听力原文： Now European finance ministers are expected to reprimand the Irish government to

Finance ministers from the European Unions 15 states are holding their regular monthly meeting in Brussels. They've been given the tricky task of handing out some public criticism to the government of the country with the most successful economy, the Irish Republic. In the last five years Ireland has boomed growing by an average eight percent a year, unemployment has reached its lowest level for 20 years and commodity prices in Dublin became more expensive than in London.

Why do other European countries criticize Ireland？

A．They worry that the Irish Republic’s budget plan will undermine the stability of European Unions.

B．EU countries fear that Irish Republic’s finance plan will cause inflation.

C．Other countries will have to cut taxes.

D．Other EU countries must increase government spending, too.

Finance ministers from the European Unions 15 states are holding their regular monthly meeting in Brussels. They've been given the tricky task of trending out some public criticism to the government of the country with the most successful economy, the Irish Republic. In the last five years Ireland has boomed growing by an average eight percent a year, unemployment has reached its lowest level for 20 years and commodity prices in Dublin became more expensive than in London.

Why do other European countries criticize Ireland？

A．They worry that the Irish Republic's budget plan will undermine the stability of European Unions.

B．EU countries fear that Irish Republic's finance plan will cause inflation.

C．Other countries will have to cut taxes.

D．Other EU countries must increase government spending, too.

听力原文： (9)EU foreign ministers have held a meeting in Brussels to urge Serbia to hold on to its European course. The ministers say Serbia could risk isolation if it quits plans to join the EU over the issue of Kosovo. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana says he hopes the upcoming elections in Serbia will be an opportunity for Serbian voters to show support for the EU course. He adds the situation in Kosovo is better than some have feared, but overall it is still unstable. Solana says EU ministers want the UN Mission in Kosovo to stay in place on the border between Serbia and Kosovo.

What is the aim of the meeting held by EU foreign ministers in Brussels？

A．To urge Serbia to continue its European course.

B．To discuss the upcoming elections in Serbia.

C．To discuss the issue of Kosovo.

D．To determine the border between Serbia and Kosovo.

Large sums of money are needed for the development of all the following EXCEPT ______

A．housing

B．airports

C．water supplies

D．roads

听力原文： Two bombs exploded in Algeria Tuesday as a European Union team met with government leaders to discuss the wave of civilian massacres. One bomb went off at a bus center in the center of the capital of Algeria, killing one person, and an hour later, another bomb blew up in the coastal town of Annaba, killing 3 others. The Algerians agreed to allow European Union deputy foreign ministers into discuss the situation but again, turned down any UN investigation.

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A．A bomb explosion.

B．A traffic accident.

C．Murder.

D．Massacres.

听力原文：M: When will the train from Boston arrive？

W: It was scheduled to be here at 9: 15, but now it is expected to be 15 minutes behind schedule.

Q: When is the train expected to arrive now？

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A．At 9:15.

B．At 9:30.

C．At 9:50.

D．At 10:0

听力原文： Two bombs exploded in Algeria Tuesday as a European Union team met with government leaders to discuss the wave of civilian massacres. One bomb went off at a bus center in the center of the capital of Algeria, killing one person, and an hour later, another bomb blew up in the coastal town of Algeria, killing 3 others. The Algerians agreed to allow European Union deputy foreign ministers to discuss the situation but again, turned down any UN investigation.

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A．At a railway station.

B．At a bus center.

C．In the countryside.

D．In a coastal town.

听力原文： Finance ministers from the world's major economies met Saturday in Washington, and pledged to redouble their efforts to speed world economic growth.

What is called the Group of Seven finance ministers meet regularly to set policy direction for the International Monetary Fund, in which they are the dominant shareholders. The group of seven includes the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada.

Russia's finance minister, Alexei Kedrin, who attended a portion of the meeting, said Russia has no intention of following the OPEC cartel in cutting oil production.

Canada's finance minister, Paul ~le, said there is concern about the potentially destabilizing global impact of the large U. S. budget deficit. But he is encouraged by assurances from U. S. Treasury Secretary John Snow, that the U. S. deficit will come down.

"He has repeated the United States determination to make progress in that regard," he said. "And he has a plan and a time frame. to at least cut that deficit in half in the next number of years. That certainly would be helpful."

During two days of meetings, world finance ministers are also discussing debt problems of the poorest countries. The head of the African Development Bank, Omar Kabhaj, says the poorest countries need more debt relief. But he identifies one group of African countries that have been growing at five percent annual rates and reducing poverty.

The Group of Seven finance ministers regularly meet to ______.

A．discuss how to promote international economic growth

B．set policy direction for International Monetary Fund

C．talk about how to meet the challenges posed by globalization

D．discuss how to control production

For fear of terrorist attacks, Japan, a host country of this year's World Cup, has tightened the security for the event.

A．正确

B．错误

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