四级新闻听力文本及答案

1、其中”并非芙国总统采取行动的原因CTest 1Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.-1 In a statement, the US president says he is taking the action, because the conflict in Darfur threatens th亡 national security and foreign policy of the United States The asset freeze is being imposed on four Sudanes

2、e identified by the U N Security Council as being involved in organizing and carrying out cruel and violent actions in Darfur The presidents order comes days before rallies are planned in Washington and throughout the United States to protest the three-year war in Darfur 2Celebrities such as Academy

3、 Award winning actor George Clooney are scheduled to speak at the raily. 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 44first massive murder of the 21:t century1. Why is the U S president taki

4、ng actions in Darfur?2 Who is scheduled to speak at the rally?I II/fV /v the I S. president taking actions in Darfur?|B 3】新闻开头勢，美囚总统表示，他王在采取行动個为在1皿的冲題绳朋Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news itemL3 In October the Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Basigye, returned to Kampala to prepare

5、 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. 4The incident is threatening to darken the country s fi

6、rst 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 Ugandas relationship wit

7、h its donors is feeling the strain.3. Why did Kizza Basigye return to Kampala?4. What is the consequence of Basigye s incident?3. did Kizza Basile return to Kampala?一殒他返回 如卩应这地方是为准备池玄1B(详解J新禹_尸始就提到，Kizza Basigye &乌千达反对兒、门原文月词为答案。新闻是说Basigye回国后被 总统大选伽the pen颐ial吐皿二驚:器应対爲旨;”是执政党要求论唤做的瓠 捕,而他本身就是反对党首领,A

8、逮捕反对兄首领縮诙。不是他回国的初衷。D“保护他的支持者没有在新闻中疑到。4. What is the consequence of Hasigye s incident?松紂宙一事新闻中提到该事件可能会使鶴该【详解丿根据新闻可知扈目问的汕曲皿皿：呦葺爲；旳elect.ons山窗decade8U 国20年来的首次多党选举蒙上阴影(darken the country s hrst multur亠厂亠屮心将新闻中的动宾结构换成了被动语态(was darkened),驱意思与新闻一致，故为答案。B二儈支持力度被减弱”、C乌干达在该地区的模范地位被取消”和D“乌干达与其捐赠者的关系紧张均复“了敝 个

9、别原词,但所述与新闻意思不符。Questions 5 and 7 will be based on the following news item5Up to 32 people were Idlled in two bomb attacks Monday in the Syrian city of Homs, near the border with Lebanon. The second attack killed people who gathered to see the damage of an earlier car bomb A suicide bomber entered th

10、e crowd and exploded a bomb hidden in clothingThe attacks took place in the al-Zahraa district, in the central part of the city 6_State-cont:rolled media sey 19 people we” k订led in the two bombings The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 32 people were killed Many others were hurtIt was the sec

11、ond major attack in Homs since the government and rebel forces reached a cease-fire agreement this month The government will take back areas of the city controlled by rebels7On December 12, two bombings killed at least 16 people Those attacks also took place in the al-Zahraa district The Islamic Sta

12、te terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attacksThe Wall Street Journal newspaper reports that many people who live in the neighborhood are members of the Alawite sect The newspaper reports the area is often attacked by anti-government rebels armed with rockets and vehicle bombs”5. What do

13、we learn about the bomb attacks from the news report?6. What did the state-controlled media say?7. What happened on December 12?5. What do we learn about the bomb attacks from the news report?BJ【详解】新闻开头说到，在靠近黎巴嫩边界的飯利亚城市Honis发生两起爆炸袭击事件，造成多达32人死亡。B 爆炸袭击发生在Homs”正确。新闻提到爆炸袭击发生在靠近黎巳嫩边界的叙利亚城市而非发生在變巴墩，故 排除A

14、o两起矮炸共造成了多达32人死亡，故C、D都不对。6. Whai did the state-controlled media .vav?冋【详解】注意本题要听漬楚是问statr-ontrolled media”国有电视台”的言论。新闻中提到，国家电视台报雀住 表示有19人死于两起爆炸事仁。故D为正确答実。A“袭王发生在al-Zahraa控制区域”并非屋家电视台的发 言B“有32人遇害円是叙利亚人权观察员浣的(The Syrian Ubservalory for Human RLghts)C“復映就会玄 另一次袭击没有在新闻中提到。7. What happened on December 12

