英语报刊选读考试样题(1)
英语报刊选读--参考答案
英语报刊选读--参考答案UNIT 1THE MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPAERS AND MAGAZINES 1.1）T 2）T 3）T 4）T 5） F6）F 7）T 8）T 9）F 10）TPART TWONEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES BY SUBJECTUNIT 2POLITICSSection BText 11.1）C 2）C 3）B 4）C 5）DText 21.1）B 2）D 3）E 4）F 5）A6）C 7）H 8）G 9）IText 31.barring serving ahead authorizing repeal2.1）B 2）C 3）A 4）DUNIT 3ECONOMICSSection BText11.1）F 2）T 3）F 4）FText 21.1）T 2）F 3）F 4）T 5）TUNIT 4MILITARY AFFAIRSSection B1.1）A 2）D 3）B 4）DText 22.1）B 2）B 3）A 4）AText 33.1）D 2）D 3）B 4）BUNIT 5ENVIRONMENTSection BText 11.1）B 2）C 3）DText 21.1）i 2）g 3）m 4）k 5）j 6）d7）b 8）c 9）a 10）l 11）f 12）e 13）h Text 31.1）T 2）T 3）T 4）F 5）T 6）F 7）TUNIT 6EDUCATIONSection BText 1Section BText 11.1）B 2）DText 21.1）C 2）AText 31.1）F 2）T 3）T 4）FUNIT 7SPORTSSection BText 11.1）The author wants to analyze today's best athletes and shows sports fans what makes star athletes great.2）“The perfection point” refers to the limits of one's physical prowess.3）The Perfection Point is really about what are we as a species going to do as we try to achieve perfection.4）understood the motivation of the athletes using steroids and he was compassionate for them.Text 21.1）B 2）D 3) C 4) D 5) CText 31.1) T 2) F 3) F 4) F 5) T2.1）C 2）A 3) B 4) D 5) CUNIT 8ENTERTAINMENTSection BText 11.1) T 2）F 3）F 4）F 5）FText 21.1) F 2）F 3）F 4）T 5）F 6）TText 31.1) F 2）F 3）F 4）T 5）FUNIT 9BOOK REVIEWSSection BText 11.1) T 2) T 3) F 4) FPART THREENEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES READINGS BY V ARIETYUNIT 10WEATHER FORECASTSText 11.1) A 2）B 3）10 KTS 4）1026Hpa, normal 5）2009/09/10,04:51 UTCText21.1) F 2) T2.Phoenix; Sunrise time is laterText31.78, Monday; 52, Wednesday3. Morning newspaper; because there is only low temperature on 13th, Sep., 2009）UNIT 11GRAPHICS（略）UNIT 12SHOWSSection BText 1Text 21. B2.1）F 2) FText 31.George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born in Dublin, the son of a civil servant. His education was irregular, due to his dislike of any organized training. After working in an estate agent's office for a while he moved to London as a young man (1876), where he established himself as a leading music and theatre critic in the eighties and nineties and became a prominent member of the Fabian Society, for which he composed many pamphlets. He began his literary career as a novelist; as a fervent advocate of the new theatre of Ibsen (The Quintessence of Ibsenism, 1891) he decided to write plays in order to illustrate his criticism of the English stage. His earliest dramas were called appropriately Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (1898). Among these, Widower's Houses and Mrs. Warren's Profession savagely attack social hypocrisy, while in plays such as Arms and the Man and The Man of Destiny the criticism is less fierce. Shaw's radical rationalism, his utter disregard of conventions, his keen dialectic interest and verbal wit often turn the stage into a forum of ideas, and nowhere more openly than in the famous discourses on the Life Force, «Don Juan in Hell», the third act of the dramatization of woman's love chase of man, Man and Superman (1903).2. The director is Doug Hughes, Sally Hawkins plays as Vivie Warren and Cherry Jones plays her mother Mrs. Kitty Warren.UNIT 13RELATIONSHIP ADVICESection BText 11.1) c 2）g 3）b 4）d 5）f 6）a 7）e Text 31. c 2）d 3）b 4）a 5）f 6）e。
英语报刊选读(第一册)参考答案
BOOK ONE (2)UNIT 1 Campus (2)UNIT 2 Entertainment (3)UNIT 3 Entertainment (5)UNIT 4 Food (6)UNIT 5 Crime (8)UNIT 6 Disaster (10)UNIT 7 Sports (11)UNIT 8 Art (13)UNIT 9 Economy (15)UNIT 10 Ecology (17)UNIT 11 Health (18)UNIT12 Automobile & Driving (20)UNIT 13 Quality problems (23)UNIT 14 Shopping (25)UNIT 15 Gun control (27)UNIT 16 Psychology (28)BOOK ONEUNIT 1 CampusI．Vocabulary Builder1.Definition1)chaotic: extremely disorganized; badly organized; be in mess2)primary: main; most important; key; major; chief; prime; principal3)seduce: attract; tempt4)highlight: the most important, interesting, or enjoyable part of something such as a holiday,performance, or sports competition5)reluctant: unwilling6)compelling: very interesting or exciting, so that you have to pay attention7)reveal: show; indicate8)mainstream: accepted by or involving most people in a society; normal; ordinary9)critical: important; crucial10)evolution: a long, gradual process during which something develops and changes, usuallybecoming more advanced; a gradual change and development2. Terms translation1) a bipartisan consensus2)high school diploma3)drop-out rate4)college wage premium5)the K-12 system6)more academically rigorous7)well-rounded citizens8)certification tests9)career and technical education3. Blank filling1) persevered 2) persisted 3) insisted 4) insisted 5) persevere6) agony 7) adversity 8) torment 9) plight 10) assure/reassure11) insure/ensure 12) insure 13) insure/ensure 14) assured/reassuredII．Translation1.选择圣路易斯的华盛顿大学是个不错的决定，但真正让我享受到理想大学生活的，（不是大学本身）是我到了大学后作的一些决定。
《英语报刊选读》期末考试试卷附答案
《英语报刊选读》期末考试试卷附答案一、将下列所给的英语名词翻译成中文。
（15小题*2=30）1．The House of Lords2．Social Security3．Capitol Hill4．Speaker5．Fund —raising party6．Senior citizen7．Westinghouse Science Talent Search8．Asia —Pacific summit9．Sovereignty10．British Foreign Secretary11．Christian12．economic recession13．royal family14．the Commonwealth15．spokesman二、报刊阅读题。
Campaign strategists have agreed to focus to focus on the Senate, where leaders hope to complete work on the budget package by May 1. “We felt that if the Senate defeated the proposal, it would not even come up in the House,”says John Rot her, legislative director for the 18—million —member American Association of Retired persons.Targeted mainly are Republicans, who control the Senate, with particular emphasis on the 21 who face re—election next year. The next election looms large in the lobbyists’strategy. “We shall not forget if Congree haves in an unfriendly fashion to the senior citizens of the United States,”warns Jacob Clay man, president of the NCSC, which represents 4.5 million persons. “We shall remember—and 1986 is just around the corner.”Eric Shulman, legislative director for the NCSC, explains: “Those up forreelection will have their ears closest to the ground—and we are making as much of a rumble as we can. We see this issue being won or lost not in Washington but out in the countryside.”Adds Arthur Flemming, former U. S. commissioner on aging and now a lobbyist for the elderly:”“It’s the grass roots that convey the message most effectively.”I ．单项选择题。
英语报刊阅读练习题（一）及答案
英语报刊阅读练习题（一）I.Translate the following words into Chinese. 1. Los Angeles Times Times 2. 2. Time 3. Sun Sun 4. 4. New Statesman and Society 5. UPI UPI 6. 6. Secretary of Homeland Security 7. Department of the Interior 8. State Legislature 9. Lieutenant-Governor 10. Lord President of the Council 11. Minister of State 12. Borough Council 13. Deputy Leader 14. Silicon V alley 15. parliamentary 15. parliamentary democracy democracy 16. AIDS 17. NSA 18. AL/Arab League 19. ICJ 20. SC (UN) II.Translate the following two short paragraphs. 1.We also recognize the challenges that America now faces. We are winning the war against enemies of freedom, yet more work remains. We will prevail in this noble mission. Liberty has the power to turn hatred into hope. 2.以和平方式实现祖国统一，最符合台湾海峡两岸同胞的根本利益。
国家以最大的诚意，尽最大的努力，实现和平统一。
III.Rewrite the following headlines if necessary. 1.Italian Ex-Mayor Murdered 2.Rail Chaos Getting Worse 3.How America Sees the World 4.Woman Kills Husband, Self 5.Chinese Cooks: Masters at Turning a Turnip into a Flower IV .Read the following news and then choose the right answer to each question. News Item 1 At least 29 people are reported dead and even more are missing after severe storms in the State of Florida. Many of the fatalities occurred in the central part of the state where powerful Many of the fatalities occurred in the central part of the state where powerful tornadoes damaged hundreds of buildings. tornadoes damaged hundreds of buildings. Widespread power outages delayed the efforts of Widespread power outages delayed the efforts of rescue crews. Florida has been hit by hail, heavy rains, and wind gusts as high as 20 kilometers per hour since Sunday afternoon. Many areas remain under a tornado watch. 1.What is the condition in the state of Florida? A.It has been attacked by severe drought. B.It has been hit by powerful tornadoes. C.It has been damaged by wind only. D.It has been struck by heavy rain only. 2.When did such weather begin? - 1 -A.Saturday morning. B.Since Saturday afternoon. C.Since Sunday morning. D.Since Sunday afternoon. News Item 2 Authorities in the Philippines are searching for a missing passenger jet. The civil Pacific Air DC9 failed to land on schedule Monday on a flight form Manila to Cagayan de Oro in the southern island of Mindanao. Flight 387 is believed to be carrying 99 passengers and a crew of five. Weather conditions are reported to have been good and the pilot did not report any trouble before contact with him was lost. 3.When is the Air DC9 scheduled to land? A.Monday B.Tuesday C.Wednesday D.Thursday 4.How many people are there in Flight 387? A.99 B.104 C.103 D.105 News Item 3 In central Asia, forestry officials in China say they've put out a fire which spread into Chinese territory from Mongolia. The official news agency said that in nine days the fire had spread across 300,000 hectares in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. The thousands of people fighting the In Mongolia fire were hampered by a lack of transport and by strong winds fanning the flames.itself, officials said fires were continuing to blaze across the country. They said 16 people have now died. Several countries and international aid agencies have promised funding to help fight the fire and to house people made homeless by it. 5.What happened in the province of Inner Mongolia? A.A fire was attacking it caused by an explosion. B.16 people died because of the fire. C.A fire lasted for a week. D.A fire was spreading into it from Mongolia. 6.What prevented the fight with the fire? A.A lack of water. B.A lack of transport. C.Strong winds. D.Both B and C. News Item 4 The United States has confirmed that it plans to sell anti-aircraft weapons worth 84 million dollars to Taiwan. The package will include nearly 500 stinger anti-aircraft missiles as well as launching systems and training missiles. The US Defense Department has sent details of the arms to Congress which had to approve the sale. Initial agreement for the deal was reached in March shortly before a Presidential election in Taiwan, and while China was conducting maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait. China said the exercises were a warning against moves by Taiwan to seek independence. 7.How much are the weapons worth? A.80 million. B.84 million. C.18 million. D.50 million. 8.When was the initial agreement first made? A.May B.April C.March D.Not mentioned. News Item 5 With a national strike by shopkeepers and businessmen in Zimbabwe going into its second day, further serious disruption is expected across the country. The government has said it intends to punish all those who have supported the illegal action against tax increases as the closures have denied employees the right to work. It said action would also be taken against civil servants and head teachers who closed their schools. Zimbabwean business leaders have called the statement threatening and without a legal basis. 9.What has caused the national strike in Zimbabwe? A.Employees demanding higher pay. B.Tax increases by the government. C.Head teachers closing their schools. D.Employees being denied the right to work. 10.The government has said it intends to punish _____. A.those who supported the illegal tax increases B.shopkeepers and businessmen C.whoever has supported the strike D.Zimbabwean business leaders V.Read the following article and then answer the questions below. Breaking Up is Hard to Do When Texans Russell Smith and John Anthony traveled to Vermont to join in a civil union in February 2002, they had all the romantic intentions of any couple exchanging “I do’s.” But like the 50 percent of Americans whose marriages end in divorce, Smith and Anthony later decided to call it quits. Because the two had shared business deals. Smith worried he might one day face financial obligations from his ex. So he filed fro divorce in a Texas court. Though a district judge initially agreed to grant one, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott intervened. He feared granting a divorce would signal that the state recognized the union in the first place — a step Texas and other states aren’t yet willing to take. “A court cannot grant a divorce where no marriage existed,” Abbott argued. The judge reversed the divorce and the couple was forced to hash things our on their own. “They were just wanting to legally terminate this relationship,” says Anthony’s lawyer, Tommy Gunn. “Obviously the divorce route did not work.” If gay couples think it’s tough to get married, they may find it’s ever harder to spite up. Few want to think about it on the way to the altar, but “we’re not immune to relationship problems,” says David Buckel, an attorney who directs the marriage project at Lambda legal. Though all it takes is a romantic weekend to tie the knot under Canada’s just-passed same-sex marriage law or get linked by civil union in Vermont, both places requires at least one member of the couple to establish residency for a year before granting a divorce or official dissolution. Of the roughly 5,000 civil unions performed so far in Vermont, the only state that legally recognizes the same-sex commitments, 85 percent went to out-of-staters. That has left other states grappling with what to do when civil unions sour — and whether standard divorce laws can apply. A West Virginia family-court judge agreed to use divorce laws to dissolve a civil union there last year. But Connecticut courts dismissed the divorce case filed by Glen Rosengarten, who decided to end his 15-year relationship shortly after he and his partner got a civil union in Vermont. Dying of AIDS, Rosengarten wanted to preserve his estate for children from an earlier marriage, says his lawyer Gary I. Cohen. “He had incredible anxiety about it — he really wanted closure in his life,” Cohen says. Rosengarten appealed to the state Supreme Court, but died before the case was heard. Medical bills ate up his estate, so inheritance became a moot point, too. Without access to divorce, all the benefits gay couples get with a civil union — shared property, adoption rights, insurance — must be undone one by one. If they can’t dissolve the union, they may not be free to enter into a new union or marriage, either. “It shoves gay people into a no man’s land where they have to fight it out for themselves,” says Evan Wolfson, director of Freedom to Marry. “Because it’s not marriage, people don’t have one of the automatic protections that comes with marriage,” Gay couples can’t hope to erase the pain that comes with parting. But after last week, there’s at least a chance they may one day get a little more help when things fall apart. Comprehension 1.According to Para. 2, _____. A.both Canada and Vermont have passed same-sex marriage law B.both Canada and Vermont will not grant a divorce until the couple resides for one year C.there are About 5,000 same-sex civil unions in Vermont D.attorneys at Lambda Legal never handled any marriage problems 2.Which of the following statement is NOT true? A.Smith and Anthony established a civil union in February 2002. B.Texas would acknowledge civil union. C.One out of two Americans divorces. D.Vermont is the only state that admits same-sex marriage. 3.Which of the following statement is NOT true about Rosengarten? A.He entered a civil union Vermont. B.He was once married and had children. C.He filed for divorce and the case was dismissed by both the Connecticut court and the Supreme Court. D.His children cannot inherit his legacy because AIDS consumed his estate completely. 4.When civil unions failed, _____. A.a gay couple can not enter into a new union or marriage without being granted a divorce. B.standard divorce laws are invalid C.standard divorced laws can be used to solve the problem D.couples in Vermont can be granted divorces 5.According to the passage, which of the following benefits can gay couples get with a civil union? A.victim’s compensations rights B.worker’s compensation benefits C.family leave benefits D.adoption rights Word Study Complete each sentence with a word or phrase given below (in its appropriate form if necessary). erase fall apart legal agree tough incredible initially access financial appeal to 1.Tokyo and New York are major _____ centers. 2.She came _____ to spend a few days, but in the end she stayed for a whole month. 3.It’s _____ finding a job these days. 4.Should euthanasia be made _____? 5.He _____ to let me go home early. 6.He gave an _____ explanation of the cause of the accident. 7.She _____ the high court against her sentence. 8.Nowadays students in rural areas have _____ to the Internet. 9.She couldn’t _____ the accident from her memory. 10.Their marriage finally _____. VI.The following questions are connected to your reading course studies. Write down in English your own opinions, using 100-120 words each. Question: Write down what you think of both the problems and the benefits that can be brought to the native community, by the immigration of people of alien race, colour and religion. 英语报刊阅读练习题（一）答案I.Translate the following words into Chinese. 1. 《洛衫矶时报》《时代》《洛衫矶时报》 2. 《时代》3. 《太阳报》《太阳报》4. 《新政治家和社会》《新政治家和社会》5. （美）合众国际社（美）合众国际社6. 国土安全部长国土安全部长7. 内政部内政部8. 州议会州议会 9. 副州长副州长10. 枢密院长枢密院长 11. 国务大臣国务大臣12. 市政会市政会 13. 副领袖副领袖14. 硅谷硅谷 15. 议会民主制议会民主制16. 艾滋病艾滋病 17. （美）国家安全局（美）国家安全局 18. 阿拉伯国家联盟阿拉伯国家联盟19. （联合国）国际法院（联合国）国际法院 20. （联合国）安全理事会（联合国）安全理事会 II. Translate the following two short paragraphs. 参考译文：1. 我们也认识到美国所面临的挑战。
英语报刊选读A及标准答案
教学点： 年级： 班级： 姓名： 学号： 密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题《英语报刊阅读》试题（A 卷）Part Ⅰ Reconstruct the messages of the following headlines of news stories: (1% for each, 10%)Example: Italian Ex-Mayor Murdered ---An Italian Ex-Mayor Is Murdered1. ________ US ________ told not exploit ________ Tibet issue.2. Rubin ________ Greenspan ________ at odds.3. Visitors ________ flocking to Mao ’s birth place.4. ________ man ________ quizzed after ________ wife is knifed in ________ sports store.Part Ⅱ Read the following passage and answer the Questions A 5-34 (1% for each,30%) and B 35-44 (2% for each,20%)A Tuition Reform for Higher EducationChinese institutions of higher learning have quickened their pace of reform in recent years. Changing enrollment practices and higher tuition fees constitute and important part of the reform. Schools which once admitted students almost exclusively according to state plans are becoming more accepting of students sent by work groups for further training and those who pay their own fees.Regular universities and colleges plan to enroll about 786 200 students this year, up 158 200 or 25 percent over last year's figure. Of these, 216 000, or 27.4 percent, will be sent by their work groups or will pay their own way.In the past, the state paid all tuition and school fees for university students, a matter of policy since New China was established in 1949. Although this practice guaranteed the supply of qualified personnel, it brought a heavy burden to the sate, hindering further development of higher education. Since higher education is non —compulsory education in China, to charge appropriate fees will help improve school facilities and expedite the development of education in this stage. As an added benefit, paying their own way will encourage students to study harder.The reform will take effect in two directions. State—financed students will begin paying part of the costs of their education, and more self—paying students will be accepted.In August 1989, under the direction of the State council, the State Education Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the Sate Price Bureau drew up stipulations concerning the amount of charges on tuition, accommodation and other expenses for students of institutions of higher learning. Beginning from that year, freshmen at regular universities and colleges and professional schools (including cadres taking special training courses and students working on a second degree) were charged 100 yuan (about us $17) each for their tuition fee, and this low charge is expected to be raised gradually. The figure was higher in special economic zones and economically developed regions such as Guangdong Province and Shanghai, but was capped at 300 yuan. Students living on campus paid about 20 yuan per year for accommodation and the charge was slightly higher for better furnishing. Normal school students and those admitted on scholarships need only pay for accommodation. Reduced tuitions and fees are available to students in need of financial assistance, but accommodation expenses will remain the same.In June 1992, the State Education Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau decided to allow regular institutions of higher education to set their own tuition rates and charges for accommodation, short—term training programs, correspondence courses and night school. These should be determined according to the needs of each school, the abilities of students to pay and general conditions in each area. The tuition for students in the sciences and engineering can range from 300 to 500 yuan per academic year. Liberal arts, history and economics students of the fine arts pay 400 to 600 yuan per year, and students of the fine arts 400 to 750 yuan. Statistics for 1992 show students paid an average of 340 yuan in tuition that year, only 5 percent of the real cost.Measures have been taken to limit the possible detrimental affects of rising tuition. Shanghai, for instance, exempts the children of revolutionary martyrs from paying tuition. And these costs may be reduced or waived for students with limited family financial support as their parents are either both dead or are receiving subsidiesfrom their work units. Some colleges have also set up work—study programs to benefit students with financial difficulties.Guidelines concerning self—paying students were first set out in 1989. The State Education Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau stipulated that these students should pay 80 percent of the cost of their education. Such students who live on campus pay the standard rate for accommodation and must cover their own medical expenses. The charge for each self—paying student averaged 2 000 yuan of the cost in 1992, or 30 percent of the cost. Charges for undergraduates and students of special colleges whose education is sponsored by work units, with payment coming either in part or in full from their units, are somewhat higher. Self—paying students are not assigned jobs by the state after graduation, whereas students sent by their units will return to them after graduating.Charges for correspondence courses and night school are equal to or slightly higher than those for full-time students enrolled according to the state plan.With their improvement of their living standards and the deepening of reform, people in general accept the changes in the tuition system. To facilitate the development of higher education, the increases in tuition rates will be more flexible and diversified. Student payments will be augmented by finding from the state, enterprises and funds raised from the public. Laws and regulations will by enacted to ensure steady progress, and overseas organizations and individuals are encouraged to set up and operate schools in China.--21st Century, Apr.20, 1992 Reading ComprehensionCircle the letter that best suits the answer or completes the statement.5. Changing enrollment practices and higher tuition fees ____.A. pay an important part in the reformB. make up an important part of the reformC. include an important part of the reformD. hold an important part of the reform6. Regular universities and colleges plan to enroll about 786 200 students this year ____.A. which is the same as last years figure密封线内不要答题B. which is more than last year's figure by 158 200C. which is 25 per cent over last year's figureD. both B and C7. Among 786 200 students ____ will be sent by their work groups or will pay their own way.A. 158 200B. 21 600C. 27.4 per centD. 