正确答案:
A
解析:
新闻中提到while the incumbent in that post, John Negroponte, was named to be Deputy Secretary of State with major responsibilities for Iraq,即John Negropente对其负有责任。incumbent职责所在的,负有…义务的。
【录音原文】
The long-anticipated ambassadorial changes complete a new administration policy team that is to implement the Iraq strategy President Bush will announce in a broadcast address Wednesday night. The shakeup began just after the November US election, with the replacement of Donald Rumsfeld with Robert Gates as defense secretary. It continued last week with the appointment a new director of national intelligence, Mike McConnell, while the incumbent in that post, John Negroponte, was named to be Deputy Secretary of State with major responsibilities for Iraq.
shakeup(人员的)大改组
defense secretary国防部部长
incumbent负有…义务的