News in Detail
1. General Comprehension. True or False Questions.
(1)
The Soviet Union wants to deny President Reagan the right to develop, test, and deploy the SDI. And this is something President Reagan cannot accept.
(2)
The Soviet Union wants to restrict the US experiments related to SDI within the limits of the laboratories.
(3)
No one in the world had anticipated that the negotiations would have been so detailed and the two sides would have accomplished so quickly something they had been unable to do for so long.
(4)
The summit lasted only twenty-four hours.
(5)
During the break between meetings, President Reagan and his advisors would re-examine positions to make sure that they were not doing something without realizing its implications.
(6)
President Reagan's advisors were with him all through the meetings.
(7)
The Soviet Union never gave up its position when it negotiated with the United States.
(8)
People in the United States called the deproductions in offensive missiles "the grand compromise."
2. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) President Reagan's
, or
was the major obstacle that had prevented the two leaders from reaching an agreement on arms control at the Iceland meeting.
(2) Jim Angle said, "It is really amazing when
in a period of
beginning with
on
."
(3) As Jim Angle described, the two leaders agreed to
in the history of
between
.
(4) The two leaders actually had
meetings.
(5) The advisors for President Reagan knew that the two leaders had
(succeed in signing/failed to sign) an agreement by looking at their
. "
"
(6) The two sides had worked on
drafts before the meeting was over.
(7) According to Jim Angle, the Soviets wanted to use the sweetened deal as a
.
(8) The Soviets wished President Reagan to adopt "the grand compromise", which was
.
3. Focusing on Details. Fill in the detailed information according to what you have heard.
(1) What did the two leaders agree regarding the following items?
a. All offensive strategic weapons:
per cent cuts over
years
b. All offensive ballistic missiles: total elimination at the end of
years
c. Intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe:
d. Intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Asia:
per cent cut to
warheads
(2) When did the two delegates do the following events? (Mark with "am" or "pm".)
a. The arms control experts meeting began at
.
b. The arms control experts meeting ended at
.
c. Two leaders were briefed by their advisors at
.
d. Two leaders met again at
.
(3) What were the points of disagreement between the two leaders?
a. The Soviets wanted to restrict
and the US considered that a more restrictive interpretation of
than anyone has ever proposed.
b. At the end of
, the Soviets wanted to
, whereas the US insisted that
at the end of
.
News in Detail
1. General Comprehension. True or False Questions.
(1)
The Soviet Union wants to deny President Reagan the right to develop, test, and deploy the SDI. And this is something President Reagan cannot accept.
(2)
The Soviet Union wants to restrict the US experiments related to SDI within the limits of the laboratories.
(3)
No one in the world had anticipated that the negotiations would have been so detailed and the two sides would have accomplished so quickly something they had been unable to do for so long.
(4)
The summit lasted only twenty-four hours.
(5)
During the break between meetings, President Reagan and his advisors would re-examine positions to make sure that they were not doing something without realizing its implications.
(6)
President Reagan's advisors were with him all through the meetings.
(7)
The Soviet Union never gave up its position when it negotiated with the United States.
(8)
People in the United States called the deproductions in offensive missiles "the grand compromise."
2. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) President Reagan's
, or
was the major obstacle that had prevented the two leaders from reaching an agreement on arms control at the Iceland meeting.
(2) Jim Angle said, "It is really amazing when
in a period of
beginning with
on
."
(3) As Jim Angle described, the two leaders agreed to
in the history of
between
.
(4) The two leaders actually had
meetings.
(5) The advisors for President Reagan knew that the two leaders had
(succeed in signing/failed to sign) an agreement by looking at their
. "
"
(6) The two sides had worked on
drafts before the meeting was over.
(7) According to Jim Angle, the Soviets wanted to use the sweetened deal as a
.
(8) The Soviets wished President Reagan to adopt "the grand compromise", which was
.
3. Focusing on Details. Fill in the detailed information according to what you have heard.
(1) What did the two leaders agree regarding the following items?
a. All offensive strategic weapons:
per cent cuts over
years
b. All offensive ballistic missiles: total elimination at the end of
years
c. Intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe:
d. Intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Asia:
per cent cut to
warheads
(2) When did the two delegates do the following events? (Mark with "am" or "pm".)
a. The arms control experts meeting began at
.
b. The arms control experts meeting ended at
.
c. Two leaders were briefed by their advisors at
.
d. Two leaders met again at
.
(3) What were the points of disagreement between the two leaders?
a. The Soviets wanted to restrict
and the US considered that a more restrictive interpretation of
than anyone has ever proposed.
b. At the end of
, the Soviets wanted to
, whereas the US insisted that
at the end of
.