Section B
1.North Korea says it wants a relationship of trust and mutual respect with the United States.
2.And Brazil has granted asylum to deposed Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez who taken refugee in the Brazilian embassy since his ouster Wednesday .
3.The United States government has frozen of the asserts over 150 individuals and institutions from Zimbabwe.
4.U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has again expressed regret to Italy over the accidental killing of an Italian intelligent agent in Iraq.
5.Diplomatic relationship between Venezuelan President and Mexico have worsened sharply in a row over comments by the Venezuelan Hugo Chavez about the Mexican leader Vicente Fox.
Keys for section B A C B D C
Section C
Item 1
Egypt has announced it will reduce its diplomatic staff in Iraq following the killing of its top envoy in Baghdad Ehad al-Sherif .The Egyptian Foreign Ministry called it a security measure .But Iraq's Foreign Ministry appealed to Arab and Islamic counties not to be swayed by the kidnapping and killing of Mr.Sherif ,which it said was meant to deter them from upgrading diplomatic mission in Iraq.
Keys:1-( H) 2-(F) 3-(E) 4-( A)
Item 2
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says Pakistan andIndia are both optimistic about resolving their dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which both countries claim. In an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, General Musharraf says he hope to settle the issue with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while they're both in power. Mr. Singh and General Musharraf are expected to try to move their peace dialogue forward when they meet next week in New York at the United Nations General Assembly meeting.
Keys: Task1 1-(F) 2-(F) 3-(T) 4-(F) 5-(T)
Task2: Pakistan settle the issue Prime Minister in power move forward meet.
Item 3
North Korea is demanding that Tokyo immediately lift sanctions imposed on Pyongyang in response to its test-launch of missiles. A North Korean envoy to Japan says his country will retaliate with stronger measures if the sanctions are lifted. After North Korea test-fired steven missiles, Tokyo barred a North Korean ferry from Japaneseports for six months and banned North Korean officals from entering the country. South Korea today rejected Pyongyang's request for military talks, saying they were inappropriate at this time. But it said ministerial talks will go ahead as scheduled next week.
Keys: 1-Sanctions. 2-Because North Korea test-launched missiles
3-It will retaliate with stronger measures. 4-Seven 5-Entering Japan
6-North Korea's demand for military talks 7-Ministerial talks between the two Koreas Section D Item 1
The Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has paid a brief visit to a controversial Tokyo war shrine, prompting sharp protests from two of Japan's neighbors. It's Mr. Koizumi 's fifth visit ti the Yasukuni Shrine since he tookoffice in 2001. Critics see such visits as tantamount to condoning atrocities committed by Japanesetroops during the Second Word War. China has described it as a grave provocation to the people of China, and South Korea has issued a formal protest. Bae Yong-Han is a spokesman for the South Korean Foreign Ministry.
“We feel disappointments and anger at Prime Minister Koizum'is repeat(ed) visit to Yasukuni Shrine, which glorifies the past history of invasion despite the wishes of our government.”
Keys:1-Fifth 2-Tokyo 3-Sharp protests 4-prompted 5-condoning atrocities 6-grave provocation 7-issued 8-glorifies 9-despite the wishes
Item 2
The State Department says Venezuelan police failed to protect the U.S. ambassador there as demonstrators threw eggs and food at his car. Spokesman Sean McCormack said Venezuela's ambassador to the U.S. was summoned to the State Department to hear the U.S. complaint. A spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Caracas said groups of motorcyclists attacked the car carrying Ambassador William Brownfield. He said Venezuelan police escorts did nothing to stop the demonstrators who pounded on the car and chased it for miles. The embassy spokesman said the attack to appear been organized by the Caracas Mayor 's office. A spokesman for the mayor denied that charge. The U.S. has been at odds with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for several years.
Keys: Task 1 : BD Task 2 : FFFTTF
Item 3
Russia has expressed regret for the killing of a Japanese fisherman today when a patrol vessel fired a warning shot at a fishing boat near the disputed Kurill Islands. But Russia's Foreign Ministry says in a statement that Japan is at fault for the incident because it does not curb Japanese fishing in Russia water. Japan has launched a strong protest as we hear from VOA's Steve Herman in Tokyo.
“A diplomatic row out between Japan and Russia on Wednesday following the shooting death of a Japanesefisherman in waters claimed by both countries .The
incident took place near the island chain the Russians call the Kurils and the Japanesecall the Northern Territories .The islands were seized from Japan by the Soviet Union in the closing days World War II and have been under Russian control ever since ,but Japan still claim them. Foreign Ministry Taro Aso after summoning Russia's deputy ambassador told reporters in Tokyo that the killing of the Japanese fisherman was an outrageous act .Steve Herman,VOA News,Toky”o.
Keys :
1.It has expressed regret for the killing of the Japanese fisherman today.
2.A Russian patrol vessel fired a warning shot at the fishing boat near the disputed Kuril Islands.
3.Japan does not curb Japanes fishing in Russian waters .
4.The islands were seized from Japan by the Soviet Union in the closing days of World War II.
5.He summoned Russia's deputy ambassadorand told reporter in Tokyo that the killing was an outrageous act.
Section E
1.Congo is holding its first elections in 40 years today that people hope will end years of war and chaos.There are 33people running for president and more than 9,000 people running for seats in the legislature. This is NPR News from Washington.
2.It 'e been a violent weekend in New Orleans .Officials say 6 people were shot to death in 3 incidents within 24 hours ,including 3 brothers gunned down as the porch of an abandoned house.
3.Afghanistan and the United Nations appealed today for 43 million dollars . The money would be used to hele people affected by a severe drought .It would also go to thousands of people who have been displaced by fighting in southern Afghanistan. This is the NPR News .
4.Apple Computer is recalling 1.8 million laptop batteries after complaints from users .It follows the manufacture Dell,which recalled some of its computers last week,the largest in the history.
5.Also in Iraq today officials say gunmen kidnapped 11 Iraqi soliders in a town north of Baghdad .They say the soliders were traveling in a minibus wearing civilian clothes when they were stoped at a phony checkpoint.
Keys：
News 1 (1) free election in 40 years
(2)people (3)9,000 people (4)Today (5)Congo
News 2 (1)incidents (2)6 people (3)3 brothers (4)Weekend (5)New Orleans (6)Shot News 3 (1) appeal (2)the United Nations (3) Today (4) Afghanistan
(5)drought (6)displaced
News 4 (1) recall (2) Apple (3) Last week
News 5 (1)kidnapping (2)gunmen (3)Iraqi soldiers (4) Today (5)north of Baghdad
(6)Stopped
Section B
1.President Bush is due in Mongolia in the next few hours ,the first American leader to visit the country.
2.The American Defense Secrety Donald Rumsfeld has left China after his visit there since taking office in 2001.
3.The Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to arrive in Japan shortly for talks about expanding economic ties, and particularly increasing cooperation in the energy sector.
4.South Asian leaders are holding final talks on the closing day of their summit in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
5.President Bush has ended a visit on Brazil with a speech outlining his ideas for democracy and economic development in Latin America.
Keys: BADAC
Section C
News1
President Bush has met with Pakistani Pervez Musharraf at the White House to discuss a wide range of international and regional issue .The two leader told a joint news conference that the talks were candid and reinforced trust and confidence in each other .Ahead of the meeting ,a controversy developed when President Mushraffaf told a television interview that an American officer had threatened to bomb Pakistan if it did not cooperate in the U.S. -ed war on terrorism. That issue was raised in an exchange with reporters .
Keys :2578
News2
And a meeting in New York between the foreign minister of Guatemala and Venezuela has failed to resolve the deadlock over which country will represent Latin America and the Caribbean as a non-permanent member on the United National Security Council .In a BBC interview after the meeting ,the Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Madour blamed Guatemala for the ongoing impasse .He said it bad show no interest in agreeing to a compromised candidate.
Keys : TASK1 FFFTF
TASK(1) failed ,deadlock ,non-permanent member (2) the ongoing impasse
(3)on interest ,compromised candidate
News 3
Africa 's first female elected leader met with President Bush at the White House today. Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf met with Mr.Bush in the Oval Office and then the two had lunch together in the White House's East Room. Among the issues the two discussed ,there is a request for Nigeria to band over former Liberian President Charles Taylor ,who is want on war crimes charges .She told the reporters today that she asked Mr. Bush for help. Taylor has been living in exile in Nigeria .Many Liberian blamed him for fueling a civil war that ravaged the country. Keys
(1)Africa ' first female elected leader /Liberia n Preside nt Elie n Joh nsonSirleaf.
(2)In the Oval Office .(3)The two had lunch together .
(4)Hand over Liberia's former president. (5)War crimes charges . (6)Fueling a civil war in Liberia.
Section D
The president of Kazakhstan has started a U.S. visit .Nursultan Nazarbayev spent part of Tuesdey and yesterday in Maine .A former President Geoge H.W.Bush, h'se to meet with Mr.Bush's son President Bush at the White House tomorrow .Today ,h'se to unveil a monument tp his country's independence from the Soviet Union in Washington DC. Kazakhastan is important to the U.S for its oil supplies .It 's also a focus of human rights advocates who says that it has a poor recored of protecting the rights of individuals.And the topic id likely to be the White House agenda tomorrow .Nazarbayev has been Kazakhstan;s only leader since it gained independence in 1991.
Keys：(1)President of Kazakhstan (2)only leader (3)in 1991 (4)Maine (5)guest (6)unveil a monument (7)Washington D.C. (8)meet with (9) poor record (10) rights
Item2
Environment minister and official from more than twenty countries have ended four days of informal talks in Greenland in efforts to deal with global warming .Danish Environment Minister Connie Hedegaard ,the meeting ‘s host ,called on participants to stop blaming one for global warming and take concerted action .Participants of the meeting in Greenland's Arctic town of Elucigot included the United States ,China and several European countries .They focused on possible action after the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol ,an accord on reducing global warming .It expires until 2012.U.N. studies show that global warming could melt polar icecaps and push thousands of species close to extinction.
Keys : Task1 AC Task 2 FFTTF
Item3
G-8 leaders are gathering near Edinburgh ,Scotland at this hour for a summit that will focus on aid to African and protecting the environment .They are expected to endorse a write-off more than 40 billion dollars in debt owed by 18 African countries mainly in the sub-Saharan region .On a stop in Denmark en route to Scotland ,President Bush said he would emphasize the need for African nations to commit to good government to get the increased aid .In villages near the G-8 conference site demonstrator smashed car windows and fought with riot police .Some tried to storm barricades surrounding the conference site and dozens were arrested.
Keys :(1) Aid to African and environment protection
(2)They are expected to endorse a write -off of more than 40 mollion dollars in debt owed by 18 African countries mainly in the sub-Saharan region
(3)President Bush said he would em phasied the need for African nations to commit to good government to get the increased aid
(4)In Denmark en route to Scotland
(5)Demonstrators smashedcar windows and fought with riot police .Some tried to storm barricades surrounding the site and dozens were arrested
Section E
1.Meanwhile talks on Russia's bid to enter the World Trade Organization broke off without an agreement.
2.President Bush hosted Australian Prime Minister John Howard at the White House today.
3.Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld traveled to Germany today for a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers.
4.The leader of a rebel movement controlling the north of Ivory Coast, Guillaume Soro, has held talks with mainstream political leaders in the capital Yamoussoukro, the first time they ' ve all met on Ivorian soil.
5.President Chirac of France has begun a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia by meeting with King Abdullah.
Keys:1、Russia ,talks to join the WTO broke off without an agreement
2 、 President Bush ,the Australian Prime Minister ,hosting the guest ,the White House ,today
3、 U.S Defense Secretary ,a meeting of NATO defense minister ,Germany ,today
4、Ivory Coast rebels in the north ,mainstream political leader ,talks ,the capital
5、the French President ,the Saudi King ,a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia.
SectionA
1.Security Council. 2. special fund 3. permanent members 4. closed-door
5.Goodwill Ambassador 6. urgent meeting 7. General Assembly opened.
8. antipoverty. 9. Human Rights Committee Red Cross 10. resolutions Section B
1.(The) United Nations has released new data showing that rich countries have made little overall progress in reducing the output of the gases blamed for climate change.
2.Qatar has become the first Arab country to pledge troops for a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, offering to send up to 300 troops to monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
3.In a speech to the 191-member General Assembly, Mr. Annan urged an enlargement of the Security Council by adding six new members.
4.World leaders speaking on the second day of the United Nations World Summit have called for reform of the international body and have urged it to play a key role in the fight against terrorism.
5.The United Nations has launched its biggest annual appeal for humanitarian assistance, asking for 4.7 billion dollars to help the victims of war, famine and natural disasters around the world.
Answer :1.C 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B
Section C Item 1
The United Nations children' s agency UNICEF is beginning a huge campaign in Pakistan today to immunize 800,000 children affected by the earthquake last month. The agency is sending 600 health teams into towns and mountain villages to vaccinate children against measles, polio, diphtheria and tetanus. UNICEF staff say it would be a race against time to reach children scattered in remote mountain communities before winter snows arrive. The agency has already vaccinated 300,000 children. Keys: Task1 :2 4 7 Task2: 1.children's agency 2. health teams mountain communities immunize/vaccinate winter snows 300000 3.race against time Item 2
The United Nations relief agency says an attack on a displaced persons' camp in Sudan's western Darfur region has reportedly left 29 people dead and 10 seriously injured. A spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees told VGA it' s the first time that a displaced persons' camp has been attacked in more than two years of civil war. The spokesman says up to 300 armed Arab men on horses and camels attacked the camp on Wednesday.
Answer: Task1:1.C 2.D Task2: 1.F 2.T 3.T. 4.T 5.F Item 3
The United Nations World Food Program has appealed urgently for donations of more than 150 million dollars to prevent a food crisis in southern Africa. It warned that almost 10 million people across six countries— Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho and Swaziland— urgently needed food aid. The shortages are blamed on drought and the effects of HIV/AIDS and chronic poverty. A BBC correspondent in southern Africa says that in Zimbabwe, children in rural areas have already started to show signs of malnutrition. She says some eat only once a day.
