聽力原文： Pope John Paul the Second has died at the age of 84 after leading the Roman Catholic Church for more than 26 years. The Polish-born pontiff died after suffering heart and kidney failure following two hospitalizations in as many months.

News of John Paul's passing was delivered to tens-of-thousands of people who gathered in Saint Peter's Square to light candles and pray for the pope. As they heard the news, some in the crowd raised their hands to their faces in disbelief, while others began sobbing uncontrollably. For many, John Paul was the only pope they ever knew.

John Paul's death marks the end of a reign that revolutionized the papacy. He traveled to more than 120 countries t6 minister to his widespread {lock of more than one-billion people. He built bridges to other faiths and confessions, and he spoke out forcefully in favor of the world's poor and oppressed.

How long had Pope John Paul been leading the Roman Catholic Church?

A．For more than 84 years.

B．For more than 26 years.

C．For more than 60 years.

D．For more than 30 years.

聽力原文： The Roman Catholic Church says Pope John Paul has decided to return to Russia a revered icon painting that hangs in his private apartment at the Vatican. The painting will be carried to Russia by a Vatican delegation next month. The BBC Rome correspondent says the Pope had hoped to return the painting in person. But the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has made it clear that the Pope wouldn't be welcome because of persisting tensions between the two churches.

What has the Pope decided to do?

A．To present an old painting to Russia.

B．To return an old painting back to Russia.

C．To make a visit to Russia.

D．To be reconciled with the Russian Orthodox Church.

聽力原文： The Roman Catholic Church says Pope John Paul has decided to return to Russia a revered icon painting that hangs in his private apartment at the Vatican. The painting will be carried to Russia by a Vatican delegation next month. The BBC Rome correspondent says the Pope had hoped to return the painting in person. But the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has made it clear that the Pope wouldn't be welcome because of persisting tensions between the two churches.

What has the Pope decided to do?

A．To present an old painting to Russia.

B．To return an old painting back to Russia.

C．To make a visit to Russia.

D．To be reconciled with the Russian Orthodox Church.

Pope John Paul was born in ______.

A．Poland

B．Finland

C．England

D．Italy

What is the purpose of Pope John Paul's visit to Germany?

A．To solve the conflict between Church and Germany.

B．To defend the church's role during the Hitler regime.

C．To relax his opposition to birth control.

D．To ease the historic division between Catholics and Protestants.

The image was riveting, as justice John Paul Stevens, a Chicago native, presented it. A gang member and his father are hanging out near Wrigley Field. Are they there "to rob an unsuspecting fan or just to get a glimpse of Sammy Sosa leaving the ball park?" A police officer has no idea, but under Chicagos anti-gang law, the cop must order them to disperse. With Stevens writing for a 6-to-3 majority, the Supreme Court last week struck down Chicagos sweeping statute, which had sparked 42,000 arrests in its three years of enforcement. The decision was a blow to advocates of get-tough crime policies. But in a widely noted concurring opinion, Justice Sandra Day OConnor suggested that a less draconian approach-—distinguishing gang members from innocent bystanders—might pass constitutional muster. New language could target loiterers "with no apparent purpose other than to establish control over identifiable areas, to intimidate others from entering those areas or to conceal illegal activities," she wrote. Chicago officials vowed to draft a new measure. "We will go back and correct it and then move forward," said Mayor Richard Daley. Chicago officials, along with the League of Cities and 31 states that sided with them in court, might do well to look at one state where anti-gang loitering prosecutions have withstood constitutional challenges; California. The state has two anti-loitering statutes on the books, aimed at people intending to commit specific crimes—prostitution and drug dealing. In addition, a number of local prosecutors are waging war against gangs by an innovative use of the public-nuisance laws. In cities such as Los Angeles and San Jose, prosecutors have sought injunctions against groups of people suspected of gang activity. "The officers in the streets know the gang members and gather physical evidence for lengthy court hearings," says Los Angeles prosecutor Martin Vranicar. If the evidence is enough to convince a judge, an injunction is issued to prohibit specific behavior—such as carrying cell phones or pagers or blocking sidewalk passage—in defined geographical areas. "It works instantly," says San Jose city attorney Joan Gallo, who successfully defended the tactic before the California Supreme Court. "A few days after the injunctions, children are playing on streets where they never were before. " So far, only a few hundred gang members have been targeted, out of an estimated 150,000 in Los Angeles alone. But experts say last weeks decision set the parameters for sharper measures. Says Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe: "It just means they have to use a scalpel rather than an invisible mallet. "

