【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
The governing body of the Church of England has narrowly rejected a compromise on the issue of ordaining women bishops. Proposals supported by the spiritual head of the church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, would have given traditionalist parishes exemption from serving under a woman bishop.
With liberal Anglicans impatient to promote women to the most senior positions in the church's leadership but traditionalists insisting they will not serve under them, the issue has produced an increasingly serious split in the church. Archbishop Rowan Williams put his personal backing behind a plan that would have allowed traditionalist parishes and dioceses headed by women bishops access to male alternatives. Dr. Williams said it was necessary to preserve unity. The vote could barely have been closer. Most of the synod voted in favour of the plan. It failed only because lay members voted against it by a majority of five.
[解析] 信息推断题。新闻第二段提到，英国自由主义教徒希望推举女性担任教堂最高职位，而传统主义者却坚持称不会接受女性的领导。 最后又提到，投票结果非常接近，但由于大多数非神职人员的反对，致使该计划未能通过。因此可以推断出，英国有不到一半的人支持女性担任教堂主教，即B the minority。