专四新闻练习50篇

专四新闻练习50篇

不要满足于把题做对，还要尽力掌握文本中的重要词汇.

News Item 1

1.What crime have the two police officials in Argentina been convicted of?

A.They have been convicted of corruption.

B.They have been convicted of baby abduction.

C.They have been convicted of bribery.

D.They have been convicted of military dictatorship.

2.We can infer from the news that the sentence would set a precedent for an attempt to_______

A.stop military dictatorship

B.bring senior officials to trial

C.stop baby abduction

D.make new constitutes for Argentine courts

News Item 2

3.Lloyds of London was charged by a group of African Americans NOT for__________.

A.providing insurance for ships which brought African slaves to American

B.aiding the commission of genocide(种族屠杀)

C.participating in enslaving African Americans

D.refusing to provide insurance to African Americans

4.We can infer from the news that if the claimants(原告) want to win the case, they should first______.

A.identify their own as descendants from slaves

B.provide the evidence that Lloyds of London was responsible for genocide

C.provide the evidence that Lloyds of London participated in slave trading

D.buy insurance from the Lloyds of London

News Item 3

5.What does the United Nations require the Turkish Cypriots to do?

A.To allow Greeks to come back to Cyprus.

B.To give up some territory.

C.To expel the Greeks from Turkish.

D.To sign a pence contract with Greeks.

6.According to the BBC correspondent, the Greeks are worried that Annan has offered too much to the

________side.

A. Greeks

B. Greeks Cypriot

C. Turkish Cypriots

D. the UN

News Item 4

7.What can we learn from the news?

A.Two Iraqi terrorists killed a journalist working for the Arab satellite television station.

B.Two Iraqi terrorists working for the Arab satellite television station were killed by the US troops.

C. A bomb attacked the Arab satellite television station and killed two Iraqi journalists.

D. A bomb attacked the Arab satellite television station and killed two US journalists.

8. How long will the American airplane carrier stay in Hong Kong?

A. 7 days.

B. 6 days.

C. 5 days.

D. 4 days.

9. Which of the following is TRUE about the American spy plane?

A. china refused to let it land in Hong Kong.

B. American said it was a normal training flight.

C. It crashed with Chinese fighter plane on April 3 rd.

D. It crashed over the South China Sea.

News Item 6

10. How many people died in the clashes between Iraqi demonstrators and US troops?

A. More than 8.

B. More than 13.

C. More than 30.

D. More than 38.

11. According to the news, despite Iraq’s overall instability, the United States decided to____.

A. send more troops to Iraq

B. hand over power to Iraq people

C. withdraw its troops from Iraq

D. continue controlling Iraqi government

News Item 7

12. Who did the former chief weapons inspector of the UN criticize?

A. Tony Blair.

B. George Bush.

C. Hans Blix.

D. Saddam Hussein.

13. What can we infer from the news?

A. The US Britain have made a thorough examination on weapons before they started war.

B. The UN weapons inspection has been in abeyance because of the was.

C. The US and Britain have found evidence that Iraq owned some atomic weapons.

D. Hans Blix was criticized for giving wrong intelligence about weapons in Iraq.

News Item 8

14. How many tons of nuclear equipment has been sent to the United States from Libya?

A. 5 tons.

B.50 tons.

C. 500 tons.

D. 5000 tons.

15. The equipment includes the followings EXCEPT______

A. uranium development centers

B. long distance missiles

C. guided missiles

D. nuclear warhead

News Item 9

16. How many people died during the gun battle?

A. 9.

B. 31.

C. 40.

D. More than 40.

17. What is the possible cause of the gun battle?

A. Some gunmen tried to flee from the coalition position.

B. Some gunmen tried to attack a coalition position.

C. The coalition troops accidentally killed some suspected militants.

D. Some Afghan militants tried to cross the border with Pakistan.