25 per cent8. Since New China was established, all tuition and school fees for university students ____.A. Were paid by their work groupsB. Were paid by the students themselvesC. Were paid by the stateD. Were paid by the local government9. The policy which the state paid all tuition and school fees for university students ____.A. Brought lots of profits to the stateB. Was helpful to further development of higher educationC. Brought many advantages to the stateD. Brought expense and trouble to the state 10. Which statement is not true?A. To charge appropriate fees will help improve school facilitiesB. As an added benefit, paying their own way will encourage students to study harderC. Higher education is compulsory education in ChinaD. Tuition reform for higher education will take effect in two directions11. Stipulations concerning the amount of charges on tuition, accommodation and other expenses for students of institutions of higher learning was drafted by ____.A. the State Education CommissionB. the State CouncilC. the universities and collegesD. the State Education Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题12. The figure on tuition fee was higher in special economic zones and economically developed regions, but was ____.A. fixed at 300 yuanB. limited in 300 yuanC. over 300 yuanD. much more than 300 yuan13. Students in need of financial assistance ____. A. can get a grantB. need only pay for accommodationC.can get support from the local governmentD. can enjoy reduced tuitions and fees14. According to the stipulations made by the State Education Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau, the tuition for students in the sciences and engineering can ____.A. be changed between 300 and 500 yuan per academic yearB. be fixed at 300 or 500 yuan per yearC. be set at 400 or 600 yuan per yearD. be extended from 400 to 750 yuan per year15. The children of revolutionary martyrs in Shanghai ____. A. enjoy reduced tuition B. enjoy free charge tuition C. gain allowance from governmentD. receive subsidies from their parents work units16. Stipulations concerning self —paying students took effect in ____. A. 1989 B. 1992 C. 1990 D. 199117. Charges for undergraduates and students of special colleges whose education is sponsored by work units ____.A. are set at 2 000 yuan per yearB. are exempted 50 per cent from the whole cost of their educationC. are rather higherD. are exempted 30 percent18. Self—paying students, after their graduation, ____.A. will return to their unitsB. will be appointed to do some work by the stateC. are provided employments by the statD. are not assigned jobs by the state19. Which statement is true?A. The increases in tuition rates can not be changed easilyB. Students payment will be decreased by funding from the state and enterprisesC. Laws and regulations will be made to ensure steady progressD. People in general can't accept the change in the tuition reformVocabularyChoose the best answer to explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase.20. Chinese institutions of higher learning have quickened their pace of reform in recent year____.A. WalkingB. stepC. footD. speed21. Changing enrollment practices and higher tuition fees constitute an important part of the reform____.A. Make upB. establishC. holdD. Complete22. Although this practice guaranteed the supply of qualified personnel, it brought a heavy burden to the state____.A. it brought the state expense and troubleB. it brought the state sufferingC. it made the state involve in difficultiesD. it caused the state involved in troubles23. The reform will take effect in two directions____.A. will take placeB. will come into forceC. will affectD. will have an influence24. The figure was higher in special economic zones and economically developed regions such as Guangdong, province and Shanghai, but was capped at 300yuan____.A. coveredB. aboutC. overD. much more than25. This Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau decided to allow regular institutions of higher education to set their own tuition rates and charges for accommodation____.A. decideB. fixC. put forwardD. Both A and B26. The tuition for students in the sciences and engineering can range from 300 to 500 yuan per academic year____.A. be charged between 300 and 500B. set at 300 or 500C. be decided at 300 or 500D. extend from 300 to 50027. Measures have been taken to limit the possible detrimental affects of rising tuition____.A. determinedB. damageC. harmfulD. influential28. Shanghai, for instance, exempts the children of revolutionary martyrs from paying tuition____.A. charges a little forB. makes free charge forC. reduces the charge forD. Both A and B29. And these costs may be reduced or waived for students with limited family financial support as their parents are either both dead or are receiving subsidies from their work units____.A. insisted onB. not enforcedC. chargedD. exempted30. Some colleges have also set up work—study programs to benefit students with financial difficulties____.密封线内不要答题A. helpB. give money toC. give profits toD. send allowance of money to31. The State Educational Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau stipulated that these students should pay 80 percent of the cost of their education____.A. arrangedB. advocatedC. stated clearlyD. stimulated32. Such students who live on campus pay the standard rate for accommodation and must cover their own medical expenses____.A. includeB. exemptC. changeD. provide money for33. Self —paying students are not assigned jobs by the state after graduation, whereas students sent by their units will return to them after graduation____.A. After graduation the state doesn't give employments to the self —paying studentsB. After graduation, the state doesn't appoint the self —paying students to do some workC. After graduation, the self-paying students are not going to apply for jobsD. All are wrong34. To facilitate the development of higher education, the increases in tuition rates will be more flexible and diversified____.A. will be more easily bent and variousB. will be more limited and various.C. will be easily changed and in variety to adapt to new conditionsD. will be raised more than beforeB Endangered Trade(The Asian Wall Street Journal, Mar., 1999)Such is the special relationship between America and its NATO partners that while that alliance cooperates to bomb Serbian forces, the U.S. and the EU are managing a trade war against each other. Fortunately, no lives are at stake in the latter conflict. Yet if it spreads unchecked, the rest of the world is sure to feel the pain of it.密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题It's hard to decide whether the U.S. or Europe deserves the most contempt for expanding their trade war. The first fight, over bananas, is essentially a struggle between two fruit distributors with strong political connections. Now Washington and Brussels are escalatingtheir battle over beef, with European farmers stooping to science in their claims that hormone-treated American beef is unsafe.In his first term in office, President Bill Clinton teamed up with the Republicans to push major free-trade liberalizations. Now, however, he seems bent on pursuing 'level even if playing fields,'torpedoing the world economy. The latest salvo was fired this week, with the U.S. announcing it has targeted close to $1 billion of European products for 100% tariffs if the European Union doesn't drop the hormone nonsense.The move follows an earlier announcement that the U.S. administration will fight Europe's banana import regime by hitting a range of European goods with prohibitive tariffs. Add to this renewed American threats to raise the drawbridge to Russian, Japanese and Brazilian steel, as well as administration support for a congressional vote to ban Concorde flights from Europe in relation for EU threats to refuse landing rights to old-American planes retrofitted with noise reducing technology.Mr. Clinton sounded the protectionist battle cry in his January State of the Union address, where he vowed to fight for 'a freer and fairer trading system for 21st century America.' In the case of agriculture, when the respective lobbies on both sides of the Atlantic enter the fray, that translates into a sticky situation. On the whole, American farmers are major exporters. And U.S. farmers have a good case on beef hormones. But it is nonetheless dangerous for the U.S. to shut off $1 billion in trade.This is not to excuse the EU. The hormone argument is nonsense. The World Trade Organization has acknowledged as much, ordering the EU to allow imports of American meat by May 13. Brussels has responded by saying that it needs more time because European citizens, who supposedly don't like hormones in their food, would rebel against their governments if American meat suddenly appeared on their store shelves.Were it not for the high stakes involved for both producers and consumers, the argument might be amusing. When governments curtail trade the global economy shrinks and for all the jobs 'saved' by protections, there are a lot more lost. The Smoot-Hawleyagricultural protections imposed by the U.S. Congress in the late 1920s certainly contributed to the Great Depression. Mr. Clinton may believe he is fighting the good fight. But we've never thought much of the kind of war where you pose even when you win.Judge whether the following statement are True or False:35. ( ) The Trade war between the U.S. and the EU has cost no lives but is equally dangerous.36. ( ) It's very easy to decide who is to blame for expanding the trade war.37. ( ) The very beginning of the trade war suggests that it bears political significance.38. ( ) The author agrees that hormone-treated beef is harmful to one's health.39. ( ) President Bill Clinton used to be a believer of free trade, but not now.40. ( ) Level playing fields ca do good to the world economy.41. ( ) Besides its trade war with the EU, the U.S. is also in conflict with Japan, Russia and Brazil.42. ( ) The author thinks that in the case of beef, the American farmers are justified.43. ( ) The author thinks that it is a right decision for the U.S. to shut off $1 billion in trade.44. ( ) The two sides have submitted the case of beef to the WTO for settlement.for each,20%)The Rich Get Richer and ElectedBy Steven V. RobertsThe representatives newly elected in 1984 were almost four times as wealthy as thefirst-term lawmakers elected only six years before, according to a new study based one themembers’ financial reports.Behind this remarkable a swing, the study says, are two main factors: a courtdecision that outlawed limits on what candidates could give to their own campaigns,and the enormous growth in the cost of pursuing a seat in Congress. As a result, it isincreasingly difficult for candidates of modest means, particularly women, to mountsuccessful challenges to entrenched office holders.One solution, the authors contend, is a system of public financing for campaigns,but Congress seems in no mood to change the political rules any time soon.“The lower chamber is going upper class,” said Mark Green, the president of The Democracy Project, a public policy institute based in New York. “But this evolution from a House of Representatives to a House of Lords denies the diversity of our democracy. It establishes a de facto property qualification for office that increasingly says: low and middle income need not apply.”The Democracy Project produced the study in cooperation with the United States Public Interest Research Group, a similar institute situated in Washington. But their research was not entirely theoretical. In 1980 Mr. Green was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Congress in New York's 15th District, in Manhattan. The winner was Bill Green, one of the wealthiest members of Congress.Of Assets and MillionairesMembers of Congress must report their assets in broad categories, not exact numbers, so the figures in the study are not precise. But the minimum average wealth of the 43 lawmakers first elected last year was $251,292. Six years earlier, the 74 new members reported an average of only $41,358 in assets. With inflation figured in, the increase was almost 400 percent in real terms.Moreover, financial data on the class of 1978 indicated only one millionaire, William F. Clinger Jr., a Pennsylvania Republican. Last year's newcomers included 15 possible millionaires, more than a third of the entire group. Topping the list was Joseph J. Dioguardi, a Westchester Republican, who listed assets of $1 million to $2.46 million.The main reason for the change, Mr. Green maintains, is the Supreme Court decision of 1976 in the case of Buckley V. Valeo. In that case, the Court ruled that limits mandated by Congress on the amount a candidate could give to his or her own campaign were an unconstitutional abridgment of individual rights. At the same time, the Court upheld limits on amounts contributed by outsiders.“Quite naturally”, Mr. Green said, “this puts a premium on personal wealth.The 43 Representatives newly elected in 1984 spent an average of $459,344; of that, $50,329 was their own money in an average case. Eight of the 43 spent more密封线内不要答题than $100,000 in personal funds but the clear leader was Tommy F. Robinson, an Arkansas Democrat, who contributed $441, 167 to his own campaign. Mr. DioGuardi was next with a personal donation of $210,000.The Senate Puts an even higher premium on wealth. Last year the average candidate for the Senate spent $2 million, and the roster of millionaires in the Senate is steadily growing.The second factor putting a premium on personal wealth, Mr. Green argues, is the rapid rise of political action committees. They tend to favor incumbents with their campaign contributions, and a result, Mr. Green says, is that it takes a wealthy challenger to make a race of things.One apparent effect is the obstacle this poses for women who run for Congress. While women in rapidly rising numbers are capturing local and state offices, their representation on the national level has stayed static. The class of 1984 included only two women: Helen D. Bentley of Maryland and Jan Meyers of Kansas, both Republicans.“It is largely men who control wealth in America,” Mr. Green said, “and if wealth is a major variable in political success, that automatically means more men will run and win.”Fred Wertheimer, president of Common Cause, the public affairs lobby that , if you're not personally wealthy, and you're not willing to indebt yourself to the PAC's, you face an uphill struggle just to get your message on the table.The authors of the study argue that some form of public financing for campaigns should be instituted. “Competition for public office should be based more upon merit than money,” asserted Gene Karpinski, executive director of the public interest research group.Mr. Wertheimer argues that “members of Congress know they have a national scandal on their hands ” and are willing to consider public financing, or at least a total limit on PAC contributions. But the chances for change in the current system remain decidedly poor.Obviously the current occupants of Capitol Hill have kept their seats under the present rules, which clearly favor incumbents. Accordingly, Mr. Green maintains, Congress is still probably “several scandals away ” from a serious push to change the campaign system.密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题(From The New York Times, September 24, 1985)45. Why has the House of Representatives been changing into a rich man's club or a House of Lords?46. In what way did the Court decision favor the wealthy candidates?47. Are women far behind men in getting Congressional offices? Please give an example for your answer.48. What role do political action committees play in a campaign for public office? 49. According to the author of the study, on what basis should the political race for public office be placed?Part Ⅵ Translate the following into Chinese .(20%)How to negotiateThe US is an attractive market. Its business culture, which has brought the world “shareholder value ” and “IPOs ”, has been leading commercial thinking in recent years and will continue to do so. But whoever wants to succeed in the US needs to remember the rules of the game.US business is described by the lyrics of the song New York, New York: “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!” Yet a euphoric approach to business is by no means enough. Although business communication in the US is pleasant and easygoing, it is at the same time ruthlessly focused.Communicating is natural talent of Americans. When negotiating partners meet, the emphasis is on small talk and smiling. There is liberal use of a sense of humour that is more direct than it is in the UK. If you give a talk in America, you should speak in a relaxed way and with plenty of jokes to capture your audience's attention.《英语报刊阅读》试卷（A 卷参考答案）Part Ⅰ Reconstruct the messages of the following headlines of news stories: (1% for each, 10%) 1、The is the 2、and are3、are4、A is his aPart ⅡRead the following passage and answer the Questions A 5-34 (1% for each,30 %) and B 35-44 (2% for each,20%)A:5～9 BDCCD 10～14 CDBDA 15～19 BACDC20～24 DAABA 25～39 BACBD 30～34 ACDBCB:35～39 TFTFT 40～44 FTTFTPart ⅢRead the following passage and answer Questions 45～49 (4% for each,20%) 45. Because the House of Representatives is largely composed of wealthy men, and they get elected not on their merit, but on their money.46. The court decision outlawed limits on the amount that a candidate could give to his own campaign. At the same time it upheld limits on amounts contributed by outsiders.47. Yes. Take the Congressional election in 1984 for example, only two women got elected.48. They play a very important role to help officeholders to get re-elected with campaign contributions.49. Some form of public financing should be taken. Competition for public office should be based more on merit than money.Part ⅣTranslate the following into Chinese .(20%)美国是一个有吸引力的市场。
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《英语报刊选读》平时作业1Unit One QuestionsLesson One P9Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What activities are harming ancient Buddhist grottoes?2.Who turned the caves into the painted shrines?3.Are murals in good shape?4.Why is it difficult for the authorities to prevent them from being destroyed?5.Does the Chinese government value the preservation of those historical and cultural sites?6.Why did Mr. Neville Agnew say “ tourism and conservation are good partners”?Lesson Two P18Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What is Beijing running for?2.When will the site be chosen for the games?3.Did China get fair play in choosing the site for the 2000 games?4.What are the reasons listed by the Bid Committee of Beijing for choosing it for the 2008games?5.What is the goal of the English-speaking drive in Beijing?Lesson Three P29Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Why did some of the HBS grads choose to come back to China although they had receivedlucrative offers from America’s top companies?2.What profession do they usually like to go in for?3.Why did most of them choose to take in IT industry?4.Why did some of them decide to stay in the US while some chose to come back?5.What do you think is the biggest obstacle preventing the elite from coming back home?6.What does the title of this article “ Home At Last” mean?Unit Two QuestionsLesson Four P38Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Why are virtual institutions thought of as best graduate schools?2.Why is the huge upsurge of interest in remote learning?3.Will the distance education substitute the traditional education? Explain.4.What’s the advantage of remote learning?5.What’s the opposite idea about remote learning?6.What are the factors you should consider before you choose a distant-education school?Lesson Five P57Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Do researchers agree with each other on the correlationship between college selectivityand future income of the graduates? Cite examples to answer the question.2.Are all state-run universities less competitive than private universities? Please giveexamples.3.If a candidate is admitted to Harvard University, but decides to go to a state university,will his future earnings be affected?4.For students from poor backgrounds, does it affect their future earning to choose an eliteuniversity? Why?5.Where do most top companies go to recruit their employees? Why?6.What has influenced the old pattern of employee recruiting for companies?7.What is the attitude of the author of the article toward the issue of college selectivity?Lesson Six P70Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.How many American colleges do you know? Which of them are the best?2.What are admissions quotas?3.State the reasons for Asian-American children’s success at school. What is their chiefmotivation?4.Do all American college administrators adopt the policy of acceptances based purely on merit?Why or why not?5.Why do Asian-American children tend to major in math and science? What is your view abouttheir inclination?6.Why can’t American parents spend as much time as Asian parents do with their kids?Lesson Seven P88Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Do you think Confucianism still plays an important role in education? What do Confucianideals mean?2.Were the early Asian immigrants fairly treated? State the reason.3.What does a “ grade grind” mean?4.Is it based on fair play for the leading universities to prefer “ varsity athletes and childrenof alumni” to better-scoring candidates? Is it an unconscious or conscious bias?5.Do all Asian Americans lead a good life ?6.What is the attitude of the journalists towards the Asian-American students in this article?