听力原文: In Russia's presidential election, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin's chosen successor is heading towards an overwhelming victory of more than 65 % of the vote. However, the main independent Russian observer group has questioned the results, saying that the turnout was impossibly high in some regions. Shortly after appearing side by side with Mr. Putin at a celebratory open-air concert in Moscow, Mr. Medvedev said his policy would be a direct continuation of his predecessor's.
What does the news item mainly report?
A. The celebration of Vladimir Pupin's winning of the presidential election.
B. The result of Russia's presidential election.
C. Dmitry Midvale's foreign policy.
D. Accusations of the current administration's malpractice.
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Given the weather conditions, the wind subsiding, that's reason for optimism. The amount of fuel that has been consumed there, that's reason for optimism. The number of personnel we have here, the plans we have to continue to operate our aircraft through the night as needed and as appropriate, those are all reasons for optimism.
What caused the blaze in California?
A campfire.
B. Smoke.
C. Lightening.
D. Unclear.
听力原文: Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman proposed a Voucher System to improve American education. Today, about 36,000 students are served by vouchers. The programs are in the city of the Washington D. C., and three of the fifty states: Florida, Ohio and Wiseonsin. The number of students will grow with 14, 000 new vouchers just approved by lawmakers in Ohio. And Utah will offer a Voucher program for disabled students. A few states offer tax credits or other forms of support to help parents pay for private schools.
One objection to vouchers has to do with the fact that most private schools are religious. The Constitution separates government and religion. Voucher critics argue that the use of public money for religious schools is unconstitutional. They suggest public schools should get more money so all children can attend good schools near their home.
Yet some people think all families should be offered vouchers, not just poor ones. Milton Freidman and his wife started the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation to work for school choice with the goal to improve, through competition, the quality of education for all.
Milton Friedman had his ninety-third birthday on Sunday. The Nobel Prize-winning economist has been talking to reporters about the fiftieth anniversary of his proposal. Mr. Friedman told Education Week that he thinks fifty years from now, all students will be served by school vouchers.
The target of the voucher programs is
A. to improve American education.
B. to cause competition among schools.
C. to support children in poor families.
D. to support disabled children.
SECTION B PASSAGES
Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: It is not surprising that people hardly ever associate Britain with wine and in fact it may astonish you to learn that grapes are grown broadly in England and nearly 200,000 bottles of wine were sold in 1975. It is nothing new in growing grapes in Britain, in spite of the climate. The Romans planted the first vines about A. D. 300 and for a long time people always drank home-produced wines. What destroyed the English wine industry was not so much a change in the climate as the fact that an English king, Henry II, inherited the Bordeaux area of France as part of his dominions since the twelfth century and the imported wine provided a great deal of competition. The English wine industry did not disappear, however, until the sixteenth century, when the monks, who had been the main producers in the meantime, had been taken away their estates by Henry VIII. The new owner let the vineyards die out. But now English people, probably due to their memories of holidays by the Mediterranean, drink more wine than ever, and the new industry is now developing at a modest but' consistent rate.
______may not be responsible for the ruin of the wine industry in Britain.
A. The decline of the quality of the British wine
B. The English king, Henry Ⅱ
C. The English king, Henry Ⅷ
D. The imported wine's competition and the change of climate
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT according to the conversation?
A. The man now is in a poor condition.
B. He has a weak willpower to stop gambling.
C. His wife broke up relationship with him.
D. The conditions last seven years till now.