英美报刊选读期末复习提要

2003年12月11日英美报刊选读期末复习提要责任教师聂光华根据大纲规定，本课程的教学目的在于培养学生阅读英语报刊的基本能力。

通过该课程的学习，使学生掌握一定数量的英语报刊词汇，熟悉英语新闻报道的结构和体裁、了解美英几大报刊的背景、立场、影响及版面编排等，并逐渐积累阅读英美报刊所必备的政治、军事、经济、外交、法律、宗教、文教和社会知识。

为方便同学们进行期末复习，特将有关期末考试的范围、题型等作一简要说明，并附上一份自测题供复习用。

1．考试范围及分数比例教材内容（1--15课，）与课外内容各占50%左右，课外内容的难度低于教材内容。

2．试题的构成和题型试题由三部分组成：Part One Turn the following into Chinese (20%)该题选自教材以外。

Part Two Turn the uderlined parts（or some terms）into Chinese (30%)该题共15小题,选自教材。

Part Three Reading Comprehension (50%)该题共15小题,5个问答题，10个选择题,大部分出自课外文章。

第二部分自测题Part One Turn the following into Chinese (20%)A bomb exploded at a crowded street market in Paris near the Placede la Bastille Sunday morning, leaving four people slightly hurt. The police said that the bomb, packed into a pressure cooker and hidden in a bag under a vegetable stand, did not cause greater damage because of a malfunctioin. But the incident clearly left a deep impact on Government officials who are facing what they believe to be a campaign of terrorism directed by Islamic militants from Algeria. Police did not immediately link the bomb to three devices planted in recent weeks, which killed seven and wounded scores of others in Paris.Part Two（A）Turn the uderlined parts into Chinese (30%)6. UNESCO7. They were just taking a break from the students and most exhilarating work of their lives.8、Senate Majority Whip9,Westinghouse Science Talent Search10. They dressed her up in a prim gray suit.11. Chicago Tribune12. Daily Telegragh13. The classroom is a virtual one, with students logging in fromall over the globe.14．Free Press15．Shao Yibo scribbled down a business proposal, sold his belongings and left for Shanghai.Part Two（B）Turn the following into Chinese (30%)1．lobbyist 2 . Congress3 . the Capitol4 .senate5 .Watergate 6. G.O.P.7.cover story 8 .whiz kid9．appeals court 10. a law withholding taxes on interest payment11. diversity of democracy 12. political realignment13. Free Press 14. the budget package 15. Wall Street JournalPart Three Reading Comprehension (50%)Passage OneMany parents who welcome the idea of turning off the TV and spending more time with the family are still worried that without TV they would constantly be on call as entertainers for their children. They remember thinking up all sort of things to do when they were kids. But their own kids seem different, less resourceful, somehow. When there"s nothing to do, these parents observe regretfully, their kids seem unable to come up with any thing to do besides turning on the TV. One father, for example, says. “When I was a kid, we were always thinking up things to do, projects and games. We certainly never complained in an annoying way to our parents, ‘I have nothing to do!’ He compares this with his own children today: “They"re simpl y lazy. If someone doesn"t entertain them, they"ll happily sit there watching TV all day. ”There is one word for this father"s disappointment: unfair. It is as if he were disappointed in them for not reading Greek though they have never studied the language. He deplores(哀叹)his children"s lack of inventiveness, as if the ability to play were something innate(天生的)that his children are missing . In fact, while the tendency to play is built into the human species, the actualability to play-to imagine, to invent, to elaborate on reality in a playful way-and the ability to gain fulfillment from it, these are skills that have to learned and developed.Such disappointment, however, is not only unjust, it is also destructive. Sensing their parents" disappointment, children come to believe that they are, indeed, lacking something, and that this makes them less worthy of admiration and respect. Giving children the opportunity to develop new resources, to enlarge their horizons and discover the pleasures of doing things on their own is, on the otherhand, a way to help children develop a confident feeling about themselves as capable and interesting people.Questions:1.According to many parents, without TV, their children would like them to2.Many parents think that, instead of watching a lot of TV, their children should3.The father often blames his children for not being able to entertain themselves. This isunfair because they4.When parents show constant disappointment in their children, the destructive effect isthat the children will5.Developing children"s self-confidence helps bring them up to bePassage TwoCongress to Open Budget Bill Votes For 1996 SpendingBy Adam ClymerFrom The New York Times, October 25, 1995WASHINGTON, Oct.24-Starting Wednesday, Congress will begin voting on the huge budget bills that will give Republicans the chance to prove they mean their promises to change the way Government works--- most of all by balancing the Federal budget by the year 2002.Until this week, action on the budget has consisted of high-sounding resolutions, the defeat of a constitutional amendment requiring balance and energetic but inconclusive efforts to reduce the level of spending in the annual bills