英语专业八级满分听力 test-2

[14:47.15]Section C  NEWS BROADCAST
[14:51.41]In this section, you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.
[14:54.47]Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
[14:57.97]Questions 6 to 7 are based on the following news.
[15:02.13]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.
[15:09.24]Now listen to the news.
[15:11.77]Now that the U.S. space shuttle Discovery is back on Earth, future shuttle missions are
[15:18.56]postponed until the space agency NASA solves the problem of launch debris endangering the orbiters.
[15:25.56]Whenever missions resume, they will continue building the International Space Station,
[15:31.13]which the United States operates with Russia and the support of Europe, Canada, and Japan.
[15:37.04]But there is a legal obstacle that may keep the U.S. astronauts off the Space Station.
[15:42.94]The issue dates back to 1996, when the two countries agreed that Russia would provide the United States
[15:50.82]free crew and cargo transportation to the station until next April.
[15:55.19]This provision proved crucial during the long ban on shuttle flights after the Columbia disaster in 2003,
[16:03.18]for the United States had no other way to get its astronauts and supplies to the station.
[16:28.57]Question 8 is based on the following news.
[16:33.60]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
[16:40.37]Now listen to the news.
[16:43.22]Malaysian President Abdullah Badawi says the Muslim world should do
[16:48.47]more to improve the economic standing of all Muslims.
[16:51.09]He told business leaders gathered in Hong Kong Monday
[16:55.25]that the Islamic world must do all it can to end poverty among all Muslims.
[16:59.85]Mr. Abdullah, who currently chairs the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Conference,
[17:06.19]says the time has come for the OIC to emphasize the economic development of its members.
[17:11.88]He says Muslim populations must not only strive for peace, but also for economic vitality.
[17:18.00]Many of the OIC's members are developing countries in Africa and the Middle East.
[17:23.69]Malaysia has recently been taking steps to promote Islamic banking and finance.
[17:28.61]Next week, senior officials from the Islamic Development Bank, the funding agency of the OIC,
[17:34.62]will meet in Kuala Lumpur to discuss and formulate economic programs
[17:39.11]for the organization's poorer members.
[17:51.86]Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news.
[17:57.00]At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.
[18:03.90]Now listen to the news.)
[18:06.30]This is the 59th annual Tony awards ceremony broadcast nationwide from Radio City Music Hall.
[18:14.84]Monty Python's Spamalot has been a sold-out hit since it opened on Broadway in March.
[18:21.40]It won the Antoinette Perry Awards, the Tonys, for best musical,
[18:26.21]and for director and featured actress in the musical category.
[18:30.36]A new musical, The Light in the Piazza, won the largest number of awards, six.
[18:36.81]Broadway's top dramatic honors went to the much-acclaimed play, Doubt, A Parable.
[18:42.62]The story of a nun's suspicion of child abuse at a parochial school
[18:47.21]won the Pulitzer Prize earlier this year after switching to Broadway
[18:52.02]from a successful off-Broadway run.
[18:54.54]Veteran actress Cherry Jones and director Doug Hughes also took home the top honors in the dramatic category.
[19:02.08]Playwright Edward Albee, the author of Broadway classics, such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf,
[19:09.08]A Delicate Balance and The Zoo Story, was presented with a special Lifetime Achievement Award.