听力试题

Questions 4 to 5 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
4. What is mainly talked about in the news item?
A. Russian army have freed the crew of a ship seized by Somalia pirates.
B. Danish special forces have captured Somalia pirates on a cargo ship.
C. Somalia pirates have seized the crew of a cargo ship.
D. Danish Special Forces have freed the crew of a cargo ship seized by Somalia pirates.
5. We can infer from the news that the pirates left the cargo ship possibly_____.
A. after the troops arrived
B. before the troops arrived
C. when the troops arrived
D. after fighting with the troops
答案详解

【答案】

4. D 5. B

【原文】

（4）Danish special forces, serving as part of Nato's counter-piracy operation freed the crew of cargo ship boarded by pirates off Somalia.（丹麦特种部队，是反海盗组织Nato的一部分，解救了被索马里海盗挟持的货船船员。）They moved in after being assured by the captain that the crew had locked themselves in a safe room, a Nato spokeswoman told the BBC.
（5）It seems the pirates escaped to their boat before the troops arrived （海盗在军队到达之前就逃离了这艘货船。）but the l80m（590ft）vessel was being searched.
A second pirate boat in the area was seized by a Russian warship, Nato says.