15、?IC详解】本題的关键是听清楚问题问的旳问点是December 12。新闻末屋部分提至，左12 = 12日，发三壬芜走 爆菲事件造成至少16人死亡，这些袭二 送发三在al-Zahraa区，故答案为C A、B帝说的事件也在新険 現但并不是发生在12 N 12日D拼凑新闻中的aiiti-govemment rebels荘The WaJl Street Joum加二戈Test 2Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.The number of Americans over the age of 65 is expecte

16、d to double between now and 2030 This next generation of retirees will be the healthiest, best educated, and most wealthy in American history. l_But many of them won t have a :retirement benefit their parents genewtion fought hard to get It is something known as a defined一benefit pln, or pension Ret

17、ired workers who have a pension continue to be paid a certain percentage of their highest annual salary-usually anhere 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 mea

18、nt unions had to negotiate for retirement benefits, instead of pay increases. 2Pensions :reached the height of their popularity in the late 1970s, when more than 60 percent of Americans had one1. What problem does the next generation of retirees have?2. When did pensions reach the height of their po

19、pularity?1. problem does the next generation of retirees have?CJ【详解】新通提、代二退休人贝失去一项退休福利(wonS have a retirement bewfil),这项福利计 戈(defined-benefit plan)也就是“养老金(pension),C“他们得不到养老金的福利与新闻内容相符。新闻中 有探目这担:退休人员将是美国有史以来最健康、教育程度最高局富有的，据此可排除A、D。B礼用新闻中的 fought hard作干比，新闻是说这个pcnsioi 1的制度是上一辈人努力争取出来的结果，并没有说“下一代退保 人员

20、不努力。2. When did pensions reach the height of their popularity ?內【详解新闻提到，养老金制度在第二次世界大战时开始流行倒了 20世纪70年代末达到流行芒敵reached the height of their popularity in the late 1970s)。故答棗为 A。Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.U S government health and safety officials are investigating the cau

21、se of the recent explosion at a West Virginia coal mine, which killed 12 miners3The 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,

22、 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 production. 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

23、 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 inspEtions3. What do we learn about the recent explosion at a coal mine?4. What made the mining industry safer in the late 1960s?

24、楮选文档3. H如 do we learn about the recent explosion at a coal mine?岡【详解】新闻开篇就提到，美国政府健康与安全局的官员正在调查起煤矿爆炸的原因，之后说这明显是一起 错$(eiror),故B正确。新闻中并没有提到是否有人受伤.a无法得知。事故中有12人遇难，而不是27人， 27是煤矿公刁覆盖的州 D利用新闻中的nation electricity作干扰,D所说影旳!到全国的由力供应没化 在新闻中提到。4. What made the mining industry safer in the late J960s?B【详解】新闻提到，当

25、美国国会通过法律要求联邦政府进行煤矿安全检查后(passed laws requiring federal mine inspections)，煤矿安全从60年代末开始已有好转。故B正确A中的Extraordinary expansion有在新 巨甲提刮，但煤矿公司的扩张不是发生在20世纪60年代未，也与挖煤产业变得更安全无关。新眞甲貝搓宅美 匡生产全球三分之一的煤，没有提到C所说的煤产軍下降。D次造成数千人死亡的意夕卜没崔仝靳貝中 臾到,只是拼凑了新闻中的thousands of和death。Questions 5 and 7 will be based on the following n

26、ews itemWhen it comes to dieting, losing weight fast holds some appea 1 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) program5 HMR is a

27、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 cerea 1The U. S. News reviewers say 6the plus side to the HMR diet is its quick-start option and the conveniE

28、nc亡 of having hiesIs delivered to you. The down side is the milk lacks variety, ” and it s tough to eat out while on this diet7 A common misunderstanding is that losing weight quickly is not healthy not sustainable and w订 1 just lead to future weight re-gain, ” wrote Carol Addy, the chief medical of

29、ficer at HMR, in a release But she says, to the contrary, unumerous studies demonstrate that following a lifestyle change program which promotes fast initial weight loss can result in better long-term success”5. What is the HMR program?6. What is the advantage of HMR program?7. What? s the common mi

30、sunderstanding about losing weight fast?5“加 is the HMR program?中BJ (详解】蜡可开头部分可知.HMR的全称是Health Management Resources,在(美国新闻与世界报道曲丫 連减肥君食目灵(Fast Weight-Loss Diet category)中排名前列。之后又提到HMR疋种楼代正餐的食 (a meal replacement diet),故确是 B 为答案。6 WJial is the advantage of HMR program?rc【详解】新闻中间部分提到HMR program的和弊，新闻用的