Answer:1.Donations of more than $150 million 2.Prevention of a food crisis in southern Africa 3.Almost 10 million people 4.Drought,HIV/AIDS and chronic poverty 5.Signs of malnutrition
Section D Item 1
The South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon has won the support of all five permanent members of the UN Security Council in his bid to become the next Secretary General of the UN. Mr. Ban had been the favorite to succeed Kofi Annan in the post, and had come first in three previous informal ballots held by members of the Security Council. However, until this latest vote it had not been known whether his candidacy might be vetoed by one of the five permanent members, the United States, China, Russia, France or Britain. It's expected that a formal vote will be held next week. The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton said new candidates could come forward, but that was unlikely.
Answer：(1) Secretary General (2)Foreign Minister (3)won the support (4)succeed
(5)informal ballots (6)veto (7)candidacy (8)unlike
Item 2
Despite U.S. objections, the United Nations General Assembly today overwhelmingly voted to create a new human rights council to improve the UN's ability to deal with human rights offenders. The council replaces the discredited UN Human Rights Commission based in Geneva. U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton told the Assembly today that UN made some improvements but they are not enough. Bolton told the Assembly that rules for the new council are too weak to prevent human rights violators from obtaining seats. Under the resolution adopted today, the old commission will be abolished June 16th, and the new council will convene three days later.
Answer： Task1:1.C 2.C Task2: 1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.T 6.T Item 3
The United Nations has welcomed new pledges by donor countries of nearly 600 million dollars to fund relief efforts after the South Asian earthquake. But the UN's chief relief coordinator Jan Egeland said it was not clear how much was for immediate emergency relief and how much for longer-term work. Pakistan says 79,000 people have died and Mr. Egeland had early warned that hundreds of thousands more could die without an immediate big boost in funds. Winter snow is expected in the earthquake zone within weeks. A top Pakistani relief official, General Farooq Ahmed, told the BBC that an extra 30,000 troops were in the area to help.
Answer： 1.Donor nations have made piedges of nearly 600millino dollars to fund relief efforts after the South Asian earthouake 2.Mr. Egeland is the UN chief relief coordinator. He said it was not clear how much was for immediate emergency relief and how much for longer-term work. 3. Pakistan says 79,000 people have died and Mr. Egeland had early warned that hundreds of thousands more could die without an immediate big boost in funds 4. Winter snow is expected in the earthquake zone within weeks. 5. An extra 30,000 troops were in the area to help.
SectionE
1.Sri Lankan officials say government forces have killed at least 40 Tamil Tigers and wounded 70 during a rebel attack on strategic areas in the country's northeast. Military officials say five government troops were also killed in the fighting early today around the port of Trincomalee. The rebels say they overran four military outposts, but authorities in Colombo say the rebels have made no territorial gains. Rebels also fired mortar shells into a civilian area in Muthur near Trincomalee, killing at least two civilians.
Answer： A.(4) — B(3)—C(5)—D ⑵—E(1)
2.Hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity in western New York after a major snowstorm this week. It hit Thursday night and dropped as much as two feet of snow by the time it ended yesterday morning. It was the snowiest two days in October in Buffalo since the National Weather Service began keeping track 137 years ago. Authorities say three people died of weather-related causes.
Answer： A.(3)—B(1)—C(4)—D (2)
3.The American space agency NASA has awarded a multi-billion-dollar contract to a group led by Lockheed Martin to design and build the next generation of manned spacecraft. The craft called the Orion is intended to replace the aging fleet of space shuttles. Orion' s shape resem?bles the command modules of the Apollo spaceships from the sixties and seventies. Unlike the shuttle, it has no wings and will parachute back to earth at the end of each mission.
Answer： A.(4) — B(2) — C⑴—D (3)
SectionA
1.expressed concern 2.apologized remarks 3.denied charges warned 4.condemned 5.called for 6.threatened accused 7.deeply troubled 8.allegations baseless 10.stressed the importance
Section B
1.The Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper has announced the construction of two military facilities in the Arctic and a move to assert his country 's sovereignty over the contested region, which is estimated to contain billions of dollars of oil and gas deposits.
2.A speaker purporting to be al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is accusing the US and the European Union of backing a war against Islam.
3.The former president of Iran Mohammad Khatami says American attempts to impose western-style democracy on the Middle East are flawed because democracy is not something that can be exported.
4.The Pentagon has issued a memo to rebut the criticism from several retired generals who called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign.
5.British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his country is taking tough new measures to fight extremism following last month's deadly terrorist attacks in London.
Answer： 1.B 2.D 3A 4D 5C
Section C
Item 1
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is prepared to help Kyrgyzstan's new leaders establish stability in the wake of a political upheaval. Mr. Putin made these comments today following a telephone discussion with Kyrgyzsta'sn opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev who was appointed by parliament to lead an interim government. Kyrgyzstan's new leaders are trying to restore order after two days of massive looting and street violence that left at least three people dead and injured many more.
Keys： 1-(B,D) 2-(A,D) 3-(G) 4-(E)
Item 2
British officials in Iran have denied allegations of any British involvement in violence in the southwestern province of Khuzestan where at least four people were killed in two bomb attacks on Saturday. The British embassy in Tehran condemned the attacks and said Britain rejected allegations linking it to terrorist outrages. Several Iranian officials have made statements implicating British troops stationed across the border inside southern Iraq in the bombings and in previous attacks earlier this year which killed 10 people.
Keys：Task1： 1F 2F 3F 4T 5F Task2:1.embassy rejected linking to
2.Iranian officials implicating bombings previous attacks Item 3
For the first time, President Bush has said it could be accurate to compare the recent escalation of violence in Iraq to the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive marked a strong downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and then-President Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Bush spoke in an ABC TV interview in which he addressed increased violence in Iraq. The comparison of the insurgency in Iraq to the Tet Offensive in Vietnam was made in a column by Tom Friedman in the New York Times.
Keys：1. The 1968 Tet Offensive (during the Vietnam War.) 2 .Downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and then-President 3. Increased violence in Iraq. 4. The New York Times. 5. 。A column writer /a columnist
Section D Item 1
Iran'spresident is denying reports he gave an interview to an Arab newspaper in which he threatened to halt oil sales if Tehran was referred to the United Nations Security Council. I ran's Presidential Media Department made that denial in a statement issued today in a reaction to an article published in the Khaleej Times . Earlier today the United Arab Emirates-based newspaper reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened in an interview to stope oil sales if Iran is sent to the council for its nuclear activities.The reports from a French news agency say the repoter is astonished by the denial ,but the news agency say also says,the publisher of the newspaper says the c0nfusion may be due to the reporter not adequately identifying herself as a journalist.
Answer：1.denying 2.halt oil sales 3.refered to 4.nuclear activities 5.Media
6.made that denial 7.reaction 8. French news agency 9. astonished Item 2
South Korea and Japan say they have not detected any radioactivity to confirm North Korea'sclaim that it conducted an underground nuclear test on Monday .Late Friday unnamed U.S. official said U.S.aircraft have detected traces of radiation in the airsamples collected near the suspectedNorth Korea test site ,but they stressedno final determination had been made .World of the latest findings comes as the UN Security Council members continue to hammer out details of a draft resolution was expected Saturday .The UN draft resolution includes economic and weapons sanctions against North Korea, including a travel ban and financial restriction .
Answer：Task1：1.D 2.B Task2:1.T 2.F 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.T
Item 3
Russian President Vladimire Putin says he will not allow foreign powers to dictate Russia's energy policy or interfere in any of its internal affairs. In an interview broadcast from Saint Petersburg today , Mr .Putin told NBC News that recent Western criticism of Russia is a mix of cold war and colonialist thinking .Mr .Putin singled out U.S.Vice President Dick Cheney 's recent of Russian energy policy in which Cheney accused Russia of using its vast oil and gas resources as tools of intimidation .Putin compared those comments to an errant gunshot by Cheney that wounded a companion on a hunting trip earlier this year . The Russian leader host President Bush and other world leaders later this week in a summit of the G-8 industrialized nations . Mr.Putin said Russia is ready to hear well-intentioned criticism from foreign leaders , but said he will categorically reject what he called interference in Russia's internal affarrs .
Answer:1. Putin says he will not allow foreign powers to dictate Russia's energy policy or interfere in any of its internal affairs.
2.In an NBC interview broadcast from Saint Petersburg today.
3.He called it a mix of cold war and colonialist thinking
4.Cheney accused Russia of using its vast oil and gas resources as tools of intimidation.
5.He compared them to an errant gunshot by Cheney that wounded a companion on a hunting trip earlier this year .
6.Russia welcomes well-intentioned criticism from foreign leaders.
Section E
1.the new assessment of Chin'as military capability
2.reinforces US arguments against lifting a European arms embargo
3.as well as helping bringing those responsible to justice
4.expressed personal condolences and the support of the American people
5.the most closely guarded minister in the government
Section A warming up
1.snowfalls blizzards disrupted
2.worsening drought
3.struck aftershocks
4.collapsed
5.debris trapped crushed
6.relief supplies devastating
7.tornado forecasters
8.locusts
9.tropical storm hurricane
10.battling toxic spill spill
Section B
1.An Air France passenger plane has skidded off the runway and burst into flames on landing at Pearson Airport in Toronto, Canada.
2.In Nigeria at least 12 people were reported drowned after an overcrowded dugout canoe capsized in a remote creek in the oil-producing Niger Delta.
3.A full-scale relief operation is underway on Indonesia ' s Java Island where a tsunami hit Monday, killing at least 340 people.
4.The bodies of 10 New Jersey senior citizens killed in this week ' s tour bus crash
the mountains of northern Chile are being flown home.
5.Hurricane John has been downgraded to a tropical storm after hitting the Baja California Peninsula on the west coast of Mexico. The storm struck the tourist port city of Lepas, bringing down trees and power lines and flooding streets. It had earlier inundated the seaside resort of Los Cabos.
1.C 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.A
Section C
Item 1
Iraqi police say more than 640 people have been killed in a stampede that broke out today near a Shiite shrine in Baghdad. Authorities say some 300 were hurt in ths stampede that erupted on a Tigris River bridge when thousands of people crushed a railing and plunged into the river. Officials say bodies are still being recovered from the river and that the final death toll could rise. The incident occurred when a rumor spread that a suicide bomber was in the crowd.
1—(H) 2— (G) 3—(D,F) 4---B 5---(J)
Item 2
A Peruvian airliner carrying 100 passengers and crew members has crashed in a northeastern jungle town, killing at least 40 people. Officials say the TANS Air Flight 204 went down Tuesday while attempting an emergency landing during a severe storm. Police at the scene say foreign nationals are among the dead, including at least one Italian and an American. Officials say at least 52 people survived the accident with most being treated at area hospitals.
Task 1 1. T 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.T
Task 2 1. Peruvian airliner crew members killing 2. an emergency landing
3.foreign nationals Italian an American 4. 52 survived at area hospitals Item 3
Officials in Japan say the train crash near Osaka in western Japan has killed as many as 57 people, injured more than 400. A commuter train carrying around 580 passengersduring morning rush hour Monday smashedinto an apartment building near Amagasaki, about 400 kilometers west of Tokyo. Workers are still trying to reach some of the passengers trapped in the wreckage. The accident was Japan ' s worst in
more than four decades. Investigators say speed and driver inexperience may be factors in the crash.
1.A train crash
2.Near Osaka, western Japan; morning rush hour, Monday
3.five hundred and eighty commuters
4.It smashed into an apartment building
5.Trying to reach some of the trapped passengers
6.speed and driver inexperience Section D
A fire at a Paris apartment building housing African immigrants has killed at least 17 people, a half of them children. French officials say some 30 others were injured in the blaze that broke out shortly after midnight in a stairwell of the dilapidated building.
Authorities say it took more than two hours for some 200 firefighters to extinguish the blaze. The cause isn ' t known. French media are reporting the victims are from African
countries such as Senegal and Mali. Officials say about 100 children and 30 adults lived in the building, which was run by a humanitarian association. In April a fire at a Paris hotel catering mostly to African and European immigrants killed 23 people. One of the hotel ' s residents admitted to accidentally starting that blaze.
(1) Paris Apartment building Fire (2)When Shortly after midnight
(3)Where In a stairwell of a dilapidated building
(4)Who African immigrants
(5)Why Not known Casualties (6) 17 were killed, a (7) half of them children; (8) 30 were injured Firefighting Efforts Some (9) 200 firefighters were sent to (10) extinguish the fire The April Incident A resident (11) accidentally started a (12) blaze at a Paris Hotel (13) catering mostly to African and European immigrants, (14) killing 23 people Item 2
A small aircraft has crashed into the 20th floor of a high-rise apartment building in New York City, killing at least two people. The plane burst into flames on the impact and fire spread through several floors of the building. The White House said all the indications were that the crash was an accident. Investigators are at the scene gathering evidence, but the authorities don' tbelieve the incident was linked to terrorism. The BBC ' s Gitto Harry was at the scene shortly after the incident and sent this report.
“Fire engines, police cars, ambulances completely blocking the avenue, people having been pushed onto the sidewalks. All they know at this stage is that either a plane or a helicopter has crashed into a building. There are helicopters circling above. There is smoke in the air. There are police running around. The are is being cordoned off. ”
There authorities in New York now say that four people were killed in the plane crash in Manhattan. Reports from the United States say the plane was being piloted by the New Yankee' s baseball pitcher Cory Lidle,hwo died in the incident.
Task 1 1. C 2.A 3.B
Task 21. F 2.F 3. T 4.F 5.T 6.F
Item 3
Thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina are still being evacuated from New Orleans. More than 10,000 people already have been taken by bus to an emergency shelter at a sports stadium in Texas more than 550 kilometers from New Orleans. Rescuers in New Orleans are working to evacuate thousands of additional flood refugees in and near the city 'fosrmer convention center, a large building without power, water or toilet facilities, overflowing with crowds calling for food, water and other assistance. Meanwhile President Bush is to visit the devastated area today. He is schedule to visit parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana that were wrecked by the powerful hurricane.
1.They are still being evacuated from New Orleans
2.They have been taken by bus to an emergency shelter at a sports stadium in Texas more than 550 kilometers from New Orleans.
