单项选择题

Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each question. Now listen to the news. US warplanes blasted strategic Iraqi installations on Monday in order to______.

A.cut off a pipeline carrying Iraqi oil export to Ceyhan
B.restore oil supplies
C.hit a residential quarter in the Air Zahla oilfield
D.kill and injure civilians