【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 Iraqi lawmakers are expected to vote on a security agreement by Wednesday, which will keep the U.S. troops here until the end of 2011, the parliament's speaker said yesterday. After hours of heated debate, Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani announced that the vote is scheduled for Wednesday and can be put forward provided parties in the parliament would reach an agreement on the pact. The long-delayed agreement passed the Iraqi cabinet last week and went to the parliament for reviewing. The vote date was originally set for tomorrow. The security agreement will replace the UN mandate to grant U.S. military presence in Iraq legal stares from 2009. The U.S. has agreed to pull troops out of Iraqi cities and towns by mid-2009 and leave Iraq by the end of 2011. The Iraqi government wants the parliament to make the decision before lawmakers would set out for a pilgrimage trip to Mecca next week. [解析] 文中提到，伊拉克议会投票将在周三举行，前提是议会中各党派列协议达成一致，选A。伊拉克议会投 票的主题就是讨论美军撤离问题，因此排除B；文中说上周该拖延已久的协议终于在内阁获得通过，然后移交议会审议。内阁并不审议该协议，故C错；同时最后一句话说伊拉克政府希望能够在立法者们去麦加朝圣 之前投票，D选项是之后，也可以排除。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 新闻中指出美军同意在2009年中从伊拉克城镇撤兵，到2011年完全撤离，故选D。