17. When did the latest bomb explosion take place?
A. It took place just one hour after two other bombings.
B. It took place on Thursday.
C. It took place on Tuesday when the train was entering a station.
D. It took place on Tuesday when the train was leaving a station.
正确答案是

18. What was the result of the earlier two other bombings in Pakistan?
A. Nobody died or was injured.
B. At least six people died.
C. Forty-eight people were injured.
D. Both B and C.
正确答案是

Questions 19 and 20 are based on the following news item.    At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions.    Now listen to the news.

19. How many explosions are mentioned in the news?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
正确答案是

20. How many people were injured in these explosions?
A. 44
B. 32
C. 12
D. 2
正确答案是

Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news item.    At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions.    Now listen to the news.

21. How did people react towards the new stamps?
A. People were not very interested in the new stamps.
B. The new stamps are believed to be the most popular stamps in British history.
C. People just went to the post offices to have a look.
D. People formed long lines to see Princess of Wales.
正确答案是

22. How many kinds of stamps are on sale?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
正确答案是

Question 23 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.

23. Which statement is true about the financial markets in the news?
A. The news is about what has been happening on the share markets in Tokyo, New York and London.
B. The news tells us the relations between US Dollar, German Mark, Japanese Yen and Pound.
C. London's share index was 10 lower.
D. Both A and B.
正确答案是

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 questions.    Now listen to the news.

24. Who announced the measure after fighting broke out?
A. Head of the riot police.
B. The city's mayor.
C. German fans.
D. Holland football supporters.
正确答案是

25. How many people were arrested by police?
A. Two
B. Thirty-seven
C. Forty-seven
D. Fifty-seven
正确答案是

PART II    CLOZE [15 MIN.]

Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.    Select the correct choice for each blank.
Proclamation of 1763 was declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in
North America, mainly intended to (26)_____ the Indians by checking the encroachment of white settlers on their lands.    After Indian (27)_____ had resulted in the start of Pontiac's War (1763-64), British authorities determined to (28)_____ intercolonial rivalries and abuses by dealing with Indian problems (29)_____.    To this end, the (30)_____ organized new British territories in America -- the provinces of Quebec, East and West Florida, and Grenada (in the Windward Islands) -- and a vast British-administered Indian reservation west of the Appalachians, from south of Hudson Bay to north of the Florida.    It forbade all white settlement (31)_____ Indian territory, ordered those settlers already there to withdraw, and strictly limited future settlement.    For the first time in the history of European colonization in the New World, the proclamation (32)_____ the concept of Indian land titles, prohibiting (33)_____ of patents to any lands claimed by a tribe (34)_____ the Indian title had first been (35)_____ by purchase or treaty.
Although (36)_____ to alter western boundaries, the proclamation was nevertheless offensive to the colonies as (37)_____ interference in their affairs.    Treaties following Pontiac's War drew a more acceptable line of settlement, and the balance of territory north of the Ohio River was added to Quebec in 1774.    The proclamation, however, failed to (38)_____ the westward movement of pioneers, (39)_____ disregard of its provisions (40)_____ decades of continued Indian warfare throughout the area.