英语新闻听力练习
高二英语听力新闻听力单选题20题
高二英语听力新闻听力单选题20题1.Listen to the news. What is the main idea?A. A new movie is coming out.B. A famous singer is having a concert.C. A scientific discovery has been made.D. A sports event is taking place.答案：C。
本题主要考查对新闻主旨大意的把握。
通过听力内容可听到关于一项重大科学发现的描述，而选项A 中关于新电影、选项 B 中著名歌手的演唱会和选项 D 中体育赛事在听力内容中均未提及。
2.Listen to the news. What is the main topic?A. A political debate.B. An environmental issue.C. A fashion show.D. A book launch.答案：B。
听力中主要讲述了某个环境问题，选项A 政治辩论、选项C 时尚秀和选项D 新书发布在听力中都没有涉及。
3.Listen to the news. What is the focus of the report?A. A technological innovation.B. A historical event.C. A culinary festival.D. A charity event.答案：A。
听力内容围绕一项技术创新展开，选项B 历史事件、选项C 美食节和选项D 慈善活动在听力中未出现。
4.Listen to the news. What is the main subject?A. A wildlife conservation project.B. A business merger.C. A theater production.D. A school fundraiser.答案：A。
2021年12月英语四级(第2套)听力真题 新闻报道(2)_3
2021年12月英语四级(第2套)听力真题新闻报道(2)A man from Libya was enjoying a walk along the sands at Southport beach. When he was about half a mile out from the dock, he felt a bit tired. So he lay down and fell asleep, but the tide swept in quickly at the beach. And the man was shocked to wake up and find the tide had come in and completely surrounded him, cutting him off from the shore. Fortunately for him, the beach lifeguards were quickly on the scene to stop him from drowning. They act professionally to ensure the man was comfortable until an ambulance arrived. He was then taken to hospital. He is now in a stable condition. When interviewed, Keith porter of the Southport beach said, our beach is so flat that it's very common for the tide come around the back of people and cut them off from the beach. Thankfully the emergency services have again worked well together to ensure a positive outcome. And we wish the gentleman a speedy recovery.一名来自利比亚的男子正在南港海滩的沙滩上散步。
专业英语四级(新闻听力)模拟试卷20(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语四级（新闻听力）模拟试卷20(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 2. LISTENING COMPREHENSIONPART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 MIN)Directions: In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.听力原文：The incident took place last November in the Iraqi town of Haditha. It was first reported several months later, and a preliminary military investigation in February recommended that a formal criminal investigation be launched. Officials say that probe is still underway. (28)According to the military, 15 Iraqi civilians died in the incident as a result of an explosion caused by an insurgent bomb, which the military calls an IED, or Improvised Explosive Device, that had also killed one of the Marines. Other reports charged that the U.S. Marines on the scene shot the civilians to retaliate for losing their comrade.1．When did the incident happen?A．In last October.B．In last December.C．In February.D．In last November.正确答案：D解析：时间细节题。
2021年12月英语四级(第2套)听力真题 新闻报道(1)_3
2021年12月英语四级(第2套)听力真题新闻报道(1)The British government has called for more men to consider a career in nursing. Figures show the number of male nurses has fallen in the last three years. Now, the number of men working in the nursing sector has reached a seven-year low. Numbers of male nurses increased between 2021 and 2021 and reached a peak of 7168. This figure has dropped to only 6924 in 2021. The UK Health Secretary said this is clearly a cultural problem, and probably one that exists in many parts of the world. But we can make efforts to change that now. We want to persuade males to think about career options of going into nursing. There is absolutely no reason why men can't go into this profession. The health secretary said that the government already has plans to attract a more varied workforce into nursing. She stated, we are leading the way on workforce planning. We will become the first nation in Europe to publish a national health and care workforce plan.英国政府呼吁更多的男性考虑从事护理工作。
2021年12月英语四级(第2套)听力真题 新闻报道(1)_2
2021年12月英语四级(第2套)听力真题新闻报道(1)Rescue crews pulled a man to safety after a collapse at a construction site in Brooklyn on Tuesday. The incident happened on the 400 block of Rutland Road just after 12:30 p.m. The Fire Department of New York says the vacant 100-year-old building being pulled down partially collapsed. A man described as a “non-worker civilian” was buried up to his waist in the basement. The man was collecting building materials when the first floor collapsed underneath him. He was trapped under a beam about 10 feet below the surface for nearly an hour and a half. The man was then taken to hospital. Officials said he is in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries. The building was reportedly purchased by a neighboring church in 2021. It was the site of a 2006 fire and has remained vacant ever since.周二，布鲁克林一处建筑工地发生坍塌，救援人员将一名男子拉到安全地带。
高二英语听力新闻听力单选题20题
高二英语听力新闻听力单选题20题1.The man in the news is a famous _____.A.scientistB.artistC.writerD.musician答案：A。
本题主要考查对新闻中人物职业的提取。
听力中明确提到了“scientist”这个关键词，B 选项“artist”新闻中未提及相关艺术方面的内容；C 选项“writer”新闻中也没有关于写作的信息；D 选项“musician”同样没有音乐方面的线索。
2.The event happened on _____.A.MondayB.TuesdayC.WednesdayD.Thursday答案：B。
新闻中提到了具体的“Tuesday”，A 选项“Monday”错误是因为新闻明确不是周一；C 选项“Wednesday”和D 选项“Thursday”在新闻中也没有出现。
3.The news is mainly about _____.A.a sports gameB.a political eventC.an environmental issueD.a cultural festival答案：C。
听力中围绕环境问题进行了阐述，A 选项“sports game”新闻中没有涉及体育比赛；B 选项“political event”也不是新闻的主要内容；D 选项“cultural festival”同样没有相关线索。
4.The person who gave the speech is from _____.A.AmericaB.EnglandC.CanadaD.Australia答案：B。
新闻中提到了人物来自“England”，A 选项“America”、C 选项“Canada”和D 选项“Australia”在新闻中未提及相关国家信息。
5.The news reported that the accident happened at _____.A.8 amB.9 amC.10 amD.11 am答案：C。
2023年12月英语四级听力(第1套)
2023年12月英语四级听力（第1套）听力翻译News Report1新闻报道1Have you noticed how similar you are to your friends?你有没有注意到你和你的朋友有多相似？It may be because your brains operate in harmony with each other.这可能是因为你们的大脑相互协调地运作。
We know that friends are more likely to be the same age,gender and ethnic background as each other.我们知道，朋友之间更可能有相同的年龄、性别和种族背景。
Now it seems their brains are alike,too.现在看来，大脑也很相似。
Researchers at the University of California scanned the brains of42classmates while they watched videos intended to provoke varying responses.加州大学的研究人员扫描了42位同学的大脑，同时让他们观看旨在引起不同反应的视频。
Some people might find a romantic scene touching,for instance,while others would feel it was embarrassing.例如，有些人可能会觉得浪漫的场景很感人，而另一些人则会觉得尴尬。
The activity of friends'brains was more similar than that of people who didn't know each other, particularly in regions involved in attention,emotion and language.朋友之间的大脑活动比不认识的人更相似，尤其是在涉及注意力、情感和语言的区域。
英语四级听力新闻练习题(一)
英语四级听力新闻练习题（一）Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item．1.A． The law of weapon purchasing in Illinois State．B． The relationship between crime and mental illness．C． The graduate student of Northern Illinois University．D． The shooting happened in Northern Illinois University．2.A． The gunman has mental disease．B． The gunman is dissatisfied with the university．C． The gunman is dissatisfied with the lecture．D． It is not clear．Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item．3.A． It has been influenced by war．B． It is devalued by its government．C． It is more competitive than before．D． It has turned into a global currency．4.A． Most experts support the four countries' currency change．B． The meeting on Friday is useless for global recovery．C．Currency wars threaten global economic recovery．D． Policymakers should cooperate with central bankers．Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item．5.A． The preservation of coastal resorts．B． The closure of political disputes．C． The gap between the rich and the poor．D． The commitments to reduce carbon emissions．6.A． Promising.B． Hopeful.C． Disappointing.D． Satisfying.7.A． 18． B．80． C． 94． D． 194．阅读材料和参考答案Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item．(1) The shooting occurred Thursday in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, north of Chicago. The gunman entered the hall dressed in black and carrying a shotgun and three handguns and began firing as students sought cover under desks. One student who escaped unharmed told reporters his life had changed as a result of what he experienced. Police say the gunman was StevenKazmierczak,27, a former graduate student in Sociology at the school.Police say he purchased the shotgun and two of the handguns on Saturday, indicating he may have planned the attack in advance,(2) but authorities have not determined a motive for the shooting. Kazmierczak had no criminal record and no history of mental illness. Under Illinois state law he would not have been able to purchase a weapon legally if there had been a record of arrests or mental problems. But police say he stopped taking an unspecified medication recently and his behavior became erratic.1.What is this news item mainly about?A． The law of weapon purchasing in Illinois State．B． The relationship between crime and mental illness．C． The graduate student of Northern Illinois University．D． The shooting happened in Northern Illinois University．参考答案：D.【精析】由句(1)可知，美国芝加哥郊区迪卡布发生一起校园枪击案，一名枪手在北伊利诺伊大学朝一个演讲厅开枪.由此可知，新闻的主题是北伊利诺伊大学的枪击事件.2.What is the reason of the shooting?A． The gunman has mental disease．B． The gunman is dissatisfied with the university．C． The gunman is dissatisfied with the lecture．D． It is not clear．参考答案：D.【精析】由句(2)可知，枪击案的原因还不明了，目前可以明确的情况是该男子无犯罪记录，无精神病史.(3) In recent months a string of countries, from Japan to Switzerland, Colombia to Israel, have tried to drive down the value of their currencies. Some experts call it "competitive devaluation." Others, though, argue that it is nothing short of a currency war--and far from boosting global recovery, it threatens to undermine it.So concerned are policymakers that the issue looks set to dominate talks on Friday at a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, which hosts the meeting in Washington, set out the concerns in the Financial Times on Tuesday.(4)"There is clearly the idea beginning to circulate that currencies can be used as a policy weapon. Translated into action, such an idea would represent a very serious risk to the global recovery, "he said.3.What has happened to Israel’s currency?A． It has been influenced by war．B． It is devalued by its government．C． It is more competitive than before．D． It has turned into a global currency．参考答案：B【精析】由句(3)可知，以色列对其货币进行了贬值.4.What can we learn from Dominique Strauss-Kahn?A． Most experts support the four countries' currency change．B． The meeting on Friday is useless for global recovery．C．Currency wars threaten global economic recovery．D． Policymakers should cooperate with central bankers．参考答案：C【精析】由句(4)可知，Dominique Strauss.Kahn认为.把货币作为政策武器不利于全球经济的恢复.The latest round of United Nations climate change talks begins Monday in the coastal resort city of Cancun, Mexico. Representatives from 194 countries are scheduled to attend. (5) Negotiators will try to close the political gap between commitments to reduce carbon emissions made by developed and developing nations.Last year's talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, carried high hopes for a binding global agreement to curb carbon emissions, (6) but in the end delivered a disappointing and loose set of voluntary actions named the "Copenhagen Accord."(7) Eighty countries responsible for 80 percent of the world's carbon emissions signed the accord, agreeing--among other things--that the global temperature rise should be limited to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.5.What is the latest round of UN climate change talks focused on?A． The preservation of coastal resorts．B． The closure of political disputes．C． The gap between the rich and the poor．D． The commitments to reduce carbon emissions．参考答案：D【精析】由句(5)可知，谈判代表们将会努力缩小发展中国家和发达国家关于减少碳排放责任的政治差距.6.How was the result of last year’s talks in Copenhagen?A． Promising.B． Hopeful.C． Disappointing.D． Satisfying.参考答案：C【精析】由句(6)可知，去年哥本哈根的会谈本来被寄予厚望，希望能够达成有约束力的全球性协议，但最后却变成了令人失望的自愿行动。
