托福听力小对话【69】

(A) He read the newspaper.

(B) One of his students told him.

(C) He listened to a radio report.

(D) He attended a cabinet meeting.

听力原文/参考答案/解说

-- Professor Horton, have you heard the morning news report? Linday resigned his post as defense secretary.

-- I didn’t turn on the radio this morning, but I did see the headlines. I you remember, he threatened to leave office at the last cabinet meeting.

Q: How did the professor learn that the defense secretary had resigned?

参考答案：(A)

答案是依据I did see the headlines做出的结论。Headlines指报纸的大字标题，或指新闻广播的摘要。此处只能是前者(see the headlines)。resign:辞职。defense secretary: 国防部长。threaten to leave office: 威胁说要辞职不干。cabinet meeting: 内阁成员会议。