《英语报刊选读》平时作业2Unit Three QuestionsLesson Eight P98Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Who are the top decision-makers in the case?2.What are the factors which have caused government officials to accuse Mr. Lee of spying?3.Why was Mr. Lee placed in solitary confinement? Was it appropriate for the authorities to doso?4.Did the Justice and Energy officials in question agree with what Judge Parker said?5.Do you think Justice Department official have thrown the book at Dr. Lee?6.Who is to blame in the case?Lesson Nine P110Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.How many black churches were burned or vandalized from 1994 to 1996 according to theCenter for Democratic Renewal? Are these cases solved ? Why or why not?2.What does it mean to say “ church fires are an election-year issue”? How does Clintonreact to them?3.Are the inference from the arson in Enid and the emerging facts of the investigation inagreement? What do you think about it?4.Why does the author say the federal task force is entering a quagmire?5.Why must President Clinton walk a fine in dealing with the arsons?Lesson Ten P125Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What does the title of this article “ Big Crimes, Small Cities” mean?2.Why do the people show apathy towards people being attacked by criminals?3.Why are teenagers more apt to use deadly force over small matters?4.What does it mean that Charlotte risked becoming a “ fortress city”?5.Does the crime wave have something to do with drugs, guns, and the economic recession?State the reason.Lesson Eleven P135Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Why is people’s focus switching from the material to the spiritual?2.What has caused the serious disorder that afflicts US society today? What does an “ anythinggoes” philosophy mean? What has it resulted in?3.What has dragged people down? What is Bob Dole’s attitude toward Hollywood? Why is Mr.Clinton so interested in Dole’s critique of it? And what has he asked Congress to do?4.Why did Plato say even poets such as Homer ought to be banned?5.What enables TV to have impact on people? What world view do people have as a result ofthe TV and film industries’ influence on them?6.What can Americans do or what should they do about the influence of the entertainmentindustry?Lesson Twelve P148Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What crisis did West Point undergo in recruiting its cadets during the Vietnam War?2.What have the academy critics often charged it with in the years since the V ietnam War?3.What training and courses do cadets have to take? Is it a hard and heavy load or a light one?Explain.4.Who are the generals graduated from the school?5.Why is the article entitled “ West Point Makes a Comeback?”Unit Four QuestionsLesson Thirteen P162Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Who are lobbyists usually hired by? What for?2.What is the relationship between lobbyists and legislators?3.Why do some of the former senior officials choose lobbying as their profession?4.How do lobbyists earn their pay? How effective are they?5.What are the other words throughout the text which refer to members of Congress?Lesson Fourteen P171Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Why has the House of Representatives been changing into a rich man’s club or a House ofLords?2.In what way did the Court decision favor the wealthy candidates?3.Are women far behind men in getting Congressional offices? Please give an example foryour answer.4.What role do political action committees play in a campaign for public office?5.According to the authors of the study, on what basis should the political race for publicoffice be placed? Do you think it possible for Congress to change the campaign system in the context of the present American political system?Lesson Fifteen P189Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What did Mr. Al Gore plan to do after a U.S. Supreme Court decision? Was it wise for him todo so?2.Why couldn’t Mr. Gore win the presidential election since he outpolled Mr. Bush in thepopular vote?3.Was the 5-to-4 decision of the Supreme Court, technically, for the vote recount in Florida oragainst it?4.Will the Bush administration face the Herculean(艰巨的) tasks and challenges? Explain.5.What led to some degree to Mr. Gore’s defeat in the general election?6.What are Mr. Gore’s advantage and disadvantage if he runs again for presidency in 2004?Unit Five QuestionsLesson Sixteen P204Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What does Mr. Nixon think of his management of the V ietnam War? What is his purposein blaming his predecessors for the War?2.In the author’s view, is No More V ietnams a history book? Why?3.According to Mr. Nixon, what is the lesson one should draw from the War?4.Did Congress cooperate with him as he conducted the War? Explain your answer.5.What is Mr. Nixon’s prescription for the worldwide rival between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.?Lesson Seventeen P217Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.How many organizations were engaged in the spy war between the U.S. and the formerU.S.S.R.?2.What drive did the American and the former Soviet espionage services carry on for themost effective sabotage of one another’s organizations?3.What bait did those intelligence services usually use to lure one another’s agents totreachery? Give one or two examples.4.What does the word “ story” mean in the sentence “ Later, he passed on the entire story toU.S. agents…” ?Lesson Eighteen P228Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What did the KGB infiltration through the back door mean? Why did it have to do so?2.What are “ the two important cards” American secret services can play in order to lure Sovietspies to defect?3.Is detective work valuable?4.Can an intelligence agency be spyproofed? Prove your point by giving an example.5.What are the other words and phrases in this article for an intelligence agency and a spy?Lesson Nineteen P239Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.In Sergey Frank’s view, what is business communication like in the US?2.How do you understand Sergey Frank’s saying that “ communicating is a natural talent ofAmericans”?3.What has more influence on business communication in US than anywhere else?4.Make a brief account of a typical business communication or negotiation in US. ( Or: What isthe US negotiating style? Cite examples to prove. Or: Summarize the major characteristics of business communication in US and support each with an example.)5.Why have so many joint ventures and alliances between US and Asian companies failed tomeet expectations?6.What suggestion will you give to people doing business in the US? ( Or: What have youbenefited from this text?)Unit Six QuestionsLesson Twenty P251Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What was Mr. Churchill’s view on Britain’s system of government? Do you agree with him?2.What role does Queen Elizabeth II play? Can she play a better role than an Americanpresident in a sense ? Explain.3.What power does queen Elizabeth II have? Does Her Majesty have the real power tochoose a prime minister? Why or why not?4.If the monarchy were abolished, what would things in Britain be like?5.Do you know any scandals about some members of the royal family?6.Why must the monarchy stay? Can it keep a politician from holding all the powers? Do youthink the monarchy must go? State the reason.Lesson Twenty-one P266Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What do CJD and BSE mean?2.What is the people’s reaction to the mad-cow disease? In Major’s view, who should take theresponsibility for the beef scare?3.Who is to blame for the epidemic of the disease? How does Switzerland fight the disease?4.Is the EU willing to help Britain to solve the problem of the beef scare? Why or why not?5.Can Britain kill all the mad cows? Explain.6.Did the EU leaders take beef with gusto? Do you think it possible for Europeans to like beefas before? State the reason.Lesson Twenty-two P278Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Do all the names, England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, the British Isles and theBritish Commonwealth, have the same meaning of different meanings?2.When and how were Wales and Scotland joined to or united with England?3.Why does economic progress stimulate independence movement in Scotland and Wales?What is the fundamental cause for their desire for independence?4.Will the EC accept Scotland and Wales as its member states? Why or why not?5.Will Scotland and Wales be turned into colonies of Japan?6.Do you think the Scots and the Welsh can gain their independence? Why?Unit Seven QuestionsLesson Twenty-three P287Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What do “ comfort women” and “ comfort stations” mean during World War II?2.What are the women demanding from Japan? Why are they unwilling to accept compensationfrom the private fund?3.What did Mr. Tadashi Itagaki say to Ms. Kim Sang Hee, and what did she reply? Why was thelegislator so unsympathetic?4.Is the Prime Minister caught between public opinion and his conservative party? What is theattitude of the rightists’ league? Do the Japanese people support them, and Asian people agree with them?5.Why is Japan so stubborn in the case of the “ comfort women”?Lesson Twenty-four P296Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Which specific points are highlighted by the author of this text when describing the newIndia?2.What has kicked India’s pace up a gear? And what has made it possible?3.What do you learn about today’s new breed of Indians from this text?4.What problems or obstacles are still remaining that may hinder India’s further development?5.What is the author’s general attitude towards India’s economic progress of development?Lesson Twenty-five P305Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What kind of organization is the Taliban? How has it grown so fast and controlled mostpart of the country so successfully?2.What did the U.S. call on the Taliban to do when it conquered Kabul?3.What is the American attitude towards this movement?4.What law does this faction impose? Would the Clinton administration like it to do so?Why?5.According to Bernard Rubin, what is the most important thing for the Taliban to do?Unit Eight QuestionsLesson Twenty-six P313Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.How was John Moriarty “ stolen” from his parents?2.What was the reason that many Aborigine children were taken from their parents?3.Why did the then Australian authorities adopt such a policy?4.What is John Howard’s stand on the past?5.Why did some of the stolen Aborigines become alcoholic or die premature death?6.What do you think of Mr. Moriarty and the Aborigines’ future?Lesson Twenty-seven P321Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Why does the article say that the Europe’s Gypsies may be offered a chance to be recognizedas a nation when some Central European states try to enter the European Union?2.What is the most probable Gypsy territory origin?3.What do the International Romany Union lobby for in such organizations as UN?4.Why is the European Commission wary of encouraging Gypsies to present themselves as anation?5.Have the European Gypsies suffered a lot of pogroms over centuries?6.Are the Gypsies a nation? Explain.Lesson Twenty-eight P329Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.Why did so many Ugandans die in faith?2.What did Mary Snaida-Akatsa prophesy? Why did she bring the Sikh man to church?3.Why do people there seek hope in cults?4.Why do some Africans reject Christian churches?5.How could so many killings have been carried out without drawing attention?Lesson Twenty-nine P338Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What was the story of the severed hand? Why did Mrs. Mhlawuli want her husband’shand since it was severed?2.Why were so many anti-apartheid people persecuted or killed during the white-minorityrule?3.What agreement had been reached between the white government and the AfricanNational Congress before the free election was held in 1994? Does that have any effect on today’s situation? Do you think the concession made by ANC is necessary and reasonable?4.Do you agree with Bob Stanford? Should the wrongs committed under the white minorityrule be forgiven? And must forgiveness come from both sides ? Why?5.What is the Truth and Reconciliation committee’s mission? Can it reach its goals?Lesson Thirty P349Please answer the following questions in simple words.1.What kind of role is Brazil trying to assume in Latin America?2.Why does the U.S. prefer Brazil to take the leading position in the regional integration inLatin America if there is such a thing to happen?3.Is Brazilian government happy with America? What are the causes for the tension between thecountries?4.According to the Brazilian officials, what should U.S. do to keep the friendly relationshipsbetween the two countries?5.How does the author of the article take the current situation between Brazil and the UnitedStates?6.What can you learn from this article about Latin America’s struggle for independence fromU.S. interference in their state affairs?。
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1. What is news? What are some categories of news?A folk definition:News is something that you haven’t heard before;news is what editors and reporters say it is.A more accurate definition:News is information that is published in mass media about recent events in the country or world or in a particular area of activity.In terms of style: spot news, news features, etc.In terms of nature: political, economic, sports, cultural, etc.In terms of area: international, domestic, local, etc.In terms of timeliness: hard news Vs soft news.2. What is news value? What are some basic elements of news value? News value refers to the importance of the facts and details in the news that can satisfy the public’s interest in news. Public interest means the degree of attention the readers pay to the news reports.Basic elements:Timeliness: Freshness strengthens a new story.Proximity: Close-to-home events naturally are of interest to media outlets. Conflict: Whether it revolves people, governmental bodies, or sports teams, conflict is considered newsworthy.Eminence or prominence: Some happening simply are more newsworthy when well-known people are involved.Consequence or impact: Media give prominent play to these.Human interest: Human interest stories often appeal to the emotions of readers, pulling them into the lives of others or into subjects of broad concern.3. What are the functions of newspaper?1. To inform, giving readers the latest news. The dissemination of information must be objective, as far as possible without some sort of perspective; information must be accurate, can’t spread the information that listening to or the first second-hand materials; message should be as complete as possible, or keep up after the development.2. To influence. Newspaper articles or news on the general public has a great influence on the editorial or commentary point of view, it can be something about the public's view.3. To entertain. Newspapers can have on the entertainment pages. You can also publish comic books, comic strips, and even novels, essays and so on. These are for people to read tea recreational.4. To advertise. Advertising In addition to timely delivery of a variety of information, but more importantly, for the newspaper to bring economic revenue.4. What are the features of a front page in a newspaper?(1). A lead storythe most important political, economic and/or military event, sometimes accompanied by a relevant photo.(2). News index or briefon the side or bottom part of the front page.(3). The headlinesbrief but impactive (How to achieve this goal?)(4). Often with few or even no advertisements5. What are the features of headlines in Lexis, Grammar and Rhetoric? Lexical:Small words and abbreviations instead of big, complete ones;Choice of words in headlines — style and purpose.Grammatical:Omission of link verbs such as BE;Infinitives for future events; Phrases as headlines;Present tense for past events;Pre-modification Rhetorical:Parody (仿拟):Temporary transformation allusions, proverbs, famous sayings;Metaphor (隐喻)6. How do news magazines differ from newspaper in layout and news coverage?Articles in a magazine do not merely tell the readers 5ws but provide them with a perfect taste of an art of language. Many narrative and delayed leads, detailed descriptions and the consequences of the events are offered in an article of magazine, accompanied by captions and photos and titles. Every issue has fixed columns. Cover story is the most import news item in a magazine.The news magazines usually have larger space, longer time interval to report more specifically(details), and print eye-catching photos of each article, fixed section.7. What is news lead? What are direct lead and delayed lead?News leads ——the first a few paragraphs which indicate the five Ws and an H (WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, HOW ) of the news story.Direct leadA direct lead tells readers the most important aspect of the story (the five Ws) in a direct and stra ightforward way, and is often used in “hard news” . Delayed leadDelayed lead A delayed lead attracts readers by hinting the content of the story. It is usually found in news features and other “soft stories” that put more emphasis on human interest rather than timeliness of an event.A delayed lead usually sets a scene or evokes a mood with an incident, anecdote, or example.8. What is the body structure of a news story? What are advantages of it? Inverted pyramid (also called “inverted triangle”)—— the most important aspect of a story is higher up in the body of the story, while other information is written lower down in order of importance. Advantages:1. Easy for journalists to write, since the structure is clear.2. Easy for editors to modify, since the lower parts are less important thuscan be readily cut off if necessary.3. Easy for readers to grasp the main idea and decide whether to read on--- time is money!9. What are the difference between tabloids and broadsheets? (at first four aspects)Tabloids：①Headlines are typed in bold print and may extend across the whole page. They are often capitalized. ②Paragraphs are usually only a few lines long. ③The typographical features are very varied: the first paragraph uses larger print and is often bold; the second paragraph is slightly smaller, the third paragraph uses standard print size. Initial letters are usually large.④Punctuation is used sparingly. Commas are often omitted after initialadverbials and between strings of adjectives. Inverted commas are used to mark direct speech and to highlight key words.Broadsheets:①Headlines usually only extend over two columns, the print tends to besmaller. Front page headlines, however, are sometimes an exception.②Paragraphs are longer so the reader has to concentrate for longer periods oftime.③The typographical features are more standard. The same size of print isused throughout except for headlines, strap lines and sub-headlines.④Punctuation is used traditionally and more formally than in tabloids. Dashesare less frequent.10. What are the main functions of mass communication for society?⑴.Surveillance: facts and data;⑵. Interpretation: information on the ultimate meaning and significance of news events;⑶. Transmission of values: The mass media present portrayals of our society and by;⑷. Diversion: ①seeking relief from boredom or the routine activities of everyday life; ②relaxation or escape from the pressures and problems of day to day existence; ③emotional release of pent-up emotions and energy⑸. Linkage: the media function that addresses our need to strengthen our contact with family, friends, and others in our society.11. How to deal with new words in reading newspapers and magazines?⑴. Try to find some help from the author⑵. Try to find some help from word formation⑶. Try to find some help from context and common knowledge12. What is communication? What are the forms of communication? Communication:the process of sharing ideas, information, and messages with others in a particular time and place.Forms of communication:verbal communication, nonverbal communication, visual communication, electronic communication.13. What is the code of ethics for journalists?①Responsibility: Journalists should not use their professional status as representatives of the public for selfish or other unworthy motives.②Freedom of the press: Journalists should be free from government control or censorship.③Accuracy and objectivity: truth is the ultimate goal, objectivity in reporting the news is another goal.14. What is journalism? What does the study of journalism include?In a narrow sense, journalism is the collection and periodical publishing of news. It includes writing for, editing, and managing such media as the newspaper and the periodical. In other words, it means gathering, evaluating, and disseminating facts of current interest.In a broad sense, journalism is the gathering and transmission of news, business management of journals, and advertising in all its phases. And following the advent of radio and television, there was trend toward including all communication dealing with current affairs in the term of journalism.15. What is the definition of news agency? What are the major news agencies in America and Britain?News agencies are organizations that collect, transmit, and distribute news to newspapers, periodicals, television, radio, and other journalistic and mass communications media.America: the Associated Press (AP)美联社; the United Press International (UPI)Britain: Reuters 路透社16. What are the benefits obtained via appreciating the language of English news?Some benefits ——⑴.Acquire latest information (90%)⑵.Understand the fundamentals of English journalism⑶.Know about the different styles of English newspapers and magazines⑷.Improve one’s English competence17. What is privacy? What actions can be regarded as invasion of privacy?Privacy: The right of the individual to be protected against intrusion into his personal life or affairs, or those of his family, by direct physical means or by publication of information.①A TV news crew hiding in a van outside your room and secretly taping your activities while you were inside.(But it’s a different story for public figures such as superstar and politicians.)②A newspaper publishing private medical records that a person has a dreadful disease.18. Give a brief account of the general communication process.The sources encode information and send it to the receivers through the channel, during this process the information will become a message with some noises. The receivers decode the message to get the information and then may become new sources.19. What is Yellow Journalism?Yellow Journalism, in short, is biased opinion masquerading as objective fact. Moreover, the practice of yellow journalism involved sensationalism, distorted stories, and misleading images for the sole purpose of boosting newspaper sales and exciting public opinion. It was particularly indicative of two papers founded and popularized in USA in the late 19th century:The New York World -- J. Pulitzer and The New York Journal -- W. R. Hearst.20. What is hard news? What is soft news? How to distinguish between them?Hard news generally refers to up-to-the-minute news and events that are reported promptly.Soft news is background information or human-interest stories, which appeal to people’s curiosity, sympathy, skepticism, or amazement.H v S:1. Difference in the subject matterPolitics, war, economics and crime used to be considered hard news, while arts, entertainment and lifestyles were considered soft news.②The tone of presentationA hard news story takes a factual approach: What happened? Who was involved? Where and When did it happen? Why?A soft news story tries instead to entertain or advise the reader. You may have come across newspaper or TV stori es that promised “News you will use”.。
英语报刊选读练习题
英语报刊选读练习题IntroductionWith the increasing complexity and globalization of our world, it has become essential for individuals to develop strong English language skills. Reading English newspapers and magazines is an effective way to improve language proficiency and keep up with current affairs. In this article, we present a selection of exercises based on English newspaper articles, providing readers with an opportunity to practice their reading comprehension skills while gaining valuable knowledge.Exercise 1: Multiple ChoiceRead the following short news article and choose the correct answer from the options provided:[News Article]Title: "World Leaders Gather for Climate Summit"Date: October 15, 2022World leaders from over 100 countries are convening in New York today for the highly anticipated Global Climate Summit. The summit aims to address the urgent issue of climate change and explore solutions to reduce carbon emissions. Key topics on the agenda include renewable energy strategies, international cooperation, and environmental policies.Question:1. What is the purpose of the Global Climate Summit?A. To discuss strategies for reducing carbon emissionsB. To address environmental policies in New YorkC. To promote cooperation between world leadersD. To explore solutions for energy conservationAnswer: AExercise 2: Fill in the BlanksComplete the following article by filling in the blanks with the appropriate words from the given options:[Article]Title: "New Study Reveals Benefits of Exercise for Mental Health"According to a recent (1)_______ conducted by the University of London, regular physical exercise is closely linked to improved mental well-being. The study involved over 1,000 participants and found that those who engaged in exercise at least three times a week reported lower levels of stress and (2)_______ symptoms.The researchers emphasized that the type of exercise doesn't necessarily matter as long as it is done (3)_______. Activities such as walking, cycling, or even gardening have been shown to have positive effects on mental health. Experts recommend finding an activity that one enjoys to increase the likelihood of (4)_______ the exercise routine.(5)_______, it is important to note that exercise alone does not replace professional treatments for mental health conditions. However, incorporatingregular physical activity into one's lifestyle can serve as a (6)_______ that complements existing therapies.1. A. investigation B. examination C. survey D. research2. A. palpable B. evident C. glaring D. obvious3. A. rhythmically B. periodically C. consistently D. regularly4. A. maintaining B. retaining C. sustaining D. upholding5. A. On the other hand B. Therefore C. Additionally D. Nonetheless6. A. supplement B. substitute C. substitute D. complementAnswers:1. D2. B3. C4. A5. C6. DExercise 3: True or FalseRead the newspaper excerpt below and determine whether the statements are true or false:[News Excerpt]Title: "New Technology Revolutionizes Food Delivery"A breakthrough in autonomous vehicle technology is set to revolutionize the food delivery industry. Self-driving cars equipped with cutting-edge software will soon deliver food orders directly to customers' homes. The technology aims to reduce delivery time and increase efficiency.Statements:1. Autonomous vehicle technology is expected to transform food delivery. (True/False)2. Self-driving cars will only deliver food to restaurants. (True/False)3. The primary objective of the technology is to improve delivery efficiency. (True/False)Answers:1. True2. False3. TrueConclusionEngaging in regular reading exercises based on English newspaper articles can significantly enhance one's language skills and broaden their understanding of current events. By practicing multiple-choice questions,fill-in-the-blanks exercises, and true/false statements, readers can improve their reading comprehension abilities while staying informed about a variety of topics. So, pick up a newspaper or magazine and start practicing!。