新闻英语视听说(Unit 2) 听力文本与练习答案
Job Hunting1Task One: Graduates Feel Market SqueezeAccording to the job fairs we’ve just seen and also recent surveys show the hiring prospectsare bleak for this year’s college graduates. In China’s financial hub—Shanghai, and the country’s export base—Guangdong province, most students are still waiting for job offers. As Wang Xiqing reports.Seven out of ten here still haven’t found a job, and most of them are desperate.On average, these students in Shanghai have sent out thirty to fifty applications each. And in extreme cases, some have posted copies of their resumes six hundred times.Surveys show students’ minimum salary expectations are between two to three thousand yuan a month. Foreign or multi-national companies top the list in applications, while small private companies are the least favored, because of fears they could go bust the next day.Many students say they’re willing to work as interns in the hope that excellent performance during their probation period（实习期，试用期）might win them a contract. However, only a very small proportion of companies are actually willing to take on interns. And even if they do, that often means low-value positions like answering phone calls at reception.The situation is even worse in Guangdong, where only 8.4% of final year students have signed labor contracts.Over 330,000 local college students will graduate in July, 14% more than last year. And adding the number of graduating students from other provinces coming to Guangdong in searchfor jobs, the army of young job seekers in the province will top 500,000 this year.To rub salt into the wound the demand for graduates has dipped by 20%, as companies are trying to limit their labor costs in the wake of the economic slowdown.The unfortunate figures mean that all their efforts to hunt down a job could prove to be fruitless.(A graduate student in Guangdong)“Whether you’re from an urban or rural area, if you’re unemployed, then you should expect some kind of minimum subsidy from the government. But we graduates are not officially considered to be unemployed. We’re called people awaiting jobs. I’m very disturbed by this definition.”The employment situation was a top concern during the government’s political sessions earlier this month. Officials acknowledged that hiring prospects in China are grave, and a slew of measures have been announced in the hope of relieving the situation.A total of 7.1 million college graduates will chase jobs this year, including 1 million who failed to secure employment last year.Task Two: New Year, New Job2 (Tracy) If you look at any list of New Year’s resolutions, you wouldn’t be surprised to see “Find a better job” right at the top. Vera Gibbons of Kiplinger’s personal finance magazines is here to have some tips to help you get a better job or maybe take on a career change.(Vera Gibbons) That’s right. Good morning, Tracy! Nice to see you.(Tracy) Nice to see you, too. Happy new year.(Vera Gibbons) The same to you.(Tracy) Start the new year, start lookin g for a new job, it’s amazing. How many people are actually doing that?(Vera Gibbons) Yes, one survey finds that 75% of American workers plan to look for a newjob this year. They’re unhappy with the pay, they’re unhappy with the situational they work, th ey want new challenges since there’s no room for advancement with their current employer, so a lotof people are going to be out there looking for work. This is a time of the year where we’re more inclined to take the bull by the horns, take the initiative to go out there and find a good job…(Tracy) Resolution thing.(Vera Gibbons) Yes.(Tracy) Is there a good time to go about doing this?(Vera Gibbons) Well, opportunities pop up all the year along, but, yes, the heaviest of hiring does take place in the beginning of the year: they fire at the end of the year and they hire in the new.(Tracy) They fire for Christmas. So if you think about doing, you really should get out there now.(Vera Gibbons) Get out there now, and get the ball rolling, yes.(Tracy) What about the job market in 2007? What does it look like?(Vera Gibbons) It is softening a little bit, job growth is a little slowing down some because ofthe contraction in housing and auto-sell sector, but that’s been offset a bit by the service sector.Th ese companies are high in the service industry. We’re actually expecting 1.3 million jobs be created this year, and once a writer by Career Role Builder actually found that 40% of employerswill be hiring full-time employees this year, so it’s not a bad time, it’s not great, it’s, it’s OK.(Tracy) OK, so if you’re ready take the plunge, if you want to get out there, you have some tips, No. 1 is “Do some soul searching”.(Vera Gibbons) Yes, I just think in order to get out a job that isn’t going anywhere car eer, that’s gonna drift, you really need to sit down and be proactive here. You can’t be reactive, you have to be proactive. Motivation is really the key to make any changes in your personal life. People may sit back and say: well, getting a paycheck and benefits are good, why rock the boat? Here’s the thing: we’re spending half of our life in workplace. If you’re unhappy, do some soul searching, figure out where you are, where you would like to go.(Tracy) And part of that, as you say, is “Prioritize your options”, what do you mean?(Vera Gibbons) Yeah, I mean write down five to ten things that are important to you in yourjob and career, maybe you want a better work-life bounce, a more flexible schedule, whatever that happens to be, take a look at what makes you happy, what makes you unhappy, take a look at your goals, your dreams, your aspirations and then put together a plan to actually reach those goals because you are more inclined to get there if you have a plan in place.3(Tracy) Good idea, you can actually write this all out. Also when you go out there for the job search, you gotta have the resume, so you say “Make the resume stand out”.(Vera Gibbons) Yeah, you know, with the employees only spend about 10 seconds looking at your resume…(Tracy) Ten seconds?(Vera Gibbons) Yeah, and get this on average, for every 245 resumes, they get the interview. One person per 245 resume, so it’s very competitive. You need to have your resume stand out, Keep it thin, keep it short, keep it to the point, focus on your measurable accomplishments. And because you’ll be looking for different jobs, you should be highlighting different skills different experiences that may be relevant for one position and may not be relevant for another, so you wanna highlight different ones, have several different versions of resumes all ready to go, then get out there, do the networking.(Tracy) Ok, just briefly, you say do not look online, you need to hand this out, hand out to your friends, do lots of networking.(Vera Gibbons) A lot of networking , that’s the key.(Tracy) Vera Gibbons, thanks.(Vera Gibbons) Thanks. Task Three: Laid-off Workers in ChinaIn over two decades of opening up, China has gradually reformed into a market economy. One major move was to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs ). Some practices were successful and benefited many. But on the other side of the coin, several companies lost their competitiveness, and had to lay off workers in order to survive. In today’s Working Asia, Zou Yue brings us a story about laid-off workers.Everyday they walk into the factory to work, but now they have to worry about their jobs. For the 4 thousand workers at the state-owned Wuhan Boiler Factory, the country’s reform drive has meant new challenges.35-year-old Ma Ling worked in this factory for 15 years. But in 2002, she lost her job, something she found hard to accept.(Ma Ling)“It was such a blow. I never imagined that I would get the sack ( 被解雇 ). It was such a big factory and I was so young. How could that happen? My confidence was totally destroyed at the time.”Ma Ling’s life depended on the factory. Her parents, her brother and her own husband have worked there all their lives. The change has led to worries about the future. In the days of a planned economy, SOEs offered life-long benefits for workers, from housing and medical care to pensions and insurance. But since 1998, about 30 million employees in China have lost their jobs and also the benefits that went with them, due to either downsizing or bankruptcy.(Zou Yue)“For workers laid off by China’s SOEs, it has not been easy adapting to the industrial reshuffle But decades of market reform have made Chinese workers realize the importance of finding a way out on their own. For many, it has become a part of their life.”Like her colleagues, Ma Ling struggled to find other work. Six months after Ma Ling got the4axe (get the sack), she found a position she found embarrassing for an experienced electrician--workshop garbage cleaner.(Ma Ling)“Although the job was dirty and tiring, I had to take it. After all the losses, I was glad for the chance. It means everything to me.”But between 2000 and 2002, the factory continued to lose money, and had to lay off half its staff. Those who stayed faced tougher competition to stay in their positions. After losing their iron rice bowl ( 铁饭碗), they are now walking an economic tight rope. To make matters worse, the enterprise was having a hard time feeding its 3 thousand retirees. The managers found it was no easy job trying to make ends meet.(Chen Helin, deputy general manager of Wuhan Boiler Group)“We have to make the laid off employees understand that they have to change their mind set. Survival of the fittest ( 适者生存) is our rule. While we have tried our best to accommodate the employees, the workers have to find their own way of life if possible.”The factory tried to make things easier by restructuring ( 调整，改组) its remaining workforce on the one hand, while leasing some of its street front houses for the jobless to run small businesses, like this shopping façade ( 正面 ). But there simply is not enough for everyone. (Xu Liangjun, deputy director of Wuhan Reemployment Work Office)“As an old industrial city, there i s a large gap between job opportunities and demand. Since 1998, over 500 thousand workers have become jobless in this city of 7 million people. We can only hope the local economy picks up to provide more jobs for them.”Ma Ling was lucky to later get promoted again, but at the same time two of her colleagues got laid off. The reform has changed the lives of many, who have had to adapt to the reality of a new economic environment.Not only laid-off workers need to find jobs, tens of thousands of Chinese graduates also want to find them as well. About ten years ago, the Chinese government stopped the practice of assigning jobs to college graduates. Now, they have to face their first employment challenges on their own.20%of Graduates Are JoblessUrban unemployment might be low, but recent college graduates are having a tough time getting a job. A recent blue paper issued by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says that one out of every five graduates is unable to find work.All these college students and recent graduates crowding into the Beijing Expo Center have just one goal: to find themselves a job. One that pays well, has a good reputation, and matches their major if that exists.Water Zhu graduated last June with a degree in computer technology. He moved to Beijing from Inner Mongolia to improve his prospects. This is his eighth job fair.