单选题
The unemployment rate in the U.S. in October was ______.
A.lower than 10 years ago
B.the highest in the past 25 years
C.much higher than ever before
D.reduced to a large extent
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
{{U}}The unemployment rate in America in October was 10.2%, the highest in a quarter of a century.{{/U}} The shortage of jobs is becoming a feature of Mr. Obama's first term in office and is a serious drag on his presidency. The president's summoned business leaders and trade's union leaders to the White House for what's been called a job summit. Some in the president's own party want the federal government to implement big job creation schemes. {{U}}But that sort of action by governments to create jobs will mean more spending by government. And that's politically very difficult because the U.S. government is already terribly heavily in debt.{{/U}}
[解析] 10月份美国失业率为10.2%，这是25年以来的最高。
单选题
The implementation of job creation schemes may ______.
A.create jobs at a low cost
B.pay off the debt of the government
C.be difficult to realize for the lack of money
D.solve the political difficulties
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 创造工作机会的计划很难实施，因为美国政府已经陷入巨额债务之中。
单选题
What is the main idea of the news item?
A.The Afghan government feels sad for the death of soldiers in the
war.
B.Soldiers were mistakenly killed and wounded by their allies in
Afghanistan.
C.The Afghan government criticizes NATO for their mistake.
D.The U.S. has imposed new restrictions on air strikes.
【答案解析】[听力原文]
{{U}}The Afghan government says a NATO air strike has mistakenly killed seven members of the Afghan security forces in Badghis province.{{/U}}
NATO and Afghan forces are investigating the incident in western Afghanistan that killed members of the country's army and police.
{{U}}Earlier, NATO said 25 international and Afghan soldiers were wounded in the area.{{/U}} Officials initially blamed "insurgent activity" for the casualties, but later said it was possible the soldiers were hit by friendly fire.
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry spokesman Zamary Bashary tells VOA that this is a sad incident.
"We have lost forces that are fighting in order to bring security for Afghanistan. But such attacks will never deter our partnership. This is clear that this was a mistake," he said.
{{U}}He added that incidents such as this one are rare, especially after the United States imposed new restrictions on air strikes in an effort to avoid civilian casualties.{{/U}}
[解析] 阿富汗政府声称北约的空袭误杀了其安全部队的7名成员。下文又提到，之前北约称驻阿士兵和阿富汗士兵共25人受伤，起初官方指责是“叛军”所为，但后来改称是盟军造成的误伤。最后总结该报道关注的是外国驻阿部队误伤士兵的事件。