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SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
听力原文: This is Stan Fielding reporting live from the outskirts of the capital city of Angola~ Just 20 minutes ago, rebel forces launched the biggest offensive against the ruling government in the 18 - month conflict here in this country. So far, peace negotiations have failed, and any resolution to quell the divil war appears bleak at this point. As you can probably hear behind me, rebel forces are also using heavy artillery to pound government strongholds around the city center. Rebel forces are closing in, and it' s feared that they will be able to take the capital building before sunup where it is believed, many government officials are holding out. Since the beginning of the conflict, starvation, clean water, and adequate shelter have been the biggest daily obstacles facing the citizens of this torn country. It is believed that over 40,000 people, mostly children, have starved to death. Land mines have claimed countless other lives. Fortunately, no epidem ics have broken out, but that is always a concern if this war lingers on.
What is the main target of the rebels in this latest attack?

A. The current location of city leaders.
B. Military stockpiles of ammunition.
C. The main lines of transportation.
D. Tall buildings in this city.

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【C4】

As a result
B. In the end
C. Of course
D. In general

【C20】

A. under the sun
B. in the sun
C. in the world
D. on the world

听力原文: At least seven people were killed in seven floods judged to be the worst to hit southeast Queensland this century. Rivers throughout the Australian region have run, as much as 9 m higher than usual, forcing hundreds in rural towns to flee their homes. Meanwhile, flooding in the North worsened in the wake of Cyclone Rona, which swept through Cairns and Ingham, causing widespread damage.
What can we learn about rivers in Australia?

A. Rivers run higher than usual.
B. Rivers have run out of water.
C. Rivers cause little damage.
D. Every year rivers overflow.

The real tragedy of the rapid settlement of the Great Plains 【C8】______ the shameful way in which the American Indians were treated. Threatened with the destruction of their whole【C9】______ of life, the Indians fought back savagely【C10】______ the white man's final thrust(强行推进). Justice was almost entirely 【C11】______ the Indians' side. The land was clearly theirs; frequently their title was legally【C12】______ by a treaty negotiated with the federal government. The Indians,【C13】______ , lacked the military force and political power to protect this right. Not only did white men encroached 【C14】______ the Indians' hunting ground, but they rapidly destroyed the Indians' principal【C15】______ of existence--the buffalo. It has been【C16】______ that some 15 million buffalo roamed the plains in the 1860s. By 1869 the railroads【C17】______ the herd in half, and by 1875 the southern herd was 【C18】______ eliminated. By the middle of the 1880s the northern herd was also a thing of the past. Particularly irritating to the Indians was the fact【C19】______ the white man frequently killed the buffalo merely for sport, leaving the valuable animal to rot【C20】______ .
【C1】

A. functioned
B. played
C. had
D. took

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