英语听力新闻

Part Four News: In this part, you’ll hear

each piece of news. The news will be read

(20’)

News Item 1 (2’x5=10)

Listen to the news item and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1.Kosovo is probably expected to declare its independence from Serbia on the coming

_________.

A.Sunday

B.Monday

C.Tuesday

D.Wednesday

2.Serbia’s president Boris Tadic says he will fight for _________.

A.joining the European Union

B.Kosovo

C.Russia

D.Both A & B

3.Serbia would _________ diplomatic relations with countries that ________ an independent

Kosovo.

A.reduce … admit

B.continue … recognize

C.break off … don’t recognize

D.break off … recognize

4.Serbia as well as Russia says Kosovo’s independence will influence _________ across the

world.

A.unifying efforts

B.separatist activities

C.independence movements

D.peace process

5.The southern province has been beyond Serbia’s control since ________.

A.1993

B.1995

C.1997

D.1999

News Item 2 (1’x5=5’)

Listen to the news item and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided.

1. During G-Eight Summit in Japan, finance ministers urged oil producing countries to increase production.

2. They also called on the International Monetary Fund alone to examine the high oil prices.

3. IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said only the importance of the financial speculation would be investigated.

4. A report of investigation is expected in October.

5. Futures markets mainly set the price of oil.

News Item 3 (1’x5=5’)

Listen to the news item and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T or F in the space provided.

1. Google. org has announced its plan to give more than 20 million dollars in money and investments to help the poor.

2. The money will be spent over the following five years in several areas, such as poverty reduction and small private business development.

3. Google. org hopes to use its power of information and technology to help people improve their lives.

4. Google. org will also give money to help two climate change programs.

5. The other program is to speed up public use of low gas emission cars.

News Item 1

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News Item 2

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News Item 3

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