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听力原文： A New Mexico church plans to burn Harry Potter books because they are "an abomination to God," the church pastor said on Wednesday.
Pastor Jack Brock said he would have a "holy bonfire" on Sunday at the Christ Community Church in Alamogordo in southern New Mexico to torch books about the fictional teen-age wizard who is wildly popular with young people.
"These books encourage our youth to learn more about witches, warlocks, and sorcerers, and those things are an abomination to God and to me," Brock, 74, told Reuters.
"Harry Potter books are going to destroy the lives of many young people."
The books, written by British author J.K. Rowling, have been runaway bestsellers and a movie, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," is currently a blockbuster hit.
Brock, who said his Christmas Eve sermon was titled "The Baby Jesus or Harry Potter," described the book burning as part of an effort .to encourage Christians to remove everything from their homes that prevents them from communicating with God.
The books have come under fire in a few U. S communities for supposedly encouraging devilish thoughts among the young, but Rowling in an earlier statement issued by her publisher Bloomsbury called the criticisms absurd.
"I have met thousands of children now, and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, 'Ms. Rowling, I'm so glad I've read these books because now I want to be a witch', "she said.
The reasons why the church wanted to burn Harry Potter books didn't include that ______.
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SECTION B INTERVIEW
Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.
Now listen to the interview.
听力原文：Mr. W.: Good morning, Mr. Pitt. Do sit down.
Mr. Pitt: Thank you.
Mr. W.: First of all, Mr. Pitt, I'd like you to tell me a bit about what you've been doing.
Mr. P.: Well, I left school after I'd done my A-levels.
Mr. W.: Ah, yes, A-levels. What subjects did you take？
Mr. P.: I took four subjects: French, German, chemistry and, uh, art. Chemistry wasn't my cup of tea but art has always been.
Mr. W.: Art？
Mr. P.: Well, I really wanted to study Art. It didn't turn out like that because a friend of my father's offered me a job--he's an accountant in London. A quite big firm, you know.
Mr. W.: I see. A firm of accountants. Interesting! In your application, you say that you only spent nine months with this firm of accountants. Why was that？
Mr. R: It was nearly a year actually. Well, to be quite honest, I didn't like it. I just couldn't seem to get interested in the job although there were fairly good prospects. So I got a place at the Art College to do a three-year diploma course.
Mr. W.: I see. Now, Mr. Pitt, what about hobbies and interests？ Uh, what do you do in your spare time？
Mr. P.: I like jazz, traditional and folk music. I don't play, of course, but I go to quite a lot of concerts, and I go to the theatre occasionally and act a bit myself. I'm in the local dramatic society. I read quite a lot and I've done a bit of photography. Also, I've travelled a lot-hitchhiked all over Europe--last year, that was.
Mr. W.: Very interesting, Mr. Pitt. I think that's all I wanted to ask about your background. Now, let's talk about the management trainee scheme. What exactly do you think a manager does？
Mr. R: I don't know a great deal about the work.
Mr W.: But have you got any ideas about it？ You must have thought about it.
Mr. R: Well, er, I suppose he has a lot of, er, what is called, policy-making to do. And, mm, he'd have to know how to work with people and all about the company.
Mr. W.: Mmm.
Mr. R: Yes, I, I, er, should think a manager must know, er, something about all the aspects of the work.
Mr. W.: Yes, that's right. We like our executive staff to undergo a thorough training. Young men on our trainee scheme have to work through every branch in the company.
Mr. P.: Oh？
Mr. W.: And one of them is accountancy. Presumably you wouldn't like that.
Mr. P.: Well, if I had to do it, I suppose. But I was thinking that my French and German would mean that I could specialise in overseas work. I'd like to be some sort of an export salesman and travel abroad.
Mr. W.: You know the glamour of travelling abroad disappears when you've got a hard job of work to do. It not all fun and game.
Mr. P.: Oh, yes, I realise that. It's just that my knowledge of languages would be useful.
Mr. W.: Now, Mr. Pitt, is there anything you want to ask me？
Mr. P.: Well, there's one or two things. I'd like to know if I'd have to sign a contract and what the salary and prospects are.
Mr. W.: With our scheme, Mr. Pitt, there is no contract involved. Your progress is kept under constant review. If we, at any time, decide we don't like you, then that's that! We reserve the right to dismiss you.
Mr. P.: I see.
Mr. W.: Of course, you have the same choice about us.
Mr. P.: Fair enough. And what about the salary？
Mr. W.: As for the salary, you'd be on our fixed scale starting at 870 pounds. For the successful trainee, the prospects are very good.
Mr. P.: I see. Thank you very much.
Mr. W.: That's all, Mr. Pitt. You should hear from us in a couple of weeks, one way or the other, or we may ask you to come back for another chat. Thank you.
Which statement is not true？
Which of the following statements is true？
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：Saudi forces clashed with suspected militants in the capital Riyadh on Sunday and there were reports of casualties, security officials said. The clashes in al-Rawdah district, an upscale neighborhood in eastern Riyadh, erupted after security forces raided an area where suspected militants were thought to be hiding, Interior Ministry spokesman Brig, Mansour al-Turki said. "Some of those militants were on the recently issued list of 36 suspected terrorists," he said. He said there were reports of at least one militant killed.
According to the news, these militants______.
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