单选题
单选题 According to the news item, what is President Obama pushing for?
  • A. The new gun laws.
  • B. Assault weapons ban.
  • C. Supports to proposals becoming laws.
  • D. Reducing gun violence.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] Basically, the more people push for something, the better chance it has of happening and vice versa. {{U}}After December school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, there was a lot of talk about the possibility of new gun laws in America. Some people who want these laws declared yesterday a national day of action. That's what President Obama is pushing for{{/U}}. (继十二月康涅狄格州纽敦镇发生校园枪击事件后,很多美国人都在讨论新枪支法案的可行性。支持该法案的人们将昨天定为全国行动日。这也是奥巴马总统一直在推动的法案。) Some ideas have been proposed like a ban on assault weapons, but those proposals haven't got enough support in Congress to become law. Opponents argued that the proposals are not the effective way to reduce gun violence. {{U}}And recent polls suggest that public support for major new gun laws is dropping{{/U}}. (近日的民意调查显示,民众对主要的新枪支法案的支持率正在下降。)
单选题 What's the publics' attitude toward new gun laws?
  • A. Only a small part of the publics like them.
  • B. They will continue to support them.
  • C. All the publics are favor of them.
  • D. They don't give so much support for them.
【正确答案】 D
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