单选题 {{I}}{{B}}Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.{{/I}}{{/B}}

单选题 The original report in Newsweek reported ______

A、 that 16 Afghanistan prisoners were killed at Guantanamo Bay
B、 that interrogators dishallowed the Koran at Guantanamo Bay
C、 that interrogators heavily criticized U.S. policy at Guantanamo Bay
D、 that prisoners of war were abused at Guantanamo Bay

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]23-24 Newsweek magazine on Monday retracted a report that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran after the story triggered protests in Afghanistan that killed 16 people and the White House criticized it. "Based on what we know now, we are retracting our original story that an internal military investigation had uncovered Koran abuse at Guantanamo Bay," Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker said in a statement, a day after apologizing for the report. The retraction came as the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department all heavily criticized the report and said it had damaged the U.S. image abroad. White House spokesman Scott McClellan had said it was "puzzling" that Newsweek had not retracted the story a day after apologizing for it.

单选题 From the news item, we can see that Newsweek magazine retracted its report because ______

A、 Bush administration had pressured it to
B、 the interrogators had already apologized
C、 the report leaded to unexpected reactions
D、 the report was invented by a reporter

【正确答案】 A

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