What does the author intend to illustrate with the example of the gang member and his father?

A．How the anti-loitering law works.

B．How to maintain charming image.

C．How tough the crime policies were.

D．Why Chicago"s sweeping statute stroke down.

聽力原文： The President of Cuba Fidel Castro has attended a service of the Catholic Cathedral in Havana to mourn the death of Pope John Paul. A church official says it's the first time the Communist leader has entered the building since 1959. It's not until 1992 that Cuba officially did not believe in the existence of God. President Castro said the Pope was always a good friend of Cuba.

To John Paul II: Rest in peace. Tireless fighter for the peace of nations, enemy of war and friend of the poor. It was vain for those who wanted to use your prestige against the just cause of people.

Castro attended a Catholic Cathedral service ______.

A．to mourn the death of the Pope

B．to make a speech

C．to comfort the church officials

D．to make a break of the tradition

聽力原文： The President of Cuba Fidel Castro has attended a service of the Catholic Cathedral in Havana to mourn the death of Pope John Paul. A church official says it's the first time the Communist leader has entered the building since 1959. It's not until 1992 that Cuba officially did not believe in the existence of God. President Castro said the Pope was always a good friend of Cuba.

To John Paul II: Rest in peace. Tireless fighter for the peace of nations, enemy of war and friend of the poor. It was vain for those who wanted to use your prestige against the just cause of people.

Castro attended a Catholic Cathedral service ______.

A．to mourn the death of the Pope

B．to make a speech

C．to comfort the church officials

D．to make a break of the tradition

聽力原文： The President of Cuba Fidel Castro has attended a service of the Catholic Cathedral in Havana to mourn the death of Pope John Paul. A church official says it's the first time the Communist leader, has entered the building since 1959. It's not until 1992 that Cuba officially did not believe in the existence of God. President Castro said the Pope was always a good friend of Cuba.

To John Paul II. Rest in peace. Tireless fighter for the peace of nations, enemy of war and friend of the poor. It was vain for those who wanted to use your prestige against the just cause of people.

Castro attended a Catholic Cathedral service______.

A．to mourn the death of the Pope

B．to make a speech

C．to comfort the church officials

D．to make a break of the tradition

聽力原文： When John Milton, writer of Paradise Lost, entered Cambridge University in 1625, he was already skilled in Latin after seven years of studying it as his second language at St. Paul's school, London. Like all English boys who prepared for college in grammar school, he had learned not only to read Latin but also to speak and write it fluently and correctly. His pronunciation of Latin was English, however, and seemed to have sounded strange to his friends when he later visited Italy.

Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way. They memorized rules to make learning by heart easier. They first made a word-for-word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English. As they increased their skill, they translated their English back into Latin without referring to the book and then compared their translation with the original. The schoolmaster was always at hand to encourage them.

After several years of study, the boys began to write compositions in imitation of the Latin writers they read. And as they began to read Latin poems, they began to write poems in Latin. Because Milton was already a poet at ten, his poems were much better than those painfully put together by other boys. During the seven years Milton spent at the university, he made constant use of his command of Latin. He wrote some excellent Latin poems which he published among his works in 1645.

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A．How John Milton Wrote Paradise Lost.

B．How John Milton Became a Poet.

C．How John Milton Studied Latin.

D．How John Milton Became Famous.