3.They are working to evacuate thousands of additional flood refugees in and near the city 's former convention centre.
4.the center is now a building without power, water, or toilet facilities, overflowing with crowds calling for food, water and other assistance.
5.He is scheduled to visit parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana that were wrecked by the hurricane.
Section A
1.life expectancy 2. regulators abortion 3. rabies 4. infected with cases 5. bird flu immune 6. outbreaks borne 7. prescription medicines 8. AIDS 9. antiviral 10. medicare Section B
1.
2.Two more Indian states have banned the sale of soft drinks produced by U.S.giants Coca-cola and Pepsi-cola after a test by an environmental group showed high pesticide levels. This brings the total number of states to six where there is a partial r full ban of the soft drinks.
3.An Asian expert says disease and natural disease and natural disasters may pose a greater security threat to the region than conventional political conflicts.
4.The United Nations says opium cultivation in Afghanistan has declined for the first time since 2001 as tens of thousands of farmers have given up opium poppies for legal crops.
5.The authorities in Iran have warned that if the dangerously high level of air pollution in the capital Teheran continues, there could be thousands of casualties. Answers:1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.B Section C Item 1
The number of people infected with HIV , the virus that can lead to AIDS, is still rising and has passed 14 million worldwide for the first time. The United Nations said there had been 5 million new infections this year and warned that AIDS was outstripping global and national efforts to contain it. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst affected region. In Asia, where more than eight million people are infected, the UN says infection rates are rising sharply. It warned that Pakistan, in particular, was on the verge of a serious epidemic.
Answers: Task1 1.A 2.C 3.C
Item 2
The biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in the West African state of Cameroon to discuss the latest scientific findings on the disease which kills more than 1.5 million people worldwide each year. 75% of those victims are African children. Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Yaounde, 80% are from Africa. The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollars in lost GDP each year. The latest research suggests that 41% of the world 'psopulation live in areas where malaria is transmitted.
Answers: task1 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.T
Task2 1. International conference; malaria; West African state; scientific findings 2. costs; in lost GDP 3. world ' s population; is transmitted
Item 3
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E. coli bacteria. Officials have linked bad spinach from Natural
Selection Foods as one source of the E. coli. The company says the products are sold under the brand name Earth Bound Farm. Doctor David Atchison with the FDA says natural selection Foods has voluntarily recalled the spinach. The FDA advises shoppers to get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. At least one person has died. Dozens of others have gotten sick in at least 19states.
Answers:
1.whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E.coil bacteria.
2.bad spinach from Natural Selection Foods.
3.Earth Bound Farm
4.It has recalled the spinach.
5.get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers.
6.one person died and dozens were sick in 19 states.
Section D Item 1
European health experts have gathered in Brussels to formulate a response to recent bird flu outbreaks among migratory birds. The panel today endorsed measures that would increase surveillance and toughen import bans, such as the European Union 'pslan, suspending the imports of untreated feathers from non-EU countries. The European Commission has dedicated an additional 2.2 million dollars for bird surveillance and testing programs. German authorities today confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in wild swans on an island in the Baltic Sea. Outbreaks have been confirmed in the Balkans, Turkey, the Caspian Sea areas and elsewhere. Several EU countries have ordered farmers to keep poultries indoors to prevent transmission of the disease. But the World Organization for Animal Health in Paris says this is not necessary at the present time.
Answers:1. Formulate 2.Bird Flu 3.German 4.presence 5.wild swans
6.the Balkans 7.Turkey 8.toughen import bans 9.Dedicate 10.testing programs 11.to prevent transmission
Item 2
A week after a toxic waste scandal brought down the government of Ivory Coast, teams of Ivorian and French experts are still trying to establish exactly what the material was composed of. Tons of waste from a ship were dumped in leaking drums in at least 11 open air locations in Ivory Coast 'bsiggest city Abidjian. Our correspondent James Copnall is there. The latest health ministry figures show that the health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, a state of panic seems to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian experts were attempting to find out what exactly the toxic waste was composed of.
Answers: Task1 1.D 2.A Task2 FTTFT
Item 3
The White House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businessesthat they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help, and says that a flu pandemic could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for up to two months. In the worst case, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemics tend to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists are currently worried that the Asian bird flu might mutate into that kind of virus.
Answers: 1. It has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic
2.The updated strategy needs cities, states and businessesto prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help
3.It could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time. The infection could remain active in a community for up to two months
4.The pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States 5.It tends to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person
Section E
1.The move is expected / to reduce expenses involved in the drug / that has been hailed as a life-saving treatment
2.In the study / patients who cut their smoking in half / also cut their risk of lung cancer / by 27%
3.European Union officials / continue to reassure the public / that the apparent spread of the avian flu virus / is at this point a threat to animals not humans
4.One hundred and twenty-three identification cards / had been issued to patients who need them / to prove to law enforcement personnel / that they used marijuana for medical purposes
5.Analysts say / total spending on research into malaria last year / accounted for only about one third of one percent of / total medical research and development funding
Unit 7 Personal Changes
Section A
1.interim 2. quit、post 3. sworn in 4. step down 5. named、 chief
6.monarch、reign 7. resigned、 in bribes 8. tapped、 top
9. allegations、 in office 10. replacing、in the job、 nominated、 take over
Section B
1.Democrats in the House of Representativeshave unanimously confirmed Nancy Pelosi as theUnited States ' first woman speaker. Mrs. Pelosi will be the second in line
to the presidency after Vice President Dick Cheney when she takes office in January
2.President Bush has nominated the lead of his Council of Economic Advisors Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank. He succeeds the outgoing chairman Alan Greenapan.
3.Salca Kiir Mayardit was sworn in as Sudan ' s senior vice president today to replace
John Garang who died in a helicopter crash.
4.President Bush' snominee for U.S. United Nations ambassadortold the Senate hearing Monday he will work to make the world body more effective.
5.An outspoken aide to the Russian President Vladimir Putin has resigned in protest against changes in government policy.
Key:
1.A. Mrs. Pelosi became the first woman House speaker in the U.S.
2.B. Ben Bernanke will succeed Alan Greenspan.
3.D. Sudan has a new senior vice president.
4.C. The new UN ambassador nominee vowed to make the UN more effective.
5.A. Government policy shift led to the aid ' s resignation.
Section C Item 1
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan announced today that he ' ll leave his
post as part of White House personnel. McClellan has come under fire from Republicans who have complains that he has not done enough to keep the president ' s
popularity from sliding. The White House also announced that top presidential adviser Karl Rove will give up his policy-making role in order to focus on maintaining Republican control of Congress during the next election.
Key: 1-(C) 2-(D) 3-(H) 4-(G、A) 5-(I)
Item 2
World Bank executive directors meet Thursday in Washington to vote on the nomination of U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz as the bank'nsew president. Mr. Wolfowitz passeda major hurdle Wednesdaywhen European Union officials said they have no objections to his nomination. The nominations had been controversial in Europe because of Mr. Wolfowitz ' s strong support for the war in Iraq. Mr. Wolfowitz acknowledges he is a polarizing person. Washington traditional nominates World Bank presidents while Europe chooses the head of the International Monetary Fund.
Key: Task 1 F、T、T、F、F
Task 2 1). executive directors、vote to 2). a major hurdle、 have no objection
3). traditionally 、Europe、head、 International Monetary Fund Item 3
Argentina 'Fsinance Minister Roberto Lavagna who helped to oversee the country ' s recovery from virtual collapse in 2001 has resigned. Mr. Lavagna quit and amid reports of personal clashes with President Nestor Kirchner as well as disagreement about future economic policy. Mr. Lavagna reportedly wanted tough measures to stop inflation returning, while the president favored more investment to stimulate growth.
Key:
1.Argentina ' s Finance Minister
2.He helped tooversee the country ' s recovery from the 2001 economic collapse.
3.Personal clashes with President; disagreement about future economic policy.
4.Tough measures to stop inflation returning.
5.More investment to stimulate growth. Section C Additional Listening Item 1
President Bush' snominee for a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court Harriet Myers has announced she is withdrawing her candidacy. She said she was concerned that the confirmation processed a burden for the White House. The BBC Washington correspondent says her withdrawal is a huge blow for President Bush. Ms. Myers is an experienced lawyers but has never been a judge, leading to criticism from both Democrats and Republications. One of the Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Edward Kennedy, hopes the future nominee would be acceptable to both the main parties.
Key: 1). Candidacy 2). a vacancy 3). U.S. Supreme Court
4). confirmation process 5). burden 6). a huge blow
7). Democrats and Republicans 8). experienced lawyer 9).judge
10) Senator 11). the future nominee Item 2
Embattled Federal Emergency Management chief Michael Brown has been relieved of his duties as managing the massive hurricane relief effort. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Friday inBaton Rouge said Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen will take charge of federal operations in the area. The Admiral has been overseeing the rescue and recovery effort in New Orleans. Mr. Chertoff said Mr. Brown is return to Washington to over see the Federal Emergency Management Agency' soperations nationwide. A number of congressional leaders and Louisiana officials have fiercely criticized the federal government 'insitial response to the disaster and called on President Bush to fire Mr. Brown. Several Democratic Senators said recalling Mr. Brown to oversee the Emergency Management Agency in Washington is a bad decision. They said his continued presence in the critical position endangers the success of the recovery efforts.
Key: Task 1
1). D. been relieved of his duties to oversee the relief effort in New Orleans.
2). A. Michael Brown is bad choice for his post.
Task 2 T、T、F、F、T、F、T
Item 3
Japan' s parliament has officially chosen Shinzo Abe as the country ' s new pri
minister. VOA ' s Steve Herman has momreTfrookyo.
With the Liberal Democratic Party firmly in control of Japan ' s parliament, there was
no doubt Tuesday who would be selected as prime minister. Lawmakers cheered the announcementof the Lower House vote, showing the LDP President Shinzo Abe defeating his rivals by a large margin. Within hours of his election, Mr. Abe spoke to the nation, assuring it that he would not back away from the reform program implemented by his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi. Mr. Abe instead vowed to accelerate the administrative reform. The new prime minister also reiterated his campaign pledge to make Tokyo a more equal partner in its security alliance with Washington. Steve Herman, VOA News, Tokyo.
Key:
1.They cheered.
2.Because the Liberal Democratic Party firmly in control of Japan ' s parliament.
3.The LDP President Shinzo Abe defeating his rivals by a large margin.
4.He assured the public that he would not back away from the reform program implemented by his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi.
5.He pledged to make Tokyo a more equal partner in its security alliance with Washington.
Unit 8 Business and Economy
Section A warming up
1.signing up for booms 2.layoffs competitive
3. consumer spending upsurge 4. take over
5.opening up 6.inflation interest rates
7.subsidies 8. drop in profits 9. stake 10. stockholders
Section B
1.The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 104 points to 11,076 in active trading today. The NASDAQ closed up 12 at 2,262. And the S&P closed up 9 points today to 1,281. The S&P was down 5 points for the week.
2.American beef is back in the Japanese market and slated to return to South Korea soon. But for America ' s beef exporters who lost two of the three largest markets in 2004 after a few cases of mad cow disease were discovered in the U.S., it is going to be an uphill struggle.
3.The executive board of the International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington has agreed to write off more than three billion dollars in debt owed to it by some of the world ' s poorest countries.
4.Ford Motor Company plans to close truck manufacturing plants in Virginia and Minnesota in 2008. the closure is a part of Ford ' s effort to make its North American
operations profitable again.
5.The New York Stock Exchange enters a new era tomorrow morning. For the first time in its history the exchange will become a for-profit entity that sells its own shares to the public.
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.B Section C
Item 1
The European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson is facing criticism from France and some other countries over negotiations on a new global trade agreement. At today ' s EI foreigner ministers meeting Mr. Mandelson is being called on to clarify concessions he is said to have made to reduce EU farm subsidies as part of a deal to help less-developed countries. There were suggestions the cuts are more generous than those agreed by EU member states and that Mr. Mandelson is exceeding his mandate. He ' s denied the accusation.
1. Exceeding his mandate.
2.Offeri ng aid t less-developed coun tries/
3.Faili ng to sig n the new global trade agreemen/
4.Making too many concessions.
5.Failing to negotiate a better price for EU farm produce. /
6.Failing to act in the interest of EU agriculture.
7.Suspending EU aid to agriculture. /
Item 2
Oil prices hit a record high of more than 71 dollars a barrel today in part because traders were worried about possible disruptions in supply. Analysts said there are concerns about the nuclear dispute with Iran and civil violence in Nigeria, both important oil suppliers. The rise in oil prices comes despite a new report from OPEC that predicts a weakening in world demand for oil. Analysts said it weren'ftor concern about supplies, growing inventories of crude oil would be forcing prices down.
nuclear dispute civil violence
growing inventories
Item 3
Boeing has agreed to pay 15 million dollars to settle a dispute with the State Department over foreign sales of commercial aircraft equipped with a small gyro chip that has military applications. The chip is used in some missile guidance systems. The fine is among the largest ever paid by a company for violation of the Arms Export Control Act. Boeing failed to get the license required for foreign sales and then continued the sales even after the Sales Department told the firm to stop. Boeing spokesman says in hindsight the company should have handled the matter differently.
1.To pay 15 million dollars
2.Because the gyro chip has military applications.
3.The Arms Export Control Act.
4.A license required for foreign sales.
5.Handled the matter differently.
Section D
The International Monetary Fund says the world economy will enjoy strong growth in 2006 marking the 4th consecutive year of expansion. The IMF released its twenty-year report on the global economy today at a joint meeting with the World Bank in Singapore. The lending agency predicts the world economy will grow 5.1 % this year and 4.9% in 2007. Both forecasts are slightly higher than previous estimates in April. The IMF also warns of some economic threats, including rising inflation, increasing oil prices and slowing of the U.S. housing market. Meanwhile the World Bank is criticizing Singapore for barring some invited activists from entering the country to attend the meeting.
