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四级新闻听力12套(word)
四级新闻听力12套(word)

2016年新题型

大学英语四级考试

新闻听力补充试卷

十二套(36篇)

第一部分四级听力新题型调整说明

自2016年6月考试起,全国大学英语四、六级考试委员会将对四级考试的听力试题作局部调整。具体见下表:

调整内容说明如下:

1.取消短对话。

2.取消短文听写。

3.新增短篇新闻(3段)。

第二部分新闻听力十二套(36篇)

Model Test One

Section A

Directions: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 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) More than 5 million. B) More than 10 million.

C) More than 25 million. D) More than 30 million.

2. A) To help identify where infectious diseases are developing.

B) To help small and medium size businesses grow.

C) To help improve public services.

D) To help two climate change programs.

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3. A) About

4.12 million units were sold.

B) They declined to their lowest level.

C) There was a decline of 10% than that in July.

D) They indicated a start of rise in August.

4. A) They are much stronger than their expectations.

B) They might reach to 4.25 million units per year.

C) They will be out of control on next month’s report.

D) They indicate the housing industry has recovered.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

5. A) Britain has decided to restrict bankers’ bonuses.

B) Britain has decided to raise bankers’ salary.

C) Britain has decided to curb bankers’ salary.

D) Britain has decided to raise bankers’ bonuses.

6. A) Those employees whose payments was over $ 4000.

B) Those employees whose payments was $ 40000.

C) Those employees whose payments was over $ 40000.

D) Those employees whose payments was $ 4000.

7. A) Most of it would be paid in money. C) Some of it would be paid in shares.

B) Most of it would be paid in shares. D) Some of it would be paid in money.

Model Test Two

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) 18000. B) 80000. C) 60000. D) 16000.

2. A) Meet the miners’ original demand. C) Improve the miners’ working conditions.

B) Offer more benefits to poor black miners. D) Offer a 10% pay rise.

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3. A) Chances of guessing the correct lotto numbers.

B) Rossi’s dreams about winning t he lotto.

C) People’s madness for lotto games in Italy.

D) Foreigners’ visit to Italy for the lotto drawings.

4. A) A huge amount of money. C) A free tour in Europe.

B) Free flights to Italy. D) Tickets for the lotto games.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

5. A) Stopping renewing an agreement. C) Renewing an agreement.

B) Blocking an agreement. D) Blocking the renewal of a contract.

6. A) It provided sufficient privacy safeguards. C) It provided insufficient safeguards.

B) It cannot protect privacy sufficiently. D) It failed to safeguard people’s interests

7. A) The Swift Money Transfer System. C) The Lisbon Treaty.

B) The Brussels Treaty. D) The Swift System.

Model Test Three

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) It did not reach analysts’ expectations. C) It hinted a decline of Ford’s net income.

B) It was a favorable news for the automaker. D) It spurred a rise for Ford’s share price.

2. A) There are small losses in North America.

B) Prices should be raised in European market.

C) Another product line should be set up in Europe.

D) Earnings continued to be good in North America.

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3. A) The development of French engineering firms.

B) Working and living condition in the city of Dijon.

C) The environmentally-friendly building in France.

D) A tour of the landmark buildings in France.

4. A) Metal skirt. B) Solar panel. C) Sun shield. D) Sandwich. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

5. A) The International Space Station. C) The Baikonur Cosmodrome.

B) The Siberia Vessel. D) The Progress 45.

6. A) On Sunday. B) On Monday. C) On Tuesday. D) On Wednesday

7. A) At 4:02 p.m. B) At 4:11 p.m. C) At 4:20 p.m. D) At 6:11 p.m.

Model Test Four

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) They made more efforts to find more new cases.

B) They tried to prevent the disease out of the capital.

C) They held a public movement on hygiene information.

D) They boosted the accuracy and promptness of their report.

2. A) It’s the first time that ingestion disease has broken out in Haiti.

B) The death rate of ingestion disease is too high.

C) Death number will keep increasing for a long time.

D) Ingestion disease could join other local diseases in Haiti.

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item

3. A) The children of the international diplomatic corps.

B) The program of International Baccalaureate schools.

C) The school district in the suburb of Detroit, Michigan.

D) “Mother Earth” class in IB elementary schools.

4. A) Subject areas are separated. C) “Mother Earth” class covers math.

B) Classes are held in the open air, D) Teachers prepare classes together.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item

5. A) White ash. C) Poison gas.

B) High temperature water. D) Hurricane.

6. A) Less than 10. B) About 20. C) About 120. D) More than 750.

7. A) They have found too many dead bodies.

B) They want to persuade people to move away.

C) They don’t know what might happen next.

D) They need space to carry out the research.

Model Test Five

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) The Angeles National Forest. C) The tools used in fire fighting.

B) The fire fighting in Los Angeles. D) The protection of Mount Wilson.

2. A) Tractors and hand tools. C) The slightly higher humidity.

B) Helicopters and airplanes. D) The 20-kilometer fire lines.

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3. A) It is the new health care law. C) It is the new federal budget law.

B) It is the short-term spending law. D) It is the federal operation law.

4. A) It will increase the government’s economic burden.

B) It will lead to a partial shutdown of the US government.

C) It will give rise to a clash between the two major political parties.

D) It will oblige people to buy insurance policies unwillingly.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

5. A) The country’s big labor union. C) The country’s big business.

B) The country’s big government. D) The country’s big police.

6. A) They blocked the traffic. C) They clashed with community groups.

B) They occupied New York. D) They controlled too much wealth.