(Water Zhu)“Competition is so high, so it’s very hard. They want to hire the best, and not everyone is the best —o of course i t’s quite difficult.”5The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences reports that in 2006, 4.13 million students graduated in China. Last year, it was 4.95 million. This year, 5.5 million additional graduates will be looking for work. About 20% of the graduates last year failed to find a job. Those they did may have to settle for salaries lower than they expected, in jobs they didn’t train for.Graduates can’t find work—but companies say they can’t find people to hire. Even here at this crowded fair, these recruiters say very few people actually spoke to them to ask about jobs —and that’s not what they’re looking for.(Robert Norrie, Volk Uniontech)“We’re looking for somebody who is really confident, who has an out -going personality” (Wu Hai, L.A.D. Industries)“Bui lding confidence is important. Universities should focus more on this – many students have very little opportunity to present themselves.”Experts say the Chinese university system churns out graduates who have a lot of theoretical knowledge, but not very much practical knowledge for today’s workplace.But universities are struggling too, as enrollment numbers keep surging. This year, almost 6 million students will enter university —a five percent increase from last year.(Zeng Xiangquan, Dean of School of Labor & Human Resources of Renmin University) “Higher enrollment means universities sometimes cannot keep up—they can’t meet the demands and provide sufficient resources for all of the students.”The government is trying to ease pressures too —at the beginning of this year the China Employment Promotion Law went into effect to ban hiring discrimination and help graduates who take jobs outside of the big cities. But that still doesn’t address what some see as the biggest challenge: teaching students to function in a workplace.Today’s graduates need what are called soft skills: communication, teamwork, and theability to work on projects. And a survey by job search website found that the majority of recruiters want graduates who have work experience.Its human resources consultant has this advice: Don’t hold out for an impossible ideal. Take any offer you can get, and just start working.(Jim Hao, Consultant of )“Get a job. Whatever, first. And to kn ow yourself and your environment step by step until you gradually get a clearer picture of yourself —your interest, your ability, and your environment. Which industry is the most suitable for you?”That’s exactly what graduate Water Zhu is doing. He’s found temporary work at a stock brokerage, while he keeps searching for jobs in the computer industry. He says despite the competition, what’s important isn’t landing the dream job—it’s figuring out how to get there. (Water Zhu)“It’s only during the job search that I began to realize what I’m capable of. That has actually been the most useful thing —to understand myself better and set goals for my future.”练习答案6 Unit Two Job HuntingTask One: Graduates feel market squeeze1. Choose the best answer: 1) A 2) C 3) D 4) C 5). B2. Spot Dictation: 1) applications 2) in extreme cases 3) resumes 4) top the list,5) small private 6) favored 7) interns 8) probation period9) contract 10) low-value positionsTask Two: New year, new job.1. Choose the best answer: 1) B 2) D 3) A 4) A 5) DTask Three: Bring you finger into the store1. True or false: 1) T 2)T 3) F 4) F 5) T2. Spot Dictation: 1) opening up 2) market economy 3) state-owned enterprises (SOEs).4) competitiveness 5) lay off 6) planned economy7) medical care 8) pensions 9) downsizing 10) bankruptcy。
《大学英语四级强化教程》听力原文及答案新闻专项听力参考答案及听力原文
新闻听力Test 1【参考答案】1. A2. C3. A4. D5. D6. B7. A 【听力原文】N e w s R e p o r t O n eIranians have taken to the streets of Tehran to celebrate a landmark nuclear deal with world powers which should lead to the lifting of crippling economic sanctions. In return, strict limits will be imposed on Iran’s nuclear activities. The country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, praised the hard work of Iranian negotiators. President Hassan Rouhani said that the agreement proved that constructive engagement worked. Both Iran and the United States say the deal is a historical opportunity.The deal which has aimed at pushing an end to the roar of Iran’s nuclear programme represents the biggest step towards easing hostility between Iran and the West since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Iran has agreed toscale back its sensitive nuclear activities. It will reduce its capacity to enrich uranium, and has signed up to intensive inspections by UN inspectors.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q1. What is the result of the nuclear deal?Q2. Who will benefit a lot from the nuclear deal?N e w s R e p o r t T w oThe authorities in Nepal say more than 3,500 people are now known to have died in Saturday’s catastrophic earthquake. But as rescuers reached the more remote areas, it’s feared the figure could rise further. With more aftershocks, many frightened residents of the capital opted to spend Sunday night in vast tented settlements. Sanjoy Majumder is in Katmandu.“Even in the smarter neighborhoods, the re are people who set out little carpets or brought their mattresses out in front of their homes and have been staying there through the day, through the night. If you walk into the market areas, you can see people sitting on the kerb. All people are just walking around. It looks asalmost nobody in the city is indoors at any given moment. Now what the authorities are getting very concerned about is the lack of c lean drinking water.”Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q3. What is the result of the earthquake?Q4. What is the situation of people in the smarter neighborhoods?N e w s R e p o r t T h r e eHunger hit Africa hard this year as climate change, conflict and enduring poverty ravaged multiple countries and let tens of millions of people in dire straits.Countries as diverse as South Sudan, Malawi and the Central African Republic have sounded the alarm in recent months. The U.N. World Food Program says sub-Saharan Africa already has the world’s highest prevalence of hunger: one person in four is undernourished. Every day in Africa, 23 million children go to school hungry.The agency’s David Orr said that in the lower half of Africa, where weather is the main culprit, 2015 hasbeen an unusually difficult year.I think what makes things different this year is the combination of drought and then an El Nino weather event coming right after that, so that people are effectively being hit by two consecutive years of reduced rainfall. And it’s particularly difficult on a region where 70 percent of the population are subsistence farmers.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q5. Which country has suffered from hunger according to the news?Q6. In Africa, how many children are suffering from hunger?Q7. According to David Orr, which is the major reason for the straits in the lower half of Africa?Test 2【参考答案】1. D2. D3. A4. C5. D6. A7. C 【听力原文】N e w s R e p o r t O n eW hat’s the biggest online shopping day in the world?Not Valentine’s Day.Not Cyber Monday or Black Friday. They are the days that follow Thanksgiving in the U. S. and usher in the start of the holiday shopping season. The winner is C hina’s S ingles’ Day, celebrated November 11, or 11.11.Singles’ Day began as a day for unmarried or uncoupled people to celebrate their lives. Single students, looking for an excuse to buy themselves presents, started it on November 11, 1993, reported The Guardian.It is symbolized by the four number ones in the date of November 11 —11. 11 —and is also called Double Eleven, in reference to the day it was started, said the BBC.It became a major shopping day in 2009. The CEO of an online shopping site —Alibaba —sought to increase sales at the e-commerce company. The CEO, Daniel Zhang, launched an annual online sale that day, said Fortune.When it first began, “Singles’ Day was very much an offline solace for actual single people,” n oted the website Atlas Obscura. “A small group of students at Nanjing University are said to have chosen 11.11 as aday that singles could do activities like karaoke together.”It quickly became a cultural phenomenon.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q1. What’s the biggest online shopping day in the world?Q2. When did the Singles’Day become a major shopping day?N e w s R e p o r t T w oTechnology Company Google has brought reliable Internet connections to Kampala, Uganda. Google is expanding high-speed Internet in the city, the company said. The project includes 120 locations in the Ugandan capital. It is part of an attempt to improve web infrastructure in Africa. Higher capacity means faster and cheaper access to customers. One day of unlimited data using the new network should cost 1,000 Ugandan shillings, the company said. That is equal to 30 American cents. About 8.5 million people use the Internet in Uganda. That is about 23 percent of the country’spopulation. Many in that country use cellular phone technology, but Internet service is not popular because it was expensive before Google’s Project Link. Broadband access to the Internet is still hard to find in many places in Africa. Project Link moved into the Ghana cities of Accra and Kumasi this autumn. Other big players on the Internet also aided Africa. Social media’s Facebook announced this fall better access to the Internet in Africa by using satellites.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q3. Which is the main idea of this news report?Q4. What is the population of Uganda?N e w s R e p o r t T h r e eCairo is known for its overcrowded roads, irregular driving practices and shaky old vehicles, but also for its air pollution. In recent months, though, environmental studies indicate there have been signs of improvement. That’s due in part to the removal of many of the capital’s old-fashioned black and white taxis. Most of these dated back to the 1960s and 70s and were in a poor state ofrepair.After new legislation demanded their removal from the roads, a low interest loan scheme was set up with three Egyptian banks so drivers could buy new cars. The government pays about $900 for old ones to be discarded and advertising on the new vehicles helps cover repayments.The idea has proved popular with customers—they can now travel in air-conditioned comfort and because the new cabs are metered, they don’t have to argue over fares. Banks and car manufacturers are glad for the extra business in tough economic times. As for the taxi drivers, most are delighted to be behind the wheel of new cars, although there have been a few complaints about switching from black and white to a plain white color.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q5. What change took place in Cairo recently?Q6. What helped bring about the change?Q7. Why do customers no longer argue with new cab drivers?Test 3【参考答案】1. B2. C3. C4. A5. B6. C7. B 【听力原文】N e w s R e p o r t O n eThere are about 650,000 school-aged Syrian refugee children in Turkey. Government officials estimate only about one-third of them are going to school. Educating the refugee children is an enormous task. One U. S. official says that a huge school system like the one in New York City would be overwhelmed. The United States says it is working with the United Nations to help bridge the education gap for refugee children. Without school, the effects will be negative and long-lasting. The United States provided Turkey with aid for education earlier. In December, it offered an additional 24 million dollars. Human Rights Watch says a quality education will ensure a more stable future for these children. The organization says about 90 percent of children in refugee camps run by the Turkish government attend school. But most of the children living outside of those camps are notreceiving education.