Step1：先泛听一遍了解大意，并回答以下两个问题

1. Who became became the first female Speaker of the House? (from 2007 Video Yearbook )

2. How long did Tony Blair act as a British Prime Minister? (from 2007 Video Yearbook )

Step2：请听写下面两个空格部分。

Now, before we get to our review of news from the past year, we want to get you caught up on some stories that are making headlines today.____3_____ That's what President Bush said during his year-end review on Thursday. (from First Up: Today's Headlines )

4. The South Korean diplomat wants to streamline the U.N., _______4______. In the states, history was made. (2007 Video Yearbook )

Step3 ：请根据新闻，判断下面六句话是正确还是错误。（T/F）

4. The South Korean diplomat wants to streamline the U.N., _______4______. In the states, history was made. (2007 Video Yearbook )

5. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took over for Kofi Annan as secretary-general of the United Nations. (2007 Video Yearbook )

6. In July, President George W. Bush announced a troop "surge," which included the deployment of more than 30,000 troops to this nation. (2007 Video Yearbook )

7. Students didn't return to Virginia Tech University after a tragic school shooting took place on the campus in April. (2007 Video Yearbook )

8. In August, the I-35W bridge in Minnesota collapsed into the Mississippi River. (2007 Video Yearbook )

9. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in November because of storms. (2007 Video Yearbook )

10. Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military ruler, keeping his job as president, and he scheduled new parliamentary elections for next month. (2007 Video Yearbook )