【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] {{B}}President Obama has promised more help for War veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).{{/B}} The aim is to make it easier for US veterans to receive federal benefits. In the past, they've had to provide records of a specific event that caused their condition. {{B}}Under new rules, they'll only need to show that their conditions of service caused the disorder.{{/B}} President Obama called it a long overdue step. "For years, many veterans with PTSD who have tried to seek benefits have often found themselves stymied. They've been required to produce evidence proving that a specific event caused their PTSD. Well, I don't think our troops on the battlefield should have to keep notes just in case they need to apply for a claim. And I have met enough veterans to know that you don't have to engage in a firefight to endure the trauma of war. So we're changing the way things are done." [解析] 本题的出题点在新闻导语处。新闻在导语中提到美国总统奥巴马承诺将给予患有创伤后精神紧张性障碍(PTSD)的退伍军人更多帮助，由此可知本篇新闻报道与帮助这些患有精神障碍的退伍军人有关。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题的出题点在对比处，题干的核心词是new rules。新闻提到，以前如果患有创伤后精神紧张性精神障碍的退伍军人想要享受到联邦政府的福利，就得提供在战役中受到创伤的记录，而根据新规定，他们现在只需出示让他们出现精神障碍的服役条件即可，故选B。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] Lebanese leaders have called for three days of mourning after a Christian cabinet minister was gunned down while driving near Beirut today. The murder of Pierre Gemayel plunged the fragile Lebanese government deep into crisis. Outside Saint Joseph's hospital, cabinet ministers, family members and stunned residents gathered in the wake of the murder. Pierre Gemayel's motorcade had been riddled with bullets by unknown assailants. {{B}}His father, former President Amin Gemayel urged Lebanese to make this a night of prayer and reflection, not of reckless acts of revenge.{{/B}} Pierre Gemayel's friend and political colleague Saad Hariri immediately pointed an accusing finger at Damascus, saying the hands of Syria are all over this. Hariri's father was killed two years ago and investigators say some evidence points to Syrian involvement there. Syria denies that and condemned the Gemayel-killing. Prime Minister Fouad Siniora vowed the embattled government would carry on, but this killing plus six recent resignations mean the cabinet is barely big enough to function. [解析] 本题的出题点在否定句式处，题干的核心词是former president Amin Gemayel。新闻提到，Pierre Gemayel的父亲，即前总统Amin Gemayel主张黎巴嫩政府当晚不要采取不计后果的报复行动，而要静下来祈祷和反思，故选A。