英语四级听力

News Item One

(1)Recently, a photo showing a visitor on the GreatWall last week aroused a heated discussion on theInternet. They called it the "great queue of China". Itwas, with the famous structure snaking t o thehorizon behind him completely hidden by a mass ofother tourists.

(1) The vast imperial palace, theForbidden City, at one point welcomed more than 180,000 visito rs in a single day.

(1)In the desert at Dunhuang, at least two camels transporting tourists reportedly died fromover work in the Golden Week. And Chinese media said road traffic was up by thirteen percenton last year, causing unprecedented jams. Many people in China save their travelling for thetwo big ann ual public holidays—the other is at Chinese New Year. Then, it seems as if the wholecountry has shut down and everyone is on the road or on the train.

(2) Thus there've beenrenewed appeals for a third public holiday, in May, to be lengthened to sp read the strain.

many tourist attractions have been mentioned in the news？

do people want to do for easing the current situation according to the news

短篇新闻（一）

近日，一名游客上周在长城上拍的照片引起网友们热烈的讨论。人们称其为"中国的长龙"。那是因为这名游客身后那蜿蜒的古建筑上几乎看不到一块砖，密密麻麻地被游客们覆盖着。故宫也一度创下单日接待18万名游客的记录。

再来看看敦煌沙漠，据悉在黄金周期间，至少两匹骆驼死于过度劳累。据中国媒体报道：日均拥堵指数比去年上涨了30％，可谓达到历史高峰。多数中国人选择在黄金周（五一和十一）出游，另外一个出游高峰则是在春节假期。之后，整个城市像是突然搬空了一样，大家不是在火车上就是在赶火车的路上。因此有民众呼吁国家出台第三个法定假期以分散并缓解5月份巨大的客流压力。

问题1.新闻中提到多少个旅游景点？

问题2.为缓解这种现状，人们呼吁国家采取什么样的措施

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on thefollowing news item.

1.

A) Two.

B) Three.

C) Four.

D) One.

2.

A) Close all the tourist attractions.

B) Forbid using animals as a vehicle.

C) Increase the trains and flights.

D) Restore the May Day holiday.

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参考答案：

【小题1】B

【小题2】D

习题解析：

【小题1】本题考查细节，问新闻中一共提到几处旅游景点。具体来看，新闻中先后提到了 the Great Wall（长城），the Forbidden City （故宫）和 Dunhuang （敦煌），共三处，故选B。

【小题2】新闻先阐述了中国人在黄金周期间普遍存在的旅游景点排长队、交通拥堵、接待游客的动物过劳死等现象，最后总结

说 Thus there've been renewed appeals for a third public holiday, in May, to belengthened to spr ead the strain.指出人们希望能够恢复五一长假来缓解十一和春节两个公共长假的压力，故选D。

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Questions 3 and 4 will be based on thefollowing news item.

3.

A) It didn't do enough to celebrate the 100thanniversary of WWI.

B) It showed little respect to other Europeancountries.

C) It tended to focus on the crimes of WWI.

D) It tried to deny the crimes committed by the Nazis.

4.

A) Indifferent.

B) Opposed.

C) Neutral.

D) Numb.

ews Item Two

(3)These days, German government has been criticized for not doing enough to commemorate th

e 100th anniversary o

f World War I.

Germany has spent less on events than some otherEuropean countries. And the events which ha vetaken place have been seen as half-hearted by critics.

Traditionally in Germany the First World War is overshadowed by the Second World teaching in German schools tends to focus on the crimes of the Nazis rather than whathappened a generatio n earlier.

(4)And since 1945 there's been a strong aversion in Germany to anything that might be seenas gl orifying militarism. So many people here are uncomfortable with any anniversary of a waror a ba ttle.

There's still some disagreement among historians about who was responsible for World War ha ving spent the last 70 years making up for Nazi guilt, many Germans have little appetite to now ta ke on the blame for the First World War, too.

makes the German government be criticized recently？

's the attitude of German people towards militarism

短篇新闻（二）

近日，德国政府被谴责的原因是因为第一次世界大战100周年的活动做得不够充分。

相比欧洲其他各国，德国对此纪念活动不够重视。其举行的纪念活动更被民众指责敷衍了事。在德国，第二次世界大战比第一次世界大战更受重视。德国的的历史教学也更加侧重纳粹所犯罪行，而并非发生在上一代人身上的悲剧。

1945年以来，德国民众强烈反对任何可能被视为美化军国主义的行为。因此，每当有任何战争或战役纪念日时，德国民众心中多有不快。