7. A) It has now spread to other Asian cities.

B) The protesters have camped in New York’s cultural district.

C) Members of labor unions joined the movement on Wednesday.

D) The protesters represent the wealthiest 99% of Americans.

Model Test Six

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) South Africa’s multiracial history.

B) Musical New Year’s tradition in South Africa.

C) Southeast Asia slaves in Cape Town.

D) Cape Town’s mixed race or “colored” residents.

2. A) The dockworkers. C) The Dutch colonists.

B) European minstrels. D) Cape Town’s residents.

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3. A) Monitoring all banks in the country. C) Providing advice to the President.

B) Ensuring a safe economic policy. D) Offering enough money to the government.

4. A) She once taught at Berkeley University.

B) She got tenure at Harvard University.

C) She has a Nobel Prize in Economic Theory.

D) She has been working in the Federal Reserve for over 10 years.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

5. A) To deal with labor unrest in the country.

B) To worsen the relationship between police and protesters.

C) To suppress the legal protests.

D) To protect the garment factory workers.

6. A) In two industrial complexes. C) In the garment factories of Chittagong.

B) In the southern Bangladesh. D) In the capital Dhaka.

7. A) It will worsen the relationship between workers and security forces.

B) It will worsen the relationship between workers and factory owners.

C) It will worsen the relationship between union leaders and legitimate protesters.

D) It will worsen the relationship between government and protesters.

Model Test Seven

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) Energy and power shortage in Kenya.

B) Emergency measures for the livestock in Kenya.

C) Rockefeller Foundation’s assistance in Kenya.

D) Kenya’s emergency plan on food and water shortage.

2. A) The local communities. C) The civil society.

B) The army. D) The power company.

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3. A) When he was skating in the French Alps. C) When he was skiing in the French Alps.

B) When he was skating in the German Alps. D) When he was skiing in the German Alps.

4. A) He is now in a hospital in Moutiers.

B) He is having a psychological test now.

C) He has an English friend who is a trauma specialist.

D) He was taken to a local hospital by helicopter.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item

5. A) They were between Christians and Muslims.

B) They were between local people and Muslims.

C) They were between local people and Christians.

D) They were between local army and Muslims.

6. A) It is a large commercial area to the north. C) It was burnt to the ground.

B) It was under military control. D) There were no debris and smoldering fires.

7. A) At least 100. B) 100. C) At least 1000. D) 1000.

Model Test Eight

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item

1. A) Offering services to help people stop smoking.

B) Raising taxes.

C) Warning people about the dangers of tobacco.

D) Enforcing bans on tobacco advertising.

2. A) More than 5 million. B) More than 8 million. C) More than l billion. D) More than 10 billion Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item

3. A) The discovery of voice recording. C) Les Paul’s musical experience a nd death.

B) The development of guitar and popular music. D) Les Paul’s own radio show in Chicago.

4. A) When he was 10 years old. C) When he was a host in Chicago.

B) When he was 13 years old. D) When he was at a local restaurant.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

5. A) Sleeping. B) Holding a meeting. C) Indulging themselves. D) Quarrelling.

6. A) Soldiers. B) Teachers. C) Lawyers. D) Businessmen.

7. A) Fire. C) Body bomb.

B) Mobile phone signals. D) Light.

Model Test Nine

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) The fire erupted in southern Australia.

B) There may be more victims.

C) The entire towns have been lost,

D) The temperatures have reached 57 degrees Celsius.

2. A) 108. B) 47. C) Up to 400. D) Dozens of. Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3. A) It is set to expire on December 31. C) It created 120000 jobs.

B) It raised the unemployment rate. D) It made middle class families benefited.

4. A) When unemployment rate dropped. C) When he made his weekly address.

B) Before Congress went home for the holidays. D) Before private sectors created more jobs. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

5. A) Top industrial countries met in the US for world finance.

B) Developing economies met in the US for a summit on finance.

C) G20 leaders met in the US for a summit on future world culture.

D) Developing and top industrial economies met in the US for a summit on finance.

6. A) 5 billion. B) 50 billion. C) 500 billion. D) 5000 billion.

7. A) When to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis.

B) When to inject money without harming a recovery.

C) How to withdraw that support without harming a recovery.

D) How to inject money without harming a recovery.

Model Test Ten

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) On the first Monday in November. C) On the first Monday in December.

B) On the first Tuesday in November. D) On the first Tuesday in December.

2. A) Frans Baleni. B) Ken Cuccinelli. C) Terry McAuliffe. D) Chris Christie. Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3. A) The general US economic activity. C) The lower savings rate in America.

B) Consumer spending in US economy. D) The government’s effort on economy.

4. A) The lower savings rate in four years. C) Special payments by the government.

B) The spending boost by Americans, D) PNC Financial Services Group’s support. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

5. A) Labor Department officials. C) Lawmakers.

B) Civilians. D) The army.

6. A) 0.3%. B) 3%. C) 9.7%. D) 10%.

7. A) Negative. B) Positive. C) Hopeless. D) Enlightening.

Model Test Eleven

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item

1. A) The women’s marathon at the historic Brandenburg Gate.

B) The final day of the Championships competition.

C) Nick Symmonds’ win of the 800-meter semifinal heat.

D) T he final of the men’s four-by-400-meter relay.

2.A)3.B)4.C)7.D)8.

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item

3. A) It might hinder people from going shopping. C) It might be harmful to some people’s health.

B) It could cause serious traffic accident. D) It could add more holiday atmosphere.

4. A) In the middle of winter. C) During Christmas.

B) Just before Christmas. D) After the Christmas holiday.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item

5, A) Japan. C) The United States,

B) South Korea. D) Australia.

