Section A
1.The US has （ ）following the completion of a two-billion-dollar arms deal between Venezuela and Spain.
2.The former American presidential candidate John Kerry has （ ）for controversial （ ）he made about US troops in Iraq. On Monday Senator Kerry warned students at a university in California that if they neglected their education they might get stuck in Iraq.3.An Iranian government spokesman has（ ） that Iran is aiding the Lebanon-based Shiite group Hezbollah. He also（ ） Isreal of dire consequences if it attacks Syria.4.The US has（ ） Tuesday’s military coup in Thailand and called for the restoration of democracy as quickly as possible.
5.The US anti-drug chief has（ ） a
strong military action by NATO forces to destroy the opium industry in southern Afghanistan.
6.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has （ ）to cut off oil exports to the US. Speaking at a youth festival in Caracas, Mr. Chavez accused the US government of aggression against Venezuela.7.The US says it’s （ ）by Iran’s Guardian Council decision to bar more than 1000 presidential candidates form running in next month’s elections.8.Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told reporters Tuesday the （ ）that money was diverted from charities to terror groups are completely（ ）9.Iran has （ ）its determination to develop nuclear technology for peaceful uses.
10.The British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the German Chancellor Angela
Merkel have （ ）of raising international awareness of the threat posed by climate change.
Section B
1.The Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper has announced the construction of two military
facilities in the Arctic and a move to assert his country’s sovereignty over the contested region, which is estimated to contain billions of dollars of oil and gas deposits.
2.A speaker purporting to be al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is accusing the US and the
European Union of backing a war against Islam.
3.The former president of Iran Mohammad Khatami says American attempts to impose western-style democracy on the Middle East are flawed because democracy is not something that can be exported.
4.The Pentagon has issued a memo to rebut the criticism from several retired generals who
called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign.
5.British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his country is taking tough new measures to fight
extremism following last month’s deadly terrorist attacks in London.Section CItem 1
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is prepared to help Kyrgyzstan’s new leaders establish stability in the wake of a political upheaval. Mr. Putin made these comments today following a telephone discussion with Kyrgyzstan’s opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev who was appointed by parliament to lead an interim government. Kyrgyzstan’s new leaders are trying to restore order after two days of massive looting and street violence that left at least three people dead and injured many more.
British officials in Iran have denied
allegations of any British involvement in violence in the southwestern province of Khuzestan where at least four people were killed in two bomb
Item 2
Item 3
For the first time, President Bush has said it could be accurate to compare the recent escalation of violence in Iraq to the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive marked a strong downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and then-President Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Bush spoke in an ABC TV interview in which he addressed increased violence in Iraq. The comparison of the insurgency in Iraq to the Tet Offensive in Vietnam was made in a column by Tom Friedman in the New York Times.Section D
to an Arab newspaper in which he threatened to halt oil sales if Tehran was referred to the United Nations Security Council. Iran’s president Media Department made that denial in a statement issued today in a reaction to an article published in the Khaleej Times .Earlier
Iran’s president is denying reports he gave an interview
attacks on Saturday. The British
embassy in Tehran condemned the attacks and said Britain rejected allegations linking it to terrorist outrages. Several Iranian officials have made statements implicating British troops stationed across the border inside southern Iraq in the bombings and in previous attacks earlier this year which killed 10 people.
today the United Arab Emirates-based newspaper reported the that president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened in an interview to stop oil sales if Iran is sent to the council for its nuclear activities. the reports from a French news agency say the reporter is astonished by the
the newspaper says the confusion may be due to the report not adequately identifying herself as a journalist.
Item2
South Korea Japan say they have not detected any radioactivity to confirm north Korea’s
claim that it conducted an underground nuclear test on Monday. Late Friday unnamed U,S, officials said U.S. aircraft have detected traces of radiation in the air samples collected near the suspected north Korea test site, but they stressed no final determination had been made .Word of the latest findings comes as the UN Security Council members continue to hammer out details of a draft resolution that would impose sanction on north Korea for conducting the reported test. A vote on the resolution was expected Saturday. The UN draft resolution includes economic and weapons sanctions against north Korea, including a travel ban and financial restrictions.
Item3
Russian president Vladimir Putin says he will not allow foreign powers to dictate Russia’s energy policy or interfere in any of its internal affairs. in an interview broadcast from Saint Petesburg today, Mr. Putin told NBC News that recent Western criticism of Russia is a mix of cold war and colonialist thinking. Mr. Putin singled out U.S. Vice president Dick Cheney’s recent criticism of Russian energy policy in which Cheney accused Russia of using its vast oil and gas resources as tools of intimidation .Putin compared the comments to an errant gunshot by Cheney that wounded a companion on a hunting trip earlier this year. The Russia leader host president Bush and other world leaders later this week in a summit of the G-8 industrialized nations Mr. Putin said Russia is ready to hear well-intentioned criticism from foreign leaders, but said he will categorically reject what he called interference in Russia’s internal affairs.
Answers of Unite 4
Section A
1.expressed concern
denial, but the news agency also says, the publisher of
2.apologized remarks3.denied charges warned4.condemned 5.called for 6.threatened accused 7.deeply troubled
8.allegations baseless9.reiterated
10.
stressed the importance
Section B Key
1.B 2.D. 3.A 4.D 5.CSection C Key
1-(B,D) 2-(A,D) 3-(G) 4-(E)
Item 2
Task1
1.F 2.F 3.F 4.T. 5.FTask2
1.embassy rejected linking it to
2.Iranian officials implicating bombings
previous attacks
Item3
1.The 1968 Tet Offensive (during the Vietnam War)
2.Downturn in public support for the war and the president.3.Increased violence in Iraq.4.The New York Times.
5.A column writer /a columnist.
Section D
Item1 Key
1.denying 2.halt oil sales 3.referred to 4.nuclear activities 5.Media 7.reaction 8.French news agency 9.astonishedItem2 Key
Task11.D 2.B
6. made that denial Item3
Home listening 1.C 2.B. 3.C
Task2
1.T 2.F. 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.T
Key
1.He would not allow foreign powers to dictate Russia’s energy policy or interference in any of
its internal affairs.
2.In an BBC interview broadcast from Saint Petersburg today.3.He called it a mix of cold water and colonialists thinking.
4.Cheney accused Russia of using its vast oil and gas resources as tools of intimidation.
5.He compared them to an errant gunshot by Cheney that wounded companion on a hunting trip
earlier this year.
6.Russia welcomes well-intentioned criticism from foreign leaders.
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