听力原文: Two explosions in trash cans slightly injured nine people Tuesday in separate locations in the popular resort city of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast, the police chief said. Police said they could not confirm whether the blasts were the result of bombs or of some sort of aerosol can exploding in the heat. The first explosion occurred as men were emptying a trash can into a garbage truck in the city center, injuring three city workers and two people standing nearby. The second explosion occurred about 10 minutes later in a trash can near a market and injured four people.
Which statement is NOT true about the explosions?
A. There were two altogether.
B. They occurred on Tuesday.
C. They occurred in a resort city.
D. They occurred in the same location.
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听力原文:W: Why did you start rock climbing?
M: Because the rocks were there. At 20 I spent most of my time rock climbing. At 25 I went for the first time to the Himalayas and climbed Nanga Parbat, one of the highest faces in the world.
W: What was your basic interest and motivation in climbing high mountains like the Himalayas?
M: It was only a new dimension for me. I was the first to break this system with the Alpine style, which meant, no fixed ropes, no high altitude camps, and no oxygen.
W: You don't want to bring your equipment to the mountains?
M: Exactly. Otherwise you loose the exposure. I know that all over the world climbers bring 100kg of equipment for communications. For them, the most important thing is to send information to their friends every day, and maybe a television station. It's not my way. I like to be where others are not going and no one knows what I'm doing and I don't know if I'm coming back.
W: So climbing was never a competition.
M: No. Climbing was never even a record. It was a personal experience. Climbing has to do with exposure, endurance, instinct, with knowledge of mountains, knowledge about your own nature. It's interesting to see what happens when a man and a mountain meet. In our inner soul something happens.
What is the man mainly talking about?
A. The Himalayas.
B. An environmental issue.
C. A news event.
D. His climbing experiences.
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: An Amtrak passenger train struck a dump truck loaded with gravel and derailed Tuesday, killing two people, police said. There were no serious injuries among the 180 passengers and crew on the train. The collision knocked the train's engine and two lead cars off the tracks, said Bryant Woodall, the Fire Department's assistant chief. The upended dump truck came to rest nearby with its cab and rear axle separated from the cargo box.
Which statement is NOT true about the accident?
A train struck a truck.
B. Two people died.
C. Two lead cars of the train were knocked off the tracks.
D. Many passengers were injured.
听力原文: Space Adventures, the company that has sent "space tourists" up to the International Space Station, is planning a new mission: rocketing rich people around the dark side of the moon. The first mission, dubbed DSE-Alpha (for Deep Sea Explorations) , could happen as early as 2008, company CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Eric Anderson said at a Manhattan news conference. The first traveller would be only the 28th person in history to orbit the moon--not counting the cosmonaut of the Russian spacecraft that will make the flight--and the first person to orbit the moon in more than 33 years. The trip will offer the chance to see the Earth rise from lunar orbit and a view of the far side of the moon, never seen from Earth, from an altitude of 62 miles. The price tag is every bit as steep: $100 million for each of the two planned passengers, which includes costs such as planning the mission, modifying a modern Soyuz TMA spacecraft for the trip and completing manned and unmanned test flights before the space tourists make their trip.
What new mission is Space Adventures planning?
A. Sending space tourists up to the International Space Station.
B. Rocketing rich people around the dark side of the moon.
C. Landing rich people on the moon.
D. Sending 28 people to the moon.
It is ______ whether Sam will come to attend his best friend's funeral as he has taken the
A. unlikely
B. doubtful
C. improbable
D. unexpected