6. A) Trade imbalances. C) Regional disputes.

B) Unstable currency values. D) New members’ applications.

7.A) 9. B) 19. C) 20. D) 21.

8.

Model Test Twelve

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) The election in Kenya. C) The diplomatic relations with other country.

B) The economy and democracy. D) The peace in the country.

2. A) About 30. B) More than 300. C) Around 3000. D) More than 5000. Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3. A) Positive. B) Reluctant. C) Optimistic. D) Careless.

4. A) 400 million dollars and 100 military experts. C) 140 million dollars and 100 military experts.

B) 140 million dollars and 500 soldiers. D) 400 million dollars and 500 soldiers.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

5. A) Negotiations between developing and industrialized countries.

B) A struggle to reach a new global agreement on climate change.

C) The deadlock of United Nations climate talks.

D) A list of demands by developing nations.

6. A) It’s a global agreement on climate change.

B) It expired at the end of last month.

C) It fell into deadlock and continued into the second round.

D) The United Nations climate talks have made a replacement for it.

7. A) Crafting a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol.

B) Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.

C) Stopping industrial emissions of greenhouse gases.

D) Coping with the effects of climate change respectively.

第三部分答案解析及听力原文

Model Test One

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

The Internet search engine company called Google has announced (1) it will give more than twenty-five million dollars in money and investments to help the poor. The money will be spent over the next five to ten years in several areas, including poverty reduction and private business development.

Aleem Walji works for https://www.doczj.com/doc/2b9864071.html,-the part of the company that gives money to good causes. He spoke to us from San Francisco. California. He said (2) the first project to receive money will help identify where infectious diseases are developing. In Southeast Asia and Africa, for example. Google. org will work with partners to strengthen early warning systems and take action against growing health threats.

1. How much money will Google spend in helping the poor?

C)【精析】由句(1)可知,Google会拿出2500多万美金以现金和投资的形式帮助贫困人群。

2. What is the first project of the https://www.doczj.com/doc/2b9864071.html, Company intended to do?

A)【精析】由句(2)可知,第一个资金援助项目用于帮助确定传染病散播的区域。

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

(3) Existing home sales climbed for the second month in a row in September, fueling some hope that a housing recovery is underway. Sales of previously owned homes rose 10% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.53 million units last month, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday. That was up from a 4.12 million rate in August.

The report came in much stronger than expective. (4) Economists had forecast sales to edge up to an annual rate of 4.25 million units, according to consensus estimates 市场平均预估from Briefing. com. The gains of the past two months were welcome news, after home sales sank 27% to their lowest level in 15 years in July. While some economists say a housing recovery is underway, a foreclosure丧失抵押品赎回权moratorium暂停in October may have a negative impact on next month’s report.

3. What can be concluded from existing home sales in August?

D)【精析】由句(3)可知,现存房屋销售在9月份保持连续两个月的增长势头,由此可推知,销售量于8月

份开始增长。

4. What did the economists think about the sales?

B)【精析】由句(4)可知,经济学家们预测销售会渐渐升至年均425万套。

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

(5) Britain has announced strict measures to curb bankers’ bonuse s. (6) There will be a one of fifty percent tax on all payments over 40000 dollars. The move follows criticism of sizable bonuses banks are planning to pay while receiving government aid.

An official of the British banker association Angela Knight said she’s concerned by the decision. “When it comes to the broad issues of pay in bonuses, we’d already doubted with that. We put it into regulation that contracted bonuses could be differed for two or three years paid on consistency of performance only and (7) the maj ority of that bonus would be paid in shares.” She said.

5. What is mainly talked about in the news item?

A)【精析】由句(5)可知,英国出台了严格限制银行家分红的相关措施。

6. Whom will be levied on as for the tax?

C)【精析】由句(6)可知,对所有收入超过四万美元的银行家,超出部分加收50%的税。

7. What do we know about the b ankers’ bonus?

B)【精析】由句(7)可知,大部分奖金是以股票形式发放的。

Model Test Two

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

(1) Eighty thousand gold miners have begun a strike in South Africa. As the strike began the national union of mine workers said it would accept a 10% raise instead of their original demand of 60%. (2) The General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, Frans Baleni told the BBC that if the gold companies offered a 10% wage increase, this would be accepted and the strike would be called off.

Despite this development, the main gold mining union has also issued a hard-hitting statement, saying the strike would change the gold mining landscape forever. It said it was aware of the devastating impact industrial action would have on the economy, calling it largely a white man’s economy with no benefits for poor black mine workers.

1. How many gold miners took part in the strike in South Africa?

B)【精析】由句(1)可知,南非有8万名金矿矿工参加了罢工。

2. What should the gold companies do to call off the strike?

D)【精析】由句(2)可知,南非全国矿工联盟(National Union of Mineworkers, NUM)的秘书长巴兰尼(Frans

Baleni)告诉BBC,如果金矿企业为工人加薪10%,他们就会接受,罢工也将会被取消。

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

(3 - 1) Italians have been trying for months to guess the SuperEnalotto’s winning six number combination. No one has managed, since January. This has driven the winning prize to an all-time high for Europe. Chances of guessing the correct combination are an astronomical 622-million-to-one. Fausto Rossi is a former bank employee who is now retired. He plays lotto every week. He says he dreams that he will win. And, the dreams continue when you ask players what they would do if they won such a huge amount of money. Rossi says that some people are prone to lose their minds if they find out they have won such an enormous jackpot.

