2013届高考英语听力特训3（文本）08.doc

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1、2013届高考英语听力特训3（word文本）：08TwoyearsofsensitivenegotiationspaidofftodayasseventyformerCubanpoliticalprisonersarrivedintheUnitedStates.AlloftheprisonershadservedleasttenyearsinCubanjails,andsomehadbeeninprisonsinceFidelCastrocametopowerin1959.Thereleasewasarrangedi

2、npartbyFrenchunderwaterexplorer,JacquesCousteau,andadelegationofAmericanRomanCatholicbishops.PresidentReagantodayunveiledplansforninehundredmilliondollarplantoreducedrugabuseintheUnitedStates.ItincludeshalfabilliondollarsforsteppingupdrugenforcementalongUSborde

3、rs,especiallyinthesouthwest.Theplanalsocallsformandatorydrugtestingforsomefederalworkers.NPR'sBrendaWilsonreports."Aspartofhisnationalcrusadeagainstdrugs,PresidentReagansignedanexecutiveordertodayrequiringfederalworkersinsensitivepositionstoundergodrugtests.The

4、ordercoversemployeeswhohaveaccesstoclassifiedinformation,presidentiallyappointedofficials,lawenforcementofficials,andanyfederalworkerengagedinactivitieswhichaffectpublichealthandsafetyornationalsecurity.Butheadsofgovernmentagenciesmayorderadditionalworkerstotak

5、ethetest.Federalemployeeswhoarefoundtohavecontinuedtouseillegaldrugsafterasecondtestwillbeautomaticallyfired.Theoverallrugtestingprogramisexpectedtocostfifty-sixmilliondollars,butadministrationofficialscouldnotgetevenaballparkfigureofhowmanyworkersmaybeincluded

6、inthemandatoryprogram.I'mBrendaWilson."IsraeliPrimeMinisterShimonPeresisinWashingtonfortalkswithUSleaders,includingPresidentReagan.EarlierPeresmetwithSecretaryofStateGeorgeShultz.Afterwards,thetwotoldreportersthattheSovietUnionwillhavenoroleinMiddleEastpeacetal

7、ks,becauseithasnodiplomatictieswithIsraelanddoesnotpermitfreeemigrationofSovietJews.Israel'sPrimeMinisterShimonPeresisinWashingtonD.C.thisweektoconferwithhigh-levelUSofficials.HisvisitfollowshissummitwithEgyptianPresidentMubaraklastweek.Thisafternoon,theIsraeli

8、leaderandPresidentReaganmetattheWhiteHouse.NPR'sElizabethColtonreports.Israel'sPerescomestoWashingtononlyweeksbeforeheisscheduledtostepdownfromthePrimeMinister'spostandexcha