The IMF Report of Global (1) EconomyThe Report It is released every (2)two years It was released at a joint meeting with (3) the World Bank;.It was released in (4) Singapore, The IMF Forecast With a (5) 5.1 % growth, Year 2006 is (6) the 4th consecutive year of global economic growth; Year 2007 will witness a growth of
(7)4.9%; Both forecasts are slightly (8) higher than the April (9) estimates.The IMF WarningEconomic threats include:? Rising inflation ? (10) Increasing oil prices. (11) Slowing of the U.S. housing market.The World Bank ' s CriticiSsimngapore was criticized for (12) barring some activists from entering the country.
Item 2
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has confirmed that deliveries of its giant new A380 airliner will be delayed by a further year. The Dubai-based airline Emirates, the largest customer for the new plane, said it would review its options following the announcement. Here is our business reporter Theo Legit.
It 'thse latest in a series of delays which have called the credibility of the 14-billion dollar project into question. Airbus says it 'isn discussions with its customers over how much compensation they will be paid. The company has announced plans for an aggressive cost-cutting program intended to save two and a half billion dollars a year. However, it is yet to confirm whether this will involve job losses at its plants in Germany, France and Britain. The parent company of Airbus, EADS, says that the delays to A380 will cut 6 billion dollars from its profit over the next four years.
Task 1 BAD Task 2 1. T 2.T 3. F 4.T 5.F
Item 3
China has passed another milestone in the growth of its global economic influence. Its reserves of foreign currency have hit one trillion dollars. This massive sum has been build up by the success of China ' s exports which hacsreated a huge trade surplus with the rest of the world. Our economic correspondent Andrew Walker reports.
This is yet another indication of China -grow'ingsefacsotnomic influence. Japan
with around 860 billion dollars has the next largest reserves. The figure for the United
States is less than a tenth of China ' s. Thiso huagsebpeoerntfboluilt up essentially
as an indirect result of the surplus in China ' s trade with the rest of the world.
1. Its reserves of foreign currency have hit one trillion dollars.
2.It has been build up by China 's huge trade surplus with thewroersldt .of the
3.They are another indication of China -grow'insgfeacsot nomic influence.
4.860 billion dollars. less than 100 billion dollars.
Unit 9 Military Affairs
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Section A
Section B
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4.Top U. S. defense officials say the United States hopes to sharply reduce its forces in Iraq by the middle of next year.
5.The American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed an agreement which will enable the United States to set up four permanent military bases in Romania.
Key: 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A
Section C
Item 1
Typescript :
The Americans say they ' ve carried out a successful test of their-manistsi ile defense system. The
Missile Defense Agency said an improved intercept missile, launched from an airbase in California, homed in on a dummy armed missile fired from Alaska and destroyed it. Only five of the ten tests carried out before this exercise had been successful. At a news conference in the Pentagon, the head of the U. S. Missile Defense Agency Lieutenant General Henry Obering said the test represented significant progress in protecting the U. S. and its allies.
Key: 1 --- C 2 --- A, G 3 --- D, H 4 --- B 5 --- E, F
Item 2 Typescript :
A United Nations disarmament conference is under way in Japan, involving government officials and experts from about 15 countries. Officials say at the three-day conference in Yokohama, the participants plan to discuss nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran and regional security. Among the participants of the conference are Japan, the United States and iran. Japanese public broadcaster NHK reports that a Japanese peace envoy says it is important for the UN to take the lead in reconstructing a global framework which has been falling apart. The envoy says that the United States, a major nuclear weapon-possessing nation, is not cooperating in nuclear arms reduction.
Task 1 1.T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. F
Task 2
1.government officials; under way
2.nuclear programs; regional security
3.global framework; falling apart
Item 3
Typescript:
Thousands of Marine Corps reservists in the United Nations (States) face the prospects of being recalled to military duty and sent to Iraq or Afghanistan because of a shortage of volunteers to fill specialist roles. The call has been given permission by President Bush to order up to 2,500 reservists to report for duty the first instance. This is the first time the U. S. Marines have used such a procedure, known as “ Involuntary Recalls ” , since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. the call said
it was facing a shortfall of about 1,200 marines in units due to be deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Key:
1.Thousands of Marine Corps reservists.
2.Because of a shortage of volunteers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
3.Specialist roles.
4.Involuntary recall.
5.2,500. 1,200.
Section D
Item 1
Typescript:
North Korea fired a seventh missile today hours after earlier missile tests sparked international condemnation. Six of the missiles fired were short-range and fell into the Sea of Japan. One was the long-range Taepodong-II rocket, which is capable of reaching the United State. The White House says officials believed the missile failed less than one minute after launch and was not aborted. It felled into the Sea of Japan. North Korea ' s Foreign Ministry described the missile tests
as a matter of national sovereignty. Ministry officials say no country has the right to judge North
Korea for carrying out the tests. The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency session today to discuss the tests. White House spokesman Tony Snow says the key is to get North Korea back to the six-party disarmament talks. He says the United States and its foreign negotiating partners in the talks will determine together how to move forward.
Key:
1.Six 2. short-range 3. Sea of Japan 4. long-range 5. capable of 6. failed 7. after launch
8. was not aborted 9. national sovereignty 10. judge 11. carrying out 12. an emergency session 13. key 14. disarmament talks
Item 2
Typescript:
Seven people aboard a Russian submarine that had been stranded on the ocean floor since Thursday were rescued today. Officials with the Russian Pacific Fleet say all the crewmen aboard a buried submarine survived their three-day ordeal in good condition. They left the vessel unassisted when it was raised to the surface and were immediately taken for medical exams. A
British remote-controlled diving vehicle cut military antenna cables that have been holding the sub
nearly 200 meters down in the north Pacific Ocean. Russian officials say that the sub was raised at emergency speeds due to fears that the crew was about to deplete the air supply. The United States and Britain both rushed rescue equipment to aid the Russian naval crews. The pacific Fleet spokesman says that the successful rescue was made possible thanks to the joint efforts.
Key: Task 1 1. A 2. B
Task 2 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. T 7.F
Item 3
Typescript:
Israeli ground troops clashed with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon today as more Israeli air strikes killed 49 people in Lebanon. Lebanese officials say at least 12 of the death were in a village near the southern port city of Tyre, where Israeli attacks flattened houses. Israel says it is hitting suspected Hezbollah strongholds. Israeli warplanes also blew up a truck in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut today. Near the border, an Israeli general says ground troops are conducting incursions to attack Hezbollah outposts. Unconfirmed reports in Arab media say at least two Israeli soldiers were killed in the fighting. Hezbollah guerillas fired several more rockets into Israel today, killing two Israelis in the city of Nazareth.
Key:
1.49 Lebanese were killed and houses in a village near the southern port city Tyre were fattened.
2.Israel says it is hitting suspected Hezbollah strongholds.
3.Israeli warplanes also blew up a truck in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut.
4.Israeli ground troops are conducting incursions to attack Hezbollah outposts.
5.Hezbollah guerrillas fired several more rockets into Israel today, killing two Israelis.
Section E
Typescript:
1.Retired General William Westmoreland who commanded U.S. forces in the Vietnam War was buried today at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
2.Hundreds of marine(s) and Iraq troops are taking part in a new offensive targeting an area thought to be a stronghold for foreign fighters and other militants.
3.At least two missiles were fired early today from the area of Arcaba, Jordan towards U.S. Navy ships docked at the port there.
4.The U.S. military says it will free 1,000 inma tes from Iraq ' s Abu Ghraib prison.
5.The United States and Japan have announced an agreement that will have the U.S. reduce by nearly half the number of marines stationed on the island of Okinawa.
Key:
1.Westmoreland buried at West Point / Vietnam War commander buried at West Point.
2.New offensive targets Iraqi militants stronghold
3.U.S. ships suffer missile attacks (in Jordan)
4.Abu Ghrib inmates to be freed
5.New agreement reached to cut marines by half in Okinaw
Unit 10 Commemoration and Celebration
Section A warming up
1. celebrated 2.commemorating 3.marked 4. honor 5.carnival street festival
6.laid a wreath 7. reflecting on 8.ring their bells remembrance toll
9. flying at half staff 10. vigil
Section B
1. Spain commemorated the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings with public mourning church bells and silent tributes to the nearly 200 people who died in al-Qaeda' s worst attack in Europe.
2.Earlier London came to a virtual standstill as the city observed two minutes of silence in remembrance of the victims of the bombings.
3.Children descended on the south lawn of the White House today for the annual presidential Easter Egg Roll.
4.The authorities in Saudi Arabia say that Muslims attending this year 'Hsajj pilgrimage in December must possess a certificate proving they ' ve been immunized
against polio if they come from one of the four countries where the disease is endemic.
5.The southern Japanesecity of Nagasaki briefly fell silent Tuesday morning to recall the wartime nuclear attack 60 years ago that turned it into an inferno, instantly killing tens of thousands of people.
1. B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.B
Section C
Item 1
Iraqi Shiite militants marked the 2nd anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein Saturday with a large anti-American protest. Tens of thousands of followers of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched in the same spot in central Baghdad where a huge statue of Saddam was pulled down two years ago. The marchers demanded a timetable for a U.S. pullout from Iraq but President Bush has refused to offer one until
the country is more secure.
1. B, E 2. H 3. I
Item 2
Acts of commemoration are taking place in Asia to mark the devastating tsunami that struck countries around the Indian Ocean one year ago. More than 200,000 people were killed when an earthquake beneath the ocean'fsloor sent torrents of water sweeping ashore in places as far apart as Thailand, Sri Lanka and Somalia. The area worst affected was the Indonesian province of Aceh where entire communities along the coast were obliterated. In Thailand, ,meanwhile, where more than 5,000 people died, a ceremony is being held at Khao Lak. Task 1 1. F 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F
Task 2 1. Acts of commemoration the devastating tsunami the Indian Ocean
2.beneath floor torrents of water more than 200,000，
3.Entire communities obliterated
Item 3
Thousands of people gathered in Washington Saturday to mark a 1912 gift by Tokyo' s mayor promoting friendship between the Uneitd States and Japan. Marching bands and dancing groups paraded down one of the main avenues of the U.S. capital as part of the annual cherry-blossom festival that commemorates Tokyo'gift of thousands of cherry trees which bloom once each year around many of the significant monuments around the United States ' capital.
1. marching and dancing/parading
2.the annual cherry-blossom festival.
3.Tokyo' s gift of thousands of cherry trees
4.Around many significant monuments
5.Tokyo' s mayor, In 1912
Section D
Item1
The end of World War II in Europe was marked on Sunday in ceremonies across the continent. Decorated veterans gathered at Moscow' sBelarus rail terminal to recreate the return of victorious soviet troops 60 years ago. Then the veterans marched to their traditional meeting place where President Putin gave a speech. In Paris, France President JacquesChirac marked the day with a wreath-laying ceremony as did Britain 's Prince Charles in London. In a speech to parliament, German President Horst Koehler honored the victims of Nazism and said the Nazis brought dishonor to the nation.
European Acts of Commemoration Marking the End of World War II In Russia
(1) Decorated veterans gathered at a (2) rail terminal to (3) recreate the return of (4) victorious Soviet troops 60 years ago.
The veterans then (5) marched to their traditional (6) meeting place
Where President Putin (7) gave a speech.
In France President Chirac marked today with a (8) wreath-laying ceremony
In Britain (9) Prince Charles laid a wreath in honor of the dead
In Germany (10) President Koehler honored the victims of (11) Nazism and said the Nazis (12) brought dishonor to the nation.
Item 2
Ceremonies have been taking place in the United States to mark the 5th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. In New York, relatives read out the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died at the site of the former World Trade Center. The commemoration fell silent at the exact times when the two hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers and when the towers themselves collapsed. President Bush went on to Pennsylvania to meet relatives of those who died on the hijacked plane which crashed there before attending a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington. 189 people died in the attack there. Speaking at the memorial service, the Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid tribute to them.
Task 1 BA Task 2 1. F 2.T 3. T 4.F 5.F 6. F
Item 3
Queen Elizabeth toasted her son Prince Charles and his marriage to his longtime lover Camilla Parker Bowles saying he had overcome terrible obstacles and that she is proud of them. Earlier the Queen and Prince Philips skipped the civil ceremony but they did attend a blessing ceremony led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The couple will honeymoon in Scotland. But the Prince 'msarriage wasn' the only wedding ceremony held at Windsor ' s Guildhall Saturday. Three couples got a bit of the royal
treatment when they exchanged vows after the royal wedding. Arriving to a lingering crowd of onlookers and journalists, the couple basked in the attention as they smiled and signed autographs. Two other non-royal couples were also marrying today and all were able to enjoy the large floral arrangements left behind by the royal couple.
1. She said Prince Charles had overcome terrible obstacles and she is proud of them.
2.She skipped the civil ceremony but they did attend a blessing ceremony led by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
3.They will honeymoon in Scotland.
4.Their wedding ceremony was held at Windsor 's Guildohuaplll.eTshme icled and
signed autographs.
5.They were able to enjoy the large floral arrangementsleft behind by the royal couple.
Unit 11 Rallies and Demonstrations
Section A
1.staged demonstrations 2. strike; disruption 3. defying; curfew 4. turned out; in support of
5. defied; gatherings 6. race riots; looters 7. rallied 8. head off; march 9. gathered 10. Riot police; tear gas; disperse
Section B
1.Doctors and former patients of New Orleans 'Charity Hospital have staged a rally to build support for retaining the city 'onsly Level -1 trauma center . It 'bseen closed since Hurricane Katrina flooded the basement and ruined this building 's eletrial system.
2.At least 10,000 people have taken part in a march in Port-of-Spain , the capital of Trinidad and Tobago , to protest about the soaring crime rate in the Caribbean nation and the government 's failure to tackle the problem.
3.Demonstrations have been taking place to coincide with the first United Nations summit on climate change since the Tyoto Agreement . One of the biggest protests was in the Canadian city of Montreal where the summit opened early this weekk .
4.Ugandan police have fired tear gas , rubber bullets and live ammunition to disperse thousands of supporters of the leading opposition figure Kiiza Besigye following his arrest oncharges of treason and rape .
5.People around the world have rallied in May Day demonstrations highlighting everything from worker 's rights to protesting globalizations and the war in Iraq. Russian officials said more than a million people marched in Moscow and other Russian cities to celebrate the traditional workers
holiday.