(3 - 2) Tourists in Italy have also been playing the SuperEnalotto. And, foreigners have been coming across the border(边境)to try their luck, as well. They have been arriving from Slovenia, France and Austria. In Germany, a major tabloid newspaper has sponsored a competition, (4) awarding a chance to win free flights to Italy simply to buy tickets for the lotto drawings.

3. What does this news report mainly talk about?

C)【精析】根据句(3-1)和句(3-2)可知,意大利人六个月以来一直猜测赢得“超级乐透”的六个号码的组合,

而且在意大利的游客也一直在玩“超级乐透”。由此可知,新闻的主题是意大利彩票竞猜的狂热状况。

4. What’s the award provided by the German tabloid newspaper?

B)【精析】根据句(4)可知,其奖品为免费提供飞往意大利的机票。

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

(5) A key committee of Euro MPs has moved to block the renewal of an agreement which allows US anti-terror officials to access Europeans bank data. The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee recommended that the full parliament reject the interim nine-month deal between the EU and US. (6) MEPs said the deal negotiated by EU governments provided insufficient privacy safeguards. The US can access the Swift Money Transfer System, based in Brussels. The European Parliament plans to vote on the EU and US data agreement next Thursday. (7) The Parliament’s press service says that if MEPs block it, they will be making use of a new power under the Lisbon Treaty to veto international agreements.

5. What is the decision of the Euro MPs?

A)【精析】根据句(5)可知,欧洲议员核心委员会已经决定停止一项协议的续约,该协议允许美反恐官员进

入欧洲银行数据库。

6. Why was the deal rejected?

B)【精析】根据句(6)可知,议员们认为欧盟政府协商的协议不能充分保护隐私。

7. What will the MEPs use to veto international agreements?

C)【精析】根据句(7)可知,据议会新闻服务处透露,如果议员阻止该协议,他们将会利用里斯本条约框架内的新规定行使对国际协议的否决权。

Model Test Three

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

(1) Ford Motor reported record third-quarter net income Tuesday, far exceeding analysts’ expectations and

continuing a surge in momentum for the recovering automaker. Dearborn, Mich-based Ford posted net income of $ 1.7 billion, or 43 cents per share, up from $ 997 million, or 29 cents a share, a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected Ford to report a 38-cent-a-share profit. Ford’s previous best third-quarter net income was $ 1.1 billion reported in 1997.

The automaker cited a strong product line, momentum in North America and continued success at Ford Credit as areas of growth. “It’s been the same story all year long. (2) Better pricing in North America, and that offsets the small losses in Europe. The North American market is a real earnings driver.” said David Whiston, an automotive analyst at Morningstar.

1. What do we know about Ford Motor’s report?

B)【精析】根据句(1)可知,福特汽车第三季度的报告指出,其净收益在汽车制造业的复苏背景下继续保持

激增的势头。

2. What can be inferred from David Whiston?

D)【精析】根据句(2)可知,David Whiston认为福特汽车在北美的售价弥补了其在欧洲的损失,北美市场是

真正的收益市场。

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

(3) A French engineering firm has built what is being hailed as the world’s most environmentally sound building, a structure that produces more energy than it consumes. The ten-story building is located in Dijon, and it is part of concerted effort to put the city on a sustainable energy path.

The Elithis tower is a striking sight in the heart of Dijo n’s business district. Black, with a red metal skirt-which actually is a sun shield-it is sandwiched between the city’s opera house and a hotel. But the tower is more than just another handsome landmark-from the ground floor to (4) its solar paneled roof, it is an experiment in a greener way of working and living.

Francois Pocheron, a senior manager for the Elithis engineering firm that designed the tower, takes visitors on a tour of the building. Just about every aspect of its design and construction is aimed at conserving energy and using natural elements like sunlight and rain.

3. What is this news report mainly about?

C)【精析】根据句(3)可知,一家法国的工程公司建立了一个被誉为世界上最环保的建筑,它产生的能量要

比消耗的多。结合下文对这座建筑物的介绍可知,新闻的主题是法国的一座节能大厦。

4. What is the roof of the Elithis tower made of?

B)【精析】根据句(4)可知,其屋顶是由太阳能电池板制成的。

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

An unmanned Russian rocket successfully lifted off with a cargo of supplies for the crew of the International Space Station on Sunday, two months after a similar rocket crashed in Siberia. (5) (6) The Progress 45 freighter is slated to dock with the station on Wednesday with three tons of food, fuel, water and spare parts for the US, Russian and Japanese crew of the station. (7) The vessel took off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:11 p.m. (6:11 a.m. Eastern Time) and reached its preliminary orbit in nine minutes, the US space agency NASA said.

5. What is the name of the unmanned Russian rocket?

D)【精析】根据句(5)可知,该运载飞船的名字是The Progress 45。

6. When is the freighter supposed to reach the International Space Station?

D)【精析】根据句(6)可知,该运载飞船预计周三与国际空间站对接。

7. When did the vessel reach its preliminary orbit?

C)【精析】根据句(7)可知,飞船下午4:11起飞,九分钟到达预定轨道,两个时间相加便可得出答案。

Model Test Four

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

Health officials in Haiti say nearly 300 people are now known to have died in an ingestion disease outbreak in the country. Although the number of new cases has slowed, hundreds more infections were reported on Tuesday. (l) The UN and aid agencies are boosting prevention efforts in and around the capital, Port-au-Prince, with a public information campaign on hygiene.

Experts say that after a long absence from Haiti, ingestion disease could now “settle” and be come local disease. The UN said 25 more people had died of the disease on Tuesday, bringing the total to 284. A total of 3612 cases have been reported. (2) Health experts say they expect the outbreak will soon lessen but the disease will eventually join malaria and tuberculosis, becoming local disease in Haiti.