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q1. What is the news report mainly about?Q2. What did the United States do to help refugee children?N e w s R e p o r t T w oEleven Taliban fighters attacked an important airport in southern Afghanistan early Tuesday, killing at least 50 people, Afghan officials said. The Afghan Defense Ministry said 38 civilians, 10 soldiers and two police officers were killed.The attack on the Kandahar Air Field lasted 20 hours, reported The Washington Post. Among the dead were women and children, the newspaper wrote. The airport includes a military base with troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. There were no reports that NATO troops were killed or injured in the attack.A spokesman for the Taliban says fighters entered the base and attacked local and foreign military troops.He said more than 150 soldiers were killed in the attack. The Taliban often makes claims about the results of their attacks that are not true. Taliban attacks have grown in number and strength in Afghanistan this year after the withdrawal last year of combat troops from other countries.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q3. What did Taliban fighters do early Tuesday?Q4. What led to the growth of Taliban attacks in Afghanistan?N e w s R e p o r t T h r e eThe Australian state of Tasmania is considering raising the legal age for buying cigarettes to at least 21 and potentially as high as 25. If the plan goes ahead it will give Tasmania some of the toughest tobacco laws in the world. The current legal age to purchase, possess or smoke cigarettes in all Australian states is 18. Critics have complained the proposed restrictions would be a violation of civil liberties. Australia already has some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking policies. It introducedso-called plain packaging four years ago, where packs are colored an identical olive brown and are covered in health warnings that include pictures. The country is also one of the most expensive places in the world to buy cigarettes —from around $15 a pack.Parts of the world already ban cigarette sales to those under 21, including Kuwait and, from next year, Hawaii. Around one-in-five Tasmanians smoke, with the vast majority taking up the habit before the age of 25. The Tasmanian government proposals are part of a five-year plan to make the state Australia’s healthiest by 2025.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q5. What does the state of Tasmania plan to do?Q6. According to plain packaging, what should be included in the packs of cigarette?Q7. W hat’s the purpose of the Tasmanian government proposals?Test 4【参考答案】1. B2. D3. C4. A5. D6. B7. C 【听力原文】N e w s R e p o r t O n eFrance is facing potentially more than one billion dollars in lost revenue this year due to huge declines in tourism. Safety concerns have been one of the biggest reasons why the country has lost over half a billion in revenue already in the first six months of 2016. The terror attacks in Paris last November were called Europe’s worst in the past decade. Besides violence, workers’ strikes and heavy floods are said to have also been why international tourists have stayed away. So far in the Paris region, there’s been a 46% decline in Japanese visitors, 35% fewer Russians and 27% fewer Italians.American travelers seem the least affected. Their numbers have only dropped by roughly 5%. According to the French government, the country is the No.1 tourist destination in the world, and tourism is extremely important to the French economy. The sector represents roughly 9% of its GDP. The head of Paris Tourism Board said, “It’s time to realize that the tourism sector is goingthrough an industrial disaster.”Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q1. What accounts most for the huge declines in tourism in France?Q2. What do we learn from the report about tourism in France?N e w s R e p o r t T w oA small plane with two sick US workers arrived safely in Chile late Wednesday after leaving Antarctica in a daring rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station. After making a stop for a few hours at a British station on the edge of Antarctica, the two workers were flown to the southernmost Chilean city of Punta Arenas. In a chaotic two days of flying, the rescue team flew 3,000 miles roundtrip from the British station Rothera to pick up the workers at the US Amundsen-Scott st ation at the South Pole. “The two patients aboard will be transported to a medical facility that can provide a level of care that is not available at Amundsen-Scott,” says a spokesperson. Normally planesdon’t go to the polar post from February to October because of the dangers of flying in the pitch-dark and cold. “Antarctica creates a hostile environment,” says the operations director for the British Antarctic Survey. “If you are not careful, it’ll come around and bite you.”Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q3. What was the small plane’s mission to Antarctica?Q4. What makes flying to Antarctica dangerous from February to October?N e w s R e p o r t T h r e eA pilot from Virginia removed his son’s loose tooth using a helicopter. Rick Rahim from Virginia flies helicopters for a living, and when his seven-year-old son’s tooth became loose, he did not waste time by tying it to a door handle. Instead, Mr. Rahim tied one end of a string around his son’s tooth and the other end to his full-sized commercial helicopter. The father of four posted video clip of his playful venture on Facebook, advising parents to do fun and creative stuff with theirkids. The video shows him launching the helicopter into the air and flying just far enough to successfully remove the loose tooth. At the end of the video, Mr. Rahim assures watchers that the circumstances were safe, and that he has 13 years of helicopter flying experience behind him. “You’ve got to do everything safe in life, and that’s what I did today,” he said. Mr. Rahim later said that although some parents have used remote control helicopters to pull teeth before, he might be the first to use a full-sized aircraft, as he can’t find evidence that it has been done before.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.Q5. How did Rick Rahim remove his son’s loose tooth?Q6. What does the news report say about Rick Rahim?Q7. What did Rick Rahim advise parents to do with their kids?。
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Test 1 Script[1]There are about 660,000 school-aged Syrian refugee children in Turkey. Government officials estimate only about one-third of them are going to school. Educating the refugee children is an enormous task. One U.S. official says that a huge school system like the one in New York City would be overwhelmed.The United States says it is working with the United Nations to help bridge the education gap for refugee children. Without school, the effects will be negative and long-lasting.The United States provided Turkey with aid for education earlier. [2]In December, it offered an additional $24 million. Human Rights Watch says a quality education will ensure a more stable future for these children. The organization says about 90 percent of children in refugee camps run by the Turkish government attend school. But most of the children living outside of those camps are not receiving education.1. What is the news report mainly about?2. What did the United States do to help refugee children? [3] Eleven Taliban fighters attacked an important airport in southern Afghanistan early Tuesday, killing at least 50 people, Afghan officials said. The Afghan Defense Ministry said 38 civilians, 10 soldiers and two police officers were killed.The attack on the Kandahar Air Field lasted 20 hours, reported The Washington Post. Among the dead were women and children, the newspaper wrote. The airport includes a military base with troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO. There were no reports that NATO troops were killed or injured in the attack.A spokesman for the Taliban says fighters entered the base and attacked local and foreign military troops. He said more than 150 soldiers were killed in the attack. The Taliban often makes claims about the results of their attacks that are not true. [4] Taliban attacks have grown in number and strength in Afghanistan this year after the withdrawal last year of combat troops from other countries.3. What did Taliban fighters do early Tuesday?4. What led to the growth of Taliban attacks in Afghanistan? [5]The Australian state of Tasmania is considering raising the legal age for buying cigarettes to at least 21 and potentially as high as 25. If the plan goes ahead it will give Tasmania some of the toughest tobacco laws in the world. The current legal age to purchase, possess or smoke cigarettes in all Australian states is 18. Critics have complained the proposed restrictions would be a violation of civil liberties. Australia already has some of the world ’s toughest anti-smoking policies. It introduced so-called plain packaging four years ago, [6] where packs are colored an identical olive brown and are covered in health warnings that include pictures. The country is also one of the most expensive places in the world to buy cigarettes --- from around $15 a pack.Parts of the world already ban cigarette sales to those under 21, including Kuwait, and, from next year, Hawaii. Around on in five Tasmanians smoke, with the vast majority taking up the habit before the age of 25. [7] Tasmanian government1. A. Education problems of American childrenB. Education problems of Syrian children in Turkey.C. A statement published by Human Rights WatchD. Many children in Turkey don ’t receive education2. A. They built long-lasting schools in TurkeyB. They established a huge school system in TurkeyC. They offered financial support to Turkey.D. They sent refugee children to refugee camp.3. A. They killed no more than 50 people B. They fired against NATO troops C. They attacked an airport in Afghanistan D. They killed 10 children and two police officers4. A. Withdrawal of combat troops from other countries B. False claim of foreign military troops C. Decline of the local troops ’ strength D. Last year ’s victory over foreign troops North Atlantic Treaty Organization5. A. Violate the civil liberties in AustraliaB. Increase the legal age to buy cigarettesC. Introduce a plan called plain packagingD. Raise the price of cigarettes in Australia 6. A. Details of anti-smoking polices C. Health warnings including picturesB. Pictures with olive tree D. Data of cigarette sales worldwide7. A. To follow the anti-smoking trend in Kuwait and Hawaii B. To make Tasmania Australia ’s healthiest city by 2025 C. To ease existing tough anti-smoking polices D. To have more tough anti-smoking policesproposals are part of a five-year plan to make the state Australia’s healthiest by 2025.5. What does the state of Tasmania plan to do?6. According to plain packaging, what should be included in the packs of cigarettes?7. What’s the purpose of the Tasmanian government proposals?1. A) The number of adult girls is expected to double by 2050.B) Child marriage in Africa will be ended by 2050.C) Half women will be married before reaching adultho od by 2050.D) The legal marriage age will set above 18 by 2050.2. A) Poverty and lack of education.B) Local culture that undervalues children.C) The low legal age for marriage.D) High risks of becoming teenage mothers.3. A) Waste products of whisky could make biofuel.B) Scotland is the largest producer of whisky in the world.C) A new fuel called Biobutanol is found by a Scottish professor. D) There are many waste products in making whisky.4. A) Corn and sugar cane. C) Strong beer and wheat.B) Rye and corn. D) Rice and wheat.5. A) Getting high skilled people.B) Promoting company’s technologyC) Finding enough employees.D) Increasing members of immigrants.6. A) The number of them decreases dramatically.B) They mainly move from south states.C) They come to Chicago without work visa.D) The number of them increases after the recession.7. A) The law of immigrantsB) The environment for companies.C) The number of work visas.D) Higher salary and better titlesThe number of girls married in African is expected to double in the next 35 years, experts say. (1)That means almost half, or 310 million girls, by 2050 will be married before they reach adulthood, says a United Nation’s report. The African Union says it wants to end child marriage in African.Delegates at a summit in Zambia are expected to set 18 years old as the lowest legal age for marriage across the continent. Marriage before age 18 is already against the law in most African countries.Yet the UN says more than 125 million African women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. Experts say most were given to men in traditional or religious unions in violation of the law.