D．after official approval.
正确答案：A
解析：细节题。新闻说，奖金预计下周发放。故A正确。 知识模块：新闻听力
听力原文： It’s back to work for Indian government oil workers after a three-day strike that crippled Indian commerce. Some 45,000 oil workers walked off the job after the government refused their demands for higher pay. The labor standoff ended after days of intense government pressure, including threats of job loss and even arrest to strikers. Meantime, talks with a second group of nationwide strikers may soon be underway. The In-do-Asian News-Service says India’s transport minister is ready to discuss demands from truckers. Many across India have parked their rigs, calling for reduction in diesel and tyre prices.
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