US Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to meet with Iraqi leaden today in Baghdad. [21] Gates is expected to urge top Iraqi officials to work harder to reconcile differences between the Shiite and Sunnicom nun/ties and pass legislation on sharing oil revenues among Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Gates told reporters in Iraq Fhursday that he realizes the legislation will be difficult to pass, but it is necessary. The US Defense Secretary arrived in Iraq Thursday on an unannounced visit after stops in other countries in the region. He met with US corn nanders in the western city of Fallujah.
【听前预测】
根据选项中出现的Iraqi和American，可以判断新闻是关于美伊方面的报道。
【新闻导读】
美国国防部长罗伯特·盖茨计划与伊拉克领导人会面，希望伊拉克官员共同努力促使什叶派和逊尼派之间达成和解，并通过立法与库尔德人共同分享石油收入。
【试题解析】
A。本题是主旨题，需要抓住新闻导语。新闻开头就提到，美国国防部部长罗伯特·盖茨计划今天在巴格达与伊拉克领导人会面，接着介绍了见面后要谈的事情，故本题选A。