英语报刊选读试题1
英语报刊选读试题 1I. Translate the following into Chinese. (5 points for each; 30 points in total)1. Ms. Stuart says her experience with online learing was wonderful but also served to challenge one of the false ideas about Internet study: the notion that it do esn’t require as much commitment and discipline as conventional classroom courses. If anything, Stuart believes she works harder than most traditional on-site students. She says she can provide firsthand evidence that the idea that distance learning is easy is a misconception.2. The cover story of this winter’s alumni bulletin, which was designed partly by the University of California’s government relations office in Washington, was also a shrewd ploy to cement relations with Jerry Lewis, who is a key member of the House Appropriations Committee.3. Individual professors and college administrators have also been increasing their political donations, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Gifts by university employees to presidential candidates totaled more than ＄2.4 million in the first three quarters of 2003, according to the center. The leading recipient was HowardDean, who collected ＄719, 000, and close behind was George W. Bush, who received ＄680, 000.4. In effect, the Bush doctrine establishes two classes of sovereignties: the sovereignty of the United States, which takes precedence over international treaties and obligations; and the sovereignty of all other countries, which is subject to the will of the United States. This is reminiscent of Geo rge Orwell’s Animal Farm: all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.5. Colleges and universities still shy away from organized political fundraising and campaign advertising –the stock in trade of modern lobbying. Nonprofit status or state laws prohibit many of them from engaging in it.6. Don Wise wandered into the living room of his home in Leewood one evening last Semptember. His ten-year-old son, Mike, and a 12-year- old friend were sitting in front of a large-screen television set. They were playing a vedio game they had rented called 007.II. Read the passage and choose the right answer to each question.（5 points for each; 20 points in total）Campaign strategists have agreed to focus on the Senate, where leaders hope to complete work on the budget package by May 1. “We felt that if the Senate defeated the proposal, it would not even come up in the House,” says John Rother, legislative director for the 18-million-member American Association of Retired persons.Targeted mainly are Republicans, who control the Senate, with particular emphasis on the 21 who face re-election next year. The next election looms l arge in the lobbyists’ strategy. “We shall not forget if Congress behaves in an unfriendly fashion to the senior citizens of the United States,” warns Jacob Clay man, president of the NCSC, which represents 4.5 million persons. “We shall remember—and 1986 is just around the corner.”Eric Shulman, legislative director for the NCSC, explains: “Those up for reelection will have their ears closest to the ground—and we are making as much of a rumble as we can. We see this issue being won or lost not in Washington but out in the countryside.” Adds Arthur Flemming, former U. S. commissioner on aging and now a lobbyist for the elderly:” “It’s the grass roots that convey the message most effectively.”1．In the sentence“…… where leaders hope to complete… ,”leaders refer to .A．House leaders B．floor leadersC．Congressional D．Senate leaders2．In the sentence “… it would not even come up in the House …,”the House ref ers to .A．the House of CommonsB．the House of RepresentativesC．the House of LordsD．the Senate3．Why does the author say, “Targarted mainly are Republicans who cantrol the Senate …?”It is .A．so said because the Democrats hold more seats in the SenateB．so said because the Republicans hold more seats in the SenateC．so said because the Republicans hold fewer seats in the SenateD．so said because the Republicans Party holds more congressional seats4．In the sentence “It’s the gras s roots that convey the message most effectively,”grass roots refer to .A．ordinary citizens or voters B．basic structuresC．politicians D．CongressmenIII．Read the following and answer questions.（10 points for each; 50 points in total）Blacks’ history in America (1660—1860)American Blacks are without doubt all of African origin. The first group of 20 Blacks sold to English settlers of Virginia in 1619 were brought in by a Dutch ship. From that time to the mid-19th century, some 14 million blacks were transported from West Africa to Virginia and other southern colonies of the New World. Almost all of themwere sold into slavery and subjected to white rule. Not only would they work for their masters as slaves for life but their descendants would also become slaves the moment they were born.Of course no person would have voluntarily chosen to be sold away from his native country. He was either sold by his own rulers or captured by white slave traders as portrayed in Alex Hale y’s noval Roots. Some of the details in Haley’s story were similar to those in other books. The kidnapping of slaves and their miserable life under the supervision of slave owners and overseers existed and the conditions on the voyage from Africa to Americ a were horrible. The slaves’ bodies were bound together and their limbs either tied or chained with shackles like Kunta, an important character in Roots. The air in the holds was filthy with the smell of sweat, vormit and body waste. When they caught infections diseases, many slaves died on the voyage. Some even died of flogging or starvation. It was said that only about half slaves could survive the voyage. Though some survived, the fate of those survivors was no better than being sold at auction like animals.After 1700, a large number of Africans arrived in America. In the first half of the century, they made up 20 percent of the colonial population. Many of them were in the southern colonies. They worked either on plantations or in houses. Then in 1793, the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney resulted in a new demand for more slaves as it provided an inexpensive method of separating cotton seeds from fibres. With the increase in cotton acreage, slavery persisted in the South and became the foundation of its economy.Slavery was anyhow a moral evil. It was inhuman and was also an institution restricting the development of industry. Many people, mostly people in the North desired an immediate end to the evil institution so that they would be able to develop industry. Some assumed that the only way to solve the problem was to ship all Blacks back to Africa. With the aid of such leading figures as James Monroe (president), John Marshall (Supreme Court justice), Henry Clay and Daniel Webster (senators),t hey established the American Colonization Society in the 1820’s. This organization was finally successful in getting some land in West Africa for those willing to go back home, thus forming the new nation: the Republic of Liberia, the place of freedom. They named its capital Monrovia after the U. S. president at the time. However, the resettlement policy did little to solve the dilemma. No more than 15,000 Blacks returned to Africa between 1821 and 1860; most of the others preferred to stay in the places they had been born. Those rejecting the policy of being sent home claimed American citizenship on the ground that they were Americans by birth so that they were entitled to the rights set forth in the Declaration of independence.Questions:1．How did the first group of Blacks arrive in America?2．Describe the voyage to America for the slaves on the ship.3．Where did many of the slaves settle? why ?4．What solution did President Monroe propose to solve the problem of slavery? 5．What does the Republic of Liberia mean?附：参考答案I. Translate the following into Chinese. (5 points for each; 30 points in total)1. 斯图亚特女士说她在线学习的经历（经验）很有意义，但也能挑战关于网上学习的一个不实的看法，即认为网上学习不需要像传统课堂上课那样的身心投入和纪律约束的想法。
-英语报刊选读A及答案
《英语报刊阅读》试题（A 卷）…………………………………………………………………………………………………… Part Ⅰ Reconstruct the messages of the following headlines of news stories: (1% for each, 10%)Example: Italian Ex-Mayor Murdered---An Italian Ex-Mayor Is Murdered1. ________ US ________ told not exploit ________ Tibet issue.2. Rubin ________ Greenspan ________ at odds.3. Visitors ________ flocking to Mao ’s birth place.4. ________ man ________ quizzed after ________ wife is knifed in ________ sports store.Part Ⅱ Read the following passage and answer the Questions A 5-34(1% for each,30%) and B 35-44 (2% for each,20%)A Tuition Reform for Higher EducationChinese institutions of higher learning have quickened their pace of reform in recent years. Changing enrollment practices and higher tuition fees constitute and important part of the reform. Schools which once admitted students almost exclusively according to state plans are becoming more accepting of students sent by work groups for further training and those who pay their own fees.Regular universities and colleges plan to enroll about 786 200 students this year, up 158 200 or 25 percent over last year's figure. Of these, 216 000, or 27.4 percent, will be sent by their work groups or will pay their own way.In the past, the state paid all tuition and school fees for university students, a matter of policy since New China was established in 1949. Although this practice guaranteed the supply of qualified personnel, it brought a heavy burden to the sate, hindering further development of higher education. Since higher education is non —compulsory education in China, to charge appropriate fees will help improve school facilities and expedite the development of education in this stage. As an added benefit, paying their own way will encourage students to study harder.The reform will take effect in two directions. State —financed students will beginpaying part of the costs of their education, and more self—paying students will be accepted.In August 1989, under the direction of the State council, the State Education Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the Sate Price Bureau drew up stipulations concerning the amount of charges on tuition, accommodation and other expenses for students of institutions of higher learning. Beginning from that year, freshmen at regular universities and colleges and professional schools (including cadres taking special training courses and students working on a second degree) were charged 100 yuan (about us $17) each for their tuition fee, and this low charge is expected to be raised gradually. The figure was higher in special economic zones and economically developed regions such as Guangdong Province and Shanghai, but was capped at 300 yuan. Students living on campus paid about 20 yuan per year for accommodation and the charge was slightly higher for better furnishing. Normal school students and those admitted on scholarships need only pay for accommodation. Reduced tuitions and fees are available to students in need of financial assistance, but accommodation expenses will remain the same.In June 1992, the State Education Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau decided to allow regular institutions of higher education to set their own tuition rates and charges for accommodation, short—term training programs, correspondence courses and night school. These should be determined according to the needs of each school, the abilities of students to pay and general conditions in each area. The tuition for students in the sciences and engineering can range from 300 to 500 yuan per academic year. Liberal arts, history and economics students of the fine arts pay 400 to 600 yuan per year, and students of the fine arts 400 to 750 yuan. Statistics for 1992 show students paid an average of 340 yuan in tuition that year, only 5 percent of the real cost.Measures have been taken to limit the possible detrimental affects of rising tuition. Shanghai, for instance, exempts the children of revolutionary martyrs from paying tuition. And these costs may be reduced or waived for students with limited family financial support as their parents are either both dead or are receiving subsidiesfrom their work units. Some colleges have also set up work—study programs to benefit students with financial difficulties.Guidelines concerning self—paying students were first set out in 1989. The State Education Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau stipulated that these students should pay 80 percent of the cost of their education. Such students who live on campus pay the standard rate for accommodation and must cover their own medical expenses. The charge for each self—paying student averaged 2 000 yuan of the cost in 1992, or 30 percent of the cost. Charges for undergraduates and students of special colleges whose education is sponsored by work units, with payment coming either in part or in full from their units, are somewhat higher. Self—paying students are not assigned jobs by the state after graduation, whereas students sent by their units will return to them after graduating.Charges for correspondence courses and night school are equal to or slightly higher than those for full-time students enrolled according to the state plan.With their improvement of their living standards and the deepening of reform, people in general accept the changes in the tuition system. To facilitate the development of higher education, the increases in tuition rates will be more flexible and diversified. Student payments will be augmented by finding from the state, enterprises and funds raised from the public. Laws and regulations will by enacted to ensure steady progress, and overseas organizations and individuals are encouraged to set up and operate schools in China.--21st Century, Apr.20, 1992 Reading ComprehensionCircle the letter that best suits the answer or completes the statement.5. Changing enrollment practices and higher tuition fees ____.A. pay an important part in the reformB. make up an important part of the reformC. include an important part of the reformD. hold an important part of the reform6. Regular universities and colleges plan to enroll about 786 200 students this year ____.A. which is the same as last years figureB. which is more than last year's figure by 158 200C. which is 25 per cent over last year's figureD. both B and C7. Among 786 200 students ____ will be sent by their work groups or will paytheir own way.A. 158 200B. 21 600C. 27.4 per centD. 25 per cent8. Since New China was established, all tuition and school fees for university students ____.A. Were paid by their work groupsB. Were paid by the students themselvesC. Were paid by the stateD. Were paid by the local government9. The policy which the state paid all tuition and school fees for university students ____.A. Brought lots of profits to the stateB. Was helpful to further development of higher educationC. Brought many advantages to the stateD. Brought expense and trouble to the state10. Which statement is not trueA. To charge appropriate fees will help improve school facilitiesB. As an added benefit, paying their own way will encourage students to study harderC. Higher education is compulsory education in ChinaD. Tuition reform for higher education will take effect in two directions11. Stipulations concerning the amount of charges on tuition, accommodation and other expenses for students of institutions of higher learning was drafted by ____.A. the State Education CommissionB. the State CouncilC. the universities and collegesD. the State Education Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau12. The figure on tuition fee was higher in special economic zones and economically developed regions, but was ____.A. fixed at 300 yuanB. limited in 300 yuanC. over 300 yuanD. much more than 300 yuan13. Students in need of financial assistance ____.A. can get a grantB. need only pay for accommodationC.can get support from the local governmentD. can enjoy reduced tuitions and fees14. According to the stipulations made by the State Education Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau, the tuition for students in the sciences and engineering can ____.A. be changed between 300 and 500 yuan per academic yearB. be fixed at 300 or 500 yuan per yearC. be set at 400 or 600 yuan per yearD. be extended from 400 to 750 yuan per year15. The children of revolutionary martyrs in Shanghai ____.A. enjoy reduced tuitionB. enjoy free charge tuitionC. gain allowance from governmentD. receive subsidies from their parents work units16. Stipulations concerning self—paying students took effect in ____.A. 1989B. 1992C. 1990D. 199117. Charges for undergraduates and students of special colleges whose education is sponsored by work units ____.A. are set at 2 000 yuan per yearB. are exempted 50 per cent from the whole cost of their educationC. are rather higherD. are exempted 30 percent18. Self—paying students, after their graduation, ____.A. will return to their unitsB. will be appointed to do some work by the stateC. are provided employments by the statD. are not assigned jobs by the state19. Which statement is trueA. The increases in tuition rates can not be changed easilyB. Students payment will be decreased by funding from the state and enterprisesC. Laws and regulations will be made to ensure steady progressD. People in general can't accept the change in the tuition reformVocabularyChoose the best answer to explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase.20. Chinese institutions of higher learning have quickened their pace of reform in recent year____.A. WalkingB. stepC. footD. speed21. Changing enrollment practices and higher tuition fees constitute an important part of the reform____.A. Make upB. establishC. holdD. Complete22. Although this practice guaranteed the supply of qualified personnel, it brought a heavy burden to the state____.A. it brought the state expense and troubleB. it brought the state sufferingC. it made the state involve in difficultiesD. it caused the state involved in troubles23. The reform will take effect in two directions____.A. will take placeB. will come into forceC. will affectD. will have an influence24. The figure was higher in special economic zones and economically developed regions such as Guangdong, province and Shanghai, but was capped at 300yuan____.A. coveredB. aboutC. overD. much more than25. This Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau decided to allow regular institutions of higher education to set their own tuition rates and charges for accommodation____.A. decideB. fixC. put forwardD. Both A and B26. The tuition for students in the sciences and engineering can range from 300 to 500 yuan per academic year____.A. be charged between 300 and 500B. set at 300 or 500C. be decided at 300 or 500D. extend from 300 to 50027. Measures have been taken to limit the possible detrimental affects of rising tuition____.A. determinedB. damageC. harmfulD. influential28. Shanghai, for instance, exempts the children of revolutionary martyrs from paying tuition____.A. charges a little forB. makes free charge forC. reduces the charge forD. Both A and B29. And these costs may be reduced or waived for students with limited family financial support as their parents are either both dead or are receiving subsidies from their work units____.A. insisted onB. not enforcedC. chargedD. exempted30. Some colleges have also set up work—study programs to benefit students with financial difficulties____.A. helpB. give money toC. give profits toD. send allowance of money to31. The State Educational Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the State Price Bureau stipulated that these students should pay 80 percent of the cost of their education____.A. arrangedB. advocatedC. stated clearlyD. stimulated32. Such students who live on campus pay the standard rate for accommodationand must cover their own medical expenses____.A. includeB. exemptC. changeD. provide money for33. Self—paying students are not assigned jobs by the state after graduation, whereas students sent by their units will return to them after graduation____.A. After graduation the state doesn't give employments to the self—paying studentsB. After graduation, the state doesn't appoint the self—paying students to do some workC. After graduation, the self-paying students are not going to apply for jobsD. All are wrong34. To facilitate the development of higher education, the increases in tuitionrates will be more flexible and diversified____.A. will be more easily bent and variousB. will be more limited and various.C. will be easily changed and in variety to adapt to new conditionsD. will be raised more than beforeB Endangered Trade(The Asian Wall Street Journal, Mar., 1999)Such is the special relationship between America and its NATO partners that while that alliance cooperates to bomb Serbian forces, the U.S. and the EU are managing a trade war against each other. Fortunately, no lives are at stake in the latter conflict. Yet if it spreads unchecked, the rest of the world is sure to feel the pain of it.It's hard to decide whether the U.S. or Europe deserves the most contempt for expanding their trade war. The first fight, over bananas, is essentially a struggle between two fruitdistributors with strong political connections. Now Washington and Brussels are escalating their battle over beef, with European farmers stooping to science in their claims that hormone-treated American beef is unsafe.In his first term in office, President Bill Clinton teamed up with the Republicans to push major free-trade liberalizations. Now, however, he seems bent on pursuing 'level even if playing fields,'torpedoing the world economy. The latest salvo was fired this week, with the U.S. announcing it has targeted close to $1 billion of European products for 100% tariffs if the European Union doesn't drop the hormone nonsense.The move follows an earlier announcement that the U.S. administration will fight Europe's banana import regime by hitting a range of European goods with prohibitive tariffs. Add to this renewed American threats to raise the drawbridge to Russian, Japanese and Brazilian steel, as well as administration support for a congressional vote to ban Concorde flights from Europe in relation for EU threats to refuse landing rights to old-American planes retrofitted with noise reducing technology.Mr. Clinton sounded the protectionist battle cry in his January State of the Union address, where he vowed to fight for 'a freer and fairer trading system for 21st century America.' In the case of agriculture, when the respective lobbies on both sides of the Atlantic enter the fray, that translates into a sticky situation. On the whole, American farmers are major exporters. And U.S. farmers have a good case on beef hormones. But it is nonetheless dangerous for the U.S. to shut off $1 billion in trade.This is not to excuse the EU. The hormone argument is nonsense. The World Trade Organization has acknowledged as much, ordering the EU to allow imports of American meat by May 13. Brussels has responded by saying that it needs more time because European citizens, who supposedly don't like hormones in their food, would rebel against their governments if American meat suddenly appeared on their store shelves.Were it not for the high stakes involved for both producers and consumers, the argument might be amusing. When governments curtail trade the global economy shrinks and for all the jobs 'saved' by protections, there are a lot more lost. The Smoot-Hawley agricultural protections imposed by the U.S. Congress in the late 1920s certainly contributed to the Great Depression. Mr. Clinton may believe he is fighting the good fight. But we'venever thought much of the kind of war where you pose even when you win.Judge whether the following statement are True or False:35. ( ) The Trade war between the U.S. and the EU has cost no lives but is equally dangerous.36. ( ) It's very easy to decide who is to blame for expanding the trade war.37. ( ) The very beginning of the trade war suggests that it bears political significance.38. ( ) The author agrees that hormone-treated beef is harmful to one's health.39. ( ) President Bill Clinton used to be a believer of free trade, but not now.40. ( ) Level playing fields ca do good to the world economy.41. ( ) Besides its trade war with the EU, the U.S. is also in conflict with Japan, Russia and Brazil.42. ( ) The author thinks that in the case of beef, the American farmers are justified.43. ( ) The author thinks that it is a right decision for the U.S. to shut off $1 billion in trade.44. ( ) The two sides have submitted the case of beef to the WTO for settlement.for each,20%)The Rich Get Richer and ElectedBy Steven V. RobertsThe representatives newly elected in 1984 were almost four times as wealthy as the first-term lawmakers elected only six years before, according to a new study based one the members’ financial reports.Behind this remarkable a swing, the study says, are two main factors: a courtdecision that outlawed limits on what candidates could give to their own campaigns,and the enormous growth in the cost of pursuing a seat in Congress. As a result, it isincreasingly difficult for candidates of modest means, particularly women, to mountsuccessful challenges to entrenched office holders.One solution, the authors contend, is a system of public financing for campaigns,but Congress seems in no mood to change the political rules any time soon.