1. What did the UN and aid agencies do for the disease?

C)【精析】由句(1)可知,联合国和急救机构通过开展公共卫生信息运动来促进对该疾病的预防工作。

2. What can be inferred from the health experts?

D)【精析】由句(2)可知,健康专家认为该疾病最终将会与疟疾和结核病一起在海地形成地方性疾病。Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

(3) International Baccalaureate schools began decades ago as a way to teach the globe-trotting children of the international diplomatic corps. Now, IB schools welcome all kinds of children. The program combines what are considered to be the best teaching techniques, a rigorous curriculum stressing writing and analysis, and an international perspective.

The goal is to develop involved, articulate global citizens. Bloomfield Hills is a wealthy suburb of Detroit, Michigan. The school district here has set up an International Baccalaureate program at Lone Pine Elementary. At IB elementary schools, subjects like math and reading arc not taught separately. (4 - 1) Subject areas are integrated, so lessons in “Mother Earth” class, for example, cover vocabulary, literature, history, and ecology.

The program also breaks down the proverbial classroom wall. (4 - 2) Teachers are required to compare notes and plan classes together. That’s the “best practice” that IB schools have adopted because it develops teachers’ skills.

3. What does this news item mainly deal with?

B)【精析】句(3)提到了国际课程及其沿革,下文又以布隆菲尔德山地区的国际高中为例,对国际课程进行

了具体叙述,由此可知新闻的主题是国际课程计划。

4. What can we know about the IB elementary schools?

D)【精析】由句(4 - 1)和句(4 - 2)可知,教师们要一起对比教案和进行课堂布置,即一起准备上课;各门科

目被整合成整体进行教授,并不是相互分离的。

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi has erupted with its biggest explosion in more than a century, killing at least 70 people, (5 - 1) burning down homes and blanketing the region in white ash. Authorities said Friday this latest in a series of eruptions over the last 11 days was the most ferocious yet. (5 - 2) 750-degree (Celsius) gas flowed down the mountainside in a thunderous roar. The heat was so intense that clothes and blankets were fused to the injured as they fled for safety. (6) The death toll from the eruptions has now risen to about 120 and is expected to increase

as rescuers pull bodies out of the ash and broken rocks. V olcano experts said the Friday blast was the biggest since the 1870s. (7) With the unpredictability of the volcano, authorities widened the danger zone around the mountain to 20 kilometers.

5. Which of the following is probably the result of the eruption of Mount Merapi?

A)【精析】由句(5 - 1)和句(5 - 2)可知,印尼默拉皮火山爆发烧毁了房屋,使整个地区笼罩在白色的火山灰

烬下,高达750℃的火山熔岩伴随雷鸣般的咆哮声从山顶倾流而下。

6. How many people have been killed by the disaster?

C)【精析】由句(6)可知,死亡人数已经上升到了120人,预计随着救援工作的继续,伤亡人数还将不断增

加。

7. Why did Authorities widen the danger zone?

C)【精析】由句(7)知,鉴于这一火山的不可预测性,印尼官员将“危险区域”扩大到方圆20公里。

Model Test Five

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

The largest fire has burned about 500 square kilometers of the Angeles National Forest, north of Los Angeles. (1- 1) Some 3600 firefighters are attacking the flames in steep terrain, using bulldozers, tractors and hand tools. They are also setting backfires to clear away dry brush, and using helicopters and airplanes to drop water and fire retardant. (2) They got some help on Tuesday from slightly higher humidity as they worked to protect homes in hillside communities. Officials say they have carved out nearly 20 kilometers of fire lines to slow the advance of the flames.

(1 - 2) Firefighters are working to protect communication and scientific facilities on Mount Wilson, which overlooks downtown Los Angeles. The site is home to transmitters for most of the city’s television stations, as well as some radio stations, several mobile phone companies and police communication systems.

1. What is this news report mainly about?

B)【精析】由句(1-1)和句(1-2)可知,大约3600名消防员正在与险峻地形上的火焰作斗争,消防员正在努力

的保护威尔逊山上的通讯和科学设施,而威尔逊山俯瞰洛杉矶市区。由此可知新闻的主题是扑救洛杉矶附近发生的火灾。

2. What helped the firefighters as they worked?

C)【精析】由句(2)可知,星期二,天气帮忙,湿度比较高,消防官兵成功保护了山里的一个居民区。由此

可知,高湿度带来了帮助。

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

This week, a political dispute in Washington led to a partial shutdown of the United States government for the first time in almost 20 years. Agencies sent home more than 800000 workers-about one-third of the federal work force. The new budget year began on Tuesday, October 1. But Republicans in Congress blocked even short-term spending for many government operations. (3) They demanded that Democrats change the Affordable Care Act, the new health care law often called Obamacare. The Democrats refused.

The federal government and states started websites for millions of uninsured Americans to buy health plans or pay a tax penalty. (4) Opponents of Obamacare say it will force people and small businesses to buy insurance policies against their will. At the heart of the dispute is a clash between the two major political parties over the role of the central government in American life.

3. What do we know about the Affordable Care Act?

A)【精析】由句(3)可知,Affordable Care Act(《平价医疗法案》)是一部新卫生保健法,又被称作奥巴马医

保。

4. Why do people object to Obamacare?

D)【精析】由句(4)可知,奥巴马医保政策的反对者称,该政策会迫使市民和小企业违背自己的意愿购买保

险。

Questions5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

Protests that began last month near Wall Street in New York have now spread to other American cities. The Occupy movement differs from the Tea Party movement. Tea Partiers blame big government for the country’s economic problems.

