17. What did the woman do about her suit？
A.   She reduced the size of it by herself.
B.   She asked somebody else to make it smaller.
C.   She made it longer by herself.
D.   She asked somebody else to make it longer.

SECTION C  NEWS BROADCAST

Questions 18, 19 and 20 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 30 seconds to answer the three questions.

Now listen to the news.

18. The aim of the conference is all of the following but _____.
A.   to review a cease-fire agreement.
B.   to appeal to the world for aid.
C.   to review a disarmament agreement.
D.   to look at Somalia's political future.

19. The conference is proposed by _____.
A.   the Ethiopian government.
B.   the United States.
C.   the United Nations.
D.   the warring factions.

20. If no agreement can be reached, _____.
A.  the US Forces will withdraw from the country.
B.  the US Forces will take over from the UN.
C.  the UN will postpone its decision.
D.  the UN forces will move away from the country.

Question 21 is based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the following question.

Now listen to the news.

21. The Iraq factory must be dismantled because it can _____.
A.   produce animal feed capable of being used as biological weapons.
B.   produce materials for weapons of mass destruction.
C.   produce massive weapons for germ warfare.
D.   produce biological weapons。

Questions 22 and 23 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.

Now listen to the news.

22. For what was Italy criticised?
A.   putting Ocalan to prison.
B.   setting Ocalan free.
C.   letting Ocalan leave Italy.
D.   harboring Ocalan.

23. Turkey would take necessary measures if _____.
A.   Ocalan were given protection.
B.   Ocalan were treated badly.
C.   Ocalan disappeared.
D.   Ocalan took a hostile action.

Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.

Now listen to the news.

24. How long has the Indonesian forest been on fire?
A.  Six months.
B.  Over a year.
C.  Almost one year.
D.  Six years.

25. The fires have caused direct or indirect losses in all of the following areas EXCEPT ______ as mentioned in the news.
A.   heavy industry.
B.   medicine.
C.   tourist industry.
D.   agriculture output.

KEY TO LISTENING COMPREHENSION

1.B  2.D  3.C 4.D 5.C 6.C 7.B 8.B9.D10.A11.A12.A13.B14.B
15.B16.D17.B18.B19.C20.D21.D 22.C 23.A 24.C 25.A

EXPLANATION OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A  STATEMENT

1. "Harrison说所有的大学生都可以免费听音乐会。”

干扰项A:“如果大学生们有空，可以去听音乐会”, 其实是混淆了"be free to（免费）"与"be free（闲暇）"；C:“这场音乐会不收费”也不准确，因为除了在校大学生，对其他人不一定不收费；D:“大学里的所有音乐会对学生都是免费的”，原文中用定贯词说明了这场音乐会，并不代表所有的音乐会。只有B:“大学生不必为这场音乐会付门票钱”才最贴近原文。

2. "Columbus因认为地球是圆的而领先于他的时代。" 答案为D。

ahead of one's time(s) = before one's times:（人）思想过于先进﹑创新﹑领先于其时代
另外，
ahead of time = before time: 在原定时间以前，提前
behind the time(s): 落后于时代，过时
behind time: 在指定时间以后，迟晚

3. “自从他从他的旧公寓搬出后，就住在了一个比我的房子大一倍的房子里。”

"as + 形容词或副词原级+ as (分句)"是同级比较结构，表示“....跟...”一样，原文中虽使用了这一结构，但在as前加了twice，则表示“跟我的（房子）两倍一样大"，可见他的房子比我的房子大，即C。

4. “一看到马路当中有只鸟，他立即停住了车。”

听出并理解词组“bring...to a standstill（把...停住）”，就不难选出正确答案。

下边是与sight有关的一些词组:
at the sight of...: 一看见
by sight: 根据外表印象
catch sight of: 看到，发现，意识到
lose sight of: 不再看见，与...失去联系，
at first sight: 一见之下，立即
Out of sight, out of mind: 眼不见，心不想

5. "我得教同样的教材几遍，这有时很枯燥乏味，而且报酬也不高，但总的说来，与年轻人呆在一起，从中却能得到乐趣。”

by and large = generally speaking = in general: 大体上，总的来说，一般地说
delight in: 感到高兴，愉快

问说话者对他的教学工作喜欢什么。从文中，我们可以听出他对一成不变的教书工作不感兴趣，而且嫌报酬不好，则排除了A与B；同时他说他与年轻人在一起感到愉快；D没有提及。所以答案是C。

6. “Susan在努力了几个小时之后，仍然没能发动起来她的汽车。” 答案为C。

succeed in doing ...: 干成，成功地做...

7. “Mary觉得很难赶上其他同学，她妈妈担心她将来会退学。”

catch up with: 赶上
drop out of = stop attending or taking part in： 退出（活动），退学

Mary的问题是什么呢？并非A: 与她的同学相处不好；而且也不是C: 将要与她的同学一起离开学校；实际上她还没D: 决定不再上学了；她妈妈担心她会退学，担心的原因全在于她赶不上其他同学，因此B: 她落在了别人后边 最符合原意。

8. “他通过了所有的考试，这是他做梦也想不到的！”

看来他从来没有期望过能有这么好的结果，因此答案为B。

beyond one's wildest dreams: （好得）连做梦也想不到
beyond 常与一些名词或词组构成短语，指程度深于﹑范围超出﹑非...所及
如：
b

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