“The lower chamber is going upper class,” said Mark Green, the president of TheDemocracy Project, a public policy institute based in New York. “But this evolution from a House of Representatives to a House of Lords denies the diversity of our democracy. It establishes a de facto property qualification for office that increasingly says: low and middle income need not apply.”The Democracy Project produced the study in cooperation with the United States Public Interest Research Group, a similar institute situated in Washington. But their research was not entirely theoretical. In 1980 Mr. Green was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Congress in New York's 15th District, in Manhattan. The winner was Bill Green, one of the wealthiest members of Congress.Of Assets and MillionairesMembers of Congress must report their assets in broad categories, not exact numbers, so the figures in the study are not precise. But the minimum average wealth of the 43 lawmakers first elected last year was $251,292. Six years earlier, the 74 new members reported an average of only $41,358 in assets. With inflation figured in, the increase was almost 400 percent in real terms.Moreover, financial data on the class of 1978 indicated only one millionaire, William F. Clinger Jr., a Pennsylvania Republican. Last year's newcomers included 15 possible millionaires, more than a third of the entire group. Topping the list was Joseph J. Dioguardi, a Westchester Republican, who listed assets of $1 million to $2.46 million.The main reason for the change, Mr. Green maintains, is the Supreme Court decision of 1976 in the case of Buckley V. Valeo. In that case, the Court ruled that limits mandated by Congress on the amount a candidate could give to his or her own campaign were an unconstitutional abridgment of individual rights. At the same time, the Court upheld limits on amounts contributed by outsiders.“Quite naturally”, Mr. Green said, “this puts a premium on personal wealth.The 43 Representatives newly elected in 1984 spent an average of $459,344; of that, $50,329 was their own money in an average case. Eight of the 43 spent more than $100,000 in personal funds but the clear leader was Tommy F. Robinson, an Arkansas Democrat, who contributed $441, 167 to his own campaign. Mr. DioGuardiwas next with a personal donation of $210,000.The Senate Puts an even higher premium on wealth. Last year the average candidate for the Senate spent $2 million, and the roster of millionaires in the Senateis steadily growing.The second factor putting a premium on personal wealth, Mr. Green argues, isthe rapid rise of political action committees. They tend to favor incumbents with their campaign contributions, and a result, Mr. Green says, is that it takes a wealthy challenger to make a race of things.One apparent effect is the obstacle this poses for women who run for Congress. While women in rapidly rising numbers are capturing local and state offices, their representation on the national level has stayed static. The class of 1984 included onlytwo women: Helen D. Bentley of Maryland and Jan Meyers of Kansas, both Republicans.“It is largely men who control wealth in America,”Mr. Green said, “and if wealth is a major variable in political success, that automatically means more menwill run and win.”Fred Wertheimer, president of Common Cause, the public affairs lobby that , if you're not personally wealthy, and you're not willing to indebt yourselfto the PAC's, you face an uphill struggle just to get your message on the table.The authors of the study argue that some form of public financing for campaigns should be instituted. “Competition for public office should be based more upon meritthan money,”asserted Gene Karpinski, executive director of the public interest research group.Mr. Wertheimer argues that “members of Congress know they have a national scandal on their hands” and are willing to consider public financing, or at least a total limit on PAC contributions. But the chances for change in the current system remain decidedly poor.Obviously the current occupants of Capitol Hill have kept their seats under the present rules, which clearly favor incumbents. Accordingly, Mr. Green maintains, Congress is still probably “several scandals away” from a serious push to change the campaign system.(From The New York Times, September 24, 1985)45. Why has the House of Representatives been changing into a rich man's club or aHouse of Lords46. In what way did the Court decision favor the wealthy candidates47. Are women far behind men in getting Congressional offices Please give an examplefor your answer.48. What role do political action committees play in a campaign for public office49. According to the author of the study, on what basis should the political race forpublic office be placedHow to negotiateThe US is an attractive market. Its business culture, which has brought the world “shareholder value” and “IPOs”, has been leading commercial thinking in recent years and will continue to do so. But whoever wants to succeed in the US needs to remember the rules of the game.US business is described by the lyrics of the song New York, New York: “If you canmake it here, you can make it anywhere!”Yet a euphoric approach to business is by nomeans enough. Although business communication in the US is pleasant and easygoing, it isat the same time ruthlessly focused.Communicating is natural talent of Americans. When negotiating partners meet, theemphasis is on small talk and smiling. There is liberal use of a sense of humour that is moredirect than it is in the UK. If you give a talk in America, you should speak in a relaxed wayand with plenty of jokes to capture your audience's attention.《英语报刊阅读》试卷（A卷参考答案）Part ⅠReconstruct the messages of the following headlines of news stories: (1% foreach, 10%)1、The is the2、and are3、are4、A is his aPart ⅡRead the following passage and answer the Questions A 5-34 (1% foreach,30 %) and B 35-44 (2% for each,20%)A:5～9 BDCCD 10～14 CDBDA 15～19 BACDC20～24 DAABA 25～39 BACBD 30～34 ACDBCB:35～39 TFTFT 40～44 FTTFTPart ⅢRead the following passage and answer Questions 45～49 (4% for each,20%) 45. Because the House of Representatives is largely composed of wealthy men, and they get elected not on their merit, but on their money.46. The court decision outlawed limits on the amount that a candidate could give to his own campaign. At the same time it upheld limits on amounts contributed by outsiders.47. Yes. Take the Congressional election in 1984 for example, only two women got elected.48. They play a very important role to help officeholders to get re-elected with campaign contributions.49. Some form of public financing should be taken. Competition for public office should be based more on merit than money.Part ⅣTranslate the following into Chinese .(20%)美国是一个有吸引力的市场。
英语报刊选读练习题
英语报刊选读练习题英语报刊选读是提高英语阅读能力和了解国际时事的有效方式。
以下是一些练习题，旨在帮助学生更好地理解和分析英语报刊文章。
1. 主旨理解题：- 阅读以下段落，总结其主要观点："In recent years, the rise of renewable energy sources has significantly impacted the global energy market. Solar and wind power are becoming increasingly cost-competitive with traditional fossil fuels, leading to a shift in energy production and consumption patterns."2. 细节理解题：- 根据上文，指出以下哪些陈述是正确的：a) 可再生能源的崛起对全球能源市场没有影响。
b) 太阳能和风能的成本正在与化石燃料竞争。
c) 能源生产和消费模式没有发生变化。
3. 词汇理解题：- 根据上文，解释以下词汇的含义：a) Renewable energy sourcesb) Cost-competitivec) Fossil fuels4. 推理判断题：- 根据上文，推断以下哪个结论最有可能：a) 可再生能源的崛起可能会导致化石燃料需求的减少。
b) 可再生能源的成本将永远高于化石燃料。
c) 能源市场对可再生能源的崛起无动于衷。
5. 批判性思维题：- 阅读以下段落，分析作者可能的偏见或立场，并给出你的理由："Despite the environmental benefits of renewable energy, some critics argue that the transition to these sources istoo costly and could stifle economic growth."6. 写作练习题：- 选择一个你感兴趣的时事话题，写一篇简短的报刊文章摘要，并提出你的观点。
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英语报刊选读作业答案11《英语报刊选读》作业答案作业（1）A. Multiple Choices.1. A2. C3. C4. A5. B6. C7. A8. B 9. C10. A、D、E、H、IB. Read the following statements and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F).True: 1、4、5、8False: 2、3、6、7作业（2）Keys:1. Give the definition of the following terms.1) featurea prominent or special article, story, or department in anewspaper or periodical.2) editorialan article in a publication expressing the opinion of its editors or publishers.3) op-edof or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personalviewpoints4) inverted pyramidThe inverted pyramid is a traditional form of writing in which the news is stacked in paragraphs in order of descending importance. The lead summarizes the principal items of a news event. The second paragraph and each succeeding paragraph contain secondary or supporting details in order of decreasing significance. All the paragraphs in the story contain newsworthy information, but each paragraph is less vital than the one before it. Inverted-pyramid form puts the climax of a story at the beginning, in the lead.5) leadA lead is a terse opening paragraph that provides the gist of thestory and invites readers inside.2. What is the difference between hard news and soft news? Hard news events, such as killings, and speeches by leading government officials, are timely and are reported almost automatically by the media. Soft news events, such as a car wash by a fourth-graders to raise money for a classmate with cancer, are not usually considered immediately important or timely to a wide audience. These events still contain elements of news, however, and the media often report them.3. What is the difference between news and features?A news story emphasizes the facts of the event, while the feature displaces the facts to accommodate the human interest of the story.4. What are the major criteria for newsworthiness?ProximityProminenceTimelinessImpactConflict and ControversyUniquenessHuman interest5. What are the principles of news writing?News writing tends to be:1. Impersonal to make it appear objective (to distance thereporter from the story) hence:– Written in the third person– Use of direct speech or indirect speech which is attributed to someone other than the reporter,– Some use of passive verbs but usually only when someone who is being quoted wants to distancethemselves from an issue and to show objectively about n issue.2. About something that has taken place so mostly written in thepast tense.3. Simple – In fact close to the way we talk –relatively shortsentences and words and some use of clichés which the whole audience understand.4. Punchy –it must g rab the reader’s attention so often uses:– short rather than long words– active verbs– relatively short sentences– concrete rather than abstract vocabulary– sometimes emotive and colorful vocabulary– some use (but not overuse) of adjectives5. But also relatively formal hence:– no use of contractions– sentences written in full (no elision) or elliptical sentences6. sometimes imagery is used to help create a clearer mentalpicture for the reader.7. often including the reporter’s by-line and/or a date-line6. Read the following headlines and analyze the features ofthe language they use.a) More Iraqis Said to Flee Since Troop RiseWhen passive voice is used in headlines, “to be” is always omitted. Here “are” in “More Iraqis are said to flee…” is omitted. Nouns and noun phrases are often used in headlines to save space. Noun phrases which actually express actions or state are heavily used, and they are derived from verb phrases in order to make the sentences more compact and save space without lowe ring the amount of information conveyed. Instead of “since the troop rises”, noun phrase “troop rise” is used.b) Insurgent raid kills 22 villagersMost headlines use the present tense-despite the fact that they generally describe past events. The present tense gives the subject a sense of freshness and immediacy, making it more intere sting to read. Instead of using “killed”, “kills” is used to describe what happened in the past. Besides, the article “An” in “an insurgent raid” is omitted.c) Bangladesh Sets Curfew To Curb Student ProtestsShort words (i.e. midget words) are often used to conserve space in headlines, for example, “curb” in this headline. Besides, present tense “sets” is used to describe a past event.d) Storm Death Toll in Midwest Climbs1. Compact noun phrases are often used in headlines to save space.2. Most headlines use the present tense-despite the fact that they generally describe past events.e) Wall Street slightly lower as credit worries lingerRhetoric devices often used in the writing of newspaper headlines.In this headline, Wall Street refers to the stock exchange, which is a metonymy. Another rhetoric device used here is rhyme (Correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse), as we find in lower and linger.f) China launches crackdown on inferior goods, unsafe foodIn order to conserve space in headlines, comma is sometimes used to replace “and”.g) China to become U.S. third largest export market by yearendIn phrase headlines, infinitives are sometimes used to indicate a future action or event.7. What do the following abbreviations and acronyms stand for?1) CPPCC Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 中国人民政治协商会议2) NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (美国)国家航空和宇宙航行局3) IMF International Monetary Fund 国际货币基金组织4) WHO World Health Organization 世界卫生组织5) DJI Dow-Jones Index 道·琼斯指数6) PM prime minister首相；总理7. Read the following news story and answer the followingquestions.1. What is the headline of the report?Sprawl puts houses in hot zones2. What is the subheading of the report?Lack of fire hydrants a growing problem3. What is the byline of the report?By Joseph GidjunisUSA TODAY4. What is the dateline of the report?Salisbury, Md作业三：社会群体与政治体制Lesson 4Answers to the questions1. C2. A3. C4. A1. She feels blessed, because she has a chance to be who shereally is and does what she loves doing all day long.2. Carol Ryff has defined well-being as the presence of six qualities:independence, the ability to cope with complex demands, a feeling of growth as a person, good relationships, goals that give life meaning, and an acceptance of the self and the past.3. Carol Tavris’ mother was treated as a patient. Her doctor andtherapist and husband were quick to ascribe all ills to her “condition”. They all regarded menopause as a dise ase to be cured. Her doctor asked her a lot of questions, then wrote out a prescription for her and left her have the prescription filled.4. Reverent Foster thinks that there is a lot of freedom in midlife.She suggests that middle-aged women should let their pastgo, incorporate it into who they are now and step into the future.Lesson 7Answers to the questions1. C2. B3. C4. D5. Because for many years, politicians spoke little about theirpersonal faith. Both Eisenhower and Kennedy were unwilling to talk about their own religious faith.6. Because Eisenhower and Kennedy were operating in anAmerica where many Protestants, Catholics and Jews regarded each other as threats to the public good. Stirring up such feelings was dangerous.7. Carter carried evangelical Christians, which helped him sweepthe South and run well in rural areas.8. The author believes that there is a close relationship betweenreligion and politics, but candidates should keep religion within appropriate bounds.Additional Reading1. The border wall is planned to be built this fall to stem illegal immigration into America.2. Landowners are concerned it may cut across their property, conservationists see it destroying crucial riverside habitat, and some activists see it inflaming ethnic tensions.3. It is an expression of friendship between two mayors, two cities and two countries.4. The border wall is needed to help block the swelling tideof illegal immigration as well as widespread drug and gun smuggling.5. Because the Mexican government has failed its own people and Mexicans were forced to go north seeking jobs because of the poverty they faced at home.作业四：家庭婚姻与教育卫生Lesson 12Answers to the questions1. D2. D3. C4. D5. When they found their marriage floundering over Ste phen’sinability to keep his promises, they attended a marriage-education course to learn the communication skills.After a while they felt that working on their marriage was all they were doing. To offset that feeling, they instituted a Thursday date night where discussion of anything serious is strictly forbidden.6. He suggests couples set up weekly meetings to discussdifferences when they can be calm and open to new ideas.7. They decided to renew their commitment to their marriageinstead of choosing divorce. The belief in commitment made them come through the crisis. The husband changed his outlook and got a job as a salesman. Today, their marriage is back on solid ground.8. He thinks that as the betrayal causes deep hurt, the wounds toheal will take a long time. He suggests that the one who hasmade the mistake has to work very hard to regain the trust of the other side.Lesson 15Answers to the questions1. B2. C3. A4. B9. According to her, the reason is that medical inflation hasoutstripped the increases in Medicare reimbursement and caused mounting losses.10. Because the Congress intended to reverse the exodus from theMedicare program.11. He thinks that the Congress continues to pour money into thecoffers of Medicare H.M.O.’s in hopes of providin g better care to America’s seniors. But the H.M.O.’s keep stranding hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries annually by either leaving the program or reducing benefits. So he believes that it is foolish even to consider throwing more money at this failed system.12. What Richard Jones means is this: Medical cost inflation hasexceeded 20 percent a year over the last few years and has caused mounting financial losses. They can either stay in markets by reducing benefits or exit and lose the chance to serve Medicare beneficiaries. There is no other choice for them.Additional Reading1. Because of the recession and poor private housing prospects in the early 1990s.2. The traditional American culture thinks of maleness andadulthood in terms of separation, particularly in moving away from home and mother.3. This could lead to rises in family tension and even violence, but it may also improve relationship by giving children the chance to see their parents as independent adults rather than just as parents.4. Parents should allow their children to behave as adults ina family home.5. No. It is found that the benefit was not a factor in encouraging young single people to leave home for private accommodation. Even those entitled to it often did not claim.作业五：工作生活与行为风尚Lesson 20Answers to the questions1. B2. C3. D4. B9. Throughout the 1990s, Congress and the states took a muchtougher approach to programs such as unemployment insurance, welfare, Medicaid, and food stamps than they did in earlier decades.10. Many part-time and temporary workers are more likely to bearthe brunt of a job drought because many companies lay them off first.11. Many states will be under pressure to tighten up eligibility ruleseven further because they have allowed their unemploymentinsurance reserve funds to run down in recent years, when the good times seemed to make them less urgent. With unemployment rising again, fewer workers are paying into the system just as more former workers need to take money out. 12. The safety net could still suffer a strain because a growing glut of low-skilled workers means wages at the bottom are likely to sink.Lesson 23Answers to the questions1. B2. C3. A4. C13. School dropout rates are lower, especially forAfrican-Americans. High school students are taking more challenging courses. Girls are closing the gender gap by taking more rigorous math and science classes. SAT scores are up from two decades ago. More and more kids are going to college.14. The way society viewed teens shifted dramatically around thetime of the Great Depression. Before then, teens worked and were considered virtually grown up. But facing a workplace without jobs, Depression youth turned to education as a consolation prize. As high school attendance rolls swelled, the status of teens as full-fledged members of society declined. Now that they were students rather than workers, they came to seem younger than before.15. What’s distinctly different for today’s teenagers, experts say, isthe level of cultural negativity they’re exposed to, from theover-the-top sexuality in advertising, television, and film, to the prevalence of gun violence and family dysfunction. Their exposure to risk is so far beyond what other generations have dealt with.16. Family plays a very important role in helping children overcomethe stresses. Kids who feel connected to home, family, and school are better protected from violence, suicide, sexual activity, and substance abuse. Adolescents also fare better if their parents are home as key times of the day. And teens whose parents had high expectations about school also reported fewer emotional problems, such as suicide attempts or depression.Additional Reading1. The 2005 survey found that about three out of four companies regularly track which websites their employees visit. More than half use surveillance software to scour office e-mail (looking for hot-button keywords like sex in the subject line or body of messages). More than a third extend their snooping to monitor how much time workers spend at the computer, record their keystrokes or log their downloads. And one in four companies reports firing someone for improper e-mail use.2. Heidi Arace and Norma Yetsko distributed via office e-mail what they thought was fun to share, which their bosses found offensive enough. As a result, the two longtime workers were fired.3. Reasons why companies monitor their workers’ computer use include:- to see to it that workers waste less time online and work more efficiently;- to avoid legal trouble;- to guarantee the security;- to avoid the leakage of sensitive information.4. Companies are using two types of spying software: network-based programs that monitor all traffic passing through a system, and programs that sit directly on an employee’s desktop.5. They should know the company’s computer-use policy and comply with it. They should assume they’re being monitored, and behave accordingly. They should never bad-mouth the company online. They should not use personal e-mail accounts or post to a blog. They should avoid transmitting any message that could embarrass themselves or others if made public. They should not think instant messaging is less permanent than e-mail. When surfing the Web, they should never click on something flagged NSFW (not safe for work).作业六：文艺体育、企业经济、社会问题Lesson 28Answers to the questions1. C2. A3. B4. A5. The reasons for Armstrong’s success were his strong interest inthe sport, and his drive and ambition caused by his recovery from near-fatal testicular cancer.6. Y es, beca use he thinks that the Tour de France is cycling’s most difficult and prestigious race.7. He did not feel embarrassed about the testicular cancer but was proud of it. His recovery from the cancer gave him driveand ambition. He approached the sport with a whole new focus.8. He says that he has never failed a drug test, that he takes no banned substances, and that no one who has faced cancer would take illicit drugs.Lesson 31Answers to the questions1. C2. C3. C4. B5. The key issue is the contrast between Enron’s forecasts for its Internet business and the reality of the division’s multiplying problems last year.6. He predicted that broadband would add $40 a share to Enron’s stock price over the next few years.7. According to Skilling the company was caught by surprise by the sudden collapse of the Internet content delivery market that Enron had hoped to turn into a profitable arena for trading.8. Because Enron was not welcomed either by the dominant regional telephone companies or cable companies, each of which had their own strategies for high-speed Internet business.Lesson 34Answers to the questions1. A2. B3. C4. D5. The statistics suggest that gang members are more likely to sell drugs, assaut innocent folk, steal cars and commit murder.6. The data show that roughly half of the gang members hadbeen involved in a drive-by shooting, 80% carried a concealed weapon and 50% reported taking guns to school.7. Successful intervention programs must aim at boys at this stage.8. The author believes that the society can help some of the gang members to turn over a new leaf by offering them decent regular jobs. One if four gang members said that they would quit the business for a regular wage of $6-7 an hour.Additional Reading1. He shot and killed two people about 7:20 a.m. in West Ambler Johnston Hall. Two-and-a-half hours later, he killed 30 people in Norris Hall and then committed suicide.2. They could have warned students earlier that two students had been shot and that the killer had not been caught yet.3. It has identified problems like communications breakdowns, gaps in the mental health system and confusion over student privacy laws.4. He said that his people had acted quickly and to the best of their abilities based on what they knew at the time. He also said the school administration did not have all the facts about the first shooting and did not want to spread partial or incorrect information to students.5. No, they didn't know about his history of mental health problems because Fairfax schools did not relay anything about Cho's mental state to the college due to the privacy laws.。