(2)African Union chairwoman Nkosozana Dlamini Zuma says local culture that undervalues girls and women is to blame. Poverty and lack of education are also responsible, experts say.1.What do we learn from the United Nation’s report?2.What is the reason for child marriage in Africa?(3)Waste products from a popular alcoholic drink could be used in the future to make biofuel. Researchers say the new fuel, based on whisky, could reduce demand for oil.They say using less oil could cut pollution that studies have linked to climate change.Scotland is the largest producer of whisky in the world. And a Scottish professor has found how to take the waste products from distilling whisky and turn them into a form of alcohol called biobutanol. Biobutanol can be used as fuel. Whisky comes from grain, such as corn and wheat. Martin Tangney is director of the Biofuel Research Center at Napier University in Edinburgh. He says less than 10 percent of what comes out can be considered whisky. (4)The rest is mainly one of two unwanted products: strong beer and wheat.Tangney says the two byproducts can be produced to create a new material: biobutanol.3.What is news report mainly about?4.What are the unwanted products in making whisky?For several years, human resources director Pete Tapaskar says it’s been a challenge to fill all the jobs at his suburban Chicago-based technology company. (5)Getting high skilled people is still a challenge. Elizabeth Sue is principal policy analyst for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, who studies Chicago’s recent immigration trends. She said “They are slowly moving into the south, especially Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia. (6)What we are seeing right now is a substantially decreased total of international in-migrations.Prior to the recession we wereModel Test 2between 50 and 60 thousand most years. Now, since 2010, we’ve been at about 23- to 24-thousand international in-migrations on a net basis.”S he says that dramatic drop—as much as two-thirds some years—contributes to Chicago’s overall still population growth. Tapaskar says there are many reasons why immigrants choose to live in Southern states instead of Chicago. (7)“The environment there is ideal for starting a business, could be the taxes there are low, and employers are getting a lot of benefits from the state government.”But Tapaskar says one thing that could bring new immigrants to Chicago is increasing the number of work visas that would attract the highly skilled tech workers his business needs.5.What is the problem for the technology companies in Chicago?6.What do we learn about international in-migrations in Chicago?7.Why do immigrants choose Southern states instead of Chicago?Model Test 31. A) The asset of the US there has been frozen.B) The conflict there threatens the U.S. nationalsecurity.C) Rallies are planned to protest the war there.D) The U.N. Security Council is involved in the issue there.2. A) Four Sudanese.B) The U.S. president.C) ReportersD) George Clooney3.A) Consumers give up motorcycles.B) Some politicians suggest cutting down prices of gasoline.C) Oil companies are not satisfied with it.D) Some congressmen think oil companies should be examined.4. A) It might not work.C) It is good for oil company.B) Consumers will finally benefit from it.D) It should also be imposed on other industries. 5. A) At 4:35 pm local time.B) At 4:35 am local time.C) At 4:25 am local time.D) At 4:25 pm local time.6. A) The Us Geological survey first reported the earthquake.B) India’s Meteorological Department has predicted the earthquake.C) A newly-built building collapsed in the earthquake.D) Three thousand people were reported dead in the earthquake.7. A) Because he had a heart attack after the earthquake.B) Because he jumped from a four-floor balcony.C) Because he was badly injured during the quake.D) Because he suffered a stroke after the earthquake.[1] In a statement, the US president says he is taking the action, because the conflict in Darfur threatens the national security and foreign policy of the United States. The asset freeze is being imposed on four Sudanese identified by the U.N. Security Council as being involved in organizing and carrying out cruel and violent actions in Darfur. The president’s order comes days before rallies are planned in Washington and throughout the United States to protest the three-year war in Darfur.[2]Celebrities such as Academy Award winning actor George Clooney are scheduled to speak at the rally. Clooney, who just returned from a trip to the Darfur region, told reporters in Washington the world’s attention need to be focused on what he called the “first massive murder of the 21st century.”1. Why is the U.S. president taking actions in Darfur? B2. Who is scheduled to speak at the rally? DWhen the top U.S. oil companies announced huge increases in profits this week, many consumer raised complaints. At a time when American motorists are paying record-level prices for gasoline, [3]some in the U.S. Congress think the oil company profits should be examined closely. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is seeking tax return information on top U.S. oil companies from the Internal Revenue Service and some politicians are calling for a windfall profits tax.Of course, oil companies oppose such a move, citing similar or even higher profit increases in other industries, such as real estate, that have not caused controversy. [4]Oil industry analysts, however, say awindfall profits tax might be counterproductive. Bob Tippee, editor of Houston-based Oil and Gas Journal, says large oil company profits could benefit consumers in the end.3. What are the reactions to the oil companies’ huge increases in profits? D4. What do the oil industry analysts think ofthe windfall profits tax? AAn earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale has hit northeast India, near its borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, killing at least nine people. [5]The quake hit at 4:35 am local time about 29 km northwest of Imphal, the capital of Manipur state, according to the US Geological Survey. Strong quake have been felt across the region. The earthquake was originally reported to have measured 6.8 on the Richter scale. India’s Meteorological Department said it struck at a depth of 17 km.The earthquake cracked walls and [6]a newly-built six-storey building in Imphal collapsed, police said. Other buildings were also reported to have been damaged. At least six people have been killed in Manipur and more than 30 injured, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. In the neighboring Bangladesh, three people were reported dead while dozens were being treated in hospital for injuries sustained during the quake.[7]A 23-year-old man died when he suffered a stroke after the quake while two others died of heart attacks, news agency AFP quoted police as saying. A university student, who jumped from a fourth-floor balcony to escape, was among the severely wounded, the agency added.5. When did the earthquake happen? B6. What do we know about the earthquake from the news report? C7. Why did the 23-year-old man die? DModel Test 41.A) Their health becomes worse.B) They don’t fight as hard as before.C) They won’t get the benefit of pension.D) They receive less education2. .A) In the late 1970s.B) In the early 1970sC) During World War II.D) In the late 1960s3. A) Nobody was injured in it.B) It was caused by an error.C) It killed 27 minersD) It affected national electricity supply.4. A) Extraordinary expansion of mine companies.B) The laws requiring federal mine inspections C) The decline of coal supply in the world.D) An accident causing thousands of death.5. A) An express company that delivers food.B) A meal replacement diet.C) A report on fast weight-loss diet category.D) An annual ranking of best diet plans.6. A) The food is made by medical workers.B) The food is healthier than made-at-home meal.C) The food is delivered to dieters directly.D) Dieters can order a variety of food.7. A) It is tough to achieve.B) It may change our lifestyle.C)It is unhealthy and unsustainable.D) It can lead to future diseases.The number of Americans over the age of 65 is expected to double between now and 2030. This next generation of retirees will be the healthiest, best educated, and most wealthy in American history. (1)But many of them won’t have a retirement benefit their parents’ generation fought hard to get. It is something known as a defined-benefit plan, or “pension”. Retired workers who have a pension continue to be paid a certain percentage of their highest annual salary-usually anywhere from one to three percent-multiplied by the number of years they worked for the company. Pensions first became popular during World War II, when a federally-approved wage-freeze meant unions had to negotiate for retirement benefits, inside of pay increases. (2)Pensions reached the height of their popularity in the late 1970s, when more than 60 percent of Americans had one.1.What problem does the next generation of retiree have? C2.When did pension reach the height of their popularity? AU.S. government health and safety officials are investigating the cause of the recent explosion at a West Virginia coal mine, which killed 12 miners. (3)The accident was apparently an error in an industry, which has prided itself on miner safety at a time of extraordinary expansion. Mine companies operate in 27 states, from West Virginia in the east to Montana in the west, producing a total of about one billion tons a year, or more than a third of the world’s coal supply. The U.S. economy is dependent on coal pr oduction. Coal-fired power plants generate about 50 percent of the nation’s electricity. More than half the nation’s coal is mined underground by thousands of men and women who daily risk injury and death. (4)But the occupation has become much safer since the late 1960s, when the U.S. Congress passed laws requiring federal mine inspections.3. What do we learn about the recent explosion at a coalmine? B4.What made the mining industry safer in the late 1960s? BWhen it comes to dieting, los ing weight fast holds some appeal. Maybe that’s why U.S. News & World Report has added a Fast Weight-loss Diet category to its annual rankings of best diet plans. And one of the diets that comes out on top is the Health Management Resources (HMR) program.