12月英语四级听力试题

1、12月英语四级听力试题篇一：Iranian Christian Woman in Danger伊朗女性基督徒处境危险Rights monitors report that an ailing Christian woman held in Iran's Evin prison for three years has been denied medical leave.Maryam Zargaran was arrested in 2012 and sentenced because of her Christian faith to four years in prison for s

2、upposed security-related crimes. She has been on a hunger strike for weeks, protesting the refusal of authorities to grant her medical treatment or leave. According to Iran's New Islamic Penal Code, prisoners can apply for conditional release after serving a third of their sentence. Ms. Zargaran

3、 is reportedly suffering from heart and hearing problems and other serious ailments, and has complained of poor treatment from the prison's clinic.Both Amnesty International and the U.S. State Department have noted and condemned the practice by Iranian authorities of denying proper medical care

4、to prisoners of conscience and other political prisoners.Both have also noted that the persecution of religious minorities in Iran continues unabated. Iran remains a “Country of Particular Concern” under the International Religious Freedom Act in the U.S.Christians, Muslims who do not adhere to the

5、government's official interpretation of Islam, Yarsanis, Jews, and, most particularly, Baha'is face discrimination, arbitrary arrest, imprisonment and worse, because of their faith, despite President Hassan Rouhani's promise in 2013 that “All ethnicities, all religions, even religious mi

6、norities, must feel justice.”Iran has ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which guarantee freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the basis of this

7、 critical freedom is respect:“And respect, in turn, demands legal equality. It demands that the practitioners of one faith understand that they have no right to coerce others into submission, conversion, or silence, or to literally take their lives because of their beliefs."The United States, a

8、s President Barack Obama has said, “remains committed to promoting religious freedom, both at home and across the globe.and urges every country to recognize religious freedom as both a universal right and as a key to a stable, prosperous and peaceful future.”篇二：Film Shows Effort to Stop Tribes from

9、Killing Children电影展示努力阻止部落杀害儿童的成果Filmmaker John Rowe discovered a secret after many visits to the Omo River Valley in Ethiopia: people there thought some children were “cursed.”Villagers blamed the children for sickness, a lack of rainfall and other problems. So they killed them.The Omo Valley is a

10、place of beauty. It is home to villagers with customs that date back many generations.Rowe says the villagers believe that if a childs teeth first appear on the upper gum instead of the lower part of the mouth, the child is cursed and must be killed. He says children are also killed when they are bo

11、rn to a woman who is not married, or if they are disabled or are twins.Rowe heard about this belief from Lale Labuko, the man who helped him during his visits to the Omo Valley. Rowe made a documentary film about the practice. He called the film “Omo Child.”Labuko says that when he was 15 years old,

12、 he saw a two-year-old child being drowned in a river. His mother told him that he had two sisters who were killed before he was born.In the film, a woman says 15 of her children were considered cursed. She says when they were born, older members of her village took them and fed them to crocodiles.I

13、n the film, Labuko says “I want to stop these things.”Labuko was the first member of his village to be educated. He asked Rowe to help him end the killings. First, he persuaded some young villagers, then families and leaders of the village.Rowes son Tyler filmed the documentary over a five year peri

14、od. He says it was not easy. He says some people admitted they had killed their children. But others said children were not killed.Tyler says some villagers told him, “It doesnt happen here. We stopped it a long time ago. It only happens (in another village, not here.)”Labukos work caused people to

15、begin speaking out about the practice. His tribe agreed to ban the killings in 2012. Rowes documentary shows Labukos efforts.A charity group created by Labuko and his wife has saved more than 40 children. They now live in a home in Jinka, Ethiopia.The Ethiopian government has banned the practice, but Rowe says “there are two other tribes that continue to” kill children. But because of the film, more people know about the killings an