专四专八考试

【单选题】Questions 26 and 27 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.
According to Secretary Rice, the PalestinianAuthority’s financial crisis isA．because the Palestinian government has rejected international terms for peacemaking.
B．because of a lack of outside aiD、
C．because banks are refusing to deal with the PalestinianAuthority.
D．because of US anti-terrorism sanctions.

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
[解析] 新闻提到，Secretary Rice强调哈马斯领导的巴勒斯坦政府的经济困境(dilemma)是因为哈马斯政府拒绝(has spurned)四方的呼吁并且不接受国际社会提出的中东和平进程方案。选项A中的rejected与spurned同义，故正确。 [点睛] 题目询问原因，因此听音时需留意表因果关系的词句。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>