2010年英语专八真题听力原文

　　Section C News Broadcast 听力原文

　　In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.Listen carefully and then answer the questions thatfollow. Mark the correct answer to each question onANSWER SHEET TWO.

　　Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10seconds to answer the question.

　　Now listen to the news.

　　"Japan will start an aggressive push to market abroad its mobile technology, especially thenation's popular wallet-phone. " A government official said Tuesday. Although Japan boastssome of [19:37.10]the most sophisticated cell-phones in the world, the nation has failed tomake its handsets, wireless technology and mobile services hits outside of Japan. Among thewireless innovations Japan hopes to paddle is the wallet-phone. The technology relies on a tinycomputer chip imbedded in each cell-phone which communicates with a reader-device atstores, train stations and vending machines for cashless payments. This tiny computer chip wasdeveloped by Japanese Electronics and Entertainment Company—Sony Corporation.

　　Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news.

　　At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

　　Now listen to the news.

　　Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared in the past three months and is now at 11.2 millionpercent, the highest in the world, according to the country's central statistical office. Officialfigures dated Monday show inflation has surged from the rate of 2.2 million percent recordedin May, despite the government's price controls. The country's finance minister confirmed thenew figure in an interview but said the rising inflation rate was not confined in Zimbabwealone. In February, the price of a loaf of bread in the country was less than 200,000 inZimbabwe dollars. On Monday, that same loaf of bread cost 1.6 trillion Zimbabwe dollars.Analysts have said that this Zimbabwean government official inflation rate figures areconservative. Last week, one of Zimbabwe's leading banks, Kingdom Bank, said the country'sinflation rate was now more than 20 million percent. The locally-owned bank predictedtougher times ahead for Zimbabwe in the absence of donor support in falling investment in aneconomy that has been in free fall for almost a decade.

　　Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news.At the end of the news item, you will begiven 20 seconds to answer the questions.

　　Now listen to the news.

　　"A large fire erupted Tuesday in Egypt's parliament and five people were hospitalized for smokeinhalation," official said. There was no official word on the cause of the blaze which ravaged a19th century palace where parliament's upper house located. Dozens of fire tracks were at thescene. While firefighters focused on one corner of the building, the blaze burned heavier onthe second corner, spreading to the second floor. Two helicopters scooped water from thenearby Nile River in small buckets and dumped it onto the blaze. Evacuated employees saidauthorities told them they had ruled out terrorism and that an electrical short-circuit had likelysparked the fire. "Those hospitalized included parliament employees and firefighters," saidAhmad Salah, the fire operation supervisor. The extent of damage was not immediately known.Egypt requires some fire safety measures in buildings, including fire extinguishes. But ingeneral, the rules are not straightly enforced.

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