听力试题

Questions 3 to 5 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
3. The two main candidates are both closely associated with_____.
A. the Civil War
B. two Tamil Tiger rebels
C. the defeat of the Tamil Tiger
D. the anti-corruption campaign
4. What did Charles Haviland always speak of?
A. Weak suppression of the Tamil Tigers and the urgency to fight corruption.
B. Successful suppression of the Tamil Tigers and the urgency to fight corruption.
C. Successful suppression of the Tamil Tigers and the victory against corruption.
D. Weak suppression of the Tamil Tigers and the victory against corruption.
5.Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. The presidential campaign was not personalized.
B. The President's team did control vote on election day.
C. The President's team was accused of planning violence on election day.
D. Sarath's team made violence on purpose on election day.
答案详解

【答案】

3. C 4. B 5. C

【原文】

Campaigning has ended before Tuesday's presidential election in Sri Lanka，the first since the end of the Civil War last year.（3）The two main candidates, Preisdent Mahinda Rajapaksa and the former Head of the Army Gen Sarath Fonseka are both closely associated with the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels.（两位主要候选者，总统和前军方首领都与打败泰米尔猛虎组织密切相关。）Charles Haviland was at the president's final rally in Colombo.（4）As always he spoke of last year's war victory against the Tamil Tigers and the need to fight corruption.（他谈到了去年对泰米尔武装分子发动的胜利战争以及打击腐败的迫切性。）With music and fireworks, the president's team says they are already celebrating certain victory. His rival Sarath Fonseka has other ideas.（5）At the end of this bitter and personalized campaign, he accused the president's team of planning violence and vote rigging on election day.（在这场痛苦的被人为操纵的选举即将结束时，他指控总统竞选团队在竞选当天策划了暴力事件并操纵了选票。）