2001年英语专八真题听力原文

　　SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST?

　　News Item 1(For Questions 11-12)?

　　Mike Tyson could sign a deal by Friday to face either Germany’s Axo Shos or Denmark’s BrianNielsen here on August 21 in the heavy weight’s first fight since his release from jail. Theformer World Heavy Weight champion was released on Monday after 4 months behind bars foran assault in the wake of a traffic accident last August. His deal with Showtime makes anAugust come back likely. “August 21st is certainly a day we’re looking at,” Showtime boarddirector, James Lock en s said , “Hopefully in the next few days we’ll have somethingconcrete”. Nevada boxing officials revoked Tyson’s license for more than a year after he bitEvander Holyfield’s ear off in June 1997. But they plan no action on Tyson because the licensethey granted him to fight doesn’t expire until the end of the year. That came before the assaultcharge had been heard, and with the victim’s support.??

　　News Item 2(For Question 13)?

　　The United States has begun to review Russians documents about the life and death of formerpresident John F. Kennedy, and is expected to release them once the review is complete, theWhite House said on Monday. The documents which the Russians gave the United States onSunday would be of particular interest because Kennedy’s assassin Lee Harvey Oswald lived inthe former Soviet Union for several years before he returned to the United States, and wasarrested for killing t he former president on November 22, 1963. Russian President Boris Yeltsinsurprised US president Bill Clinton on Sunday when he turned over what was described a s theresult of exhaustive search of Russian government, military and private archives for papersabout Kennedy and his assassination.??

　　News Item 3(For Questions 14-15)?

　　Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has remained stable at 6.3% in the past 3 months, asbusiness conditions have improved in the last month Figures indicate that from March to Maythis year, the size of the labor force was provisionally at 3,469,000, while the number of theunemployed people stood at 216,000. The number of cases of insolvency, sensationalbusinesses and retrenchment, and numbers of workers affected these cases as recorded bythe Labor Department have shown a declining trend in recent months. From March to May1999, 78 such cases involving 3,882 workers were recorded as compared 93 cases affecting5,220 workers for the 3 months from December 1998 to February 1999. Figures for the periodfrom March to May 1999 when compared with those from February to April 1999 show anincrease in the unemployment rate, mainly in renovation, maintenance, whole sale, and retailand transport sectors, which offset the decrease in construction, import and export andfinancing sectors ??

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