Key: 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. C
Section C
Item 1
Protests spread across the Muslim world Friday over a news magazine report that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba had desecrated the Koran . In Afghanistan at least nine people were killed in fresh protests Friday.. . The unrests spread to Pakistan which called for a U.S. investigation, an investigation that State Department spokesman Richard Bucher says is well underway. Hundreds of Muslims held a peaceful protest in Indonesia , the world 'psopulous Muslim nation. And in the Gaza Strip several thousand Palestinians marched through a refugee camp in a protest organized by Islamic militant group Hamas.
Key: 1. D 2. F 3. J 4. E 5. B; I 6. A
Item 2
Tens of thousands of Pakistanis have rallied for the fourth consecutive day to protest cartoons
depicting the Prophet Muhammad . A crowd of at least 40,000 people marched through the commercial district of suthern port city of Karachi Thursday. But unlike the previous three days, there were no reports of violence . The protestors burned Danish flags and effigies of the Danish prime minister. Thousands of police and paramilitary troops looked on but did not interfere . The leader of the Sunni Muslim group that organized the rally demanded that the government expel ambassadors of countries where newspapers published the controversial cartoons . President Pervez Musharraf has condemned the violence and noted that some people are exploiting the situation to create violence .
Key:
Task 1: 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T
Task 2:
1.the fourth consecutive; cartoons 2. Danish flags; effigies; protestors
3.expel ambassadors; controversial 4. exploiting; create violence
Item 3
The police in Azerbaijan have used truncheons and water anon to break up a rally of thousands of opposition supporters protesting against the conduct of the parliamentary elections earlier this month. The police intervened when some protestors called for a sitting until the Azerbaijani authorities agree to annul the election results . A BBC correspondent in the capital Baku says the police charged the crowds , knocking people down, and forcing them to disperse. Thew rally was the latest in a series of demonstrations against the elections which was strongly criticized as flawed by international observers as well as by local opposition groups .
Key:
1.Opposition supporters
2.The conduct of the parliamentary elections earlier this month
3.Annulment of election results
4.They charged the crowds , knocked people down and dispersed them.
5.International observers and loval opposition groups
6.Truncheons and water cannons
Section D
Item 1
Thousands of people marched here in Washinton Saturday to protest the war in Iraq. They rallied near the White House and used speeches and chants to urge President Bush to bring U.S. troops home now. VOA ' s jim Randle reports .
The protestors came from many American states and included gray-haired grandmothers, civil rights leaders , middle-age , middle-classpeople , labor organizers, radical political figures and students. They carried a forest of signs , many demanding the quick return-home of U.S.troops from Iraq . And others accused President Bush of being a liar , a criminal , of a fool . They cheered as Cindy Sheehan , the mother of a U.S. solider killed in Iraq , stood up to speak . she said the media and Congress have failed to do their duty as the normal checks and balance that are supposed to keep the government on track .
“ We will be the checks and balances on this ou-tof- control, criminal government. ”
After Ms.Sheehan ' s son Casey died ,she held-daa2y6vigil outside President Bush a'ncsh.Texas r
Her criticism of the president made headlines and broght new energy to the peace movement . Jim Rnadle , VOA News , Washington.
Key:
1.rallied 2. speeches and chants 3. U.S. troops 4. gray-haired 5. civil rights leaders
6.political figures 7. a liar 8. a criminal 9. mother 10. media and Congress 11. do their duty
12. on track 13. vigil 14.Texas ranch 15. brought new energy
Item 2
Iranian Kurds are reported to have staged several protest demonstrations in the past several weeks. They were met with a crack down by Iranian security forces, including the arrest of a prominent Kurdish human rights activist. As VOA'scorrespondent Gary Thomas reports.
Intelligence sources and human rights activists say unrest has been mounting in Iran urdish ' s K
region since the presidential elections in June , in which hard-line conservative candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a landslide victory . At least one person is believed to have been killed by security forces and a leading activist has been arrested. Michael Rouen, a former official of the transitional U.S. occupying administration in Iraq, says unrest has sporadically erupted among Iran 'Ksurds . He says they are jealous of the gains made by the Kurdish residents in neighboring Iraq and angry about the anti-Sunni discrimination by Iran 'Sshiite -dominated the situation to improve under outgoing President Mahmoud Khatami. But it did not, and now they fear the situation will deteriorate under new President Ahmadinejad. Analysts say the makeup of his cabinet will be crucial to determine the direction his administration will take . Gary Thomas, VOA News , Washington.
Key:
Task 1: 1. E 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A
Task 2: 1. A 2. A 3. D
Item 3
Thousands of people have demonstrated against President Bushi and his trade proposals for the Americas at a summit of the American leaders in Argentina. One protest turned violent as rioters smashed shops , set fire to a bank and lit fires in the streets . Treves Camarasani reports After a day of vocal but largely peaceful anti-American protest, the mood changed sharply just as the 34 leaders were gathering to hear the opening speeches of this summit . Afew hundred meters away , violence began to flare. Groups of protests wearing scarves to hide their faces began breaking shop fronts , starting fires and hurling rocks at riot police , who responded with tear gas. At a much bigger peaceful demonstration , the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he wanted to bury the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas once and for all . He said capitalism was destroying the planet and bringing more hunger and misery every day .
Key
1.They demonstrated against President Bush and his trade proposals for the Americas at the summit of the American leaders in Argentina.
2.It was a vocal and largely peaceful anti-American protest.
3.The 34 leaders were gathering to hear the opening speeches of this summit.
4.Groups of protestors wearing scarves broke shop fronts, started fires and hurled rocks at riot police, who responded with tear gas.
5.He said he wanted to bury the proposed Free Trade of the Americas once and for all that capitalism was destroying the planet and bringing more hunger and misery every day.
Section E
1.Correspondents say many of those killed were likely to have been the victims of sectarian attacks while others could have been targeted by criminal gangs seeking ransom.
2.South Korea has previously kept its distance from the initiative largely because of California relationship with North Korea.
3.Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that makes it illegal for California drivers to use a hand-held cell phone unless they are in an emergency situation.
4.Meanwhile Tokyo has passed unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang despite threats of countermeasures.
5.His Grameen Bank now has some 6.5 million borrowers, most of them women. In addition, his bank also gives out nearly 30000 scholarships to poor students annually.
Key: A D A B C
Unit 12 Elections
Section A
1.in favor of; charter 2. mayoral; voting stations 3. clean sweep; boycotted; opposition
4.cast ballots 5. registered; run for 6. fundraising; the midterm election 7. stand; for
8. overwhelming; ruling party 9. Campaigning 10. re-elected
Section B
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1. Preliminary results from Sunday ' s parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan indicate a big lead for the government. But the opposition has pledged to challenge the results in court.
2.Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman says he' gsoing to win his Democratic primary against multimillionaire businessman Ned Lamont despite polls showing Lieberman trailing his challenger by as much as 13 points.
3.Millions of people across brazil have been voting in presidential, congressional and regional elections. The incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva is seeking a second term in office.
4.Votes have been counted in the presidential election in Sri Lanka. Latest estimates put turnout at6 about 75%, but it was much lower in areas populated by the Tamil minority.
5.With 90% of votes coun ted in Poland ' s presidential election, it ' s now inevitable that the two
leading candidates will have to face each other in a runoff.
Key: 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A
Section C
Item 1
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Early indication in Sunday ' eslections in Kazakhstan suggest an overwhelming victory for President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Two exit polls predict Mr. Nazarbayev, who has been in power for the past 16years, has won at least 85% of the vote. The poll is being seen as a test of whether Kazakhstan is moving towards greater political openness. Mr. Nazarbayev said the election was more democratic than ever before with all candidates receiving equal conditions. But the campaign manager of his main rival, Zharmakhan Tuyakbai, said there had been many violations, including discrepancies over voters ' lists and ballot papers.
Key: 1. (B,D) 2. (C, G) 3. (D) 4. (A)
Item 2
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Voters in the Central African Republic have cast ballots for a new president. Incumbent Francois Bozize is favored to win two years after he gained power in a coup. Poll monitors say voting was smooth and fair in today 'rusnoff between Mr. Bozize and former Prime Minister Martin Ziguele, whose party was ousted in the 2003 coup. After casting his ballot, Mr. Bozize called the election a unique occasion. President Bozize fell short of the outright majority needed to win the first round of voting in March.
Key:
Task 1 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F
Task 2 1. smooth and fair; runoff 2. a coup 3. a unique occasion 4. prime minister
5.fell short; outright majority
Item 3
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The people of Ecuador are electing a new president on Sunday with opinion polls suggesting a closer-than-expected race between the main contenders. There are 13 candidates, but the BBC correspondent in the country says only four of them have a realistic chance of winning. They include the former Economy Minister Rafael Correa, a leftist ally of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the country ' s richest man Alvaro Noboa, who is standing for the centre rti.gh
The vote comes after a period of instability. Last year, President Lucio Gutirrez was forced from office by angry crowds and our correspondent says many voters are still fed up with politicians in the country, which has huge oil wealth but where half of the population lives in poverty.
Key:
1.A close-than-expected race between the main contenders.
2.They have a realistic chance of winning
3.The richest man in the country. He sands for the center right.
4.He was forced from office by angry crowds.
5.Half of the population lives in poverty though the country has huge oil wealth.
Section D
Item 1
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The countdown to November ' smidterm elections continues with Democrats and Republicans facing off over issues from gas prices to the war in Iraq. Democrats are hoping to become the majority in the currently GOP- controlled Congress. NPR ' s Allison Keyes reports.
Some analysts have predicted problems for the Republican Party with votes displeased over the direction of the country and with everything from gas prices to the war in Iraq. But Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell told CBS ' s Face the nation not to worry about his party ' s performa
on November 7th.
“ Weare not only gonna protect our incumbents, and we are gonna to win a lot of seats that potential ly the Democrats currently have. ”
Democratic national Committee Chair Howard Dean, however, told CBS that the Bush administration ' s record will hurt it.
“ Republicans are leaving a sinking ship. And the sinking ship is the Republican approach to the war on Iraq and the war on terror. ”
The Prty holding the White House usually loses seats in a president ' s sixth year. Allison Keyes,
NPR News, Washington.
Key:
1.November 7th 2. Democratic 3. Congress 4. the Republican Party 5. displeased
6.gas prices 7. war in Iraq 8. a sinking ship 9. Approach 10. war on terror Item 2
Typescript Final results have been announced in the presidential runoff election in Guinea-Bissau. The story from Mary Marta in our West Africa bureau.
Guinea-Bissau ' s election commission named former army ruler Joao Bernardo Vieira the country new president on Wednesday dismissing complaints by losing candidate Malam Bacai Sanha who filed a 135-page document, asking the commission to annul the results because of alleged fraud. Celebrations by Vieira 'suspporters were quickly dampened by fear that it would incite clashes with the opposition from the ruling PAIGC Party headed by Mr. Sanha. Though Mr. Sanha urged his supporters to remain calm, he said he is going to continue to fight to stay in office. He said he will take up the issue with the Supreme Court which must still finalize the election results. Guinea-Bissau has been plagued by coups and instability since its independence from Portugal in 1975. Mr. Vieira ruled Guinea-Bissau with an iron fist from 1980 until 19999 when he was overthrown in a bloody civil war. Mary Marta, VOA News, Abidjan.
Key: Task 1 1. C 2. C Task 2 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F
Item 3
Key:
1.They are trying to decide whether one of the world 'msost important shipping routes, the Panama Canal, should be expanded, so it can be used by larger vessels.
2.Around five billion dollars. It would involve building another set of locks at the Pacific and Atlantic ends of the canal.
3.40%. Those in favor of a wider Panama Canal are leading by 80% to 20%.
4.Ships are getting bigger. The economies of China and India are expanding rapidly.
5.They need easy shipping access to their markets in North America, Europe and elsewhere Section E
Key:
1.made her comments; will
2.has been reported as saying; will be; he said; wants to address; called; are
3.the giant retailer said; will introduce wage cages; said; is an effort
4.feared; will
5.said today; will develop
Unit 13 Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Section A
1.homemade bombs 2. roadside bomb 3. antiterrorism 4. suicide bomb 5. hostage
6.explosives; car bomb 7. on high alert; aftermath 8. hijacked 9. combat 10. explosive devices
Section B
1. India has gone on high alert following intelligence reports that militants are planning to carry
out terrorist attacks leading up to the country ' s Independence Day celebrations on Monday.
2.An American air marshal has shot and killed a passenger at Miami airport in Florida. Officials said the shooting happened in the area between departure gate and a recently arrived American Airline ' s plane.
3.A passenger jet on its way from Paris to Dublin, Ireland was diverted to an airport in Scotland today after its crew found a note claiming there was a bomb on board. British Royal Air force jets escorted the plane to an airport where it landed safely.
4.Pakistan 'amsbassador to Sri Lanka has narrowly escaped a powerful explosion that hit his convoy in Colombo. Seven people were killed and about eight wounded when a claymore mine went off today as the convoy passed in the Sri Lankan capital.
5.U.S. intelligence agencies have reportedly concluded that the Iraq war has helped inspire a new generation of Islamic radicals and increased the threat of global terrorism.
Key: A D B B C
Section C
Item 1
A series of early morning bomb blasts has killed at least 83 people n the popular Egyptian Red Sea
resort tow n of Sharm el -Sheikh. Three explosi ons tore through the lobby of a luxury hotel , a
parking lot and a market minutes apart. At least two of the explosions are believed to be car bombs . Officials say most of the dead are Egyptians but at least eight foreigners have been confirmed killed . More than 100 people were injured, many of them seriously. Egypt interior 's
minister said there ' s some information linking the blasts with the October bombings in the Sinai restort town of Taba . A claim of responsibility from a group calling itself the Abdullah Azzam
Brigades of al-Qaeda in the Levant and Egypt has not been verified.