英语报刊选读(第三册)参考答案
BOOK THREEUNIT 1 The Time 100I．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) b 2)f 3)e 4)g 5)a 6)d 7)j 8)c 9)h 10)i2.Synonym finder1) immigrants 2) foreigner 3) expatriate 4) aliens5) audacious 6) bold 7) adventurous 8) daring9) light-heated 10) hilarious 11) comical 12) witty13) escaped 14) staying alive 15) pull through 16) survive3.Word formation1) compatriot 2) patron 3) patriot 4) paternal 5)expatriate6) circumvent 7) advent 8) revenues 9) misadventure 10)convenientII．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)The President made the Joel 100™ because he lowered my taxes, just like Scott Jeffers,my accountant, who also made the list.2)Coming in at No. 100 on my list was Nouriel Roubini, the economist who predicted thatthe housing bubble was going to burst — thus making him the least influential person in the entire world.3)Nicholas Christakis (No. 5), a Harvard professor of medicine and sociology whose entirefield of study is how people influence each other, argues that he has affected me as much as a sibling.2.Terms translation1)has been supportive of2)riffling through this issue3)do not even have Wikipedia entries4)the ones we spend the most time with5)more than a $5000 raise wouldUNIT 2 The Newsweek 50I．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) e 2) b 3) j 4) a 5) c 6)h 7)d 8) i 9) f 10) g2.Synonym finder1) subsided 2) ebbing 3) lessen 4) wane5) heady 6) thrilling 7) exhilarating 8) exciting9) ultimate 10) prime 11) foremost 12) optimum13) roots 14) impetus 15) spur 16) stimulus3.Word formation1) mutual 2) transmuted 3) commutes 4) mutate 5) mutable6) fusible 7) confusion 8) refuse 9) infusing 10)diffusionII．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)After all, George W. Bush has pretty consistently projected an air of confidence, one thattends to get people even more worried than they need to be.2)Swensen, who after Warren Buffett is perhaps the most successful investor in recentdecades, argues that this has been the crucial flaw in the Bush administration's actions.3)Carefully retreating from these obligations to restore a market economy will be ascomplex an exit strategy as the one from Iraq.4)Afghanistan—is as important as this one huge task: to restore confidence, certainty andreform to America.5)The beginning of 2009, the last year of the first decade of the 21st century, is a goodtime to consider the nature of power, and of the powerful, because the world is being reordered in so many ways—broadly by what my colleague Fareed Zakaria calls "the rise of the rest," the emergence of powers such as India, China and Brazil, and specifically by the global recession.2.Terms translation1)treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptionalpowers or qualities2)able to exercise influence in every realm and on every continent in a way that no othermajor power can3)it was not in being but in doing that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and FranklinRoosevelt built their enormous reputations4)to restore confidence to Americans, and indeed to the world5)In the popular imagination, power tends to be viewed in one of two ways, both extremeUNIT 3 The World in 2009I．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) j 2) f 3) a 4) d 5) b 6) h 7) c 8) e 9) i 10) g2.Synonym finder1) assemblies 2) congregation 3) company 4) troop5) batch 6) party 7) array 8) band9) dawned 10) emerged 11) arising 12) commence13) friction 14) controversy 15) discord 16) dissent3.Word formation1) fidelity 2) defy 3) diffident 4) infidels 5)confidant6) merciless 7) Mercer 8) mercenaries 9) commercial 10)merchandiseII．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)Originally designed to last for a year, the L ondon Eye, like that other “temporary”attraction, the Eiffel Tower, is not going anywhere.2)In 2009 Chicago, the original home of the Ferris, will upgrade its Navy Pier wheel todouble its original size, to over 91 metres (300ft), and Berlin’s wheel, aroun d 50 metres higher than its 135-metre London rival, will be the tallest in Europe at almost 185 metres.3)With violence seemingly on the wane, Baghdad’s authorities are beginning the toughsell of tourism in the Iraqi capital, having recently launched a design competition for a Baghdad wheel.4)Iran could also frighten the neighbourhood by putting a satellite into orbit, which wouldmean its having the capability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.5)Optimists may still hope for a peace deal to be signed by Israelis and Palestinians, butpessimists will fear another war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hizbullah, with the “Party of God” acting as Iran’s proxy.2.Terms translation1) a striking gap between surging emerging markets and sluggish rich economies.2)We had a pretty good Olympics, too.3)it is the long odds that can ruin a bookmaker’s day4)let’s play a “5%-to-20% game”5)with the odds determined largely by their security menUNIT 4 Business and LifeI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) e 2) i 3) f 4) b 5) h 6) c 7)j 8) d 9) a 10) g2.Synonym finder1) trick 2) hoax 3) trap 4) deception5) exhaustion 6) Tiredness 7) weariness 8) fatigue9) venue 10) location 11) whereabouts 12) position13) nuances 14) points 15) particulars 16) specifics3.Word formation1) compatible 2) passionate 3) Pathology 4) dispassion 5)psychopathy6) heirloom 7) inherit 8) heritage 9) heir 10)heredityII．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)He's particularly annoyed by a friend who works at an auto dealership who tweets everytime he sells a car, a married couple who bicker on Facebook's public walls and another couple so "mooshy-gooshy" they sit in the same room of their house posting love messages to each other for all to see.2)Last year was a relatively good year to be a Chinese bank, and for none more so than forChina Merchants Bank Co., a mid-sized lender that in recent years has built a strong franchise and reputation for quality service.3)China Mobile, the longstanding leader among China's telecommunications carriers, hasmore wireless subscribers than any other company in the world with 493 million subscribers as of June.4)Lenovo, which was late to introduce consumer PCs at a time when commercial saleshave declined around the world, suffered more than its competitors from waning global PC sales and was losing market share outside of China.5)Baidu, Google Inc.'s chief rival in China and the country's most popular Web site, hasrebounded after some negative publicity last year over its sales practices that sent the company's shares plunging.2.Terms translation1)yet posts videos on Facebook of "uber cute" kittens2)In all that information you're posting about your life3)who continued to lend at a rapid clip even as Western financial institutions tightenedcredit4)Of the top five spots in the Chinese survey results, four went to tech giants.5)most didn't place in the top 10 in the Asia 200 financial-reputation categoryUNIT 5 CourtesyI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) c 2) g 3) a 4) i 5) b 6) j 7) h 8) d 9) f 10)e2.Synonym finder1) compunction 2) conscience 3) remorse 4) guilt5) accused 6) alleged 7) confronted 8) criticize9) divide 10) minus 11) plus 12) times13) stealing 14) snitching 15) plagiarized 16) pilfered3.Word formation1) summit 2) consummate 3) summarized 4) consume 5)summation6) morality 7) demoralized 8) morale 9) immoral 10) moral II．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)My native state of South Carolina, which is not much smaller than present-day Hungary,once imagined a future for itself as an independent country.2)He was ostracized as a child, not because he was a Jew—his parents weren't veryreligious anyhow—but because he had been born with two clubfeet, a condition that, in those days, required institutionalization and a succession of painful operations.3)Wise he was, indeed, but Mr. Teszler also had a wonderful sense of humor.4)Women were slightly more courteous than men and, oddly, both groups weresignificantly more polite towards their own sex.5)Many in the latter category said they were too busy or couldn't be bothered to stop, buta significant minority was more scared of crime -- or being seen as a criminal -- thanrude.2.Terms translation1)he was as smart as he was modest2)And in a twist you would not believe in a Steven Spielberg film3)Mr. Teszler took the precaution of having cyanide capsules placed in lockets that couldbe worn about his neck and those of his family.4)They have a reputation for being big-headed, but New Yorkers showed they arebig-hearted too,5)Toronto, Canada, came third among our 35 citiesUNIT 6 JapanI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) j 2) e 3) h 4) a 5) i 6) c 7) b 8) g 9) f 10) d2.Synonym finder1) rejecting 2) declined 3) shunned 4) turned him down5) goldmine 6) lucrative 7) favourable 8) profitable9) welfare 10) safety 11) security 12) haven13) dealings 14) industry 15) venture 16) business3.Word formation1) intended 2) tendentious 3) distend 4) ostensible 5) portent6) contention 7) tend 8) superintendence 9) pretensions 10)HypertensionII．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)For that reason, a growing number of Japanese women seem to believe that work as ahostess, which can easily pay $100,000 a year, and as much as $300,000 for the biggest stars, makes economic sense.2)In a 2009 survey of 1,154 high school girls, by the Culture Studies Institute in Tokyo,hostessing ranked No. 12 out of the 40 most popular professions, ahead of public servant (18) and nurse (22).3)Young women are drawn nonetheless to Cinderella stories like that of Eri Momoka, asingle mother who became a hostess and worked her way out of penury to start a TV career and her own line of clothing and accessories.4) A recent New York Times article described the Japanese profession of hostessing, whichinvolves entertaining men at establishments where customers pay a lot to flirt and drink with young women (services that do not, as a rule, involve prostitution).5)Learning individual names, affiliations, titles and personal attributes while drinking andpaying attention to each customer’s needs, demands physical exertion and mental gymnastics.2.Terms translation1)exhaustion from a life of partying is a more common hazard2)let alone at the relatively high pay that hostesses can earn3)are responsible in large part for creating the illusion among even young girls that this issome kind of a glamorous profession4)endorsed the goal of creating a gender-equal society based on respect for the humanrights of women and men,5)But does hostessing bring women a rosy life and socioeconomic mobilityUNIT 7 AfghanistanI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) e 2) h 3) b 4) i 5) d 6) j 7) a 8)f 9) g 10) c2.Synonym finder1) hampering 2) dogged 3) plagued 4) hinder5) led 6) head up 7) running 8) headed9) enjoy 10) blessed 11) boasts 12) possess13) rate 14) levels 15) amount 16) extent3.Word formation1) repeal 2) repulse 3) propelled 4) pulsation 5)compulsive6) figuration 7) prefigured 8) disfigured 9) effigy 10)transfiguredII．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)Poya is a contestant in The Candidate, a reality TV show that follows six Afghans aged 22or younger as they compete to develop the policies, campaign and support necessary to win a poll of viewers voting by SMS text messages on their mobile phones.2)There had been some hope for a genuinely competitive election last spring whenseveral popular politicians announced plans to run for president, but Karzai responded by winning endorsements from key powerbrokers and making shrewd political alliances with former rivals, giving himself a commanding lead.3)Producers of The Candidate, which airs on the privately owned Tolo TV network, arehoping to help by focusing Afghans on what they want from their political leaders.4)In the space of a single week, a string of disturbing military and political events revealednot just the extraordinary burdens that lie ahead for the Americans and Afghans toiling to create a stable nation, but the fragility of the very enterprise itself.5)On Tuesday, four American soldiers on patrol near in the southern city of Kandahar werekilled when their armored vehicle, known as a Stryker, struck a homemade bomb, now the preferred killer of American troops.2.Terms translation1)in which millions of viewers voted via text message every week for their favorite singer2)One of the critical problems we have in Afghanistan is that we have a personalityapproach to politics3) a rotating panel of judges rate the candidates based on presentation, strategy andpersuasiveness4)The show's contestants are given $1,300 a month to spend on real-world campaigningUNIT 8 PakistanI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) d 2) i 3) h 4) b 5)j 6)a 7)c 8) e 9) g 10) f2.Synonym finder1) ache 2) spasm 3) pain 4) twinge5) reports 6) coverage 7) exclusive 8) story9) Trust 10) fund 11) charity 12) Aid13)transformation 14) shift 15) mutations 16) conversion3.Word formation1) forgives 2) forlorn 3) forbidden 4) forgo 5) Forget6) assembly 7) simile 8) resembles 9) fascimile 10)simultaneousII．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)But history moves quickly in Pakistan, and after months of televised Taliban cruelties,broken promises and suicide attacks, there is a spreading sense — apparent in the news media, among politicians and the public —that many Pakistanis are finally turning against the Taliban.2)But it seems especially profound among the millions of Pakistanis directly threatened bythe Taliban advance from the tribal areas into more settled parts of Pakistan, like the Swat Valley.3)Finally, the military agreed to a truce in February that all but ceded Swat to the Talibanand allowed the insurgents to impose Islamic law, or Shariah.4)Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated at age 54 on Thursday in the Pakistani city ofRawalpindi, spent three decades navigating the turbulent and often violent world of Pakistani politics, becoming in 1988 the first woman to be democratically elected to leada modern Muslim country.5)Under detention at the time, Ms. Bhutto was allowed to visit her father before hisexecution at Rawalpindi’s central prison, only a short distance from the site of the rally where she was killed nearly three decades later.2.Terms translation1)and provoked a characteristic response2)he quickly fell into a bitter dispute with Ms. Bhutto over the family’s political legacy3)only to be ousted by Pakistan’s president in 1990, having served less than half her term4)Her ouster, on both occasions, sparked only sporadic protests across Pakistan5)who presented herself on public platforms as the standard-bearer for Pakistan’simpoverished massesUNIT 9 IndiaI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) e 2) h 3) j 4) d 5) a 6) c 7)i 8) f 9) g 10) b2.Synonym finder1) riddle 2) enigma 3) mystery 4) puzzle5) favouritism 6) preferential treatment 7) discrimination 8) nepotism9) share 10) doled out 11) allotted 12) distributed13) ordered 14) set out 15) arranging 16) Line up3.Word formation1) conceivable 2) interception 3) recipient's 4) anticipate 5) deceit6) inflammatory 7) effulgent 8) flagrant 9) inflammable 10) flameII．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)Researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute have found that whileincreasing women’s decision-making power would reduce discrimination against girls in some parts of South Asia, it would make things worse in the north and west of India.2)In China and in the north and west of India, the spread of ultrasound technology, whichcan inform parents of the sex of their fetus, has turned a pool of missing girls into an ocean.3)N eighbors who didn’t own land, who’ve watched their friends get rich while they stayedbehind, often don’t feel quite as sanguine about the ch anges.4)Around here, where a way of life is disappearing and no one knows what will take itsplace, where someone seems to lose for everyone who wins, it’s a lot harder to know what to make of India’s economic boom.5)There’s a tendency, in much of the media,both domestic and foreign, to greet thechange sweeping across India either with unbridled optimism or excessive pessimism.2.Terms translation1)the bias against girls was far more pronounced there than in the poorer region2)those aborted, killed as newborns or dead in their first few years from neglect3)Development seemed to have not only failed to help many Indian girls but to have madethings worse.4)because they are denied the health care and the education that their brothers receive5)Nor does a rise in a w oman’s autonomy or power in the family necessarily counteractprejudice against girlsUNIT 10 HaitiI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) g 2) d 3) b 4) h 5) i 6) a 7)f 8) j 9) c 10) e2.Synonym finder1) intuition 2) sixth sense 3) gut feeling 4) instinct5) residents 6) locals 7) citizens 8) inhabitants9) implore 10) plead for 11) impose on 12) appealed13) appeal 14) retrial 15) Tribunal 16) hearing3.Word formation1) tenet 2) sustain 3) detained 4) maintain 5)tenement6) abstained 7) entertain 8) pertain 9) continent 10) retain II．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)Almost instinctively, he and a group of 11 people, including a restaurant manager, aschool principal, an accountant, a flight attendant and a truck driver figured out how to get down to the island nation.2)With roads wiped out by landslides, we drove 2.5 hours to Pedernales, a town on thewestern coast of the DR, where we hoped to pick up a boat the rest of the way to Haiti.3)They were detained as they tried to take 33 Haitian children whom the Baptists said hadbeen orphaned into the neighboring Dominican Republic.4)On Tuesday, Reginald Brown, an American lawyer for Jim Allen, one of the detainees,wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, asking her to personally get involved in the case.5)In recent news reports, Bill Clinton, the former US president, was described as workingon such a plan, while Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, called for a “Marshall plan for Haiti”, with foreign governments, companies and NGOs doing the rebuilding and foreign investment setting up factories.2.Terms translation1)Haitian prosecutors have charged the Americans with kidnapping and criminalassociation2)Our point was to draw attention to the plight of Haitian orphans3)the unprecedented situation that exists in Haiti now requires a response beyond whatwould be expected in the ordinary course4)and those same aid agencies are ready to repeat the same mistakes as before5)ranks countries on 10 indicators of how easy the local government makes it for a localcitizen to start and run a businessUNIT 11 EducationI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) a 2) j 3) d 4) h 5)b 6)i 7)f 8) g 9) c 10) e2.Synonym finder1) absorbed 2) assimilate 3) digest 4) taking in5) locations 6) venue 7)site 8) spot9) mission 10) project 11) undertaking 12) assignment13) beaming 14) grinning 15) smirking 16) leered3.Word formation1) victor 2) evicted 3) conviction 4) vanquish 5)convincible6) revoked 7) vociferous 8) equivocal 9) advocate 10) vocal II．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)House alumni —only one or two will stay on as “sophomore ambassadors” — are beingencouraged to take advantage of a new university wide support program to smooth the way to the second year.2)Colleges nationwide are trying to address the special needs of first-generation students,including thecolleges below, which have received grants for innovative approaches to recruiting and retaining them.3)I was more concerned with finding a hook that would set me apart from the tens ofthousands of other applicants, who were, of course, trying to do the same thing.4)Looking through the brochures accumulated on endless campus visits, I didn’t find manyschools that offered bachelor’s degrees to people who studied a random assort ment of languages, and wanderlust made me reluctant to choose one.5)Turns out she was investigating the neurological underpinnings of syntactic structure,using functional M.R.I. to determine where in the brain certain elements of sentence processing take place.2.Terms translation1)But once in, many were failing.2)no alcohol or overnight visitors, midnight curfew on weeknights and 3 a.m. on weekends3)She understands all too well the gravitational pull that home can exert.4)This past year, the residents’ grades ra nged from struggling-to-achieve-C’s to dean’s list.5)At my affluent public high school, potential pre-meds and Wall Streeters (yes, at age 17)lined the hallways.UNIT 12 Science and TechnologyI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) e 2)f 3) i 4) c 5) j 6) a 7)h 8) b 9) g 10) d2.Synonym finder1) nominated 2) selects 3) appointed 4) named5) friendly 6) amiable 7) pleasant 8) warm9) responsible 10) reasonable 11) mature 12) sensible13) crawling 14) inching 15) creep 16) edging3.Word formation1) probation 2) disproved 3) reproved 4) Probationers 5) proof6) quashes 7) discuss 8) repercussions 9) percussion 10)concussedII．