The flying carpet traveled so fast _____ next minute they were in Zimbabwe.

听力原文： A court in Zimbabwe is due to deliver its verdict today in a trial of a journalist who works for the British newspaper The Guardian. The trial is seen as a test case for the country's strict media laws. Andrew Meldrum, an American, who has been living in Zimbabwe for over twenty years, is accused of publishing an untrue story and faces up to 2 years in prison if found guilty. A dozen other journalists have also been charged with offences relating to the new laws. In court Meldrum's defendant argued that his story was published in Britain. It was beyond the jurisdiction of Zimbabwe's laws.

The journalist was brought to court because

A．he was working for a British newspaper.

B．he published an untrue story.

C．the story was published in Britain.

D．he was working with other foreign journalists.

听力原文： At least 34 people have been killed in the worst rail crash in Zimbabwe' s history. Police say a passenger train and a freight train loaded with flammable material collided early Saturday. In the resulting fire, most of the dead were burned beyond recognition. According to police, about 60 people were injured in the crash and taken to two hospitals in the mining town of Hwange in northwestern Zimbabwe. Chief superintendent Bothwell Mugariri said it took four hours to put out the fire.

Coincidentally, there was another train accident early Saturday. It was in central Zimbabwe, and it is believed no one was killed or injured.

At least______ people were killed during the crash.

A．34

B．60

C．26

D．2

听力原文： The United Nations is predicting food shortages in Zimbabwe this year because of government policies that allowed war veterans to take over hundreds of white owned farms, crippling their production.

In a report published Friday, the U. N. Food and Agricultural Organization foresees a nearly one-quarter drop in Zim babwe’s cereal production from last year. This includes a plunge of more than 50 percent in corn yields. The report says Zimbabwe will probably need to import more than 500,000 tons of cereals this year, but has only the hard currency to purchase about one-fifth that amount.

The FAO study says the urban poor and low-income residents of southern and eastern Zimbabwe are most vulnerable to food shortages.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has described the seizure of farms as a justified protest against the ownership by whites of about a third of the country’s productive land.

The government wants to expropriate white-owned land without compensation and redistribute it to landless blacks.

According to the U. N. Food and Agricultural Organization, how much will Zimbabwe’s cereal production drop from last year?

A．25%.

B．15%.

C．50%.

D．20%.

Why is it that Zimbabwe's tourism industry does not care too much about tourists'experiences there?

A．They do not have enough expertise to carry out the investigation needed.

B．They are busy making money from the tourism industry.

C．They don't think environmental sanity is a serious issue there.

D．They never have access to western media like TIME magazine.

听力原文： Despite reports of intimidation, Zimbabweans swarmed to polling stations on the final day of voting in the most competitive parliamentary election in Zimbabwe's history. On the first day of voting, lines of hundreds of voters sneaked around some of the country's 4,000 polling stations. A total of 120 seats were being contested, and Mugabe appoints another 30 law makers giving him and his party a built-in advantage.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT according to the news?

A．Zimbabweans stayed away from voting.

B．Zimbabweans were enthusiastic about voting.

C．Only a few Zimbabweans turned up to vote.

D．Zimbabweans believed that Mugabe would win.

Which of the following is TRUE of Zimbabwe?

A．It became independent from US in 1980.

B．It suffers from inflation and unemployment.

C．It has many refugees fleeing from other countries.

D．It has been ruled by Mugabe for two decades.