听力原文: Rescuers with listening devices sensitive enough to pick up a whimper or faint tapping searched Tuesday for victims feared buried in a mudslide that sent trees and dirt thundering onto this seaside hamlet, killing at least six people. There was hope of finding survivors because searchers were discovering spaces under the debris large enough to hold people, Ventura County Fire Chief Bob Roper said as darkness fell on the rescue effort for a second night. Authorities said around a dozen people were missing, and 10 had been injured.
What kind of natural disaster happened on Tuesday in La Conchita, California?
A. Flood
B. Earthquake
C. Mudslide
D. Tornado
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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: The McDonald's fast food company is faxing legal action by people who say its food made them fat and sick. In New York City, legal action was recently brought against McDonald's and four other fast-food companies. The lawsuits charge that these companies have not warned people that this kind of food could be harmful. About one-hundred of seventy-thousand American fast-food restaurants sell food that is high in fat, sugar and calories. They include potatoes cooked in oil and meat sandwiches called hamburgers. The restaurants also serve sweet soft drinks.
What's this news mainly about?
A. The MacDonald is being charged of selling food making people fat and sick.
B. The MacDonald is being charged of selling stale food.
C. The MacDonald is being charged of bad service.
D. The MacDonald is reducing the number of its products
听力原文: The Pentagon has issued a statement asserting the military is prepared to protect its personnel from possible biological weapons attack. On the surface, the Pentagon's assertion that it can protect military personnel from bioweapons seems both obvious and unnecessary. But officials say the unusual statement was intended to reassure troops, following some controversial remarks by the Army's top biological weapons defense expert
What statement has been issued by the Pentagon?
A. The military will withdraw from Iraq.
B. The military is prepared to protect its personnel.
C. There is no need to worry about the Bio-weapons attack at present.
D. American troops will be equipped with better bio-weapons.
听力原文: A study published Monday found that people who sleep less tend to be fat, and experts said it's time to find if more sleep will fight obesity. "We've put so much emphasis on diet and exercise that we've failed to recognize the value of good sleep," said Fred Turek, a physician at Northwestern University. "In fact society emphasizes just the opposite, in work places where billed hours are crucial and long work days are common", he added. Monday's study from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk covered 1,000 people and found that total sleep time de- creased as body mass index-- a measure of weight based on height-- increased.
What's this news about?
A new find that people who sleep less tend to be fat.
B. A new find that people who sleep less tend to be thin.
C. A new find that more sleep will result in obesity.
D. A new find that women should sleep less.
听力原文:Bob: Well, what do you think of this, Mary? Do you like this restaurant?
Mary: Oh, honey, it looks very nice. Oh, look, let's see if we can sit over there by the window so we can look at the water.
Bob: Oh, yeah, sure. Uh, hm, excuse me miss, could we have a table over there by the window?
Waitress: Nuh, I am sorry, we are closing that section. Would you mind sitting over there?
Mary: Oh. all right, sure.
Waitress: Would you care to order now?
Bob: Yes, I think we are ready now. Mary?
Mary: Yes. I will have the baked salmon.
Waitress: Very good. What kind of potatoes would you like with that?
Mary: Boiled, please.
Waitress: Vegetable?
Mary: Asparagus...Oh, no. Sorry. I think I'd rather have broccoli.
Waitress: Very good, ma'am. And you. Sir?
Bob: I'd like the veal cutlet.
Waitress: I am sorry. Sir, but we are out of the veal cutlet.
Bob: Oh, I see. Well, bring me the steak then.
Waitress: Yes, sir. And how would you like that?
Bob: Medium rare.
Waitress: What would you have to drink?
Bob: Nothing right now. Thank you.
Bob and Mary ordered all the following EXCEPT _________.
A. Steak.
Baked salmon.
C. Broccoli.
D. Asparagus