Questions 23 to 24 are based on the following news.

(23) Defense officials in the United States have confirmed that the Pentagon has created its own unit to help gather military intelligence. But they denied it's a rival to the CIA or that they are bending the law. The admission came after a senior Republican senator said he would raise questions about reports of a clandestine unit operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here is our Pentagon correspondent Nick Childs. The group is known as the special Support Branch. (24) For about the past two years it has been providing personnel to deploy secretly with Special Forces and other units to gather all important human intelligence for military operations. U. S. Defense officials have played down the significance of the secret cell and denied that it’s an attempt to rival the CIA. The Washington Post first revealed the unit saying it’s meant to delve into CIA territory and that the Pentagon was reinterpreting U. S. law to do it. But defense officials say the new group is merely a more focused version of things they’ve been doing before to provide better support for U. S. military forces.

 

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Questions 23 to 24 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.

23. According to defense officials, the purpose of the Pentagon creating the special Support Branch is to______?

A. delve into CIA territory

B. help gather military intelligence

C. rival the CIA

D. bend the law

24. For about the past two years the Support Branch has been providing personnel to_____ deploy secretly with and other units.

A. Special Forces

B. U.S. military forces

C. Pentagon

D. defense officials

 

答案解析

23. B细节题。新闻首句就提到：美国国防部的官员证实五角大楼组建了自己的部门 来帮助收集军事情报，但他们否认了这是和中情局唱对台戏，或者说是在徇私枉法 的。故选项B为正确答案。

24. A细节题。文中提到：在过去的两年里，它曾提供人员配合特种部队和其他部门 秘密展开工作，为军事行动收集所有的重要人文情报。故正确答案为A。