判断题
President Clinton is wondering whether NMD can protect America from missile attack.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] President Clinton is about to decide whether or not to deploy a "Star Wars" missile defense system to protect the United States from a ballistic missile attack. He is basing the decision on the following four criteria: the technical progress of the system, the cost, an assessment of the threat, and the impact of deployment on nuclear disarmament. Here's why Star Wars fails all four of President Clinton's criteria.
1) NMD Doesn't Work: Out of 19 tests that are supposed to be conducted on the NMD, only 2 have been conducted. The NMD designers have not been able to come up with a missile shield that can accurately locate and identify incoming missiles. A recent report by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Security Studies Program states that the NMD testing program is not capable of assessing the system's effectiveness against a realistic attack.
2) The Cost Is Enormous: We have already spent more than $60 billion in research on NMD, and the Center on Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has suggested that a truly "robust" system could cost up to $240 billion. Where does this money come from? From our tax dollars, of course, and at the expense of vital community needs like education, health care, affordable housing, and environmental protection.
3) It Will Start A New Arms Race: Star Wars violates the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty(ABM), which means Russian ratification of the START Ⅱ arms reduction treaty will be nullified if Clinton chooses to deploy Star Wars. Russia and China, as well as India and Pakistan, will all build more offensive nuclear-armed missiles, and load them with traps, in order to overwhelm and confuse the Star War system.
4) Assessment of the threat: Conservatives in Congress have overstated the threat. Senator Carl Levin recently quoted the CIA itself, stating that, "U. S. territory, is probably more likely to be attacked with weapons of mass destruction from non-missile delivery means than by missiles, primarily because non-missile delivery means are less costly and more reliable and accurate" In other words we are more likely to be attacked with a suitcase than with an intercontinental ballistic missile.
5) The American Public Doesn't Want NMD: Results from a recent poll by the Council for a Livable World show that only 4% of Americans believe that maintaining a strong military is one of the most important issues facing the nation, and a mere 1% believe in building a national missile defense system to be the top priority. Further, 59% of Americans polled said that the President should wait until all testing is complete before making a decision on NMD.
判断题
Clinton thinks NMD can promote nuclear disarmament.
【正确答案】
A
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判断题
Up to now, only 10% of the scheduled tests have been undertaken.
【正确答案】
A
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判断题
NMD designers have been working on the accuracy in identifying attacking missiles.
【正确答案】
A
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判断题
The cost is enormous to assess the system's effectiveness against a realistic attack.
【正确答案】
B
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判断题
The research on NMD has been undergoing at some sacrifice of vital community needs.
【正确答案】
A
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判断题
According to the speaker, NMD is a threat to the peace of the world.
【正确答案】
A
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判断题
A senator supported Clinton's proposal, as he knew U. S territory is more likely to be attacked with weapons of mass destruction.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】
判断题
It is clear that the prupose to carry out NMD plan is to maintain U. S. A's strong military.
【正确答案】
A
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判断题
Most Americans wanted their president to wait until all testing is complete before making a decision on NMD.