Key: 1. C 2. A 3. B; I 4. E 5. G, K 6. J
Item 2
British government officials say a huge intelligence operation is underway to find those responsible for the bomb attacks on London ' s transport system during Thursday morhning ' s
hour . The attacks, three on underground trains and one on a bus , claimed the lives of at least 38 people and injured around 700more . Police said the number of dead could rise further . The first attack came just before nine in the morning on a train lose to the main station in the city ' s financial district. Minutes later the worst incident occurred, a bomb exploded n a deep underground line, killing more than 20 people . Another train bomb tore a hole through a tunnel wall ,hurling debris onto adjacent track involving a further two trains . The fourth blast ripped the roof of a bus . A BBC journalist who just left it , told hw he saw it explode , sending seats flying, and leaving many people badly injured.
Key: Task 1: T F F T T Task 2:
1.intelligence operation; underway; responsible; transport; rush hour
2.deep underground line; tore a hole; hurling debris; further
3.ripped the roof; flying; baldy injured Item 3
The Indian capital Delhi has been placed on high security alert after three explosions rocked the city, killing more than 50 people and injuring many others . The government has called on people to stay indoors . Across the city armed police have taken up positions outside key buildings and the main public areas . The blasts came within minutes on the day when many people were out shopping ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali and the Muslim Eid celebration.
Key:
1. Three explosions rocked the city
2.Fifty were killed and many others injured
3.To stay indoors
4.They ' ve taken upositions outside key buildings and the main public areas
5.They were planned ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali and the Muslim Eid celebration.
Section D
A woman has appread on Jordanian television and confessed to taking part in suicide attacks last Wednesday in the capital Amman . She said she ' d gone into the Radisson SAS Hotel where there was a wedding party wither husband , but although he had managed to blow himself up , she had failed. Reporting from Amman ,here is John Leyne.
Jordan television showed pictures of the woman with the explosive belt still strapped to her waist , she was wearing a traditional black Islamic gown and white headscarf, Then the woman gave her confession. She had come to Jordan from Iraq with her husband four days before the attack , she said . On the day of the bombing , her husband gave her the suicide belt and showed her how to use it . They went in together to attack the wedding in the Radisson Hotel. Then she said to her husband succeeded in setting off his bomb but she did not. So she ran out with the guests.
Key:
1.Suicide 2. appeared on 3. confessed 4. wedding party 5. black Islamic gown 6. white headscarf
7.strapped to 8. husband 9. blow himself up 10. from Iraq Item 2
British authorities say they have foiled a plan to blow up aircraft flying from Britain to the United States. Air traffic has been disrupted as new security measures were put in place and flights in and out of Britain were cancelled. VOA correspondent Gary Thomas has a report from London.
Police and security service agents raided homes in Greater London and Birmingham overni ght to break up a terrorist ring pla nning to blow up U.S. -bound aircraft with explosives. 21
people were arrested . Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson said the plot was a significant one.
“ Wecannot stress too highly the severity that this plot represented. Put simply., this was intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale. ”
Authorities would not say how close the plotters were to acting. But U.S.Security of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said the scheme was well-advanced and in its final stages.
U.S. officials described it as suggestive of an al-Qaeda plot . British and U.S. authorities have raised the threat level on some airline flights to its highest level and banned virtually all hand baggage from airplane cabins . Passengers at British airports found themselves in long lines at security checkpoints and many have been stranded as incoming and outgoing flights were cancelled . Gary Thomas , VOA News, London.
Key: Task 1: B C Task 2: T F F T F T T T Item 3
Reports are coming in of a series of explosions on the Indonesian island of Bali.There are some reports of casualties but it ' s not clear how many . Bomb attianc2k0s0i2n aBtatrlibuted to
Islamist radicals killed more than 200 people . Tim Johnston reports from Jakarta .
According to local media the explosions went off just before eight o ' clock in the evening
two in the village of Jimbaran, a beachside area packed with hotels and tourist restaurants, and another 10 minutes later in a restaurant in Kuta square, one of Bali ' s most popular shopping a
Reports from Bali say the emergency services are attending to the injured , phone lines between the island and other part of the country were overloaded as people struggled to contact friends and relatives in the area . It ' s still too early to say with any certainty if these explosions were bombs , but the blasts come almost three years after a devastating car bomb planted by Islamic extremists killed over 200 people at a night club in Bali.
Key:
1.The explosions went off just before eight o ' clock in the evening .
2.There are some reports of casualties but it ' s not clear how many.
3.Three. Two were in a beachside village packed with hotels and tourists restaurants and one in a restaurant in Kuta square, one of Bali ' s most popular shopping areas.
4. Section E 1. The fighting continues, Mr.Olmert insisted, with no ceasefire now or in the coming days.
2.General Pellegrini is quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying reinforements to the beefed-up UNIFIL force in Lebanon must arrives as fast as possible.
3.Most of the spending , it says, is by the United States and Middle Eastern countries.
4.As well as hiring more agents , the U.S. government wants to install what ' s being called
invisible fence on the long and porous border with Mexico. ”
5.European Union foreign ministers have called for an immediate halt to the fighting in Lebanon
involving Israel and the militant Hezbollah movement . The wording of the statement agreed in the emergency talks in Brussels said there should be what was termed “ animmediate end to hostilities to be followed by a ceasefire.
Unit 14 Parliament and Legislation
Section A
1.lower house 2. Congress legislation 3. Lawmakers 4. Senate; vote 5. Capitol Hill; budget
6.legalize; passed; by a large majority 7. session 8. lift the immunity
9. recessed; passed a bill 10. authorizing
Section B
1.Parliament in Nepal is due to reconvene in a few hours 'time for the first time since it was abolished by the king four years ago . King Gyanendra responded to the demands of the seven-party opposition alliance which forced him to restore democratic rule after three weeks of mass protests.
2.The Peruvian Congress has unanimously approved a controversial bill which would grant Peru control of 35,000 square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean , an area currently controlled by neighboring Chile.
3.The Mexican Congress has passed a law decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin for personal use. The law still needs to be passed by President Fox , but the government has welcomed it , saying police will now be able to concentrate on major drugs traffickers.
4.U.S. Defense Secretary Konald Rumsfeld is testifying before a U.S Senate committee at this hour on the wars in Iraq and Afgha ni sta n . Rumsfeld. Fla nked by several high -level gen erals, told
senators the recent violence in Iraq is in part a strategy by insurgents to influence public opinion in America .
5.A bill designed to change U.S. immigration law has stalled in the Senate . A compromise version of the bill failed to gain enough votes to move forward. Supporters say they plan to keep trying until it passes.
Key: B A D A B
Section C
Item 1
The U.S. Senate has defied President Bush by voting overwhelmingly to strengthen the guidelines governing the treatment of prisoners in American military custody. Senators passed an amendment to the defense spending bill that would explicitly bar U.S. soldiers from torturing of maltreating detainees . They expressed the hope that the measure would repair the image of the United States after the publication of pictures of inmates at Iraq bu Ghraib prison being'asbuAsed.
But a spokesman for president Bush , Scott McClellan, said the administration could still veto the bill .
Key: 1 . D 2. A,F 3. G 4. H
Item 2
The U.S.Senate has opened confirmation hearings on President Bush' cshoice of Judge John Roberts to be the new chief justice of the Supreme Court. In an opening statement Judge Roberts said he would make decisions based on precedent and casse law.
“ If I am confirmed I will be vigilant to protect the independence and integrity of the Supreme
Court. And I will work to ensure that it upholds the rule of law and safeguards those liberties that make this land one of endless possibilities for all Americans. ”
On Tuesday Judge Roberts will answer questions from in fuller detail.
Key:
Task 1: F T F T T
Task 2:
1.opened; on; choice; new chief justice
2.opening statement; precedent; case law
3.confirmed; vigilant; independence and integrity; ensure; upholds; rule of law; safeguards; endless possibilities
Item 3
Congress returns to work this week following a month-long summer break . Republican lawmakers plan to focus on national defense and battling terrorism. The pre-election session is a prelude to the battle for control of Congress . The Senate begins work today on a defense spending bill and will soon work a port security measure. The House , which returns tomorrow, will work on bills legalizing military tribunals and the terrorist surveillance program . With the November
elections looming and their continued control of both the House and the Senate in doubt,
Republicans are taking a time-tested approach by focusing on national security issues.
Key:
1.National defense and battling terrorism
2.The battle for control of Congress
3.Today; tomorrow
4.Defense spending bill. A port security measure.
5.Bills legalizing military tribunals and the terrorist surveillance program.
6.Focusing on national security issues.
Section D
Item 1
The Bush Administration has introduced a much-anticipated bill in Congress to change U.S. law so that a U.S. civilian nuclear deal with India can be implemented. The bill will amend theAtomic Energy Act of 1954 .Jean reports from Poona , India.
Current law bars nuclear technology trade with countries that do not have full-scope safeguards on nuclear facilities. The conditions India must meet include a credible plan for separating civilian power plants from military facilities, cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency on safeguards for its power plants and establishing additional protocols for its civilian nuclear program . India will also support international efforts to control the spread of enrichment and reprocessing technology . Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the agreement will strengthen security in the region because the International Atomic Energy Agency will gain access to India civilian nuclear facilities. Critics of the deal say it could lead to a nuclear arms race in South Asia . For NPR News ,I ' m Jean Parker in Ponna, India.
Key:
1. Bars 2. full-scope | 3. amend 4. implemented 5. Conditions 6. credible plan |
7. military facilities | 8. cooperation 9. enrichment and reprocessing |
10. strengthen security | 11. access 12. nuclear arms race |
Item 2
The bill funds State Department functions and international organizations , bolsters security at US. Embassies and other diplomatic facilities and seeks to strengthen public diplomacy by funding international broadcasting and educational and cultural programs. The measure provides nations , including U.S partners in the war on terrorism . The legislation provides over a billion dollars to support international peacekeeping operations. It includes money for fighting AIDS, ruberculosis and malaria, for combating drug trafficking , and for promoting democracy around the world . The House of Representatives approved their version of the legislation last month. Differences in the two bills will have to be reconciled before a final measure is sent to President Bush for hi signature. Debra Tate , VOA News, Capitol Hill.
Key:
Task 1: B C B Task 2: T T F F F
Item 3
Uzbekistan 'Sesnate has given final approval to a government order for the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from the country . Lawmakers passed the measure today saying the base has caused environmental damage and health problems for local residents. The Upper House of Parliament also says it ' s time to close the Karsh-iKhanabad Airbase because the active military phase of US efforts in Afghanistan has ended .Some lawmakers say the U.S. military presence has become a security problem for Uzbekistan. Last month the Uzbek government announced plans to terminate the basic agreement but they gave no reason for the decision to evict U.S. Asian nation, joining with other countries and calling for an international probe into a deadly military crackdown on civilians on May 13 th.
Key:
1.It has approved a government order for the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from the country .
2.They say the base has caused environment damage and health problems for local residents. Moreover, the active military phase of U.S. efforts in Afghanistan has ended.
3.They say it has become a security problem for Uzbekistan.
4.It announced plans to terminate the basic agreement with the U.S.
5.It has been critical of alleged human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. It called for an international probe into a deadly military crackdown on civilians on May 13th.
Section E
Task 1:
1.President Bush has warned Americans against complacency in his self-declared war on terror.
2.Strong winds and triple-digit temperatures are helping five different fires to grow . At least three homes have been destroyed and others have been damaged .
3.In neighboring Iran, state television reports the Iranian military test-fired surface-to —urface missiles today with a range of as long as 150 miles. According to the report , it also plans to test surface-to-sea missiles later today during its war games in the south of the country.
4.Firefighters have brought in aircraft to help fight the fast-growing fire near the small town of Valley.
5.The incident happened just hours after a UN-brodered ceasefire went into effect.
Task 2:
1.The World Health Organization has decide that the controversial pesticide DDT should again play a major part in the fight against malaria more than three decades after the poison was banned in the United States and many other countries . The WHO is recommending that nations plagued by malaria should use DDT to spray the interiors of homes in affected areas.
2.In an interview with ITV news, Brigadier Ed . Butler said the fighting was far more ferocious
on a daily basis tha n in Iraq, sometimes in volvi ng han d-to -hand combat .
3.American counterterrorism officials say hundreds of FBI agents are looking for possible U.S. ties to that conspiracy .
4.United Nations Children 'Fusnd is making an urgent appeal for women in Iraq to breastfeed their children rather than use infant formula milk . Infant formula needs to be mixed with water
and UNICEF says diarrhea caused by water contamination is one of the biggest killers of Iraqi children.
Task 3:
1.The Arab League Secretary General Arm Moussa said international support for Israel left no space for moderation among Arab states.
2.The UN Special Envoy Terje Rode-Larsen has warned of a security vacuum in southern Lebanon which could last two or three months until peacekeeping troops are fully in place.
3.Homeland Security Director Mihael Chertoff says there are no signs the plot extended to anyone within the United States , but he said the plot uncovered in Britain was in its final planning stages.
4.The U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Alexander V ershbow implied Tuesday that North Korea ' s
apparent test of nuclear weapon has made a direct dialogue with Washington less likely
5.European Union Foreign Policy Chief Janvier Solana says Iran has made no commitment to suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the United Nations Security Council.
Unit 15 Legal Events
Section A
1. appeal; overturn | 2. arrest warrant 3. Jury; sentenced 4. ruled 5. lawsuit |
6. trying; in custody | 7. filed; request 8. standing trial; for; testimony |
9. pleaded not guilty | 10. handed down |
Section B
1.The Supreme Court inn Libya is due to hear an appeal today against the death sentence imposed on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who were found guilty of deliberately infecting children with HIV at a hospital in Benghazi.
2.A German court has convicted a Moroccan man accused of aiding the hijackers who carried out the September 11th , 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States , but acquitted him from direct involvement in the attacks.
3.The Chilean Supreme Court has once again stripped the country ' s former military ruler General
Augusta Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution . General Pinochet can now be charged in a human rights case involving torture and kidnapping.
4.A court in San Francisco in the United States has jailed the former Ukrainian Prime Miniser Pavlo Lazarenko for money laundering, fraud and corruption while in office . Mr. Lazarenko was sentenced to nine years and a fine of 10. million dollars.
5.U.S. and international authorities have charged more than two dozen people in an online child pornography ring.
