Trapped in a mine 困在矿井里 First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why is the rescue taking so long?Six men have been trapped in a mine for seventeen hours. If they are not brought to th...

A perfect alibi极好的不在犯罪现场的证据 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。What was wrong with the man's story? 'At the time the murder was committed, I was travelling on the 8 o'clock train...

Out of control失控 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。What was the danger? As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. He waved desper...

Never too old to learn 活到老学到老 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。How long has Mr. Page been teaching? I have just received a letter from my old school, informing me that my forme...

On strike罢工 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。Who will be driving the buses next week? Busmen have decided to go on strike next week. The strike is due to begin on Tuesday. No o...

After the elections大选之后 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。Why did Patrick keep on asking the same question? The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the re...

Monster or fish? 是妖还是鱼？ First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。What was the monster called? Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea. Though people have...

Escape 脱逃 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。Why did the prisoner attack the driver? When he had killed the guard, the prisoner of war quickly dragged him into the bushes. Workin...

The Crystal Palace水晶宫 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。How many people visited the Great Exhibition of 1851? Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteeth century wa...

By air 乘飞机 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。Why did the plane turn back? I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My parents used to live in South America and I u...

After reading an article entitled ‘Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. ...

The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B. C . has just had an operation. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. As there were strange marks on the X-ray...

April Fools' Day愚人节 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。What was the joke? 'To end our special news bulletin,' said the voice of the television announcer, 'we're going over to the...

SOS 呼救信号 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。How did the woman get help? When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was ...

第一部分 TEXTAn ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one shoul...

第一部分 TEXTThe record holderChildren who play truant from school are unimaginative.A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they ...

A car called bluebird“蓝鸟”汽车 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。What mistake was made? The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles ...

A famous clock一个著名的大钟First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Has Big Ben ever gone wrong? When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which...

Red for danger 危险的红色 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。How was the drunk removed from the ring? During a bullfight, a drunk suddenly wandered into the middle of the ring. The cr...

But not murder!并非谋杀！ First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。Do you think that the writer passed his driving test? Why? I was being tested for a driving licence for the third time. I ...