Which of the following is false about Mr. Bush? [br] [originaltext] B. Listen

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问题 Which of the following is false about Mr. Bush? [br]  
B. Listen to the following short statements and then choose one of the answers that best fits the meaning of each statement by blackening the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET. There are 10 questions in this part of the test, 1 point for each question. You will hear each statement only once.
   11. Mr. Bush was a skilled bureaucratic and diplomatic player who, as president, helped end four decades of Cold War and the threat of nuclear engagement with a nuanced handling of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
   12. The road towards the transition includes daily decisions within your reach-like driving and flying less, switching to a "green" energy provider and changing what you eat and buy.
   13. Yet for all his success in the international arena, his presidency faltered as voters, focused on domestic matters, seemed to perceive him as detached from their everyday lives.
   14. An online survey showed that the respondents who knew someone had given up flying because of climate change, half of them said they flew less as a result.
   15. Depression is the world’s leading cause of disability and it contributes to 800, 000 suicides per year, the majority of which occur in developing countries.
   16. In 2016, a team of scientists declared the upper limit of the life expectancy to be 115 years. But in June, researchers reviewing death rates among elderly Italians suggested that there may be no limit at all.
   17. There are dozens of companies in clinical trials, or planning them, tackling all the different causes of aging, I’m optimistic that there will be a few successes in the coming years.
   18. The disease robbed families of their breadwinner and communities of their pillars, leaving large numbers of elderly people and orphans with no means of support.
   19. I would never work for a company that requires polygraphs, because they’re starting the entire relationship off as an adversarial proceeding.
   20. A report on the comprehensive competitiveness of China’s airport economic zones shows that Shanghai Airport Economic Zone outshines its rivals Beijing and Guangzhou.

选项 A、This president was very popular in his country.
B、This president tried to meet the voter’s expectation.
C、The president was not as successful in dealing with domestic issues.
D、The president alienated his voters.

答案 C

解析 词义理解题。原文意思是“尽管在国际舞台上取得了成功,注重国内事务的选民们似乎认为,他与他们的日常生活存在脱节,所以他竞选连任的努力以失败告终”,由此可见,选项C与原文意思相符,因此该项为正确答案。
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