听力原文: Secretary of State Colin Powell says a recent report showing a decline in terrorist attacks last year was, in his words, a very big mistake. Mr. Powell says he plans to meet Monday with CIA officials and other personnel involved in the report in an effort to correct the inaccuracies. He says personnel should have noticed problems in the data used in the report before its release in April. The State Department report says the number of terrorist attacks dropped to 100 last year to its lowest level in 34 years.
What can be inferred from the news?
A. The number of terrorist attacks last year was more than 190.
B. Colin Powell didn't trust CIA
C. The report exaggerated the number of terrorist attacks last year.
D. CIA made corrections on the report before its release.
查看答案
The passage suggests that the author would be likely to agree with which of the following
A. I and Ⅳ only.
B. Ⅱ and Ⅲ only.
C. Ⅲ and Ⅳ only.
D. Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ only.
According to the passage, Bailyn and the author agree on which of the following statements
A. High culture of New England never equaled the high culture of England.
B. The colonists imitated the high culture of England, and did not develop a culture that was uniquely their own.
C. The Southern colonies were greatly influenced by the high culture of New England.
D. New England communities were able to treat laws and build a university, but unable to create anything innovative in the arts.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
听力原文: And President Bush says the United States is looking into reports that Libya's government plotted to assassinate Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah. Earlier, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Washington heard reports last year that Libya was in contact with Saudi dissidents who had threatened violence against the Saudi royal family. Western media carried accounts of the alleged plans today. Libya has denied any involvement in a plot against Saudi rulers. Libya also stressed that it would not use violence to settle differences with other states. But Mr. Boucher said the latest reports would slow some aspects of normalizing ties with Libya.
According to the reports, Libya ______.
A. was responsible for the killing of the Saudi Prince
B. planned violence against the Saudi royal family
C. helped Saudi terrorists kill the Saudi Prince
D. plotted to overthrow the Saudi ruler
The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about Bailyn's work?
A. Bailyn underestimates the effects of Puritan thought on North American culture.
Bailyn's description of the colonies as part of an Anglo-American empire is misleading and incorrect.
C. Bailyn failed to test his propositions on a specific group of migrants to colonial North America.
D. Bailyn overemphasizes the experiences of migrants to the New England colonies, and neg lects the southern and the western parts of the New England.