单选题
单选题 Why does the judge think President Obama's healthcare reform unconstitutional?
  • A. Because the reform ruling is as long as 42 pages.
  • B. Because it forces people to buy insurance.
  • C. Because it can't generate enough money to guarantee its coming into effect.
  • D. Because the bill is not completed yet.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] A judge in the American state of Virginia has ruled that President Obama's healthcare reforms, brought in earlier this year, are unconstitutional. In a 42-page ruling, the judge in Virginia concluded that forcing people to buy insurance, in his words, exceeds the constitutional boundaries of congressional power. It's a narrow ruling, but the individual mandate, as it's known, is arguably the most important provision of the reform bill passed in March. Without the money it generates when it comes into effect in 2014, other parts of the bill could fall apart. This is a significant legal shot across the administrations' bows, and it won't he the last. The newly-empowered Republicans have vowed to repeal the bill, and it's likely the whole issue could end up in the Supreme Court. 信息辨认题。听音时注意捕捉这名法官认为奥巴马的医疗改革不合宪法的原因。根据新闻内容可知,该法官认为改革法案中强迫民众购买保险超出了宪法规定的国会的权力。因此答案为B。
单选题 The bill will finally be dealt with by
  • A. President Obama.
  • B. the Congress.
  • C. the Republicans.
  • D. the Supreme Court.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】信息辨认题。新闻最后提到,最新获得权力的共和党承诺将废除该法案,但该问题最终可能会递交至最高法庭。因此答案为D。
单选题 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the bomber?
  • A. He set off two bombs in Stockholm on Saturday.
  • B. He stayed in Sweden before he received his university education.
  • C. He is a loyal believer of Islam.
  • D. Why he set off the two bombs is still unknown.
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文] The Swedish authorities say they believe they've identified the man who set off two bombs in Stockholm on Saturday. He's been named as Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, who was born in Iraq, grew up in Sweden and studied at university in England. The motives propelling Taimour al-Abdaly, who attacked Stockholm on Saturday, are becoming apparent. He held a violent, radicalised view, and lie was bent on what he saw as revenge for a Swedish cartoon insulting the Prophet Muhammad, arid for the presence of Swedish troops in Afghanistan. What is less clear is where and when he became radicalised and whether he had any accomplices. British Muslims who knew him in Luton, where he had a family home, have spoken today of his unacceptable, extreme views. 信息推断题。根据新闻内容可知,这名男子周六在斯德哥尔摩引爆两枚炸弹;其在伊拉克出生,在瑞典长大,在英格兰接受大学教育;促使他制造爆炸的动机非常明显,即他持有暴力、极端的宗教观点,下决心对侮辱其先知穆罕默德的瑞典漫画家和参加阿富汗战争的瑞典军队进行报复。因此可知选项A、B、C均正确,D错误,为答案。