(5)HMR is a meal replacement diet that can be done on your own at home or under medical supervision. Instead of made-at-home meals, dieters can order low-calorie milk, soups, nutrition bars and multigrain cereal.The U.S. News reviewers say (6)the plus side to the HMR diet is its quick-start option and the convenience of having meals delivered to you. The down side is “the milk lacks variety,” and it’s tough to eat out while on this diet.(7) “A common misunderstanding is that losing weight quickly is n ot healthy, not sustainable, and will just lead to future weight re-gain,” wrote Carol Addy, the chief medical officer at HMR, in a release. But she says, to the country, “numerous studies demonstrate that following a lifestyle change program which promote fast initial weight loss can result in better long-term success.5. What is the HMR program? B6. What is the advantage of HMR program? C7. What’s the common misunderstanding about losing weight fast? CModel test 51. A) Their persona lifeB) Educational opportunitiesC) Political developmentD) Their views on international issues.2. A) In Morocco, both satisfaction and optimism have doubled.B) Optimism grows generally in the Arab world in recent years.C) Many Arab countries have improved the income of their citizens.D) There is an acceleration of the economic growth in the Arab world.3. A) To arrest the leader of the opposition party.B) To prepare for the presidential elections.C) To answer his charges at home.D) To protect his supporters.4. A) Uganda’s multi-party elections were darkened. B) Economic support from western nations was cut off.C) Uganda’s role model in the region was canceled.D) Uganda’s relationship wit h its donors felt strained.5. A) It was wet and cold. B) It was hot and dry.C) It was cold and terrible. D) It was hot and terrible.6. A) All the extreme weather events.B) El Nino and a warmer climate.C) Light snows and record rain.D) The land’s surrounded by ocean.7. A) There was record-breaking snowfall.B) There was recording-breaking rainfall.C) It were the warmest months ever recorded.D) It were the wettest months ever recorded.Two months ago, Zogby International, a Washington-based research organization, conducted a publicopinion poll in six Arab countries: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. the respondents, randomly chosen from different neighborhoods in various cities of each country, [1] were asked to give their opinion on a number of issues, including concerns facing their country and their personal life, economic development, employment opportunities and the likelihood of peace in the Middle East. [2]Overall, respondents expressed more satisfaction with their lives and more optimism about their future than they did in the poll conducted ten years ago. In Lebanon, both satisfaction and optimism have doubled. This is not surprising, says James Rauch, a professor at the University of California. “The Lebanese have experienced an enormous change now with the end of the Syrian occupation. They would have good reasons to be optimistic.”1.What were the respondents asked to comment on? A2.What do we learn about the result of the poll? B[3]In October the Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Basigye, returned to Kanpala to prepare for the presidential elections next year. Three weeks later he was arrested. The Ugandan government says he must answer the charges, but his supporters say it’s an attempt by Ugandan President Museveni to prevent Dr. Basigye running against him. [4]The incident is threatening to darken the country’s first multi-party elections in two decades. Western nations which provide essential economic support to Uganda have held up Uganda as a role model in the region, opposition leaders are calling on them to take a stand. In this edition of analysis, Lucy Williamson looks at whether Uganda’s relationship with its donors is feeling the strain.3. Why did Kizza Basigye return to Kampala? B4. What is the consequence of Basigye’s incident? AAt the end of every year, U.S. weather researchers look back at what the nation’s weather was like, and what they saw last year was weird. [5]The year was hot and annoyed by all number of extreme weather events that did a lot of expensive damage.December, in fact, was a fitting end.“This is the first time in our 121-year period that a month has been both the wettest and the warmest month on record,” says Jake Crouch, a weather researcher. The rest of the year was very wet and hot too, he says—the second-hottest period on record for the U.S.[6]The cause: a warming climate and a super strong EI Nino. EI Nino is a weather phenomenon out of the ocean that hits every few years and affects weather globally.Together, climate and a very strong EI Nino pushed the weather in the U.S. as warm as its 20th century average.And even when the atmosphere is only that much warmer, it holds more moisture, [7]leading to record snow in the Northeast last February and March, and record rain in the South and Midwest.5. What was weather in the U.S. like last year? D6. What made last year’s weather so weird? B7. What happened in the Northeast last February and March? A。
专业英语四级(新闻听力)模拟试卷31(题后含答案及解析)
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英语四级听力短篇新闻练习题
英语四级听力短篇新闻练习题英语四级听力短篇新闻练习题2017很多考生在进行英语备考的'过程中，对听力的部分总是比较无奈，为帮助考生备战英语听力考试，下面是店铺为大家搜索整理2017年大学英语四级听力短篇新闻练习题，希望能给大家带来帮助!Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) It was dangerous to live in.B) It was going to be renovated.C) He could no longer pay the rent.D) He had sold it to the royal family.2. A) A strike.C) A forest fire.B) A storm.D) A terrorist attack.Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.3. A) They lost contact with the emergency department.B) They were trapped in an underground elevator.C) They were injured by suddenly falling rocks.D) They sent calls for help via a portable radio.4. A) They tried hard to repair the elevator.B) They released the details of the accident.C) They sent supplies to keep the miners warm.D) They provided the miners with food and water.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) Raise postage rates.B) Improve its services.C) Redesign delivery routes.D) Close some of its post offices.6. A) Shortening business hours.B) Closing offices on holidays.C) Stopping mail delivery on Saturdays.D) Computerizing mail sorting processes.7. A) Many post office staff will lose their jobs.B) Many people will begin to complain.C) Taxpayers will be very pleased.D) A lot of controversy will arise.听力原文短篇新闻2Section A - 2Rescue efforts were underway Thursday morning for 17 miners who were stuck in an elevator below ground at a Cargill rock salt mine near Lansing, New York, according to Marcia Lynch.Public in formation officer with Tompkins County’s emergency response department, emergency workers have made contact with the miners via a radio. And they all appear to be uninjured, said Jessica Verfuss, the emergency department’s assistant director.Crews have managed to provide heat packs and blankets to the miners so that they can keep warm during the rescueoperation, Verfuss said. Details about what led to the workers’ being trapped in the elevator went immediately available. The mine, along New York’s Cayuga Lake, processes salt used for road treatment. It produces about 2 million tons of salt that is shipped to more than 1,500 places in the northeastern United States, the rock salt mine is one of three operated by Cargill with the other two in Louisiana and Ohio.Q3. What does the news report say about the salt miners?Q4.What did the rescue team do?短篇新闻3Section A - 3The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it is considering closing about 3,700 post offices over the next year because of falling revenues.Facing an $8.3 billion budget deficit this year, closing post officers is one of several proposals the Postal Service has put forth recently to cut costs. Last week, for example, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe announced plans to stop mail delivery on Saturdays, a move he says could save $3 billion annually.“We are losing revenue as we speak,” Donahoe said. “We do not want taxpayer money. We want to be self-sufficient. So like any other business you have to make choices.”Dean Granholm the vice president for delivery and post office operations said the first waves of closings would begin this fall. He estimated that about 3,000 postmasters, 500 station managers and between 500 and 1,000 postal clerks could lose their jobs.Q5.What is the U.S. Postal Service planning to do?Q6.What measure has been planned to save costs?Q7.What will happen when the proposed measure come intoeffect?听力参考答案：Section A1. [A] It was dangerous to live in.2. [B] A storm3. [B] They were trapped in an underground elevator.4. [C] They sent supplies to keep the miners warm.5. [D] Close some of its post office.6. [C] Stopping mail delivery on Saturdays.7. [A] Many post office staff will lose their jobs.【英语四级听力短篇新闻练习题2017】。
大学英语四级听力短篇新闻专项强化真题试卷5(题后含答案及解析)
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男士表示同意，但困扰他的问题是他在图书馆或学校书店根本找不到那本书。
由此可知，男士找不到教授要求读的书，故答案为C)。
听力原文：M: Do you think I could borrow your car to go grocery shopping? The supermarkets outside the city are so much cheaper. I’d also be happy to pick up anything you need. W: Well, I don’t like to let anyone else drive my car. Tell you what, why don’t we go together? Q: What does the woman mean?2．A．She will drive the man to the supermarket.B．The man should buy a car of his own.C．The man needn’t go shopping every week.D．She can pick the man up at the grocery store.正确答案：A解析：对话中，男士询问女士是否可以借她的车去购物，并乐意为女士购买她所需要的东西；女士表示不愿意把车借给别人，但是可以一起去。
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下面是店铺整理的英语四级听力新闻练习题，希望对大家有用，更多信息请浏览我们店铺!第一套听力题1[单选题] News 1Mr. Obama faces the immediate challenge of________now.A.defeating Romney completelyB.getting both sides to agree budget reformsC.having little time to fix a broken economyD.having no time to celebrate his victor2[单选题] Why did Romney get little support from Hispanics and African- Americans?A.Because of the Republicans' hostile attitude towards immigration.B.Because he didn't need their support.C.Because he is too self-confident.D.Because he doesn't have any policy for those people.3[单选题] News 2Who did Mr. Huntsman think will be the candidate for the Republicans?A.Mitt Romney.B.Barack Obama.C.Himself.D.None of the above.4[单选题] What might be the biggest weakness that keeps Mr. Huntsman from winning the race?A.He'd been lagging in the opinion polls.B.He didn't do well in the first two primaries.C.He is too moderate.D.He's endorsed the party's current front-runner.5[单选题] News 3What was the reason that Mr. Perry abandoned his campaign?A.There was no viable path forward for him.B.On the national stage, he failed to shine with weak organization.C.His poor public performances.D.All of the above.6[单选题] Who did Governor Perry endorse?A.Jormy Dymond.B.Newt Gingrich.C.Mitt Romney.D.Jon Huntsman.第二套听力题1[单选题] News 4According to Iran's naval commander Mahmoud Mousavi, the armed forces have successfully tested a new ________A.aerial targetB.nuclear fuel rodC.medium-range ground-to-air missileD.nuclear weapon test2[单选题] ________is a step towards building a nuclear program without any help fromabroad.A.The production of the nation's first nuclear fuel rodB.The invention of medium-range ground-to-air missileC.Defending itself against an attackD.The design of the nation's first missile3[单选题] News 5The fuel prices have doubled since________A.the mass demonstrationsB.the country exported crude oil and imported refined petroleum productsC.the removal of the subsidies on fuelD.sharp increase in transport costs4[单选题] The country exports crude oil and imports refined petroleum products because________A.it does not have functioning refineriesB.it is an oil-producing nationC.there is a sharp increase in transport costsD.it is a good way to earn money5[单选题] News 6There's heightened religious tension across Nigeria after Islamist militants at-tacked churches on________.A.ThanksgivingB.Christmas DayC.MondayD.the brink of a civil war6[单选题] Christians are reported to be heading________following growing tensions af-ter recent sectarian attacks.A.SouthB.NorthC.EastD.west下载全文。
