单选题 Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
单选题 Why is the Iran's Supreme Leader urging his countrymen to work harder?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] 7-8
Iran is reacting to the increasing pain of economic sanctions. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is urging greater efficiency and motivation, and Iran's vice president is threatening to stop doing business in dollars and euros. As new U.S. and U.N. economic sanctions step up the pressure on Iran's economy, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is urging his countrymen to change their habits. Fars News Agency reports that Ayatollah wants Iranians to work harder,use more initiative and be more creative. (7)
Top Iranian vice president Mohammad Reza Rahimi also told journalists Friday that the government was planning to stop selling oil in euros and dollars. Iran has threatened to stop selling oil in dollars, before, but with limited success. It was the first time that Tehran has threatened to stop using the Euro.
The European Union ambassadors, meeting in Brussels, agreed Thursday to a new package of sanctions targeting Iran's energy sector. The sanctions must be approved Monday at a meeting of EU foreign ministers. The U.N. and U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, last month, to force it to stop enriching uranium for its controversial nuclear program.(8)
[解析] 细节题。考查原因。由新闻中“As new U.S. and U.N. economic sanctions step up the pressure on Iran's economy, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is urging his countrymen to change their habits...to work harder”可知伊朗受到来自美国与联合国严厉的经济制裁,伊朗领袖号召大众更努力地工作来应对经济制裁,因此答案为A。
单选题 Which of following is NOT mentioned in terms of imposing economic sanctions on Iran?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。新闻中提到欧盟计划制裁伊朗,即:The European Union ambassadors, meeting in Brussels, agreed Thursday to a new package of sanctions targeting Iran's energy sector. 同时也提到美国与联合国已施行对伊朗新的经济制裁,即:The U.N. and U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, last month...只有D未提及,因此答案为D。