英语专四 新闻听力 news 4-3-2

 新闻

Questions 23 to 24 are based on the following news.

(23) Defense¹ officials in the United States have confirmed that the Pentagon has created its own unit to help gather military intelligence. But they denied it's a rival to the CIA or that they are bending the law. The admission came after a senior Republican senator said he would raise questions about reports of a clandestine² unit operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here is our Pentagon correspondent Nick Childs. The group is known as the special Support Branch. (24) For about the past two years it has been providing personnel to deploy³ secretly with Special Forces and other units to gather all important human intelligence for military operations. U. S. Defense officials have played down the significance of the secret cell and denied that it’s an attempt to rival the CIA. The Washington Post first revealed the unit saying it’s meant to delve⁴ into CIA territory and that the Pentagon was reinterpreting U. S. law to do it. But defense officials say the new group is merely a more focused version of things they’ve been doing before to provide better support for U. S. military forces.

 

题目

News 3

Questions 23 to 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

 Now, listen to the news.

23. According to defense officials, the purpose of the Pentagon creating the special Support Branch is to______?

A. delve into CIA territory

B. help gather military intelligence

C. rival the CIA

D. bend the law

24. For about the past two years the Support Branch has been providing personnel to_____ deploy secretly with and other units.

A. Special Forces

B. U.S. military forces

C. Pentagon

D. defense officials

 

答案解析

23. B细节题。新闻首句就提到：美国国防部的官员证实五角大楼组建了自己的部门 来帮助收集军事情报，但他们否认了这是和中情局唱对台戏，或者说是在徇私枉法 的。故选项B为正确答案。

24. A细节题。文中提到：在过去的两年里，它曾提供人员配合特种部队和其他部门 秘密展开工作，为军事行动收集所有的重要人文情报。故正确答案为A。

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 clandestine   

adj.秘密的，暗中从事的

参考例句：

• She is the director of clandestine operations of the CIA.她是中央情报局秘密行动的负责人。
• The early Christians held clandestine meetings in caves.早期的基督徒在洞穴中秘密聚会。

3 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

4 delve   

v.深入探究，钻研

参考例句：

• We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.我们不应该过分深究这件痛苦的事。
• We need to delve more deeply into these questions.这些是我们想进一步了解的。