单选题
单选题 What happened after the incident?
  • A. The United States took no disciplinary action against the soldiers responsible for the death of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari.
  • B. The soldier responsible for the death of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari was indicted by Italy.
  • C. The US government conducted a separate investigation into the incident.
  • D. Prosecutor Franco Ionta had gathered enough evidence to convict the US soldier involved.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析]
An Italian prosecutor asked a judge Monday to indict a US soldier in the shooting of an Italian intelligence agent at a checkpoint in Iraq last year.
Prosecutor Franco Ionta told CNN he had filed a request with an investigative judge in the shooting of an Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari. Calipari had been sent to Iraq to negotiate the release of Italian journalist Guiliana Sgrena who was kidnapped in southern Baghdad on Feb. 4, 2005.
As a result of Calipari's efforts, Sgrena was freed a month later. Calipari was escorting her to the Baghdad airport when he was shot to death by US troops at a checkpoint . The journalist was wounded in the shoulder.
The United States said the shooting was an accident, and no disciplinary action was taken against the soldiers involved.
The Italian government, which conducted a separate investigation, disputed the conclusion surrounding the incident.
Ionta said the judge in the case would now begin proceedings. He said that the soldier is not in Italy but could still be indicted there.
题目问事件发生后的情况，文中提到“The United States said the shooting was an accident, and no disciplinary action was taken against the soldiers involved"，可知美方认为此次事件纯属意外，所以并未对相关美国士兵进行惩戒处罚，故选项A的表述正确。
单选题 Where was Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari killed?
  • A. At an Italian airport.
  • B. In southern Baghdad.
  • C. At the Baghdad airport.
  • D. At a checkpoint in Iraq.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】题目问意大利情报人员Nicola Calipari是在何处遇害的。新闻开始就交代了“indict a US soldier in the shooting of an Italian intelligence agent at a checkpoint in Iraq last year”，即在伊拉克的一个检查站，下文也再次提到，故选项D的表述正确。