Key: C B A B D
Section C
Item 1
Most of the 17 people arrested in Canada on Saturday under antiterrorism legislation have appeared in court near Toronto to hear details of the charges against them. Lawyers say some of the group are accused of involvement in an alleged plot to blow up the Canadian Parliament with home-made explosives, taking ministers hostage and even behead them if Muslim prisoners were not released. Others are accused of plotting to take over the headquarters of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. All those named appeared to be of South Asian or Middle Eastern origin, five were aged under 18 . Tight security was imposed in the area around the courthouse in the Toronto suburb of Bramboton with police snipers posted on nearby roofs.
Key:
Task 1: T T F F F T
Task 2:
1.17; on Saturday; anti-terrorism legislation; in court
2.South Asian; origin; aged under 18
3.Tight security; courthouse; police snipers
Item 2
A federal judge in the United States has ruled that a confession by a man accused of plotting to kill President Bush is admissible in court, even though his lawyers argue that it was obtained through torture by the Saudi security forces . The defendant Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, who is a U.S. citizen, is also accused of having links to al- Qaeda. He ' s pleaded not guilty to all charges . Mr.Abu Ali was arrested in 2003 while taking a final exam at a Saudi university . He says he was chained to the floor, blindfolded and whipped until he agreed to talk. The Saudi authorities have denied torturing him.
Key: T F F T F T T T T F
Item 3
The American state of California is suing six of the world 'bsiggest carmakers over greenhouse gas emissions. The State Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he' dseek millions of dollars in compensation for the impact cars have on California r'esosurces, infrastructure and environment. The case is the first of its kind in the United States , and the companies which include Ford General Motors and Toyota, accused fMr.Lockyer of frivolous politics. But speaking on the BBC,Mr.lockyer said they have been forced to act by the federal government 'lasck of
action to tackle .
Key:
1.The state of California
2.
3.The impact cars have on California
4.Ford, General Motors, Toyota
5.Frivolous politics.
6.Lack of action to tackle emissions
Section D
Item 1
The former South African Vice President Jacob Zuma ,once widely seen as a future president of the country , has been acquitted of the rape of a woman with HIV . The judge ruled that sex between Mr. Zuma and his accuser was consensual. The legal action against Mr.Zuma created deep rifts within the governing African National Congress . He faces another trial later this year on corruption charges .Our correspondent in Johannesburg , Peter Biles reports.
Jacob Zuma s'supporters reacted with jubilation when the not-guilty verdict was announced.
His most loyal followers still believed that he could become the next president of this country when Thabo Mbeki steps down in three years time. In reality , though, Mr.Zuma emerges from this rape trial with dwindling political support and his reputation in tatters after his embarrassing testimony in court about HIV\AIDS prevention. At the end of his judgment , Judge Willem van
der Merwe said it ' s been unacceptable for Mr.Ztuomhaave had unprotected sex with a women
who was HIV positive.
Key:
1.Rape 2. former 3. verdict 4. with HIV5; his accuser 6. consensual 7. Unacceptable
8. unprotected sex 9. positive 10. created deep rifts 11. governing dwindling political support
12. in tatters 13. on corruption charges
Item 2
Sudanam Hussein was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity by a court in Baghdad. The charges relate to the killing of 148 Shiite villagers and the torture and deportation of others following an assassination attempt on him in 1982 . As the judgment was delivered, the
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across Iraq has been mixed . In many parts of the country, there were celebrations among Shiite Muslims and Kurds, long oppressed by Saddam Hussein, but in Sunni areas there were protests and some clashes. The Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said the deposed president was a criminal
For tow countries this verdict has been welcome news. In Iran, a country that fought a long and bloody war with Iraq, a government spokesman said it was a just punishment for his inhuman crime . In Kuwait , a country Saddam invaded, the speaker of Parliament called for Saddam to be hanged without delay. But there has been criticism ,especially of the process which many feel has been a one-sided American-controlled trial.
Key: Task 1: B D C Task 2: T T T F T T F
Item 3
By a narrow margin , the U.S. Surpreme Court has struck down the death penalty for murderers under the age of 18 . Story from VOA ' S Jim Malone.
The majority opinion , striking down juvenile death sentences , was written by Justice Anthony
Kennedy. He noted what he called ove“rwthelming weight of international opinion “ that has
moved against the juvenile death penalty in recent years .Justice Kennedy also wrote that American society views juvenile as in his words “ categoricallyless culpable than the average criminal “ becaoufsteheir lack of maturity and emotional stability. Reaction from death penalty opponents was swift and positive . Marshall Levik is with the group called the Juvenile Law Center in New York.
“ We cannot impose capital punishment on offenders who do not demonstrate the same degree of adult blameworthiness , adult culpability and mature judgment as adult offenders do.
The narrow five to four decision affects 19 states that had allowed offenders under the age of 18 to be put to death. Jim Malone, VOA News, Washington.
Key :
1.The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the death penalty for murderers under the age of 18.
2.The international opinion has moved against the juvenile death penalty in recent years
3.American society views juvenile as categorically less culpable than the average criminal due to their lack of maturity and emotional stability.
4.Reaction from death penalty opponents was swift and positive.
5.The decision won five votes and will affect 19 states.
Section E
Task 1
1.The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has spoken by telephone to President Bush and his French counterpart Jacques Chirac.
2.Many areas of the United States again could see triple-digit temperatures today .The National Weather Service says the mercury could go as high as 104 degrees in New York. Yesterday blistering heat settled over the eastern half of the country , forcing people to take extreme measures in search of relief. It was 95 in New York Central Park yesterday and 100 at LaGuardia Airport in Queens. Forecasters say tomorrow could be just as hot also . The scorching heat that has moved into the northeast is still being felt in the Midwest. It forced the evacuation of a Chicago neighborhood after the power and air conditioning went out . By mid-afternoon, the temperature hit 99 in Washington.
3.Sri Lankan government forces and the Tamil Tiger separatist rebels have been involved in fierce exchanges around the northeastern town of Trincomalee nearly three weeks after a dispute over water prompted an escalation in the conflict on the island. Several clashes are also in progress in the Jaffna Peninsula.
4.British Muslim groups have told the Prime Minister Tony Blair that Britain ' s policies on Ira
and Lebanon are putting its citizens at increased risk of attack. An open letter has been signed by more than 30 Muslim groups and the majority of Muslim parliamentarians. Mike Sergeant reports.
The government has always tried to separate criticism of its foreign policy from the domestic terrorist threat. But it seems Muslim politicians and community leaders are increasingly ready to make the connection. Today 'lsetter signed by Muslim MPs, peers and 38 mainstream Muslim groups leaves no room for ambiguity . It condemns terrorist strikes but says that people in the United Kin gdom are being put in increased risk of attack by British foreign policy. Today '
says the government ' s approach to the crisis in the Middle East is giving ammunition to extremists.
But last night, the Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said people who blamed Britain ' s foreign policy for the terrorist threat were making the gravest possible error.
Task 2
1.Mr Castro is a close ally of Mr. Chavez, who says he is deeply concerned fro the elderly Cuban leader ' s health.
2.Lebanon ' dsefense minister says any group that breaks the ceasefire with Israel will be considered a traitor and will be dealt with decisively .
3.The U.S. military in Iraq says its troops have detained 60 suspected terrorists at a Baghdad funeral in a predominantly Sunni Arab neighborhood of the capital city.
4.Hospital officials in Israel say the condition of comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has deteriorated further . A statement issued from the Tel Aviv fHospital where Mr. Sharon is being treated, says the former prime minister has a new chest infection and his kidney output has decreased significantly.
5.Human Rights Watch says Kyrgyzstan is not protecting asylum seekers and refugees and is thus violating international law . The group says Kyrgyzstan forcibly returned four Uzbek refugees to neighboring Uzbekistan recently, jeopardizing their safety. VOA 's Lisa McAdams has more from Moscow.
6.The Kyrgyz government ' s record on protecting Uzbek refugees and asylum seekers who fled last year 'vsiolent uprising in Andijan has been mixed . In the first month after the violence, during which Uzbek government troops reportedly opened fire on civilians , authorities in Bishkek sent back four Uzbeks and secretly jailed others before bowing to international pressure to protect the refugees. Human Rights Watch Moscow Director Allison Gill tells VOA the growing closeness between Kyrgyzstan, a fledgling democracy and authoritarian Uzbekistan is cause for concern.
“ Either the Kyrgyz authorities are actively cooperating with the Uzbek government of they are tacitly allowing the Uzbek security services to operate in Kyrgyzstan. ”
Gill says Uzbek asylum seekers are no longer safe in Kyrgyzstan .Lisa McAdams, VOA News, Moscow.
Unit 16 Israeli -Palesti nia n Con flicts
Section A
1.bulldozers 2. truce 3. shelling 4. Abduction 5. clashes; militia 6. detained;
burst
7.militant; halt 8. gunmen; motorists 9. mortar fire 10. activists
Section B
1.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ' s ruling Fatah Party has succesesnfduellyd daepfolitical
challenge from the militant group Hamas with a victory in West Bank municipal elections.
2.International donors have pledged 500 million dollars in aid for Palestinian territories . The pledges came at the end of a one-day conference of donor nations in the Swedish capital of Stockholm.
3.For the second evening in succession the Israeli Air Force has launched a missile attack on a car carrying Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip , killing a member of the armed group , the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and wounding another.
4.An eight-year-old Palestinian girl has been killed by Israeli artillery fire in the northern Gaza Strip . Twelve people, including five of the girl 'brsothers and sisters and her pregnant mother, were injured w hen an Israeli shell crashed through the roof of the family ' s home in the town of
Beit Lahiya.
5.Fighting has broken out between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza
Strip as Israel expands an operation in the Palestinian territory seeking to stop rocket attacks on its towns and cities.
Key: C D B B A
Section C
Item 1
In his first major act since returning to work after a stroke , the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
buffer zone in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli officials said Palestinians will be excluded from the area to stop militants from firing rockets into troops in Gaza to remain in position. Israel says more than 200 rockets have been fired from northern Gaza since its forces withdrew in Septimber. Key: 1. D G 2. F I 3. A C 4. B
Item 2:
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called on rival Palestinian factions to stop the fighting that has claimed at least 10 lives since Sunday . In the Saudi city of Jedda today Rice said innocent Palestinians have been caught in the fighting, which has occurred in the Gaza Strip and West Bank . Late Monday in Jedda , Rice held talks with Saudi King Abdullah. Jedda was the first stop of a Middle East tour aimed at exploring ways to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Rice is now in Cairo where she is due to meet with the foreign ministers of Egyptian President the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council. She will hold separate talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Item 3: Section D Item 1:
1.presence 2. show off 3. credit 4. flags 5. seashore 6. off-limits 7. barbed wires
8.scavenged 9. whatever 10. empty synagogues
Item 2:
A day-long Israeli siege of a Palestinian prison in the West bank city of Jericho is over . At least two Palestinians were killed , and the prison is in ruins after Israeli forces raided the jail and seized militants accused of assassinating an Israeli Cabinet minister . The attack set up protest across the Palestinian territories. NPR ' s Eric Guaschvawt repots.
Under a unique agreement , British and U.S.monitors wversaw the imprisonment of Ahmed Saadat , the leader of the Popular Front fro the Liberation of Palestine and other PFLP militants accused in carrying out the assassination of Israel 'tousrism minister in 2001 . But the Western monitors pulled out today, citing repeated failures by the Palestinian Authority to improve security and fully enforce the agreement . Minutes after the monitors pulled out ,Israeli forces blasted their way into the prison with tanks and armored bulldozers to try to take custody of the militants. Late in the day , the last prisoners including Saadat surrendered. Newly-elected Hamas members denounced the raid , which sparked a series of violent protests and the kidnappings of at least nine foreigners in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank . This major Israeli incursion into a Palestinian city comes just two weeks before Israeli elections.Eric Guaschvawt,NPR News,Jerusalem.
Key: Task 1: C B Task 2: T T F F T T T F
Item 3
Israel plans to build 117 new housing units in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, VOA
Larry James has this report from Jerusalem .
The Israeli Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that the construction of 117new apartments has been approved by Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz. The statement said the prime minister and the defense minister have ordered that construction move ahead. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon 'osffice confirmed the construction plans . Deputy Defense Minister Ze' veBoim said during a tour of Ariel on Monday that some 3,000 homes are to be built in Ariel .Mr. Sharon has vowed that settlement growth will continue in the West Bank . although Israel is requirede to freese all settlement activity under terms of the internationally backed Roadmap peace plan .Ariel is one of the largest Jewish settlements in the West Bank with some 17,500 residents. Mr. Sharon has vowed those large enclaves would remain in Israeli hands even in a future peace deal. Larry James, VOA News, Jerusalem.
Key:
1.Israel plans to build 117 new housing units in the West Bank settlement of Ariel.
2.Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
3.Monday. He said some 3,000 homes are to be built in Ariel.
4.Israel is required to freeze all settlement activities.
5.He has vowed that those large enclaves would remain in Israeli hands even in a future peace deal.
Section E
1.Military officials say it took several days to delay the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip
for six months.
2.Israel ' s Cabinet has rejected a proposal to delay the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip for six months.
3.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has increased the security level on mass transit systems to orange , not including airlines.
4.Senate Democratic leader Harry Reed is giving President Bush some advice about his upcoming Supreme Court nomination.
5.President Bush declined today to comment on his top political advisor ' isnvolvement in the disclosure of an undercover CIA officer ' s name.
Unit 17 Police Work and Crime
Section A
1.raided 2. Investigating; shot to death 3. Vandals; desecrated 4. turned; in
5.contract killing 6. criminal violence 7. Law enforcement 8. wanted notices
9.riot 10. high-security jail
Section B
1.Police in Seattle say a number of guns were found at and near the house where six young people were shot to death and two others wounded early this morning at what was apparently a party
2.Authorities in Alabama have arrested three college students on a string of nine church fires. Federal agents say the students claimed the first few fires were set as a prank , and the others were started to throw investigators off the track.
3.California corrections officials say the state will start shipping thousands of inmates to prisons in four other states next month . California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says the transfers are necessary because of overcrowding .
4.The five Kansas teenagers who were arrested this week in connection with an alleged plot to stage a Columbine-style massacre at their high school will remain in custody through the weekend while prosecutors in the state decide what if any charges to them.
