【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文] Teams of teachers and school administrators from at least fourteen American cities are at a conference in Washington. The American Federation of Teachers, a labor union, holds the Quest conference every two years. This year, one of the subjects is a tutoring program that provides extra help to students in Rochester, New York. The Rochester City School District was one of five in the nation recognized by the government for their tutoring programs. Tutoring is big business in the United States these days. There are private learning centers where parents can take their children after school. Test preparation companies are also doing well. One reason for all this tutoring is the growing competition for places at top universities. Another influence is the government's federal education law, called No Child Left Behind. The law requires services like free tutoring for poor students at schools that fail to meet educational goals for three years. There is federal money to pay the tutors. But the No Child Left Behind law does not say who must do the tutoring. It can be a private company or local teachers. The law does say, however, that the provider must have shown a record of effectiveness in helping students learn. In Rochester, the tutoring is provided by a teachers union, the Rochester Teachers' Association. What organization is the host of the Quest conference? 短文在介绍了事件(conference)的地点、人物后，立即介绍相关背景：“美国教师联盟”这个工会组织每两年举办一次Quest大会。C正确。 表示机构名称的专有名词选项，揭示出听音重点。解题关键在于：①一边听一边标记(听完后凭记忆是不可能回忆完整的!)所听到的内容；②如果发现还有另一个选项也在短文中提及，则要在相应的选项旁速记相关信息，以便根据问题进行排除、选择。本题其他选项未在短文中出现，因而较简单。