专业英语四级(新闻听力)模拟试卷19(题后含答案及解析)
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新闻英语视听说（Unit2）听力文本与练习答案
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Foreign or multi-national companies top the list in applications, while small private companies are the least favored, because of fears they could go bust the next day.Many students say they’re willing to work as interns in the hope that excellent performance during their probation period（实习期，试用期）might win them a contract. However, only a very small proportion of companies are actually willing to take on interns. And even if they do, that often means low-value positions like answering phone calls at reception.The situation is even worse in Guangdong, where only 8.4% of final year students have signed labor contracts.Over 330,000 local college students will graduate in July, 14% more than last year. And adding the number of graduating students from other provinces coming to Guangdong in searchfor jobs, the army of young job seekers in the province will top 500,000 this year.To rub salt into the wound the demand for graduates has dipped by 20%, as companies are trying to limit their labor costs in the wake of the economic slowdown.The unfortunate figures mean that all their efforts to hunt down a job could prove to be fruitless.(A graduate student in Guangdong)“Whether you’re from an urban or rural area, if you’re unemployed, then you should expect some kind of minimum subsidy from the government. But we graduates are not officially considered to be unemployed. We’re called people awaiting jobs. I’m very disturbed by this definition.”The employment situation was a top concern during the government’s political sessions earlier this month. Officials acknowledged that hiring prospects in China are grave, and a slew of measures have been announced in the hope of relieving the situation.A total of 7.1 million college graduates will chase jobs this year, including 1 million who failed to secure employment last year.Task Two: New Year, New Job2 (Tracy) If you look at any list of New Year’s resolutions, you wouldn’t be surprised to see “Find a better job” right at the top. Vera Gibbons of Kiplinger’s personal finance magazines is here to have some tips to help you get a better job or maybe take on a career change.(Vera Gibbons) That’s right. Good morning, Tracy! Nice to see you.(Tracy) Nice to see you, too. Happy new year.(Vera Gibbons) The same to you.(Tracy) Start the new year, start lookin g for a new job, it’s amazing. How many people are actually doing that?(Vera Gibbons) Yes, one survey finds that 75% of American workers plan to look for a newjob this year. They’re unhappy with the pay, they’re unhappy with the situational they work, th ey want new challenges since there’s no room for advancement with their current employer, so a lotof people are going to be out there looking for work. This is a time of the year where we’re more inclined to take the bull by the horns, take the initiative to go out there and find a good job…(Tracy) Resolution thing.(Vera Gibbons) Yes.(Tracy) Is there a good time to go about doing this?(Vera Gibbons) Well, opportunities pop up all the year along, but, yes, the heaviest of hiring does take place in the beginning of the year: they fire at the end of the year and they hire in the new.(Tracy) They fire for Christmas. So if you think about doing, you really should get out there now.(Vera Gibbons) Get out there now, and get the ball rolling, yes.(Tracy) What about the job market in 2007? What does it look like?(Vera Gibbons) It is softening a little bit, job growth is a little slowing down some because ofthe contraction in housing and auto-sell sector, but that’s been offset a bit by the service sector.Th ese companies are high in the service industry. We’re actually expecting 1.3 million jobs be created this year, and once a writer by Career Role Builder actually found that 40% of employerswill be hiring full-time employees this year, so it’s not a bad time, it’s not great, it’s, it’s OK.(Tracy) OK, so if you’re ready take the plunge, if you want to get out there, you have some tips, No. 1 is “Do some soul searching”.(Vera Gibbons) Yes, I just think in order to get out a job that isn’t going anywhere car eer, that’s gonna drift, you really need to sit down and be proactive here. You can’t be reactive, you have to be proactive. Motivation is really the key to make any changes in your personal life. People may sit back and say: well, getting a paycheck and benefits are good, why rock the boat? Here’s the thing: we’re spending half of our life in workplace. If you’re unhappy, do some soul searching, figure out where you are, where you would like to go.(Tracy) And part of that, as you say, is “Prioritize your options”, what do you mean?(Vera Gibbons) Yeah, I mean write down five to ten things that are important to you in yourjob and career, maybe you want a better work-life bounce, a more flexible schedule, whatever that happens to be, take a look at what makes you happy, what makes you unhappy, take a look at your goals, your dreams, your aspirations and then put together a plan to actually reach those goals because you are more inclined to get there if you have a plan in place.3(Tracy) Good idea, you can actually write this all out. Also when you go out there for the job search, you gotta have the resume, so you say “Make the resume stand out”.(Vera Gibbons) Yeah, you know, with the employees only spend about 10 seconds looking at your resume…(Tracy) Ten seconds?(Vera Gibbons) Yeah, and get this on average, for every 245 resumes, they get the interview. One person per 245 resume, so it’s very competitive. You need to have your resume stand out, Keep it thin, keep it short, keep it to the point, focus on your measurable accomplishments. And because you’ll be looking for different jobs, you should be highlighting different skills different experiences that may be relevant for one position and may not be relevant for another, so you wanna highlight different ones, have several different versions of resumes all ready to go, then get out there, do the networking.(Tracy) Ok, just briefly, you say do not look online, you need to hand this out, hand out to your friends, do lots of networking.(Vera Gibbons) A lot of networking , that’s the key.(Tracy) Vera Gibbons, thanks.(Vera Gibbons) Thanks. Task Three: Laid-off Workers in ChinaIn over two decades of opening up, China has gradually reformed into a market economy. One major move was to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs ). Some practices were successful and benefited many. But on the other side of the coin, several companies lost their competitiveness, and had to lay off workers in order to survive. In today’s Working Asia, Zou Yue brings us a story about laid-off workers.Everyday they walk into the factory to work, but now they have to worry about their jobs. For the 4 thousand workers at the state-owned Wuhan Boiler Factory, the country’s reform drive has meant new challenges.35-year-old Ma Ling worked in this factory for 15 years. But in 2002, she lost her job, something she found hard to accept.(Ma Ling)“It was such a blow. I never imagined that I would get the sack ( 被解雇 ). It was such a big factory and I was so young. How could that happen? My confidence was totally destroyed at the time.”Ma Ling’s life depended on the factory. Her parents, her brother and her own husband have worked there all their lives. The change has led to worries about the future. In the days of a planned economy, SOEs offered life-long benefits for workers, from housing and medical care to pensions and insurance. But since 1998, about 30 million employees in China have lost their jobs and also the benefits that went with them, due to either downsizing or bankruptcy.(Zou Yue)“For workers laid off by China’s SOEs, it has not been easy adapting to the industrial reshuffle But decades of market reform have made Chinese workers realize the importance of finding a way out on their own. For many, it has become a part of their life.”Like her colleagues, Ma Ling struggled to find other work. Six months after Ma Ling got the4axe (get the sack), she found a position she found embarrassing for an experienced electrician--workshop garbage cleaner.(Ma Ling)“Although the job was dirty and tiring, I had to take it. After all the losses, I was glad for the chance. It means everything to me.”But between 2000 and 2002, the factory continued to lose money, and had to lay off half its staff. Those who stayed faced tougher competition to stay in their positions. After losing their iron rice bowl ( 铁饭碗), they are now walking an economic tight rope. To make matters worse, the enterprise was having a hard time feeding its 3 thousand retirees. The managers found it was no easy job trying to make ends meet.(Chen Helin, deputy general manager of Wuhan Boiler Group)“We have to make the laid off employees understand that they have to change their mind set. Survival of the fittest ( 适者生存) is our rule. While we have tried our best to accommodate the employees, the workers have to find their own way of life if possible.”The factory tried to make things easier by restructuring ( 调整，改组) its remaining workforce on the one hand, while leasing some of its street front houses for the jobless to run small businesses, like this shopping façade ( 正面 ). But there simply is not enough for everyone. (Xu Liangjun, deputy director of Wuhan Reemployment Work Office)“As an old industrial city, there i s a large gap between job opportunities and demand. Since 1998, over 500 thousand workers have become jobless in this city of 7 million people. We can only hope the local economy picks up to provide more jobs for them.”Ma Ling was lucky to later get promoted again, but at the same time two of her colleagues got laid off. The reform has changed the lives of many, who have had to adapt to the reality of a new economic environment.Not only laid-off workers need to find jobs, tens of thousands of Chinese graduates also want to find them as well. About ten years ago, the Chinese government stopped the practice of assigning jobs to college graduates. Now, they have to face their first employment challenges on their own.20%of Graduates Are JoblessUrban unemployment might be low, but recent college graduates are having a tough time getting a job. A recent blue paper issued by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says that one out of every five graduates is unable to find work.All these college students and recent graduates crowding into the Beijing Expo Center have just one goal: to find themselves a job. One that pays well, has a good reputation, and matches their major if that exists.Water Zhu graduated last June with a degree in computer technology. He moved to Beijing from Inner Mongolia to improve his prospects. This is his eighth job fair.