(5) Occupiers blame big business. One young activist puts it this way. Occupy Wall Street protesters have camped in New York’s financial district since the middle of September. (6) Police have made hundreds of arrests for blocking traffic. (7) On Wednesday members of labor unions and community groups joined the demonstrations.

Protesters say the wealthiest l% of Americans control too much of the nation’s wealth. The protesters say they represent the other 99%.

5. What does the Occupy movement condemn?

C)【精析】根据句(5)可知,“占领华尔街”运动的参与者们谴责美国的大公司。

6. Why did the police arrest hundreds of protesters?

A)【精析】根据句(6)可知,因为抗议者们阻塞了交通,所以警察逮捕了许多抗议者。

7. What do we know about the Occupy movement?

C)【精析】根据句(7)可知,在星期三,工会和社团的成员加入到了游行当中。

Model Test Six

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

(1 - l) The New Year in South Africa brings thousands of residents to the streets for a colorful minstrel parade. Brightly-costumed marching choral groups celebrate a unique aspect of South Africa’s multiracial history.

(1 - 2) Cape Town’s musical New Year’s tradition dates back more than a century,(2) to the days when Dutch colonists brought slaves here from Southeast Asia. The slaves served as dockworkers, farm laborers and household servants. And, they were given one day off per year. Ethnomusicologist(种族音乐学家)Sylvia Bruinders at the University of Cape Town says the slaves took to the streets. The slaves copied European and American minstrels who visited the Cape. Eventually, a distinctive South African sound developed.

Today the minstrels are a holiday tradition among Cape Town’s mixed-race or “colored” residents, many of whom are descendants(后代)of slaves. A downtown parade involves thousands of participants. Dozens of minstrel troupes practice throughout the year.

1. What is this news report mainly about?

B)【精析】根据句(1 -1)和句(1-2)可知,在南非,新年时成千上万的民众到街上进行多姿多彩的音乐游行,

开普敦市的新年音乐游行传统可追溯至一个多世纪以前。由此可知,新闻报道的主题是南非的新年音乐游行传统。

2. Who brought the Southeast Asia slaves to Cape Town?

C)【精析】根据句(2)可知,一个多世纪以前,是荷兰殖民者将奴隶从东南亚带到开普敦。

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

Ben Bernanke is the head of the Federal Reserve, (3) the agency which oversees all US banks, ensuring the money supply is stable. His term as chairman ends in January. Yesterday, the President announced his pick to take Bernanke’s place. The pick is the current vice chairman, Janet Yellen. She has support, but some critics are worried that she’ll follow the same policies as Ben Bernanke. It’s the US Senate’s job to decide whether to confirm the President’s nominee. If the Senate do es confirm her, this nominee would make history.

Yellen has degrees from Brown and Yale, taught at Harvard, and got tenure at Berkeley. Her son is an economist. Her husband has a Nobel Prize in Economic Theory. (4) The 67-year-old has been on the Fed for more than a decade. She’s been a leader for women in her field.

3. What is the Federal Reserve in the US responsible for?

A)【精析】由句(3)可知,美联储负责监督美国所有的银行,确保货币供应稳定。

4. What do we know about Yellen?

D)【精析】由句(4)可知,耶伦已经67岁了,已经在美联储工作了十多年了。

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

(5) The government of Bangladesh has set up an industrial police force for the first time to tackle labor unrest in the country. (6) The special force will be deployed in four industrial zones of the capital Dhaka and the southern port of Chittagong. (7) Trade unions have strongly criticized the move, saying the new force will worsen the relationship between workers and factory owners. They say it will be used against union leaders and to suppress legitimate protests. However, the government says the force will be impartial, and at the same time will also protect industrial complexes during unrest. The move came months after the country witnessed some of the worst clashes between garment factory workers and security forces earlier this year.

5. Why does Bangladesh government set up an industrial police force?

A)【精析】根据句(5)可知,孟加拉国政府第一次设立工业警察部队来解决该国发生的工人骚乱。

6. Where will the industrial force be placed?

D)【精析】根据句(6)可知,特殊的警力将被部署在首都达卡和南部港口城市Chittagong的四个工业区。

7. What can we know about the new force?

B)【精析】根据句(7)可知,工会严重批评此举,他们认为部署新的警察力量将会恶化工人和工厂主之间的

关系。

Model Test Seven

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

(1) The emergency plan announced by the Kenyan Cabinet this week includes mobilizing (动员) the army to assist those desperately short on food and water. The plan also nearly doubles the amount of rationed food and provides emergency measures for herders whose livestock is threatened by the area’s severe drought.

Rockefeller Foundati on food security analyst Joseph Nyoro welcomed the government’s announcement, but said the relief plan was inadequate. (2) Nyoro is also critical of the government’s decision to rely on the army as the main vehicle for the assistance, saying it is the local communities and the civil society that actually know in each area who are suffering the most. The water shortage is also causing a severe energy shortfall across the country, which relies heavily on hydro-electric power. Kenya’s major power company has instituted systematic power rationing until power supplies improve.

