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a 11 draw against AEK Athens in Italy, to capture second place in Group C. Group winner Real Madrid of Spain will also advance, after drawing 11 with Racing Genk* in Belgium. In Group D, Inter Milan of Italy got a pair of goals from Hernan Crespo to beat Ajax Amsterdam 21 in the Netherlands. Both teams qualified at the expense of French side Lyon, which was held to a 11 draw by Rosenborg in Norway.Exercise A Directions: Listen to the news item and plete the summary.This news item is about European football matches. Exercise B Directions: Listen to the news again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). News Item 3Kemper Open Gulf PreviewThe annual Kemper Open* golf tournament gets underway Thursday near Washington at the Tournament Players Club at Avenel. Twentyeightyearold American Rich Beem is back to defend his title. Before his victory here, he had missed the halfway cuts in five straight tournaments. He hopes he can again find his form during the next four days, as he is currently 132nd on the money list.The player who is numberone on golf39。s first fully practical airplane. It could bank, turn, circle, make figure eights, and remain in the air for as long as the fuel lasted, up to half an hour on occasion.Exercise B Sentence Dictation Directions: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times.Exercise C Detailed Listening Directions: Listen to the passage and answer the following questions. 1. Four flights were made on the morning of December 17, 1903, two by Orville Wright and two by Wilbur Wright. 2. The wind at the time of the flights had a velocity of 27 miles an hour at 10 ., and 24 miles an hour at noon, as recorded by the anemometer at the Kitty Hawk Weather Bureau Station. 3. Each time the machine started from the level ground by its own power alone with no assistance from gravity or any other source whatever. 4. The machine ran about 40 feet along a monorail track before it rose from the track. 5. These first trials should be made as close to the ground as possible for reasons of personal safety. 6. The machine flew a little more than half a mile through the air in 59 seconds at the fourth trial. 7. The early landing was due to a slight error of judgment on the part of the aviator. 8. As winter was already well set in, it was not a favorable season for the trials. Exercise D Afterlistening Discussion Directions: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions. 1. Because they wanted to know whether the machine possessed sufficient power to fly, sufficient strength to withstand the shocks of landings and sufficient capacity of control to make flight safe in boisterous winds as well as in calm air. 2. (Open) Section Three NewsNews Item 1World Basketball Championship The semifinal round of the World Basketball Championship tournament is later today (Saturday) in the midwestern (US) state of Indiana.Argentina is the only undefeated team at the tournament. The South Americans have outscored their opponents by an average of 19 points per game. On Wednesday, Argentina shocked the host United States (8780) to snap a 58game international winning streak* by professional squads of the National Basketball Association players. Argentina also defeated Brazil (7867) to reach the semifinal round where the team will face Germany. Primarily using European experienced players, Argentina defeated Germany earlier in the second round, 8677.Defending champion Yugoslavia, which ousted the United States (8178) in the quarterfinals, plays upstart* New Zealand. But Yugoslav head coach Svetislav Pesic says he is not surprised. The losers of each game will play for the third place on Sunday before the championship game. Exercise A Directions: Listen to the news item and plete the summary. This news item is about the semifinal round of the World Basketball Championship tournament.Exercise B Directions: Listen to the news again and plete the following sentences.1. In the second round Argentina defeated Germany 8677. 2. Argentina also defeated Brazil to reach the seminal round. 3. Before the semifinal round Argentina is the only undefeated team at the tournament. 4. Defending champion Yugoslavia, which ousted the United States in the quarterfinals, plays against New Zealand. 5. The four teams that will play in the semifinals are Argentina, Germany, Yugoslavia and New Zealand. 6. The losers of each game will play for the third place before the championship game.News Item 2European FootballEnglish football club Liverpool crashed out of the Champions League, despite fighting back from a 30 deficit to tie FC Basel 33 in Switzerland. Liverpool needed a win Tuesday to qualify / for the second phase. Instead, the English club will play for the UEFA Cup. Basel became the first Swiss side ever to reach the last 16 of the Champions League, qualifying second in Group B15,850Part 2 PassageThe Wrights’ Story1. On the morning of