单选题 {{I}} Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.{{/I}}

单选题 Secretary of State Colin Powell said ________.

A、 Egypt may not deserve a proposed $ 2 billion military and fiscal aid package
B、 US government would cut its foreign aid to Egypt and the Palestinians
C、 the Bush administration is not going to work for Middle East peace
D、 the Bush administration would continue its foreign aid to Egypt and the Palestinians

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]23-25 Israelis and Palestinians are mourning their dead. Five people were killed and more than 200 wounded during Tuesday’s 53rd anniversary of what Palestinians call the "great catastrophe"--the creation of Israel and the mass displacement of Palestinians. Violence flared throughout the West Bank and Gaza on Tuesday. Israeli gunfire killed at least four Palestinians as protest marches became clashes with Israeli soldiers near military checkpoints and Jewish settlements. A Jewish settler was also killed and her father was wounded as they drove down a road in the West Bank. [试题分析] 本题考查新闻要点。 [详细解答] 新闻的第一句往往是主题句，听清了该句便不难判定D为正确选项。

单选题 Mitch McConnell was ________.

A、 Secretary of State
B、 Republican senator
C、 Democratic senator
D、 the spokesman of the Bush administration

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[试题分析] 本题考查人物身份。 [详细解答] 根据选项可推测答案很可能在B、C之间。听时注意与人名相关的称谓，因而不难判定B为正确选项。

单选题 The senate criticism blamed the Palestinians for ________.

A、 the inappropriate remarks
B、 the violation of human rights
C、 the damage to the US national interest
D、 the violence with Israel

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[试题分析] 本题考查事件的原因。 [详细解答] 听时注意捕捉与题干相关的信息。便可判定D为正确选项。