听力原文： Sierra Leone’s rebels and pro-government militiame..

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听力原文： Sierra Leone's rebels and pro -government militia- men have begun handing over t

heir weapons to U. N. peacekeepers under an agreement to end recent fighting.

U.N. officials say the process has begun in two districts--Kambia and Port Loko. The United Nations says about one- thousand rebels of the Revolutionary United Front and another one thousand militia members are located in the areas.

Meanwhile, U.N. officials say some 250 Bangladeshi peacekeepers have deployed in the heart of rebel territory in the east of the country.

The disarmament deal follows a peace agreement Tuesday between the rebels and the pro - government Civilian Defense Force, made up of ethnic Kamajors.

The Kamajor fighters had attacked rebel positions in northern and eastern Sierra Leone in recent weeks, prompt- ing U.N. calls for peace.

Tuesday's talks were also aimed at consolidating last November's troubled peace deal between the rebels and the government.

R - U - F rebels have fought government forces for the past 10 years in a conflict centering on control of Sierra Leone's diamond - mining areas. The rebels have become notorious for killing and maiming thousands of civilians.

What have the Sierra rebels and pro - government militiamen done under an agreement to end the recent fighting？

A．They have killed thousands of civilians.

B．They have fought each other again.

C．They have begun handing over their weapons to U. N. peacekeepers.

D．They have found a diamond mine.

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Section C听力原文：Nigeria. Leaders of West African nations have finished an emergency meet

Section C

听力原文： Nigeria. Leaders of West African nations have finished an emergency meeting in Abuja. They called for the deployment of peace-keeping troops across the shared borders of Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia. They want the troops to stop increasing violence and end a refugee crisis. The leaders of Sierra Leone and Guinea accused Liberian president Charles Taylor of supporting armed rebels in their countries. Mr. Taylor has .denied their claims.

Q: who is accused by the leaders of Sierra Leone and Guinea？

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A．Liberian President Charles Taylor.

B．U.S. President Bush.

C．The Mayor Lion.

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听力原文：She is Sierra's replacement, isn' t she？（A)Yes, she seems a very nice person.（B)Y

听力原文：She is Sierra's replacement, isn' t she？

(A) Yes, she seems a very nice person.

(B) Yes, she will replace the parts.

(C) Yes, he will be transferred.

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A．

B．

C．

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听力原文： The United Nations mission in Sierra Leone reports tile rebel Revolutionary Unit

ed Front (RUF) has begun carrying out its promise to return weapons and military equipment it seized a year ago from U.N. peacekeepers.

U.N. officials the country say RUF commanders have handed over rifles and other weapons, vehicles, equipment and uniforms at a U. N. ceremony in the northern town of Makeni, a rebel strong hold that U. N. troops moved in to earlier this year.

A U.N. statement says the leader of the rebel delegation, Colonel Ngulu Kpakai, told the U. N. commander that logistical problems had prevented the return of all the U.N. equipment. He promised to hand over more in the future.

The rebels seized the military equipment when they surrounded and seized hundreds of U. N. peacekeepers. The U. N. troops were later released through negotiations and the rebels pledged to return the equipment during peace talks.

Which one of the following is NOT mentioned in the llst of the military equipment handed over？

A．Rifles.

B．Vehicles.

C．Uniforms.

D．Fuel.

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SECTION CNEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Lis

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

听力原文： Canada, for the seventh consecutive year, ranks as the best place to live in the world. But if you are a woman, you are better off in Scandinavia, says the LIN Human Development Report 2000, released yesterday.

Norway is in second place in overall ranking, followed by the United States, Australia, Iceland, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan and Britain. Finland is in the 11th place, followed by France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand.

At the other end of the scale, the 10 least-developed countries that provide the fewest services to their people, from the bottom up are: war-devastated Sierra Leone, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Chad, Central African Republic and Mali.

According to the UN Human Development Report, which is the best place for women in the world？

A．Canada.

B．The U.S.

C．Australia.

D．Scandinavia.

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20世纪80年代初，尽管每年有147%－的平均通货膨胀率，但是巴西政府得到的铸币税只占产出的10%，而塞拉利昂以低

20世纪80年代初，尽管每年有147%-的平均通货膨胀率，但是巴西政府得到的铸币税只占产出的10%，而塞拉利昂以低于巴西1/3的通货膨胀率就得到了占产出2.4%的铸币税。你认为可以用金融结构不同来解释这种差异吗？(提示：塞拉利昂通货与名义产出之比平均为7.7%;巴西平均只有1.4%。)

In the early 1980s，Brazil's government，through an average inflation rate of 147 percent per year，got only 1.0 percent of output as seigniorage，while Sierra Leone's government got 2.4 percent through an inflation rate less than a third as high.Can you think of differences in financial structure that might partially explain this contrast？ (Hint：In Sierra Leone the ratio of currency to nominal output averaged 7.7 percent;in Brazil it averaged only 1.4 percent.)

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听力原文：All the rescuers found in the mountains of the Sierra de Perija in Venezuela was

听力原文： All the rescuers found in the mountains of the Sierra de Perija in Venezuela was the scattered wreckage of the plane and the charred corpses of its occupants. There were no survivors. The plane not only lost both of its engines—a fact revealed from its last radio messages—but the aircraft exploded on impact, producing a fireball that was seen kilometers away. The aircraft's black box has been found and will be analyzed by experts from Venezuela, who have sent their own investigators to look into the tragedy. West Caribbean Airways is now under the microscope. The company lost another aircraft in March this year in a crash that killed eight people. The airline is in severe financial difficulties and even before this disaster had been told to tighten up its maintenance program by the Colombian Aviation Authority. The company's promised to suspend flights until preliminary investigations are completed.

Which one of the following is NOT true according to the accident？

A．All the passengers were dead.

B．Both of the plane's engines' got lost.

C．The aircraft exploded arid caught fire.

D．The black box has not been found yet.

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The purpose of issuing free medical service in Sierra Leone isA．to help the poor.B．to decr

The purpose of issuing free medical service in Sierra Leone is

A．to help the poor.

B．to decrease the death rates.

C．to win the popularity.