单选题

单选题 How many people were killed in the car explosion?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
A suicide bomber destroyed a car filled with explosive and rockets yesterday near the gates of a US base in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, killing an Iraqi guard, a woman and a child, the US military said.
An aggressive group, meanwhile, announced it had taken two Pakistanis working for US forces hostage and sentenced them to death because their country was discussing sending troops to Iraq.
In Mosul, employees leaving the American base, located at a converted airport, said they saw the bomber drive a vehicle to the gates before it exploded, setting nearby cars on fire.

[解析] 细节题。新闻中提到,一名伊拉克卫士、一名妇女和一名儿童在汽车爆炸中死亡,故C为正确答案。A,B,D均和原文不符。
单选题 Two Pakistanis were kidnapped and killed by terrorists because ______.
A. they worked for US forces
B. they did business with US soldiers
C. they killed two Iraqi soldiers
D. their country was planning to help US with the military
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。新闻中提到,两名人质被抓并被杀害的原因是他们的国家正准备向伊拉克派兵,支援美国,故D为正确答案。A和原文相悖。B,C原文中未提及。