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)People are starting to think of underwater archaeology as focused not just on nauticalhistory, but on the prehistoric landscape that existed when glaciers had water tied up and sea levels were much lower.2)He cites recent research suggesting that tributylin, a common pollutant used as apreservative and pesticide, impacts cells at even tiny concentrations and could be contribute to a rise in human obesity.3)The 17-mile (27-kilometer) long particle collider is designed to probe the mysteries ofthe big bang and illuminate puzzling phenomena like dark matter, an invisible material that neither emits nor reflects light, yet accounts for the vast majority of mass in the universe.4)While the computer scientists agreed that we are a long way from Hal, the computerthat took over the spaceship in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” they said there was legitimate concern that technological progress would transform the work force by destroying a widening range of jobs, as well as force humans to learn to live with machines that increasingly copy human behaviors.5)Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial intelligence, a group of computerscientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control over computer-based systems that carry a growing share of society’s workload, from waging war to chatting with customers on the phone.2.Terms translation1)By monitoring these genetic variants season to season2)became the first to use a telescope for astronomical observation3)and that is hand in glove with the story of how galaxies formed and evolved4)These changes have been largely generated by the activities of different kinds oforganisms.5)genomic data will likely be used to create drugs customized to individuals.UNIT 13 Health and TechnologyI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) c 2)f 3)b 4)i 5)j 6)d 7) a 8) h 9) e 10)g2.Synonym finder1) skilled 2) brilliant 3) outstanding 4) expert5) principal 6) key 7) main 8) predominant9) recommendations 10) guidance 11) counselling 12) tip13) desire 14) compulsion 15) longing 16) urge3.Word formation1) hypothecate 2) hypocrisy 3) hyperactive 4) hypothesis 5)Hypersonic6) Corps 7) corpulent 8) corporation 9) incorporated 10) corpse II．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)With many villages having no clean water or basic sanitation, let alone reliable access toclinics and doctors, modern wizardry like molecular diagnostics and digital medical records seem irrelevant.2)As an HIV patient herself, Ms Thabethe was so incensed by this state of affairs that shehelped start iTeach, an outreach programme based at one of the busiest hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal.3)Using a form of text messaging similar to SMS, this sends out up to a million shortmessages a day, encouraging the recipients in their local language to contact the national AIDS hot line.4)The most promising applications of mHealth for now are public-health messaging,stitching together smart medical grids, extending the reach of scarce health workers and establishing surveillance networks for infectious diseases.5)One lesson emerging from these various experiments is that the visible face of anymHealth or e-health scheme, regardless of where it operates, needs to be as simple and user-friendly as possible, whereas the hidden back end should use sophisticated software and hardware.2.Terms translation1)he delivered a speech at a conference on technology for the developing world2)Last year Mr Gates stepped down from Microsoft to run his family’s charitablefoundation3)Given the risk-averse culture of the health systems of the rich world4)despite recent advances in tackling the disease5)it sidesteps the stigma as mobile phones are very personalUNIT 14 GlobalizationI．Vocabulary Builder1.Word match1) g 2) c 3) e 4)j 5)b 6) h 7)a 8) d 9) i 10) f2.Synonym finder1) today 2) now 3) in this day and age 4) nowadays5) amazed 6) staggered 7) astounded 8) astonished9) commendation 10) praise 11) compliment 12) recognition13) deflated 14) discouraged 15) disenchanted 16) let down3.Word formation1) radix 2) eradicated 3) radicle 4) radical 5)eradicator6) acquitted 7) requite 8) unrequited 9) quitter 10) quit II．Sentence Structure1.Sentence combination1)It became a global brand in 2005, when it paid around $1.75 billion for thepersonal-comp uter business of one of America’s best-known companies, IBM—including the ThinkPad laptop range beloved of many businessmen.2)Lenovo’s Chinese R&D labs developed a button that recovers a computer system within60 seconds of a crash, essential in countries with an unreliable power supply.3)Mr Yang even moved his family to live in North Carolina to allow him to learn moreabout American culture and to improve his already respectable command of English, the language of global business.4)This is despite plenty of academic evidence that open economies generally do betterthan closed ones, that in America in particular many more and generally better jobs have been created in recent years than have been destroyed, and that the number of jobs lost to outsourcing is tiny compared with those wiped out by technological innovation.5)The growing role of states that often lack democratic credentials creates a sense thatthe competition from emerging-economy champions and investors is unfair, and that rich-country firms may lose out to less well-run competitors which enjoy subsidised capital, help from political cronies or privileged access to resource supplies.2.Terms translation1)and talking more about the fate of humanity as a whole2)with emerging-market companies now competing furiously against rich-country ones3)such was its confidence in its own brand。
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Part I. T ranslate the following into Chinese: (20小题，每题2分，共40分)1. United Nations Security Council2. International Atomic Energy Agency3. International Energy Agency4. World Health Organization (WHO)5. Organization of African Unity6. Organization of American States ( OAS)7. Association of Southeast Asia (ASA)8. Group of Twenty (G20)9. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)10. The Daily Telegraph11. New York Times12. Wall Street Journal13. Los Angeles Times14. Business Week15. White House16. Secretary of State17. the House of Commons18. the Democratic Party19. the Conservative Party20. the PentagonPart II. Read the following news and choose the best answer. (5小题，每题2分，共10分) Crime is a very serious problem in Britain. One sort of crime which particularly worries people is juvenile delinquency –that is, crimes committed by young people. For some years juvenile delinquency had been increasing. There are two main sorts of juvenile crimes: stealing and violence. Most people do not understand why young people commit these crimes. There are, I think, a large number of different reasons.These crimes are not usually committed by people who are poor or in need. Y oung people often dislike and hate the adult world. They will do things to show that they are rebels. Also in Britain today it is easier for young people to commit crimes because they have more freedom to go where they like and more money to do what they like.There are two other possible causes which are worth mentioning. More and more people inBritain live in large towns. In a large town no one knows who anyone else is or where they live. But in the village I come from crimes are rare because everyone knows everyone else.Although it is difficult to explain, I think the last cause is very important. Perhaps there is something with our society which encourages violence and crime. It is a fact that all the time children are exposed to films and reports about crime and violence. Many people do not agree that this influences the young people, but I think that young people are very much influenced by the society they grow in. I feel that the fault may be as much with our whole society as with these young people.21. From the passage we know that many British people are confused about ________.A. the causes of juvenile crimesB. the rise of the crime rateC. the problem of crimes in their countryD. the various kinds of juvenile delinquency22. One reason why young people in large cities are more likely to commit crimes is that________.A. they need more moneyB. they are free to moveC. they live a better lifeD. nobody knows anything about others23. According to the passage, which groups of the following young people are LEAST likely tocommit crimes?A. Those living in big cities.B. Those living in the countryside.C. Those who are very poor.D. Those who are in need of help.24. Unlike many others, the author holds that one important cause for juvenile delinquency isthat ________.A. young people nowadays do not like adult worldB. young people in Britain today are freer than beforeC. young people are influenced by crime and violence in films and newspapersD. too many young people have come to live in big cities25. According to the passage, which is to blame for juvenile crimes, apart from the young peoplethemselves?A. The adult world.B. Their parents.C. The society.D. The development of the cities.Part III. Answer the questions according to the report: (5小题，每题5分，共25分)China’s Premier Wen Jiabao Concludes Pakistan Visit Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao concluded a three-day visit to Pakistan Sunday aimed at expanding economic and defense ties, while at the same time assuaging concerns over Beijing’s recent friendliness with New Delhi.During Wen’s visit, China signed commercial agreements with Pakistan’s government and private companies worth $30 billion, covering the railway, solar, wind and energy sectors, among others.Unlike Western leaders, who have castigated Pakistan for failing to crack down adequately on Islamist militants operating from its soil, Premier Wen praised Islamabad for its fight against terrorism. ‘Pakistan has been in the forefront of the fight against global terrorism and theinternational community s hould recognize its sacrifices,’Wen said in an address to the joint session of Pakistan’s parliament Sunday.China has long been a close ally of Pakistan as it sees as a way of projecting its power into the South Asian region and balancing the U.S.’s increasingly close ties with New Delhi.China also has been moving closer to India, Pakistan’s rival. Before arriving in Pakistan, Premier Wen spent three days in India, during which Indian and Chinese companies signed commercial deals worth $16 billion. On Thursday, the two countries set a target for bilateral trade to reach $100 billion annually by 2015.But China’s political ties with India remain strained over a series of issues, not least Beijing’s support for Pakistan, including help with nuclear technology. China is helping Pakistan build two nuclear power plants. Reported by Zahid HussainQuestions:26. What did Premier Wen’s visit to Pakistan aim at?27. How much are the commercial agreements signed between China and Pakistan?28. How did Premier Wen commend Islamabad for its fight against terrorism?29. Why has China long been a close ally of Pakistan?30. What’s the target for bilateral trade set by China and India by 2015?Part IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: (1题，25分)31. On his trip, Premier Wen was keen to underscore that Beijing’s stronger commercial ties with India would not weaken its friendship with Pakistan. ‘Strengthening and promoting strategic, brotherly relations is our joint strategic choice and they are in the interests of the two countries and their people,’ Wen said. A joint statement issued after Premier Wen met this weekend with Pakistan Prime Min ister Yousaf Raza Gilani said: ‘Chinese-Pakistan relations have gone beyond bilateral dimensions and acquired broader regional and international impacts.’湖南广播电视大学开放教育期末考试英语报刊选读考试样题（1）答题纸Part I. T ranslate the following into Chinese: (20小题，每题2分，共40分)1. United Nations Security Council ________________________________2. International Atomic Energy Agency ________________________________3. International Energy Agency ________________________________4. World Health Organization (WHO) ________________________________5. Organization of African Unity ________________________________6. Organization of American States ( OAS) _________________________________7. Association of Southeast Asia (ASA) _________________________________8. Group of Twenty (G20) _________________________________9. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) _________________________________10. The Daily Telegraph __________________________________11. New York Times __________________________________12. Wall Street Journal __________________________________13. Los Angeles Times ___________________________________14. Business Week ___________________________________15. White House ____________________________________16. Secretary of State ____________________________________17. the House of Commons ____________________________________18. the Democratic Party ____________________________________19. the Conservative Party ____________________________________20. the Pentagon _____________________________________Part II. Read the following news and choose the best answer. (5小题，每题2分，共10分)21. 22. 23. 24. 25.Part III. Answer the questions according to the report: (5小题，每题5分，共25分)26.27.28.29.30.Part IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: (1题，25分) 31.。
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Unit One ChinaLesson one An American in Beijing (中国经济迅猛发展：留学生蜂拥而至)新闻写作何谓News?新闻写作何谓Journalese?Unit Two United States (Ⅰ)Lesson Five The Evolution Wars (宗教挑战科学)如何读懂标题(Ⅰ) (Ⅱ)Unit Three United States (Ⅱ)Lesson Ten The New Dream Isn’t American (美国梦不再)导语(Lead)报刊语言主要特点(Ⅰ) (Ⅱ)Unit Four United States (Ⅲ)Lesson Twelve Path of the Storm(暴风骤雨，仕途不保)读报知识Lobby和Lobby FirmUnit Five US Foreign PolicyLesson Eighteen A Race We Can All Win (中国发展：中美双赢的竞赛)常见借喻词和提喻词(Ⅰ) (Ⅱ) 常见委婉语Unit Six World AffairsLesson NineteenWhy the Monarchy Must Stay（君主制的废留之争）读报工具书Explanationfocus on background information, language difficulties, cultural difficulties, textual analysis and comment.After-class readingfast reading, search for key words,general ideas and topics.summary and commentspresentationgroup discussionEvaluationfinal score=(performance+assignment+attendance )+examAttend class on time, nomination at random.News report (big hot in recent).Presentation of new text for self-study.Read newspapers or magazines, make summary and comments on weekly news.(<=1)Finish assignment on time.Form groups by yourselves.(5-6)References:Do you like watching or listening to news report?How do you always keep contact with news?How much do you know about news?Introduction of NewsIn China’s academic circles :News is the reporting of recent events.1) News is a fresh report of events, facts or opinions that people did not know before they read your story.2) News is anything timely that interests a number of persons, and the best news is that which has the greatest interest of the greatest number.3) News is any event, idea or opinion that is timely, that interests or affects a large number of people in a community and that is capable of being understood by them.4) News is the reporting of anything timely which has importance, use, or interest to a considerable number of persons in a publication audience.Questions for thinking:What things are newsworthy?What are the qualities of a good news story?human interest (人情味)ordinary person(s) + usual occurrence(s) ≠newsXiaohong goes to school.ordinary person(s) + unusual occurrence(s) ＝newsXiaohong kills herself.extraordinary person(s) + usual occurrence(s) = newsZhang Baizhi and Xie Tingfeng devoicedextraordinary person(s)+unusual occurrence(s)=big newsJackie Chan has made donations for earthquake relief.An event that happened the day of or day before publication or an event that is due to happen in the immediate future is considered timely.Some events that happened in the past also may be considered timely if they are printed on an anniversary of the event, such as one, five or 10 years after the incident.An event may be of interest to local readers because it happened in or close to the community. the unusual, fresh and unique nature of an eventA well-known saying:“It is not news when a dog bites a man, but absolutely news when you find a man bites a dog.” People who are well-known for their accomplishments— primarily entertainers, athletes or people who have gained fame for achievements, good or bad—attract a lot of attention.This story ran on the front page because of the celebrity status of the entertainers.People like stories about people who have special problems, achievements or experiences.These stories can be profiles(人物简介) or unusual stories about people that make readers care about their plight (境况).Science, business or religion or to such special groups as women, minorities, disabled people, veterans, college students or other groups with particular interests.Stories involving conflicts people have with government or other people are often newsworthy, especially when the conflict reflects local problems.Helpfulness:Consumers, health and other how-to storiesEntertainment:Stories that amuse readers, make them feel good or help them enjoy their leisure time. Inspiration:Stories about people who overcome difficultiesWhat parts does a news story have?Like all stories, the basic news story has a headline and three general parts: a beginning called the “lead”, a middle called the “body” and an ending. And before lead, there are dateline and byline.Dateline: to tell readers when and where the story is written, importantByline: to give credit to the writer, is also very important.WASHINGTON, JUL Y 8(UPl)-CNN hopes to feature Asia more prominently in its news programs in order to share in Japan's estimated ＄50 billion in advertising revenue this year, according to NEWSWEEK[合众国际社华盛顿7月8日电]据《新闻周刊》报道，为了在今年日本估计为500亿美元的广告收入中占有份额，美国有线新闻网希望在其新闻节目中更加突出亚洲特色. According to channel of broadcasting:According to contents:According to region:world news (有国际新闻)home news (国内新闻)local news (地方新闻)hard news:stories of a timely nature (immediacy) about events or conflicts that have just happened or are about to happen.e.g.crimes, fires, meetings, protest rallies,speeches and testimony in court cases.Soft news can also be stories that focus on people, places or issues that affect readers’lives. These types of stories are called “feature stories”(专题报道).It isn’t news that happened overnight, which does not mean that it is less important than hard news.urgent (急电) brief (简讯)flash (快讯) editorials (社论)features (特写/特稿) personal profile (人物特写)anecdote (趣事/轶事) news reporting (消息报道)commentaries and columns (新闻评论)breaking news (突发新闻)(1) major Print media(报刊)China Daily, 21st Century, Shanghai Star , Business weekly(USA)New York Times /Washington Post Los Angeles Times /USA Today /Business Week /Wall street Journal /Newsweek /newsweek.htmlTime /Fortune Reader’s Digest /USA News & world Report /Christian Science Monitor /(Britain)The Times /The Observer /The Daily Telegraph /The Guardian /The Economist /The Financial Times /home/rw(2)major Electrical Media (电子传媒):News Agency, Radio , TV1) Thomson Reuters /2) Associated Press (AP) /3) Agency France Press (AFP)4) the V oice of America (VOA) /5) British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)6) Cable News Network (CNN)Make the presentation in the next class.Search information and prepare for a news report.Fill the following tableA Quality Selection of Articles from American & English Newspapers &MagazinesTeaching Period 2Think and Talk•Are you interested in reading English newspapers and magazines?What newspapers and magazines do you usually read in your leisure time?Can you introduce some domestic English newspapers and magazines?The standards of newspapersOnce in a week at least.Print by machine.Anyone can buy.Cause public interest.Certain effect.Stability.---The Press and AmericaDr. Edwin Emery& Michael EmeryA newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising.General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business,art, entertainment, society and sports.Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns that express the personal opinions of writers.Supplementary sections may contain advertising, comics, and coupons.Journalese新闻文体English of a style featured by use of colloquialisms, superficiality of thought or reasoning, clever or sensational presentation of material, and evidence of haste in composition, considered characteristic of newspaper writing.editorial opinions, criticism, persuasion and obituaries;entertainment such as crosswords and horoscopes;weather news and forecasts;advice, gossip, food and other columns;critical reviews of movies, plays and restaurants;classified ads; display ads,editorial cartoons and comic strips.The German-language Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg, is often recognized as the first newspaper.The first newspaper in China《中外新报》was published in 1858.The first newspaper in France was published in 1631, La Gazette .•Corante, or weekely newes from Italy, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, France and the Low Countreys. was published in England in 1621.•In Boston in 1690, Benjamin Harris published Public Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestic.Discussion.•Reference:Private NatureThe true purpose of newspaper is alwaysbased on money, power, interest, benefitsand so on.Especially right now, news has been takenas something, which can be bought or soldClassification of English Newspapercontent and style•Quality Papers (高级报纸):known as “broadsheet” (大报), reports and observes the big shots all over the world, as well as information form finance, business, technology, science, education and culture. It features comments, editorials, letters from readers and columns.•Popular Papers(大众化报纸):known as “tabloid” (小报), supplies entertainment for killing time, just reporting the big shots briefly in short passages. It emphasizessocial news, features (特写)of human feelings,anecdotes, sports and entertainments.Design of Quality NewspaperNewspaper LayoutSize of some USA newspapers (2009-2010)1)The New York Times (Tuesday ,march 2.2010)56cm/ 30.5cm2).The Wall Street journal 58cm\30.5cm3)The Philadelphia Daily News ( May 19,2009)31 cm\ 28cm4). The Examiner( Washington) (November 9,2009)34cm\ 26.5cm5).Express March 2,201030cm \26.5cmConclusion:Design of Popular NewspaperEmphasize on the design of the content. Usually block capitals for all headlines, matched with pictures and diagrams. News brief and short news is published. Language is easy to read and the design is varied and lovely.The New York Times 纽约时报The Washington Post 华盛顿邮报The Los Angeles Times 旧金山时报USA Today 今日美国报The Wall Street Journal 华尔街报The Christian Science Monitor基督科学导International Herald Tribune国际先驱论坛报The New York Times(纽约时报) An American daily newspaper founded in 1851 and published in New York City.The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States.The Times is owned by The New York Times Company, which publishes 18 other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe. The company’s chairman isSulzberger, whose family has controlled the papersince 1896.The paper’s motto, as printed in the upper left-hand corner of the front page, is “All the News That’s Fit to Print”.It is organized into sections: News, Opinions, Business, Arts, Science, Sports, Style, and Features.In the absence of a major headline, the day’s most important story generally appears in the top-right hand column, on the main page.The Times stayed with the eight-column format for several years after most papers switched to six columns, and it was one of the last newspapers to adopt color photography.The Times has won 101 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization. Its web site was the most popular American online newspaper Web site as of December 2008, receiving more than 18 million unique visitors in that month.The Times prices are: $2.00 daily city and nationwide, $5.00 Sunday in and around the city, $6.00 or $7.00 outside of the metropolitan area.The Washington Post（华盛顿邮报）The newspaper with the largest circulation in Washington, D.C. and is the city’s oldest paper, founded in 1877. Being located in the nation’s capital, it has a particu lar emphasis on national politics and international affairs.The Post prices are: $0.75 Daily, $1.50 Sunday.Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation.The newspaper’s weekday printings include the main section, containing the first page, national, international news, business, politics, and editorials and opinions, followed by the sections on local news , sports, style and classifieds.The Sunday edition includes the weekday sections as well as several weekly sections: Outlook (opinion and editorials), Style & Arts, Travel, Comics, TV Week, and the Washington Post Magazine.The Wall Street Journal（华尔街日报）An English-language international daily newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, in New York City, with Asian and European editions. It was the largest-circulation newspaper in the United States until November 2003, when it was surpassed by USA Today. It would later regain its number one positionin the United States in October of 2009.The Journal is the largest newspaper in the United States by circulation.According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 2.1 million copies, including 400,000 online paid subscriptions, as of March 2010 compared to USA Today’s 1.8 million.Its main rival in the business newspaper sector is the London-based Financial Times, which also publishes several international editions.The Journal newspaper primarily covers U.S. and international business and financial news and issues—the paper’s name comes from Wall Street, the street in New York City that is the heart of the financial district. It has been printed continuously since being founded on July 8, 1889. Conlusion:leading daily American newspapersThe New York Times, which is known for its general reporting and international coverage;The Wall Street Journal, which is known for its financial reporting.The Washington Post has distinguished itself through its political reporting on the workings of the White House, Congress, and other aspects of the U.S. government.Los Angeles Times（洛杉矶时报）A daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California since 1881. It is distributed throughout the Western United States.It is the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States and the fourth-most widely distributed newspaper in the United States.Its daily circulation reported in October 2008was 739,000, down from a peak of 1.1 million. TheTimes prices are: $0.75 Daily, $1.50 Sunday.USA Today（今日美国报）USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. The paper has the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States.Averaging over 2.25 million copies every weekday), USA Today is distributed in almost fifty-two states in America.The Christian Science Monitor (CSM)(基督教科学箴言报) An international newspaper published daily online, Monday through Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of March 31, 2008, the print circulation was 56,083.The CSM is a newspaper that covers international and United States current events. The paper includes a daily religious feature on the “The Home Forum”page, but is not a platform for evangelizing.International Herald Tribune（国际先驱论坛报）A widely read English-language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 35 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 180 countries.Part of The New York Times Company.The Chicago Sun-Times (芝加哥太阳报)An American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois.It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.It is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city as it began in 1844 as the Chicago Evening Journal.Associated Press---美联社The AP is a cooperative owned news agency by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists.As of 2005, the news collected by the AP is published and republished by more than 1,700 newspapers, in addition to more than 5,000 television and radio broadcasters.The Associated Press operates 243 news bureaus, and it serves at least 120 countries, with an international staff located all over the world.Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. Associated Press---美联社Associated Press also operates The Associated Press Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations.The AP Radio also offers news and public affairs features, feeds of news sound bites, and long form coverage of major events.As part of their cooperative agreement with The Associated Press, most member news organizations grant automatic permission for the AP to distributetheir local news reports.A monthly general-interest family magazine co-founded in 1922 by Lila Bell Wallace and DeWitt Wallace.Global editions of Reader’s Digest reach an additional 40 million people in more than 70 countries, with 50 editions in 21 languages.It has a global circulation of 17 million, making it the largest paid circulation magazine in the world.The magazine is compact, with its pages roughly half the size of most American magazines. Time---时代周刊Time is the world’s largest weekly newsmagazine, and has a domestic audience of 20 million and a global audience of 25 million.It is an American news magazine. A European edition (Time Europe, formerly known as Time Atlantic) is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003,Latin America.China’s Growth PosesOpportunity and RiskTextual AnalysisNew words and phraseszenith: the highest or greatest point of development, hope, fortune.affluent: prosperous and richassuage: to make an unpleasant feeling less painful or severeeconomic boom/bust: rapid increase/depressionconsession: sth you allow sb to have in order to end an argument or disagreementstuff: to pack quicklysurmount:to succeed in dealing with a problem, overcomesusceptible: easily influenced or affected by sthundermine: damage or weaken graduallyvulnerable: easily hurt or influenced physically or emotionallygo about: to perform or dotrade surplus: a positive balance of trade which consists of exporting more than one import inflationary spiral:a trend toward ever higher levels of inflation primarily as a result of continuing interactive increases in wages and priceseconomic bubble: It occurs when speculation in a commodity causes the price to increase, thus producing more speculation.The price of the goods then reaches absurd levelsand the bubble is usually followed by a suddendrop in prices, known as a crash.What is China’s biggest advantag e in economiccompetitions?Its immense and low-paid work force.2) Is China’s economy vulnerable? Why or why not?It is not as vulnerable as Japan’s was because Chinastill has vast reserves of cheap labor and many backward industries that can grow swiftly. 3)What warning message has been given to China about its economic situation?Economies could not prosper indefinitely and thatChinese officials should be prepared for setbacks.1) How would you compare the construction of Guangzhou Airport with that of Japan’s Osaka Airport?The Japanese managed to keep jobs and profits at home by excluding non-Japanese companies from the project, so it set off a seven-year trade battle with the U.S., and finally it lost. On the contrary, when China began to build Guangzhou Airport, it welcome multinational companies and foreign investment and this openness proved to be beneficial.2) Compared with Japan, why can China absorb foreign investment, get the advanced technology and make foreign companies adopt Chinese technical standards?Because foreign companies see clearly the potential size of China’s market and find it hard to say “no” when Chinese demand that they build factories in China, reveal the late st technology and adopt Chinese technical standards.3) Why has China’s strength in economic development affected the politics in the U.S.? Why do the Democratic presidential candidates unfairly blame the U.S. unemployment on China? Are they playing politics?China’s strength draws growing attention in American politics because the Chinese trade surplus with the United State has soared.•the low exchange value of its currency, the low price of exports and its wage advantage. •Yes they are, especially when the presidential campaign is under way.News Agencies in Americani. Reuter (Reuters LTD) 路透社Reuters (Reuter’s News Agency)(英国)路透社，1851年由路透创建，总部设在伦敦，是一家商业性通讯社。
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《英语报刊选读》模拟卷答案Section I Reading Techniques (40%)Part A (6%)1. A2. B3. CPart B (14%)1. F2. F3. F4. T5. F6. F7. TPart C (20%)Q1 (3%)Bomb Kills 15 in Shiite Area of BaghdadQ2 (3%)By Alissa J. RubinQ3 (3%)Baghdad, Sept. 8Q4 (3%)The first paragraph:A bomb in a parked car exploded late Saturday in the Shiite stronghold Sadr City, killing 15 people, officials said.(4%)WHAT: A bomb in a parked car explodedWHEN: last SaturdayWHERE: in the Shiite stronghold Sadr CityHOW: killing 15 peopleQ5 (4%)An inverted pyramid is a traditional form of writing in which the news is stacked in paragraphs in order of descending importance. The lead summarizes the principal items of a news event. The second paragraph and each succeeding paragraph contain secondary or supporting details in order of decreasing significance. All the paragraphs in the story contain newsworthy information, but each paragraph is less vital than the one before it. Take this news report for example, the writer first presents the most important details of the bombing, including the time, the place, and the casualty. Then the writer goes on to less essential information, such as the other violence and the background.Section II Reading Practice (60%)Passage One: (20%)1. (2%) C2. (2%) D3. (2%) C4. (2%) D5. (4%)Rudeness damages employees’ mental health and lowers productivity of the workplace.6. (4%)One can get short-term bumps in performance by using the stick, but in the long term it takes its toll on employees. If workers complain and suffer retaliation, others learn to keep quiet, but morale suffers.7. (4%)He suggests that written policies against abuse should be worked out, and leaders at the top should enforce those policies and set an example themselves.Passage Two: (20%)1. (2%) B2. (2%) B3. (2%) D4. (2%) A5. (4%)According to Ms. Wellington, GenX’ers are attracted to their organizations for utterly traditional reasons: reputation of the organization, opportunities to advance.6. (4%)Catalyst and other research organizations caution that this age group has high demands for employers. If their demands are not met, they will leave. And they are highly sensitive to the way in which they are treated. If the GenX’er believes that his employ er is not making a commitment to him, he will leave.7. (4%)The survey found that more than 70 percent of them rated companionship, a loving family and enjoying life as extremely important. In contrast, fewer than 20 percent of them said earning a lot of money and becoming an influential leader were extremely important goals.Passage Three: (20%)15. (2%) B 16. (2%) D 17. (2%) B 18. (2%) A19. (4%)What happened to Robert and Tammy Weber’s dream home?On July 17, it caught fire and three tankers of water couldn’t put the fire out.20. (4%)Because more homes are built outside urban and suburban infrastructure. Municipalities and country governments are reluctant to extend the basic infrastructure because it will be costly.21. (4%)Proximity to hydrants and fire stations.。
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东北师范大学22春“英语”《报刊选读》作业考核题库高频考点版（参考答案）一.综合考核(共50题)1.denomination ____.A.supremacyB.acknowledgmentC.an agent or a substitute参考答案：A2.expire ____.A.at the beginninge to an endC.help others参考答案：B3.garish ____.A.glaring; dazzlingB.graveyardC.give up参考答案：A4.By 1997, a University of Michigan study found that the total of homework had climbed to () minutes.A.44B.60C.90D.120参考答案：D5.civic ____.A.of a town or city; municipalB.debrisC.curious参考答案：A6.In 1981, 6-8-year-olds averaged ____ minutes of homework per week.A.45B.50C.44D.60参考答案：C7.Which one do you think is more important during a Presidential Election after having read the three pieces of news? ____A.Financial supportB.Religion policyC.Both A and BD.unknown参考答案：C8.China spends the least money on cultural conservation.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：B9.Hikers don't like to walking a long way and climbing hills on foot.()参考答案：A10.expire ()A.at the beginninge to an endC.help others参考答案：B11.If Sheila Lindsey is going to be away for more than a day, she will ____.A.never be foundB.change her mailC.be contacted on very important affairse back at once参考答案：C12.skirmish ()A.work hardB.never lose your confidenceC.a minor or preliminary conflict参考答案：C13.What did Engelhardt advise China to do in a conference last month? ()A.People should clean up the foul air.B.People should take some measures to preserve their heritage.C.People should built more expressway in the sites.D.People should allow more foreigners to visit China.参考答案：BInstitute for American Values is a New York-based institute, a non-profit group that promotes the importance of family and fatherhood.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：B15.It's not the differences in a marriage that cause problems but how a couple handles the difference.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：B16.Los Angeless Cardinal ____ has required that all priests in the archdiocese be fluent in Spanish as well as English.A.Jorge RamosB.Roger MahonyC.Homero LunaD.David S.Powell参考答案：B17.sapling ()A.work hardB.young treeC.young animal参考答案：B18.Los Angeles's Cardinal ____ has required that all priests in the archdiocese be fluent in Spanish as well as English.C.Homero LunaD.David S.Powell参考答案：B19.On what does China spend the least money? ____A.Overhauling it's command economyB.Dampening rising unemploymentC.Taking care of an aging populationD.Cultural conservation参考答案：D20.It is one of the great strengths of monarchy that it has never taken sides in any political debate, that it shows itself, as an institution, to be evenhanded.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：B21.Richard Nixon thinks that the cooperation between the East and the West will be ____.A.possibleB.impossibleC.unknown参考答案：A22.conceal ()A.to bring great interestsB.to help othersC.to hide, to keep from being seen参考答案：C23.deteriorate ()A.become worse in quality or conditionB.destroyC.well wealthy参考答案：A24.An optimist is someone who expects the best to happen.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：B25.grab ()A.to have or takeB.to abandonC.hard working参考答案：A26.What damaged the caves over the years? ____A.wind, rain and sandB.western plunderersC.touristsD.all of above参考答案：D27.erode ____.A.be fall in troubleB.to destroy or wear sth away gradually参考答案：B28.An irritable person is someone of mild temper.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：A29.From the article we know the most popular open-air cinema is at ().A.Bryant ParkB.Brooklyn BridgeC.Central ParkD.Socrates Sculpture Park参考答案：A30.Winston Churchill often described parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy as being imperfect-but the best that man had yet devised.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：B31.American schools increased homework loads to improve education after 1957 because of the Soviets’ Sputnik launch.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：B32.B.正确参考答案：A33.The old rule for a polite conversation is: Never mention the topic of sex, religion and politics.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：B34.tackle ()A.deal with a difficult problemB.say hi to sb.C.life参考答案：A35.In a 2000 survey by the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute, fewer than ____ of college freshman rated magazine rankings “very important.”A.10%B.15%C.20%D.25%参考答案：A36.Queen Elizabeth2 cannot choose a prime minister, dissolve Parliament or declare war.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：Aappraisal ()A.rucksackB.the act or an instance of appraisingC.irregular swelling参考答案：B38.intact ____.A.having all physical parts, especiallyB.connect with sb or sthC.give in参考答案：A39.discreet ____.A.prudenceB.secretC.disagree参考答案：A40.Medicare program ____.A.医疗照顾计划B.国土局C.建筑工程参考答案：A41.boost ____.A.to encourage or improveB.to help othersC.bellicose42.College officials should be blamed for the cheating in college rankings.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：B43.commit ____.A.to do (something wrong)B.to do (something right)C.to admit参考答案：A44.Public Agenda ____.A.公众议程B.公共设施C.公共交通D.公共日程参考答案：A45.obsession ____.A.thing or person that obsessesB.work hardC.remove or wipe out参考答案：A46.erode ()C.attack abruptly参考答案：B47.offset ____.e to an endB.struggleC.to compensate for sth参考答案：C48.What is the State Department’s attitudes towards the reports that the new authorities in Kabul announced their intention of inviting the former Afghan monarch, King Zahir Shah, back to Afghanistan? ()A.The State Department welcomed the reports.B.The State Department opposed the reports.C.The State Department held neutral position.D.Others参考答案：A49.() is a spokeswoman for the American Association of Health Plans.A.Gerald D. KleczkaB.John Dl DingellC.Susan M. PisanoD.Stephanie Sue Stein参考答案：C50.An unprecedented chance for Gypsies is to be recognized as a nation, albeit one without a defined territory.()A.错误B.正确参考答案：B。
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Part I. T ranslate the following into Chinese: (20小题，每题2分，共40分)1. United Nations Security Council2. International Atomic Energy Agency3. International Energy Agency4. World Health Organization (WHO)5. Organization of African Unity6. Organization of American States ( OAS)7. Association of Southeast Asia (ASA)8. Group of Twenty (G20)9. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)10. The Daily Telegraph11. New York Times12. Wall Street Journal13. Los Angeles Times14. Business Week15. White House16. Secretary of State17. the House of Commons18. the Democratic Party19. the Conservative Party20. the PentagonPart II. Read the following news and choose the best answer. (5小题，每题2分，共10分) Crime is a very serious problem in Britain. One sort of crime which particularly worries people is juvenile delinquency –that is, crimes committed by young people. For some years juvenile delinquency had been increasing. There are two main sorts of juvenile crimes: stealing and violence. Most people do not understand why young people commit these crimes. There are, I think, a large number of different reasons.These crimes are not usually committed by people who are poor or in need. Y oung people often dislike and hate the adult world. They will do things to show that they are rebels. Also in Britain today it is easier for young people to commit crimes because they have more freedom to go where they like and more money to do what they like.There are two other possible causes which are worth mentioning. More and more people inBritain live in large towns. In a large town no one knows who anyone else is or where they live. But in the village I come from crimes are rare because everyone knows everyone else.Although it is difficult to explain, I think the last cause is very important. Perhaps there is something with our society which encourages violence and crime. It is a fact that all the time children are exposed to films and reports about crime and violence. Many people do not agree that this influences the young people, but I think that young people are very much influenced by the society they grow in. I feel that the fault may be as much with our whole society as with these young people.21. From the passage we know that many British people are confused about ________.A. the causes of juvenile crimesB. the rise of the crime rateC. the problem of crimes in their countryD. the various kinds of juvenile delinquency22. One reason why young people in large cities are more likely to commit crimes is that________.A. they need more moneyB. they are free to moveC. they live a better lifeD. nobody knows anything about others23. According to the passage, which groups of the following young people are LEAST likely tocommit crimes?A. Those living in big cities.B. Those living in the countryside.C. Those who are very poor.D. Those who are in need of help.24. Unlike many others, the author holds that one important cause for juvenile delinquency isthat ________.A. young people nowadays do not like adult worldB. young people in Britain today are freer than beforeC. young people are influenced by crime and violence in films and newspapersD. too many young people have come to live in big cities25. According to the passage, which is to blame for juvenile crimes, apart from the young peoplethemselves?A. The adult world.B. Their parents.C. The society.D. The development of the cities.Part III. Answer the questions according to the report: (5小题，每题5分，共25分)China’s Premier Wen Jiabao Concludes Pakistan Visit Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao concluded a three-day visit to Pakistan Sunday aimed at expanding economic and defense ties, while at the same time assuaging concerns over Beijing’s recent friendliness with New Delhi.During Wen’s visit, China signed commercial agreements with Pakistan’s government and private companies worth $30 billion, covering the railway, solar, wind and energy sectors, among others.Unlike Western leaders, who have castigated Pakistan for failing to crack down adequately on Islamist militants operating from its soil, Premier Wen praised Islamabad for its fight against terrorism. ‘Pakistan has been in the forefront of the fight against global terrorism and theinternational community s hould recognize its sacrifices,’Wen said in an address to the joint session of Pakistan’s parliament Sunday.China has long been a close ally of Pakistan as it sees as a way of projecting its power into the South Asian region and balancing the U.S.’s increasingly close ties with New Delhi.China also has been moving closer to India, Pakistan’s rival. Before arriving in Pakistan, Premier Wen spent three days in India, during which Indian and Chinese companies signed commercial deals worth $16 billion. On Thursday, the two countries set a target for bilateral trade to reach $100 billion annually by 2015.But China’s political ties with India remain strained over a series of issues, not least Beijing’s support for Pakistan, including help with nuclear technology. China is helping Pakistan build two nuclear power plants. Reported by Zahid HussainQuestions:26. What did Premier Wen’s visit to Pakistan aim at?27. How much are the commercial agreements signed between China and Pakistan?28. How did Premier Wen commend Islamabad for its fight against terrorism?29. Why has China long been a close ally of Pakistan?30. What’s the target for bilateral trade set by China and India by 2015?Part IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: (1题，25分)31. On his trip, Premier Wen was keen to underscore that Beijing’s stronger commercial ties with India would not weaken its friendship with Pakistan. ‘Strengthening and promoting strategic, brotherly relations is our joint strategic choice and they are in the interests of the two countries and their people,’ Wen said. A joint statement issued after Premier Wen met this weekend with Pakistan Prime Min ister Yousaf Raza Gilani said: ‘Chinese-Pakistan relations have gone beyond bilateral dimensions and acquired broader regional and international impacts.’湖南广播电视大学开放教育期末考试英语报刊选读考试样题（1）答题纸Part I. T ranslate the following into Chinese: (20小题，每题2分，共40分)1. United Nations Security Council ________________________________2. International Atomic Energy Agency ________________________________3. International Energy Agency ________________________________4. World Health Organization (WHO) ________________________________5. Organization of African Unity ________________________________6. Organization of American States ( OAS) _________________________________7. Association of Southeast Asia (ASA) _________________________________8. Group of Twenty (G20) _________________________________9. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) _________________________________10. The Daily Telegraph __________________________________11. New York Times __________________________________12. Wall Street Journal __________________________________13. Los Angeles Times ___________________________________14. Business Week ___________________________________15. White House ____________________________________16. Secretary of State ____________________________________17. the House of Commons ____________________________________18. the Democratic Party ____________________________________19. the Conservative Party ____________________________________20. the Pentagon _____________________________________Part II. Read the following news and choose the best answer. (5小题，每题2分，共10分)21. 22. 23. 24. 25.Part III. Answer the questions according to the report: (5小题，每题5分，共25分)26.27.28.29.30.Part IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: (1题，25分) 31.。