that finance Government agencies. Only 3 of those 13 measures have made their way to the White House.But the big budget reconciliation bills---1,949 pages in the Senate version and 1,754 in the House---promise a balanced budget with curbs on spending for programs available to all those entitled and thus hard to control, like Medicare, Medicaid, student loans and farmprograms. The total package is sweetened by a $ 245 billion tax cut.Speaker Newt Gingrich said the measure would put the nation "back on the right moral track. "" In peacetime, " he continued, " you shouldn"t borrow your children"s money, "adding in a brief interview that the legislation was "an important trust-building step" because the" Republicans had promised the public a balanced budget, "and we"re going to give it to them. "Mr. Gingrich said the budget votes would also establish that "Washington has to live within its means, set priorities and actually resources "Moreover, he said, there would be a "balanced budget dividend" from the lower interest rates that would result, for individuals, in savings of as much as $ 37, OOO in mortgage interest ona typical $ 700 on a new car loan.But before debate and votes can begin on Wednesday in the Senate and on Thursday in the House, those huge bills remain subject to last-minute tinkering on everything from medicaid formulas to milk subsides.Those efforts were intended to solidify Republican majorities. Republicans can afford to lose no more than 3 of their 53 senators and 16 of their 233 Representatives for the final votes, which are planned for Thursday in the House and Friday in the Senate.But there was also a tentative air about this week"s votes. Once on this week can become lawwithout agreement from the ClintonAdministration, which "has regularly issued vetothreats. Ultimately some sort of negotiationmust take place.1._____ will begin voting on the budget bills starting Wednesday.a. Republicansb. The governmentc. Congress2. The big "budget reconciliation bills promise a balance________.a. by the year 2002b. for 1997c. for the next fiscal year3. Spending on programs such as Medicare and Medicaid would be ____ according to the budget bill.a . promisedb . curbedc . balanced4. Republicans need at least ____ of their senators for the final votes.a. 53b. 56c.505 . The bills, once passed, can_______.a. become lawb. amount to a Democrats" statementc. become law when approved by the Clinton AdministrationPassage Three15 Killed by Rebel bomb in KashmirFrom International Herald Tribune, September 1995SRINAGAR, India-At least 15 people were killed when a car bomb exploded in central Srinagar at midday Monday, witnesses said. Five of the dead appeared to be soldiers, they said.Officials at a government-run hospital said that 20 people were admitted with wounds and that three were in surgery. One of the wounded died upon arrival at the hospital.A caller identifying himself as a member of Hizbul Mujahidin, apro-Pakistan group, contacted several news agencies to claim responsibility for the attack.Hizbul Mujahidin is the most powerful rebel group favoring a merger with Pakistan. Other groups want independence from Indian rule.The bomb went off in a car near a police station and outside a branch of the government owned State Bank of India, where Indian soldiers fighting the separatist insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir gather at the beginning of every month to collect their pay.k was parked in the vicinity when the bomb went off. Three cars and five e blast.Witnesses said that two of the victims were women and that five others wore military uniforms. Some of the corpses were badly mutilated.Security forces arrived quickly and carried off the bodies. The police cordoned off the area, fearing another attack.The blast was preceded by a grenade attack a few blocks away that appeared to have been a diversionary measure.The explosion was near Ahdoo’s, one of the only hotels left open in the city. The hotel is full of foreign journalists covering the Kashmir hostage crisis, which entered its third month Monday.Four Westerners have been held hostage by guerrillas in the Kashmir Valley since July 4. A fifth hostage, Hans Christian Ostroe of Norway, way found beheaded in a remote region Aug.13.The guerrillas have said they will kill the remaining hostages unless the Indian government releases 15 jailed separatists.1． A car bomb killed people in central Srinagar.a. 5b. 15c. 20were2． claimed responsibility for the attack.a. A rebel groupb. an Indian groupc. A memberof Hizbul Mujahidin3．The bomb went off outside a bank branch where Indian soldiers gathered to .a. fight the rebelsb. protect the bankc. collecttheir pay4． Destroyed in the blast.a. An army truck wasb. Three scooters and five cars werec. Three cars and 5 scooters were5．Police cordoned off the area because .a. they feared there might be another attackb. there was a grenade attack a few blocks awayc. they had to carry off the bodies。