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单选题
How much is the budget plan for 2005?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]21-22
The House passed a ＄2.4 trillion Republican budget plan last week that appears to back up increased education funding, though only in general terms, while excluding a Senate-passed measure to support a nearly ＄4 billion shortfall in the Pell Grant program through one-time mandatory spending.
The fiscal 2005 budget resolution passed 215-212 on March 25, largely along party lines. A report accompanying the resolution promises $ 2. 8 billion above fiscal 2004 levels for the discretionary budget category that covers the departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services.
[解析] 做数字题时，考生应该对听到的数字信息作简要笔记，并根据题干的要求辨清所听数字或通过简单加减乘除来得出答案。由The House passed a ＄2.4 trillion Republican budget plan...可知答案为[D]。
单选题
The discretionary budget category covers all the following EXCEPT
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干中的EXCEPT可确定，新闻中没提到的或与原文内容相矛盾的为答案。由...Education，Labor，and Health and Human Services可知新闻中没有提到Government Spending，故答案为[A]。