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问题 Which of the following is TRUE? [br]  
16. Volkswagen has pleaded guilty in an American court to 3 criminal charges linked to the diesel emission scandal. The plea is part of a deal with the US Justice Department. Volkswagen has admitted between 2009 and 2015 vehicles were fitted with illegal software to disguise high levels of pollution.
17. US Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly traveled to Guatemala City for a series of meetings with senior officials there. He met with President Jimmy Morales, Minister of Government Francisco Rivas, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Raul Morales, as well as the commissioner of National Civil Police, the First vice minister for security and the director of migration. Secretary Kelly met with US Ambassador Todd Robinson and the Deputy Chief of Mission, and he observed the Government of Guatemala reception process for DHS repatriation flights. He also had a working lunch with Department of Homeland Security in-country and regional employees.
18. Russia has been observing a day of mourning after a military plane crashed on Sunday in which all 92 people on board were killed. Prayers have been said in the country’s Orthodox churches and a makeshift shrine has been set up in Moscow outside the headquarters of the Alexandra of music and dance Ensemble which lost many of its members.
19. Drought-related water and food shortages are posing a risk to many in Namibia, and the US government is providing help. Through the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, the US will purchase eight water tanker trucks and promote community and school sanitation valued at $1.6 million dollars. Additionally, USAID, with funding from die US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, is rolling out $2. 2 million dollars for drought assistance activities to help malnourished HIV patients: pregnant and lactating women, orphans, and vulnerable children in food-insecure districts in Namibia with a high HIV burden.
20. 36 years after his death, Bob Marley is still revered as a national hero in Jamaica and admired by music fans the world over. Now some previously lost recordings of Reggae’s first global superstar have been uncovered in a London hotel. The restored material features many tracks like Jammin and No, Woman No Cry. 13 master tapes with original live recordings of concerts in Paris and London in the 1970s were found in a basement. They were found by Martin Nichols, a recording engineer at White House Studios in the west of England. James asked him what state the tapes were in when he first saw them. " Oh, frankly, they were appalling. I almost didn’t have the heart to tell the boys how bad they were because they were obviously so eager to get something off them. They’d obviously been drenched in water at some point ..."

选项 A、Some previously lost recordings of Bob Marley have been uncovered in London.
B、13 master tapes with original live recordings of concerts have been repaired.
C、Martin Nichols, a recording engineer, was an old friend of Bob Marley.
D、A concert in memory of Bob Marley is going to be held in London.

答案 A

解析 新闻中提到的是牙买加民族英雄式的雷鬼歌手Bob Marley,并围绕着“Now some previously lost recordings of Reggae’s first global superstar have been uncovered in a London hotel.”展开讨论。由此可知该新闻主题是“在伦敦发现了一些先前未曾发现过的Bob Marley的唱片”。故选A。
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