The United Nation's role in promoting p______ is increasingly the focus of international attenti

drawn up.

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

The flag which is a combination of Britain's three parts is known as ______.

A．the United Nation

B．St. Patrick

C．the Union Jack

D．Great Britain

A．The people of the Northeast.

B．The significance of the Northeast.

C．The development of the United States.

D．The location of the nation's capital.

sing due to the global financial storm primarily originated from the United States.

A．cancels

B．will be canceled

C．will cancel

D．would cancel

A new United Nation's report is predicting ________.

A．economic growth in Latin America this year will be slower than anticipated

B．economic growth in Latin America this year will reach four percent

C．economic growth in Latin America this year will be faster than anticipated

D．direct investment will increase this year

Since 2000, Hispanics have______more than half (5%) of the overall population growth in the United States—a significant new demographic milestone for the nation’s largest minority group.

A．consisted of

B．composed of

C．amounted to

D．accounted for

听力原文： Good morning, and welcome to American studies 101. I would like to begin this semester by discussing the region of the United States known as the Northeast. This region includes twelve states and a small area called the District of Columbia that is the home of the national government.

The Northeast is a very important part of the United States, for although it covers only about six percent of the nation's geographical area, it contains approximately one-fourth of the country's population. New York, the most popular city in the United States, and several other large cities are located in this region.

Why are these twelve states so important？ In the first place, the Northeast was one of the first sections of the country to be settled by Europeans. Busy cities developed there when most of America was still a sparsely settled wilderness. Many crucial events in the nation's early history took place there. I'll be describing some of those events Wednesday in my second lecture.

Today the Northeast is a great manufacturing and trading region. Thousands of factories produce a wide variety of goods and provide other regions of the country, with items they need. Many large manufacturing firms have their central headquarters here. Some of the country's largest banks, investment agencies, and publishing houses are found in the Northeast. Several of its cities are noted for their fine museums. Some of the country's best known colleges and universities are also located in this region.

Finally the Northeast is the principal location for much of the country's international trade. In the heart of this region New York city is the home of the United Nations.

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A．On the first day of class.

B．At the end of the first week of classes.

C．Halfway through the semester.

D．Just before the final examination.

Watch Consequences Of US-Libyan Relations

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced on Monday that the United Stated decided to restore full diplomatic ties with Libya and clear the nation from the list of terrorism-supporting countries. The Libyan Government welcomed the decision.

This means that the 25-year-old US-Libyan confrontation comes to an end.

Interpretation of this varies, the sudden announcement of the rapprochement is closely related to the issue of Iran's nuclear bidding.

Over a long period of time, Washington called Libya, together with Iran and others, a "rogue nation", which allegedly supported terrorism, and was one of the seven countries that could be subject to possible US nuclear strikes.

The situation altered somewhat since the outbreak of the Iraqi War in 2003. The military forces of the United States and its allies toppled the Saddam Hussein regime with the excuse that Iraq went in for weapons of mass destruction(WMD) programmes. They did so in hopes of making the regime a public example that would pressure others to give up their alleged WMD bidding.

Iran took no heed of this and went on doing what it deemed should be done. Libya, however, was cooperative, abandoning its so-called WMD programmes.

For the co-operative attitude on the part of Libya, the United States gave some limited encouragement, restoring diplomatic representatives to the country in 2004. But restoration of full diplomatic relations did not occur because Libya, in the eyes of the United States, remained a "totalitarian" country, running counter to Washington's push for US-style. freedom and democracy, even though Libya's co-operation in WMD issues was in the United States' strategic interest.

The deadlock over Iran's nuclear bidding cornered the United States to a dilemma(进退两难的窘境): Military strikes are difficult to carry out right now and diplomatic means are yielding no significant results.

It is in this context that US-Libyan ties were put on the agenda. The United States wanted to convey this message: US-Iranian ties could be restored if Iran follows Libya's example, despite the fact that the United States dislikes the Iranian regime.

The message is naturally not only for the ear of Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea but also for other "rogue countries"—Middle-East nations that are in the throes of transformation and some Latin American countries.

The United States, for instance, decided to impose arms embargo on Venezuela almost simultaneously while it announced rapprochement with Libya. The contrast between the punishment and reward helps bring home to other countries the intention that "those who obey survive, those do not perish" in the US international strategy.

To what extent this kind of "punishment and rewarding" strategy would impact the Iran and DPRK's nuclear bidding and those "disobedient" countries, such as Sudan and Venezuela, is worth keeping an eye on.

Oil constitutes another important factor behind the rapprochement. As the second-largest oil producing country in Africa and an important nation located in the North, Libya enjoys unique geopolitical and economic value.

Currently, the oil -rich Middle East is in chaos and the last thing the Bush administration wants is for the United States to become an "oil hostage" to the Middle East, where the US Government is strenuously pushing for democratic transformation.

The situation is compounded by the fact that some Latin American countries are increasingly tilting to the left, threatening to become an unstable energy-resources backyard for the United States.

In view of all this, opening up new energy resources-supplying bases becomes a strategic imperative for the United States.

More importantly,

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

kyline. Today the cold war is over. The risk of the global nuclear conflict has been greatly reduced and the free flow of goods and ideas is bringing to life the concept of a global village. But just as all nations can benefit from the promise of this new world, no nation is immune to its perils. We all have a stake in building peace and prosperity, and in confronting threats that respects no borders-terrorism and drug trafficking, disease and environmental destruction. To meet these challenges most effectively, China and the United States must act in concert. Some argue that with the Cold War's end, the strategic importance of the US-China relationship has diminished. I believe they have it exactly backwards. As a new century begins, the importance of strengthening the ties between the United States and China will grow even greater.

听力原文： Yale University is a private university. It was founded in 1701 and is the third oldest university in the United States. Yale University was named in honor of a wealthy British, Elihu Yale, who had made a series of donations to the school. Yale's initial lessons emphasized classical studies.

Yale is highly selective in its admissions and is among the nation's most highly rated schools in terms of academic and social prestige. It includes Yale College for undergraduate, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and 10 professional schools.

Yale's Sheffield Scientific School, began in the 1850s, was one of the leading scientific and engineering centers in the nation until the 20th century. A graduate school of arts and sciences was organized in 1847. Schools of music, forestry, nursing, drama, management, and architecture were subsequently established. Women were first admitted to the graduate school in 1892, but the university did not become fully coeducational until 1969.

The Yale University Library, with more than 10.5 million volumes, is one of the largest in the United States. Yale's extensive art gallery, the first in an American college, was established in 1832 when John Trumbull donated a gallery to house his paintings of the American Revolution.

Yale's graduates have included U.S. Presidents William Howard Taft, Gerald R. Ford, George Bush, and William J. (Bill) Clinton; political leader John C. Calhoun; and inventor Eli Whitney.

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A．It is a private university.

B．It was founded in 1710.

C．It is the third oldest university in the United States.

D．It was named after a person.