31、是plus side好处和down side “环处，其屮好 赴包招试用该项目很快quick-start option I,而且很方便.可以送到你手上(convenience of having meals delivered to you).故C正确。新闻中有提到，IIMR的膳食是在医疗指导下制作的End” medical supervision s并不是说直接由“医护人员制作,A曲解文意。新闻并没比较HMR与家庭自做的菜哪个更假 凌排除。新闻中用the niilk lacks variety来表明食物品种不丰富$D所说与此相反。7. WhatWhat do we learn from th

32、e United Nation* s report? What is the reason for child marriage in Africa? 1 What do we learn from the United Nations report?“厶04甘炉册 c C【详解】新闻的开头提到联合国的份报吿称，到2050年会有将近-半女孩(约31亿I實冒-八八： 所述与此-致。A错在The number of adult, girls,数虽会翻倍的是未成年就结婚的女孩数回册“匸： of girls married),而非成年女孩的数量。B“董婚到2050时会结束”和D“合法结婚年诒到2050

33、年云从在 18岁以上”都出现新闻申的个别原词，但所述内容都没有实质根据。 2. What is the reason for child marriage in Africa? A【详解】新闻的结尾引用非盟女主席的话，扌旨出轻视女性的当地文undervalues girls and women D及贸穷和教育落后(Poverty and lack of education)应为童婚现象负责,A复现后者，为正确答案o B电门仃chil-dren,当地文化轻视的只是女孩，不是所有children C合法结婚年龄低与新闻内容相反,新闻牛明确氓自大多数非洲国家，18岁是合法结婚的年龄。D成为言少年母亲

34、的风险高未在新闻中提令丄 Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item 3j Waste products from a popular alcoholic drink could be used in the future to make biofue1 Researchers say the new fuel, based on whisky, could :reduce demand for oil. They say using less oils the common misunderstanding about

35、 losing weight fast?C详解序闻未段提到，对快滦减肥存在的误解是:它不健腹，没有持续性(not healthy, not sustainable),并且 体重住将来会反Gilead to future weight re-gain),C 用了 healthy 0 sustainable 的反义词 unhealthy unsustainable,和新闻意思致,故为答案。A很难做到”未存新闻中提到。B中的关键词lifestyle change 现在新闻末尾客观陈述该计划改变生活方式，但这并非人仁对I央速减肥的误解。D可能会导致疾病未飾 闻中提到。Test 3Questions 1

36、 and 2 will be based on the following news item.The number of girls married in Africa is expected to double in the next 35 years, experts say. l_That means almost half, or 310 million girls, by 2050 will be married before they reach adulthood, says & United Nation s report The African Union says it

37、wants to end child marriage in AfricaDelegates at a summit in Zambia are expected to set 18 years old as the lowest legal age for marriage across the contient Marriage before age 18 is already against the law in most African countriesYet the UN says more then 125 million African women and girls aliv

38、e today were married before their 18th birthday Experts say most were given to men in traditional or religious unions in violation of the law2African Union charwoman Nkosozana Dlamini Zuma says local culture that undervalues girls and women is to blame Poverty and lack of education are also responsi

39、ble, experts say.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 us

40、ed as a fue 1 Whisky comes from grain, such as corn and wheatMartin Tangney is director of the Biofuel Research Centre at Napier University in Edinburgh He says less than 10 percent of what comes out can be considered whisky. 4The rest is mainly one of two unwanted products： strong beer and wheat. T

41、angney says the two byproducts can be produced to create a new material： biobutanol 3 What is the news report mainly about?4.What are the unwanted products in making whisky?3, What is the news report mainly about?AJ 详解】主旨题。新闻的主旨常出现在首尾部分。新闻的开头握到，一种流行的酒精饮料中产生的废品在未来可 以用作生物燃料(could be used in the future

42、 to make biofuel),而下一句则点明这个 popular alcoholic drink就是指whisky威士忌。故A正确。B的内容有在新闻中提到，何苏格兰是全球最大的威士忌产生并不是本文的重点内容。C内容与新闻不符,Biobutanol并不是新燃料，也不是苏格兰教授发现的。D住产威土 忌会产生很多废产品”偏离了新闻的重点。故C正4. What are the unwanted products in making whisky?C(详解新闻的结尾提到，制成威士忌后，剩下两个没什么用处的废产品Fong beer和wheat。Questions 5 and 7 will be ba

43、sed on the following news item.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 company5“ Getting high sldll亡d people is stillElizabeth Sue is principal policy analyst for the Chicago Metropolitan Age

44、ncy 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 were between 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 M 6 She