(Water Zhu)“Competition is so high, so it’s very hard. They want to hire the best, and not everyone is the best —o of course i t’s quite difficult.”5The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences reports that in 2006, 4.13 million students graduated in China. Last year, it was 4.95 million. This year, 5.5 million additional graduates will be looking for work. About 20% of the graduates last year failed to find a job. Those they did may have to settle for salaries lower than they expected, in jobs they didn’t train for.Graduates can’t find work—but companies say they can’t find people to hire. Even here at this crowded fair, these recruiters say very few people actually spoke to them to ask about jobs —and that’s not what they’re looking for.(Robert Norrie, Volk Uniontech)“We’re looking for somebody who is really confident, who has an out -going personality” (Wu Hai, L.A.D. Industries)“Bui lding confidence is important. Universities should focus more on this – many students have very little opportunity to present themselves.”Experts say the Chinese university system churns out graduates who have a lot of theoretical knowledge, but not very much practical knowledge for today’s workplace.But universities are struggling too, as enrollment numbers keep surging. This year, almost 6 million students will enter university —a five percent increase from last year.(Zeng Xiangquan, Dean of School of Labor & Human Resources of Renmin University) “Higher enrollment means universities sometimes cannot keep up—they can’t meet the demands and provide sufficient resources for all of the students.”The government is trying to ease pressures too —at the beginning of this year the China Employment Promotion Law went into effect to ban hiring discrimination and help graduates who take jobs outside of the big cities. But that still doesn’t address what some see as the biggest challenge: teaching students to function in a workplace.Today’s graduates need what are called soft skills: communication, teamwork, and theability to work on projects. And a survey by job search website found that the majority of recruiters want graduates who have work experience.Its human resources consultant has this advice: Don’t hold out for an impossible ideal. Take any offer you can get, and just start working.(Jim Hao, Consultant of )“Get a job. Whatever, first. And to kn ow yourself and your environment step by step until you gradually get a clearer picture of yourself —your interest, your ability, and your environment. Which industry is the most suitable for you?”That’s exactly what graduate Water Zhu is doing. He’s found temporary work at a stock brokerage, while he keeps searching for jobs in the computer industry. He says despite the competition, what’s important isn’t landing the dream job—it’s figuring out how to get there. (Water Zhu)“It’s only during the job search that I began to realize what I’m capable of. That has actually been the most useful thing —to understand myself better and set goals for my future.”练习答案6 Unit Two Job HuntingTask One: Graduates feel market squeeze1. Choose the best answer: 1) A 2) C 3) D 4) C 5). B2. Spot Dictation: 1) applications 2) in extreme cases 3) resumes 4) top the list,5) small private 6) favored 7) interns 8) probation period9) contract 10) low-value positionsTask Two: New year, new job.1. Choose the best answer: 1) B 2) D 3) A 4) A 5) DTask Three: Bring you finger into the store1. True or false: 1) T 2)T 3) F 4) F 5) T2. Spot Dictation: 1) opening up 2) market economy 3) state-owned enterprises (SOEs).4) competitiveness 5) lay off 6) planned economy7) medical care 8) pensions 9) downsizing 10) bankruptcy。
高考英语听力理解新闻报道理解单选题30题
高考英语听力理解新闻报道理解单选题30题1.The man mentioned in the news report is probably a _____.A.teacherB.doctorC.policemanD.businessman答案：C。
本题考查对新闻中人物身份的推断。
新闻中提到这个人在指挥交通，穿着警服，所以可推断出是警察。
A 选项教师通常在学校授课，与新闻内容不符；B 选项医生一般在医院工作，也不符合新闻描述；D 选项商人与新闻中的场景毫无关联。
2.The woman interviewed in the news is known for her work as a _____.A.writerB.artistC.scientistD.athlete答案：A。
新闻中提到这位女士出版了很多书籍，经常参加文学活动，所以可判断她是作家。
B 选项艺术家通常从事绘画、音乐等艺术创作，新闻中未提及；C 选项科学家主要进行科研工作，新闻中没有相关线索；D 选项运动员会参加体育赛事，新闻中没有体现。
3.The person who rescued the child is described as being very _____.A.braveB.cleverC.kindD.honest答案：A。
新闻中强调这个人不顾危险救了孩子，所以勇敢是最恰当的描述。
B 选项聪明在新闻中未体现救孩子的过程需要聪明才智；C 选项善良不是最突出的特点，因为勇敢地行动更能体现这个人在当时的行为；D 选项诚实与救孩子的行为无关。
4.The reporter in the news is famous for his _____ reports.A.accurateB.interestingC.entertainingD.inspiring答案：A。
新闻中提到这位记者的报道总是很准确，被很多人信任。
B 选项有趣不是主要强调的特点；C 选项娱乐性与新闻报道的特点不太相符；D 选项鼓舞人心在新闻中未体现。
英语新闻听力训练30题
英语新闻听力训练30题1. What is the main topic of the news?A. A sports eventB. A new movie releaseC. A scientific discoveryD. A political meeting答案：C。
本题主要考查对新闻主旨的理解。
听力中重点提到了一项科学发现，A 选项体育赛事未提及，B 选项新电影发布也未涉及，D 选项政治会议并非重点。
2. The news is mainly about:A. A fashion showB. A natural disasterC. A music concertD. A cultural festival答案：B。
通过听力可知，新闻主要在讲述一场自然灾害，A 选项时尚秀与新闻内容无关，C 选项音乐演唱会并非主旨，D 选项文化节也不是重点。
3. What does the news focus on?A. A business dealB. A school activityC. An art exhibitionD. A charity event答案：D。
在听力中，新闻重点围绕一个慈善活动展开，A 选项商业交易不是重点，B 选项学校活动未提及，C 选项艺术展览并非此新闻的核心。
4. The main content of the news is:A. A technological innovationB. A travel experienceC. A cooking competitionD. A book launch答案：A。
听力中着重介绍了一项技术创新，B 选项旅行经历未被提及，C 选项烹饪比赛不是主要内容，D 选项新书发布也不是重点。
5. What is the core of this news?A. A wildlife protection programB. A historical eventC. A dance performanceD. A sports training camp答案：A。
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2016-2017学年第一学期新闻听力练习Unit 1: 事故灾难篇News itemsNews item 11. A. Category 3. B. Category 4.C. Category 5D. Category 6.2. A. Cooler ocean temperatures. B. Warmer ocean temperatures.C. Large ocean waves.D. Strong ocean currents. News item 23. A. Eighteen. B. Forty-five.C. More than eighty.D. At least one hundred and forty.4. A. It was snowy. B. It was foggy.C. It was rainy.D. It was shiny.5. A. 10 to 12 B. 60 to 70.C. 80 to 90.D. 140 to 150.Intensive Training1. A. On a northern island of Japan.B. On a southern island of Japan.C. On Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu.D. Off the east coast of Japan.2. A. It would delay the plant’s restarting for a few months.B. It would lead to the cancellation of the plant’s restarting plan.C. It was not immediately clear if it would affect the plant’s restarting plan.D. It would incur more safety hurdles for the plant.. Eleven. B. Thirteen.C. Twenty-six.D. Fifty.4. A. The Greek coast guard.B. The International Organization for Migration.C. The Italian coast guard and Navy.D. The Greek Navy.. Because traffic on the road was light when the quake occurred.B. Because the city’s buildings and highways were made more resistant to quakes.C. Because the city’s residents were well educated about earthquakes.D. Bothe A and B.6. A. Steel and other strong metals.B. Steel and rubber.C. Steel and some special alloys(合金).D. Various metals and plastics.7. A. Counterbalancing and earthquake’s action on the building.B. Predicting the coming of an earthquake with accuracy.C. Helping strengthen the foundation of the building.D. Measuring the impact of an earthquake’s vibrations.2.财政经济News itemsNews item 1:1. A. 16 percent. B. percent.C. 65 percent.D. 75 percent2. A. The growing popularity of mobile payment.B. Businesses that have benefited from mobile payment.C. Alipay’s contribution to mobile payment.D. Provinces where mobile payment is most commonly used. News item 2:3. A. Guidelines for travel agencies.B. Agencies that cheat tourists.C. Possible illegal measures taken by travel agencies.D. About 40 travel agencies.4. A. It has increased twofold.B. It has seen a drop.C. It has seen a slow but steady growth.D. It has stayed fairly steady.5. A. Tourists from Southeast Asia.B. Tourists from the United States.C. Tourists from Guangzhou and Shenzhen who have a short stay in Hong Kong.D. Shenzhen residents who make round-trips within a day.Intensive Training1. A. It is revering quickly.B. It has been stabilized for six years.C. It’s smaller than it was six years ago.D. It has increased by 9% in the last six years.2. A. The recession has ended.B. It has seen a strong growth.C. It is undergoing a recession.D. It is expected to grow by about 1 percent this year.3. A. billion. B. 3 billion. C. billion. D. 4 billion.4. A. Animal and plant species. B. Coral reefs.C. Wetlands.D. Bodies of water.5. A. Time. B. USA Today. C. CNN. D. VOA.6. A. $1 per gallon. B. $ per gallon.C. $ per gallonD. $ per gallon.7. A. Higher importing costs. B. Higher gas tax.C. The small number of gas stations.D. Strong consumer demands.Unit 3 环境保护News itemsNews item 1:1. A. Outside the designer outlet of Gucci.B. Outside department store Harrods.C. Outside London City Hall.D. Outside department store Harvey Nichols.2. A. Farming animals for fur. B. Trapping animals for fur.C. Importing fur products.D. Exporting fur products.News item 2:3. A. By one-third over the next decade.B. By one-third over the next 15 years.C. By half over the next decade.D. By half over the next 15 years.4. A. It will hurt foreign coal mines.B. It will be costly to implement.C. It will lower electricity rates.D. It will raise costs of existing power plants.5. A. It will be given more power to limit carbon pollution from existing power stations.B. Its costs will be reduced at a faster rate than would have been possible under an earlier version of the rules.C. It will get more funding from the federal government.D. It will be given power to close down power plants that create high levels of carbon emissions.Intensive Training1. A. From a used car. B. From Halfords.C. From manufacturers. C. From a DIY store.2. A. One weekend. B. One week.C. Ten days.D. Half a month.3. A. To track illegal dumps.B. To track polluted areas.C. To detect wildfires.D. To eat duped rubbish.4. A. A protagonist in an environmental movie.B. A government official.C. A vulture.D. A Lima resident.5. A. It comprises of four linked solar plants.B. Its first phase is set to launch next month.C. It will be built in Morocco’s capital city.D. It will produce roughly 160 MW of electricity.6. A. A gas in its liquid form.B. Seawater.C. A special oil.D. A mixture of a liquid and water.7. A. Low running costs.B. Capability of generation power at nighttime.C. The environment friendliness.D. Short construction time.Unit 4 休闲娱乐News itemsNews item 11. A. He intends to destroy the panda village.B. He intends to kill Po and his family.C. He intends to find his place in the universe.D. He intends to wipe out the whole of China.2. A. Master Shifu. B. Mr. Ping.C. Kai.D. Po’s dad.New item 23. A. 5-0. B. 5-1. C. 5-2. D. 5-34. A. In 1990. B. In 1995. C. In 1997. D. In 2007.5. A. It uses intuition to play the game.B. It has defeated many board gamers.C. It was developed by Google.D. It can compete with several human amateurs at once.Intensive Training1. A. The category of small dogs.B. The category of large dogs.C. The category of tandem dogs.D. The category of medium-sized dogs.2. A. Medals. B. Toys. C. Snacks. D. Surfboards.3. A. In 1977. B. In 1983. C. In 1987. D. In 2015.4. A. Daisy Ridley. B. John Boyega. C. Luke Skywalker. Ford.5. A. “Hello”. B. “Stitches”. C. “What Do You Mean”.D. “Love Yourself”.6. A. In September. B. In October. C. In November. D. In December.7. A. Shawn Mendes. B. Adele. C. Elvis. D.Justin Bieber.。