5.An elderly man from Santa Monica has been found guilty of killing 10 people and injuring more than 60 when he drove his car through an outdoor farmer 'msarket three years ago. Eighty-nine-year-old George Weller was convicted yesterday of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
Key: C C A D D
Section C
Item 1
The chief fundraiser for Britain 'gosverning Labor Party and a close ally and friend of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been arrested by police investigating allegations that wealthy people are offered political and civil honors in return for their financial support of political parties.The fundraiser Lord Levy was detained at a police a station n London . He was later released on bail but has not been charged for any offense. Lord Levy pokesman described ' s s
his arrest as totally unnecessary and said he vigorously denied any wrongdoing.
Key: 1. C 2. D 3. I; J 4. B; G 5. E
Item 2
The police in India have made their first arrest under a new law designed to protect millions of women from domestic violence . They have detained a 47-year-old man in Tamil Nadu for alleged assault and torture. His wife said she ' d suffered years of physical abuse from the man, whom she
described as an alcoholic . The new Indian law came into force on Thursday. It gives victims rights over the assets of abusers, who could also be fined and sent to prison for up to a year . The Indian authorities estimate that every six hours a young married woman is burnt alive, beaten to death or driven to suicide by her husband or his family .
Key: T F T F T
Task 2
1.an alcoholic; detained; assault and torture; physical abuse
2.rights ; assets
3.six hours ; burnt alive; driven to suicide
Item 3
Police in the British city of Birmingham have raided a massage parlor to free 19 women they believe were being forced to work as prositutes. A police spokeswoman said the women from Greece, Italy , Japan ,Latvia , Polandand Turkey were locked up during the day and their passports were taken away . She said three men and a woman were arrested on suspicion of running a brothel. Kate Allen of the human rights group Amnesty International urged the British government not to deport the women back to their home countries.
Key
1. A massage parlor
2.19 women who were forced to work as prostitutes
3.Greece, Italy ,Japan, Latvia, Poland and Turkey.
4.They were locked up during the day and their passports were taken away
5.Three men and a woman were arrested on suspicion of running a brothel.
6.
Two former New York City police detectives are to be sentenced today. They of murdering eight people while on the payroll of the mob. From member station WNYC, Julie Walker has more.
One-time NYPD detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa will be in federal court n Brooklyn today for their sentencing . They face life in prison. Eppolito is expected to make a brief statement as are some victims 'emfabmerilsywmho will also be in court . Eppolito and Caracappa
were convicted in April in one of the most spectacular police corruption scandals in the city ' s history . Prosecutors say the men led double lives, working as decorated cops while moonlighting as ki llers for the Luccchese cime family. Caracappa even helped establish the police department unit for Mafia murder investigations. After retiring , Eppolito went on to write his autobiography called Mafia Cop and played a big part in the mob movie Goodfellas. Both have hired new lawyers and are appealing their convictions. For NPR News, I ' m Julie Walker in New York.
Key:
1.Double Lives 2. New York City 3. convicted of 4. on the payroll 5. life in prison
6.corruption scandal 7. Prosecrtors 8. decorated cops 9. moonlighting 10. NYPD
11. retiring 12. autobiography 13. mob movie 14. appealing
Item 2
Anti- narcotics officials in the United States say they have arrested one of Mexico ' msost wanted drug traffickers-Javier Arellano-Felix. Mr. Arellano-Felix, who was detained in a boat off the coast of California, is accused of being one of the leaders of a family-run cocaine smuggling cartel , based in the Mexican border city of Tijuana. Nick Miles reports from Washington.
U.S. officials say the arrest of Javier Arellano-Felix represents a serious blow to one of the world 'lasrgest drug cartels. The Deputy U.S. Attorney General Paul McNulty said he' bdeen detained in a raid off the Mexican peninsular of Baja California in a joint operation with the Mexican authorities .He was wanted in connection with his alleged involvement in conspiracies to import cocaine and launder money . The U.S. State Department had offered a reward of five million dollars for his capture and he topped the D rug Enforcement Administration l'ist s of most wanted suspects.
Key:
Task 1: D A Task 2: T T F F T F
Item 3
Police in the American city of Phoenix have arrested two men in connection with a series of sniper attacks. The suspects are believed to have been involved in what ' s become known as the
serial shooter case. John Kay reports from Washington.
For more than a year, the desert city of Phoenix has been terrorized by a series of random murders,shootings and sex attacks. The police believed they were hunting for two separate serial killers, and feared the pair were competing with one another to see who could take the most lives. So far , at least 11pedestrians and cyclists have been murdered and dozens more have been raped and injured . Overnight police officers surrounded an apartment block in the east of Phoenix . They arrested two men who are now in custody . But these arrests only refer to one of the investigations. The police are still hunting for another man.
Key:
1.Two men in connection with a series of sniper attacks were arrested.
2.It is located n a desert. A series of random murders ,shootings and sex attacks The terror lasted for more than a year
3.The police feared the two were competing with one another to see who could take the most lives
4.So far , at least 11 pedestrians and cyclists have been murdered and dozens more have been raped and injured
5.They arrested two men on an apartment block in the east of Phoenix. They are still hunting for a man involved in the other investigation.
Section E
Task 1:
1. Venezuela, an ol industry giant, can provide Vietnam with needed technical and financial assistance
2.Thousands of extra police were deployed in France last night , the first anniversary of the start of nationwide riots
3.In a report Oxfam estimates more than 1,000 billion dollars will be spent on arms this year, 15 times the amount devoted to international aid
4.The White House said today that President Bush continues to have confidence in Karl Rove, the president 'p spotolitical advisor
5.General Sarki Amard Biyani, a senior member of the Afghan Interior Ministry, says the South Korean embassy is helping transport the visitors out of Afghanistan.
Task 2:
1.State Department spokesman Sean McCormack Tuesday offered condolences to the family, friends and supporters of activist Akbar Mohanmmadi.
2.The alliance says its forces, fighting alongside Afghan government troops , replied with machine guns, combat helicopters and air strikes from fighter jets
3.In short , the agreement clears the way to do what the Ameican people expect us to do , to capture terrorists, to detain terrorists , to question terroristsand then to try them.
4.Trailing him in Kinshasa is President Joseph Kabila who appwars have done well in the former Rwanda-controlled city of Goma.
5.The German authorities have now launched an investigation.
6.Such was the impact of the crash that wreckage was scattered over a large area.
7.
Unit 18 Science and Technology
Section A
1. vaccinate; effects
2.countdown; lift off; International Space Station
3.fired; orbit
4.stem cell
5.DNA
6.global warming
7.fossilized; dinosaurs
8.mummified
9.Nobel Prize; Big Bang; Big Bang
10.verified; solar; outmost
Section B
1. The first of there spacewalks for the Shuttle Atlantis crew is underway. NASA spokesman Kyle Herring tells us that two of the astronauts began installing a new 35,000-pound addition to the space station
2.United Nations scientists have cast doubt on links between deforestation and the kind of devastating floods seen most recently in Central America.
3.Anew report has warned that the impact of global warming could push some species of birds, mammals and reptiles towards extinction as they become unable to follow their usual migration patterns.
4.Astronomers at the American space agency N ASA say they have detected the light from the first stars created in the universe. Writing in the journal Nature, they say the stars were born more than 13 billion years ago, not long after the birth of the universe itself.
5.Astronomers are voting today on new guidelines that will define what is a planet . Their decision could downgrade Pluto from a planet to a dwarf , a step below Earth and the seven other planets. Planet Pluto is smaller than Earth ' s moon.
Key: B A A C D
Section C
Item 1
China has been setting out its plans for further space missions hours after its second manned
space flight ended successfully. A senior official said the next manned mission in 2007 would include a spacewalk . The astronauts would develop the ability to dock with other spacecraft . In the latest mission, two astronauts arrived safely back on Earth after five days when their Shenzhou VI capsule touched down in Inner Mongolia. They were given a rapturous reception in Beijing at a ceremony presided over by the country ' s defense minister. The flight comes two years after
China ' s first manned foray into space. BBC News.
Key: 1. F; D 2. E 3. J 4. G 5. A
Item 2
Research in the United States indicates that people using mobile phones while driving are just as dangerous as those who drive while drunk. Scientists from the University of Utah used a simulator to compare drivers using phones with others who were over the U.S. legal limit for alcohol in their blood .Jumi Giverin reports.
The research has concluded that driving while talking on the phone seemed to be as bad as or even worse than drunk driving . Doing either makes drivers more than five times more likely to have an accident, they say. One of the researchers ,Professor Frank Drews, told the BBC that they wanted to make this direct comparison , because most societies have already established that the risk from drunk driving is unacceptable, but are still debating mobile phone use.
Key:
Task 1: F T F T T
Task 2:
1. A U.S. study indicates that people using mobile phones while driving is just as dangerous as those who drive while drunk.
2.Scientists from the University of Utah compare drivers using phones with others who were over the U.S. legal limit for alcohol in their blood.
3.Professor Frank Drews made this direct compassion because most societies have already established that the risk from drunk driving is unacceptable , but are still debating mobile phone use.
Item 3
The world 'fisrst cloned dog has been born in South Korea in an experiment which scientists believe will help tackle human diseases such as dementia and diabetes. It is an Afghan hound called Snuppy. Dogs are considered among the most difficult animals to clone . But the scientists of Seoul National University say that as dog suffer from similar diseases to human, Snuppy will be a valuable research model . Jerald Chaplin is one of the team.
“ Weare not in the business of cloning pets; we are n the business of trying to answer whether stem cells can cure diabetes and whether stem cells can help us understand the root causes of diseases like autism or early onset Alzheimer ' s .
Key:
1. The world ' s first cloned dog.
2.Dogs are considered the most difficult animals to clone.
3.Dogs suffer from similar disease to humans.
4.It ' s not a business of cloning pets, but a business of trying to answer whether stem cells can help cure some diseases.
5.Autism, Alzheimer 's, dementia and diabetes.
Section D
Item 1
European Union ministers are meeting later on Monday in Brussels to discuss financing research on embryonic stem cells a week after President Bush vetoed federal funding for the research in the United States. The EU currently finances such work under strict conditions, but some member states are opposed to it . Alex Krueger reports from Brussels.
The funding for stem cell research is part of the EU science program for the next seven years. The EU currently funds tem cell research but under strict conditions. A number of countries are opposed, including Germany, Austria and Slovakia. They argue that the embryos the stem cells come from have the potential to become human beings and therefore it ' s wrong to use them for
experimental purposes . They also objiect funding research which is not allowed in their own countries. They may have enough votes to delay approval of the entire research program budget.
Key:
1. vetoed federal funding 2. financing research 3. Embryonic 4. German, Austria
5.embryos 6. potential 7. object 8. under strict conditions 9. approval 10. delayed Item 2
After three years in space, Europe 'fisrst moon mission ended early this morning . The SMART- 1 spacecraft crashed as planned on a lunar plain . From Berlin, NPR' sEmily Harris reports
SMART- 1 landed with a small flash on a part of the moon called “ The Sea of Excellence
Its flight lasted a year longer than originally planned . European space officials say the mission was so successful they wanted to allow it more time to orbit the moon after a slow journey to get there. SMART-1 sent back to Earth high-resolution photographs and detailed data about the chemical composition of the moon ' s surface. Scientists hope the data will help test a theory that
the moon was formed after Earth and a smaller planet collided 4.5 billion years ago. The mission also tested an ion propulsion engine, using solar power to positively charge Xenon gas atoms which were then spat out of the craft . T he acceleration is relatively slow , but uses little fuel.
SMART- 1 ran out of gas , but by then was within the moon ' s gravitational pull. Emily Harris ,
NPR News , Berlin.
Key:
Task 1: A C
Task 2: F T T T F F
Item 3
Stormy weather may again force the U.S. space agency NASA to delay the first space shuttle launch in nearly a year . Weather problems also blocked Saturday ' s scheduled launch of th
Discovery shuttle.From Kennedy Space Center, VOA ' s Cindy Saint reports.
Discovery ' s seven crew members waved and gave a cheerful thum-ubpssign as they headed to the launch pad . The astronauts were then strapped into the space shuttle which was fueled and ready for take-off . But storm clouds lingered in the launch zone., prompting NASA officials to stop the countdown just minutes before the scheduled launch . Launch director Mike Leinbach announced the delay.
“ We' re not gonna make it today. So, I appreciate your support , both from the crew and the whole launch team and the team worldwide trying to get this vehicle off the ground today , but it not a good day to launch the shuttle. So we are gonna try again tomorrow . ”
The delay was a disappoint for the U.S. space agency, which last launched the shuttle in July, 2005. Discovery 'msission will be only the second launch since the space shuttle Columbia disintegrat ed on reentry to the earth 's atmosphere three years ago , killing all seven astronauts on
board. Cindy Saint, VOA News, Washington.
Key:
1. Stormy weather may delay the U.S. space agency NASA ' s first space shuttle launch in nearly a
year.
2.They waved and gave a cheerful thumbs-up sign as they headed to the launch pad.
3.They stopped the countdown just minutes before the scheduled launch.
4.Two; NASA last launched the shuttle in July , 2005
5.It disintegrated on reentry to the earth ' s aytemaors pahgeor,ekitlhlirnegeall seven astronauts
on board.
Section E The world ' s first earthquake early warning system has begun operating in Japan . The government developed the system takes advantage of the pressure seconds between the first indication of a powerful tremor and the arrival of the second destructive shock. VOA ' s Steve Herman in Tokyo
explains how it works and why some people have reservations about broadcasting such alerts. If a large earthquake would strike Japan today, some people would receive advance notice. This
kind of public address alert recorded at a Tokyo University will automatically be triggered at certain locations , seconds before a big tremor is felt. In other cases, such as trains, the alert will be transmitted digitally of by radio . The secret to the system lies in the anatomy of an earthquake which actually generates two waves: the first is a smaller primary wave that travels at seven kilometers per second; The new system takes advantage of the gap between the two waves to issue a warning that a quake is coming. While proponents of the system tout is ability to save lives, others fear the system might pose a new hazard. They worry that people will panic if an alert is issued. Steve Herman, VOA News , Tokyo.
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