1. What’s the main idea of this news report?

D)【精析】根据句(1)可知,肯尼亚内阁本周宣布了包括动员军队帮助急需食物和水的人们的急救计划。而

下文也正是对该计划的展开叙述。由此可知,新闻的主题是肯尼亚应对食品和水短缺的紧急措施。

2. Who will the government depend on for the assistance?

B)【精析】根据句(2)可知,政府决定主要依靠军队作为协助。

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

(3) The German former Moto Racing champion Michael Schumacher is having a medical test after suffering

a head injury while skiing in the French Alps. One of the France’s leading trauma specialists, who is also a close friend, has flown to the hospital in Grenoble where the former racing driver is being treated. Michael Schumacher who is an experienced skier was with his 14-year-old son when he had the accident this morning. His head hit a rock but he was wearing a helmet and emergency services were quickly at the scene. (4) He was taken by helicopter to hospital at a nearby town of Moutiers. But then later, he was transferred to the larger regional hospital in Grenoble. There is no official word about his condition.

3. When did Michael Schumacher get injured?

C)【精析】由句(3)可知,舒马赫在法国阿尔卑斯山滑雪时头部受伤。

4. What do we know about Michael Schumacher?

D)【精析】由句(4)可知,舒马赫受伤后,被直升机送到附近城镇穆捷的一所医院。后来又被转移到格勒诺

布尔一所更大的地方医院。

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

(5) More than 100 bodies have been found in one village alone in central Nigeria, following clashes between Christians and Muslims. And aid workers recovered the corpses in a village 30 kilometers from the city of Jos. From there, our correspondent Caroline Duffield reports. The town of Jos and the area to the south of it are under tight military control. The scare of violence in outlying villages and in the Bukuru area is becoming clearer. (6) Bukuru market, a large commercial area to the south, was burnt to the ground. Debris lit the streets and fires are still smoldering. (7) At least l 000 shops and homes in the market were destroyed in the inferno.

5. What can we learn about the clashes in Nigeria?

A)【精析】根据句(5)可知,冲突发生在穆斯林和基督徒之间。

6. What do we know about the Bukuru market?

C)【精析】根据句(6)可知,南部一个大型商业区Bukuru市场被烧为平地,街道上到处是残骸和星星点点

的火光。

7. How many shops and homes were destroyed in the inferno?

C)【精析】根据句(7)可知,市场上至少有1000家商铺和房屋被损毁。

Model Test Eight

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

The World Health Organization is urging countries to follow six policies to prevent millions of deaths linked to tobacco use. The six policies are known as MPOWER, spelled M-P-O-W-E-R.

The letter M means monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies. The P is for protecting people by establishing smoke-free areas. O is for offering services to help people stop smoking. The letter W means warning people about the dangers of tobacco. E is for enforcing bans on tobacco advertising and other forms of marketing. And R is for raising taxes on tobacco.

(1) A World Health Organization report says raising taxes is the single most effective way to reduce tobacco

use. A study found that governments now collect an average of five hundred times more money in tobacco taxes each year than they spend on control efforts.

(2) The report says tobacco now causes more than five million deaths a year. It predicts this number will rise to more than eight million by the year 2030. By the end of the century, it says, tobacco could kill one billion people-ten times as many as in the twentieth century.

1. What is the most effective way to reduce tobacco use?

B)【精析】根据句(1)可知,世界卫生组织报告说提高税率是减少烟草使用的最有效的办法。

2. How many people die from tobacco each year?

A)【精析】根据句(2)可知,报告称目前香烟每年导致500余万人死亡。

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

(3 - l) Guitar legend and recording industry pioneer(先驱)Les Paul died on Thursday, August 13, at a hospital in White Plains, New York, of complications from pneumonia. He was 94 years old. Known for his virtuosity(精湛技艺)on guitar, Paul made breakthrough discoveries that forever changed the sound of popular music.

(3 - 2) Les Paul single-handedly changed the course of music when he developed his solid body guitar, and discovered a new way to record voices and instruments. Paul became known as the “Wizard of Waukesha,” by people in his Wisconsin home town. Born Lester William Polfuss, he was self-taught on guitar, and loved to experiment with electronic equipment.

He performed country music at a local restaurant when he was 10 years old, (4) and by age 13, had built his own broadcasting station and recording device. He played and traveled with country bands and even hosted his own radio show in Chicago.

3. What is this news item mainly about?

C)【精析】由句(3-1)和句(3-2)可知,为吉他和录音技术做出重要革新的莱斯·鲍尔在美国纽约一家医院因

严重的肺炎并发症去世,新闻中介绍了其音乐成就和主要经历,由此可知新闻的主题是莱斯·鲍尔的逝世及其音乐生涯。

4. When did Les Paul build his own broadcasting station?

B)【精析】由句(4)可知,鲍尔在13岁时建立了自己的广播站。

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

Another bomb has gone off in southern Thailand, the fourth in 24 hours. The latest blast that is reported to have injured four soldiers was in Yala province.

(5) Even while senior government officials held an emergency meeting to discuss three bombs overnight, the fourth was detonated. The blast in Yala on Monday marks a return to form for violence in the southernmost provinces, (6) where soldiers, police and local officials have been targeted by almost daily shootings and small explosions. But the attacks overnight represent a different kind of threat to Thailand’s national security.

The three explosions on Sunday killed two people and injured as many as 60. (7) All of the blasts are thought to have been trigged by a mobile phone signals in the first major attacks outside the southernmost provinces in the large cities of Hat Yai and Songkhla.

