英语报刊阅读练习题四)及答案

英语报刊阅读练习题（四）

I.Translate the following words into Chinese.

Today 2. Newsweek

1. USA

4. Spectator

3. Guardian

5. AP

6. Senate

Office

7. Attorney

House

General 8. White

Commons

of

House

9. Supreme

Court 10.

Party

Conservative

County 12.

11.

spy

war

14.

13.

Secretary

General

16.

MBA

republicanism

15.

EU

APEC 18.

17.

19. U.N. 20. WTO

II.Translate the following two short paragraphs.

1.On July 4, 1776, our Founders adopted the Declaration of Independence, creating a great

Nation and establishing a hopeful vision of liberty and equality that endures today.

2.解决台湾问题，实现祖国统一，是中国的内部事务，不受任何外国势力的干涉。

III.Rewrite the following headlines if necessary.

1.Italian Ex-Mayor Murdered

2.Married Women to Get Care allowance

3.Killing in the Name of God

4.Women Kills Husband, Self

5.Mao: We Should Support Third World Countries

IV.Read the following news and then choose the right answer to each question.

New Item 1

A crippling, nationwide six-day transport strike over higher diesel fuel prices was called off after government and union leaders reached an agreement to lower fuel prices. Popular support for the strike, which ended late on Tuesday, is indicative of the anger over the tight fiscal policies of President Arnoldo Aleman, whom many blame for unemployment which has reached 53 per cent.

1.What’s the agreement between the government and union leaders about?

A.reducing fuel prices.

B.raising fuel prices.

C.raising workers’ wages

D.improving workers’ living conditions.

2.Which can best describe the strikers’ attitude to the fiscal policies of the government?

A.grateful

B.unhappy.

C.supportive.

D.hesitant.

New Item 2

General Motors, the leading US automaker on Tuesday reported a 4.2 per cent decline in total vehicle sales to 433,723 in April compared with the same month in 1998. Car sales fell 4.5 per cent and truck sales 3.9 per cent, the company said in a statement. Despite the April performance, GM vice-president for North American sales Roy Robert said: “We’re going into the summer season with excellent momentum.”

3.How much percentage of total decline in vehicle sales in April this year?

A. 4.2.

B. 4.5.

C. 3.9.

D. 4.0.

4.What’s the attitude of GM vice-president towards the prospects in summer?

A.Doubtful.

B.Pessimistic.

C.Indifferent.

D.Optimistic

News Item 3

Some 200 pig breeders protested in the Malaysian capital yesterday against the government’s handling of a viral epidemic that killed 101 people and ruined the US’400 million pork industry. The farmers, mostly from Negeri Sembilan state, the epicenter of the outbreak, wore black armbands and held up banners outside the headquarters of the Malaysian Chinese Association political party, calling for compensation of US’53 for every pig killed.

5.How many people lost their lives in the epidemic?

A.200.

B.101.

C.400.

D.53.

6.What did the pig breeders call for in their protest?

A.killing pigs.

pensation for pigs killed.

C.nationwide strike.

D.handling of the epidemic.

News Item 4

A Kosovan man was killed and three others injured in Calais when a gunman opened fire after an argument between traffickers smuggling refugees into Britain. British tourists watched as the battle broke out at the ferry terminal at the Channel port, and a stray bullet lodged in one Briton’s camper van. Witnesses said that the gunman, who is thought to be a Kosovan, pulled out a pistol and fired on a group of about ten other Kosovans in the lorry part at the port.

7.Between whom did the battle break out?