单选题 Questions 25 to 26 are based on the following news, At the end of the news, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.

单选题 When did Boris Yeltsin resign?

A、 1991.
B、 1999.
C、 1998.
D、 1992.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] 25-26
Russia has declared a national day of mourning tomorrow to honor Boris Yeltsin，the country'S first democratically-elected president．(Q26)He died Monday at age 76．Yeltsin helped bring about the end of the Soviet Union and usher reform into Russian politics．He served as that nation's president from 1991 (Q25)until he resigned on the 1ast day of 1999．

本题测试对数字细节的直接判断能力。根据文中信息“…until he resigned on the last day of 1999．”，从而找出正确答案是B。

单选题 Which of the following details is INCORRECT?

A、 Yeltsin became Russia's president in 1991.
B、 Yeltsin died at the age of 76.
C、 Russians decided to mourn the death of Boris Yeltsin the next day.
D、 Boris Yeltsin was conservative in Russian politics.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题测试对文中暗含信息的推理能力。根据文中信息“Yeltsin helped bring about the end of the Soviet Union and usher reform into Russian politics．”，我们可以知道，叶利钦在政治上属于改革派，而不是保守的，因此可以找出正确答案为D。