[单项选择]Questions 7 to 8 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question.
Now listen to the news.Which statement is not true
A. The girl was living with her mother.
B. The landlady witnessed the crime.
C. The girl and the suspect probably were dating.
D. The girl was found dead on the floor.

[单项选择]Questions 7 to 8 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question.
Now listen to the news.Which statement is not true
A. The girl was living with her mother.
B. The landlady witnessed the crime.
C. The girl and the suspect probably were dating.
D. The girl was found dead on the floor.

[单项选择] Questions 9 and I0 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.
Now listen to the news.The year 2007 will be named as
A. the Year of Russia in China.
B. the Year of Trade in China.
C. the Year of Trade in Russia.
D. the Year of China in Russia.

[单项选择]Questions 7 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.

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Questions 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.
The European Union’s Commission on Competition ruled Wednesday that the Microsoft Corporation’ has used its powerful market position illegally. The E-U ordered Microsoft to provide information about its Windows operating system to other software companies. The E-U commission also ordered Microsoft to make a version of Windows without one of the company’s own software products. And, it ordered the American software company to pay about six-hundred-million dollars.
Microsoft says it will appeal the decision to the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg.
Microsoft is the world’s biggest software maker. Software is a set of orders for the parts of a computer. An operating system is a complex set of orders that control the computer, its software and other devices.
A. Microsoft did not take it seriously.
B. Microsoft was opposed to the decision.
C. Microsoft decided to do as E. U. required.
D. Microsoft accepted the decision but did not take any measures.

[单项选择]Questions 30 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news.
A. London attracts shoppers from all over the world.
B. Most people in Nigeria live in poverty.
C. Wealthier Nigerians become a big spender.
D. People from the Middle East are the most wealthy.

[单项选择]Questions 29 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news.
A. Foreign investment in unstable regions.
B. BP’s presence in North Africa.
C. Security concerns in risky countries.
D. Protection for foreign oil workers.

[单项选择]Questions 26 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.（）
A. air traffic problems.
B. safety improvement.
C. the number of flights.
D. flight training courses.

[单项选择]Questions 26 to 27 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.
From the report we learn that ______.
A. France supported the ban on the global trade in bluefin tuna.
B. Italy supported the ban on the global trade in bluefin tuna after France.
C. France will immediately stop fishing bluefin tuna.
D. France will stop fishing bluefin tuna after 18 months.

[单项选择]Questions 24 to 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.
What might be the complaints with Toyota’s Prius Hybrid about
A. About its breaking down problems.
B. About its braking problems.
C. About Toyota’s slow response.
D. About electronic problems.

[单项选择] Questions 21 to 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
Who is Howard Stringer
A. He is the newly appointed CEO of Sony.
B. He has a joint nationality of Japan and America.
C. He is the former head of the board of directors of Sony.
D. He is the general manager of Sony.

[单项选择]Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.
Now listen to the news.The new therapy
A. is quite effective as compared with the traditional therapy.
B. combines medical treatment and psychotherapy.
C. focuses on personal development.
D. doesn’t allow the patients to talk about the death of the loved one.

[单项选择]Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following news from the VOA. At the end of the news item ,you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question. Now listen to the news.Last year exports to China was boosted by ______.
A. 25 percent
B. 24 percent
C. 23 percent
D. 22 percent