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新闻听力模拟练习100题答案 News Item 1 Two police officials in Argentina have been sentenced to seven years in prison for arranging the abduction of a baby during the last period of military rule. Its the first time an Argentine court has condemned senior officials under the military dictatorship for stealing babies in what could set a precedent for an attempt to bring officials to trial. 1. B 2. B News Item 2 A group of African Americans have filed a legal action in New York against Lloyds of London, the worlds oldest insurance market. They are claiming damages from Lloyds on the grounds that it provided insurance cover for ships which brought millions of African slaves to America. The suit accuses Lloyds along with two American companies of aiding and betting the commission of genocide. Deadria Farmer is one of the claimants. They are responsible because they played a role in enslaving African Americans---or at least our ancestors initially, and part of the enslavement included genocide---that is the destruction of our ethnic and national identities. Today I suffer from the injury of not knowing who I am---having no nationality or ethic group as a result of acts committed by these parties. A BBC correspondent in New York says the claimants must prove that they are indeed descended from slaves, something they say they can do through DNA testing. 3. D 4. A News Item 3 Representatives of the Greek and Greek Cypriot Governments have expressed concern of changes made by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the Cyprus reunification plan. The BBC correspondent at the talks says the Greeks are worried he’s offered too much to the Turkish side. The UN plan says the Turkish Cypriots must give up some territory whilst the number of Greeks allowed back has been reduced. 5. B 6. C News Item 4 United States Army has said that it accepts responsibility for the death earlier this month of two Iraqi journalists working for the AI Arabia. A US military spokesman said the a