【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] 21-22
President Obama's administration is set to be rocked by scandal—at least, according to one political scientist's mathematical formula. A newly-released report by scholar Brendan Nyhan predicts the reputation of the 44th US president will soon be marred by controversy. Where Are the Obama Scandals? calls the odds of scandal "high and rising" after two years in office, based on his interpretation of data from presidential scandals between 1977 and 2008. Nyhan released the report to website Center for Politics on Thursday. Serving as a guest columnist, he presented detailed graphs illustrating the likelihood of a scandal to unfold before the 2012 presidential election—rising between 95 and 100 percent by June of next year. The report reads: "Obama has been extremely fortunate: My research on presidential scandals shows that few presidents avoid scandal for as long as he has. " Nyhan claims his research is supported by the lack of support among Republicans for the Obama administration, and predicts he will follow a similar way to Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton who both suffered significant first-term scandals.

【正确答案】 D