5. What were the senior government officials doing when the last bomb went off?

B)【精析】由句(5)可知,正当政府高官召开紧急会议讨论一夜之间发生的三次爆炸时,第四次爆炸被引爆

了。

6. Who were targeted by daily shootings and small explosions in the southernmost provinces?

A)【精析】由句(6)可知,在最南端的省份,枪击和小规模爆炸的袭击对象包括士兵、警察以及地方官员。

7. What were the blasts triggered by?

B)【精析】由句(7)可知,所有的爆炸据推测都是由手机信号引发的。

Model Test Nine

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

(1) Bushfires in southeastern Australia have killed 108 people and the authorities are warning that the number of victims could increase as outbreaks continue to burn out of control. Giant walls of flame have destroyed hundreds of homes, forests and farmland in the country’s worst ever wildfire disaster.

Witnesses recount seeing trees explode and the sky raining ash as temperatures reach 47 degrees Celsius. (2) Up to 400 fires raged around the southern city of Melbourne, where embers rode on furnace-like winds pushing the front forward, devouring hundreds of homes and vast areas of forest and farmland. There are concerns that entire towns may have been lost.

Charred bodies have been found in cars. It is thought many of the victims had tried to escape the onslaught only to be overcome by its sheer speed and ferocity.

1. What do we know about the bushfires?

B)【精析】由句(1)可知,大火发生在澳大利亚东南部,已造成108人丧生,官方通报说死亡人数将会继续增加,因为大火目前无法控制。

2. How many fires are there around Melbourne?

C)【精析】由句(2)可知,在墨尔本周围有多达四百处大火肆虐。

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

(3) US President Barack Obama is urging the public to persuade members of Congress to extend a payroll tax cut that saved a typical middle class family about $1000 last year. The tax cut is set to expire on December 31.

(4) Obama’s message during his weekly address Saturday comes a day after Americans got news of a drop in the unemployment rate and the creation of 120000 private sector jobs last month. The US leader says extending the payroll tax cut would help build on those positive trends. Obama says Congress should not go home for the holidays until legislators extend the payroll tax. He appealed to the public to get the message over to lawmakers.

3. Why is Barack Obama urging to extend a payroll tax cut?

D)【精析】由句(3)可知,奥巴马之所以呼吁延长削减工资税法案,是因为这一举措能让中产阶级受益不少,同时结合下文可知,这一举措有助于降低失业率。

4. When did Barack Obama announce his urge to extend payroll tax cut?

C)【精析】由句(4)可知,奥巴马是在其每周电视讲话时提出的呼吁。

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

This week, (5) leaders of the top industrial and developing economies gathered in the eastern United States. They met in Pennsylvani a, for a summit on the world’s financial future. Leaders of the Group of Twenty have now met three times in less than a year to deal with the worst recession since the nineteen thirties.

(6) Many of their governments have used spending programs to inject five trillion dollars into their economies. These efforts have had some success. Now, (7) the question is how and when to withdraw that support without harming a recovery, and how to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis. The leaders agreed to make the G20 the main group for their international economic cooperation, instead of the G8.

5. What is the news item mainly about?

D)【精析】由句(5)可知,发达工业国家与发展中国家领导人相聚美国东部宾夕法尼亚州,准备出席未来世

界金融发展峰会。

6. How much money have the governments injected into their economies?

D)【精析】由句(6)可知,20国集团中的很多政府已经利用刺激消费计划向本国经济实体注入5万亿美元的

资金。

7. Which is a problem for those governments which have injected huge money to their economy?

C)【精析】由句(7)可知,目前的问题是怎样和何时撤销资助而又不伤及经济复苏以及怎样避免经济危机再

次发生。

Model Test Ten

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

(l) It’s the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. In the US that means it’s Election Day. Governors’ races, the New York mayoral election, different state referenda-that’s when people vote on issues rather than individual offices, Some of today’s elections are getting national attention.

We’re going to start in New Jersey where voters are casting their ballot for governor. (2) According to the most recent polls. Current governor, Chris Christie is expected to be reelected. There is a governor’s race in Virginia, too. The state doesn’t allow governors to serve consecutive terms, so the new governor will either be Republican Ken Cuccinelli on the left or Democrat Terry McAuliffe. There is an interesting referendum on the ballot in Colorado-11 counties are voting on whether to withdraw, break off from the state.

1. When is the Election Day in the US?

B)【精析】由句(1)可知,在美国,11月的第一个周二是美国的选举日。

2. Who is expected to be elected governor in New Jersey according to the most recent polls?

D)【精析】由句(2)可知,根据最新的民意调查可知,新泽西的现任州长克里斯蒂有望连任。

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

(3 - l) Consumer spending accounts for more than two thirds of US economic activity, making it one of the most closely watched economic indicators. The Commerce Department reports that Americans boosted spending 0.4 percent in June--slightly more than what economists had expected. It was the second consecutive monthly rise in consumer spending, and it was accompanied by a lower savings rate.

(3 - 2) Americans spent more despite lower incomes. Personal income fell l.3 percent-the largest monthly drop in four years. (4) The decline reversed a l.3 percent increase in personal incomes in May that economists attributed to special payments the government made to try to revive the economy. But PNC Financial Services Group economist, Robert Dye says there might be better times ahead.

3. What’s the main idea of this news report?

B)【精析】根据句(3-1)可知,消费支出占美国经济活动的三分之二以上,使其成为最受关注的经济指标之

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Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

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希望。

Model Test Eleven

Section A

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Anna Willard of the United States is one of three Americans to make the 400-meter finals and she told VOA Sports about her plan for Sunday. (2 - 3) The men will also be busy Sunday with four gold medal events. They begin with the javelin throw, followed by the 1 500 and 800 meters, American Nick Symmonds won his 800-meter semifinal heat, despite having three runners in front of him trip and fall down. (1 - 2) The last event of the Championships will be the final of the men’s four-by-400-meter relay.

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2. How many gold medal events will take place on the last day?

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