英美报刊选读 试题4.doc

英美报刊选读 1
I填空题 （10%）
请在每小题的空格中填上正确答案。
1. 澳大利亚国名为澳大利亚联邦，行政区划分为 个州和 个区。
2．英国是一个 政体的国家， 是世袭的国家元首和武装部队总司令。
3．世界的三大宗教是佛教， 和 。
4．当代新闻周刊社会问题综合报道所常用的一种模式是： → 问题 → → 措施→ 评论。
5．美国的新闻杂志主要有《美国新闻与世界报道》， 和 。
1．澳大利亚国家元首是 ，由女王任命的 代表。
2．英国的最高立法机构是 ，它由上下两院组成，但 院没有立法的实权。
3．基督教主要可分为：东正教， 和 。
4．传统的新闻结构是 ，由标题、 和本文三部分组成。
5．美国主要的电视网是NBC， 和 。
1．澳大利亚主要有三个政党，它们是国家乡村党， 和 。
2． 是世界上最富有的女人，在世界亿万富翁排行榜上名列第 。
3．圣经由 和 两部分组成。
4．英国主要新闻杂志有 ， 和《旁观者》
5．美国最有影响的三家大报是《纽约时报》， 和 。

II 改写标题题 （10%）
6. Ex-Serbian president on trial for war crimes
7. NY building collapses after explosion, fire
8. Taiwan leader’s son-in-law charged with insider trading
9. Israel OKs Expansion; 15 Troops Killed
10. Wife admits murdering husband in divorce row
6. Australia gov’t in leadership clash
7. Koizumi: Pledge to visit shrine still valid
8. 2,660 officials punished in crackdown on illegal mining
9. Nepal dispute settled; peace talks to resume
10. 15 soldiers killed; combat expansion OK'd
6. Planes grounded as bad weather strikes Beijing
7. Vaccine ready for human testing
8. New EU rules to hit home appliance exports
9. Bush: Terror war not over yet
10. 19 injured in riot in central China
III 选择题 （10%）
选择与划线部分意思最相近的单词或短语。
11 The community, however, refused to budge in Brussels last month during failed final session of GATT trade talks.
A. change opinion B. agree
C. move D. back
12 The question then is whether society now deems a fairy-tale marriage essential to the monarchy’s survival.
A. irrelevant B. vital
C. unimportant D. interesting
13 Every night, prime-time television assails children with mindless sitcoms and soap operas.
A. attracts B. interests
C. attacks D. influences
14 The brass bands, speeches and ticker tape are a far cry from the shame and silence that Vietnam veterans met.
A. similar to B. far away from
C. familiar with D. different from
15 France’s intelligence service has been most brazen about economic espionage.
A. shameless B. ashamed
C. brave D. familiar
16 A bipartisan drive is under way to raise or repeal the earnings limit, offsetting the potential costs with new payroll taxes on state and local government workers.
A. agreement B. party
C. talk D. effort
17 People do not kill their wives in such a premeditated, ingenious and theatrical way.
A. cruel B. illegal
C. shameful D. clever
18 The nation’s thrift industry has been going bust for a decade.
A. broke B. better
C. fast D. foreward
19 The plastics industry scrambled to support recycling mostly out of fear that its ubiquitous products will otherwise be banned.
A. slow B. hurry
C. is sure D. is sorry
20 In Februray the number of women aged 18-49 watching television during the day was a catastrophic 14%.
A. sad B. terrible
C. disastrous D. weak
11 History has repeatedly shown that even superior conventional forces cannot be relied upon to deter an aggressor from chancing an attack.
A. discourage B. defend
C. deserve D. develop
12 Would the British really relish a workday monarchy like Denmark’s?
A. realize B. enjoy
C. regret D. hate
13 These scandals capped a Spring and Summer of monarchial discontent.
A. content B. satisfaction
C. unhappiness D. love
14 The busybody and the crybaby are getting to be the most conspicuous on the American playground.
A. controversial B. contradictory
C. ordinary D. obvious
15 The increase has been so alarming that both the CIA and the FBI have beefed up their economic counterintelligence programs.
A. strengthened B. weakened
C. stopped D. began
16 The best way to help seniors bent on working may be to remove obstacles in their paths.
A. afraid to work B. unwilling to work
C. ready to work D. determined to work
17 The confession of the terrible crime stunned the city.
A. saddened B. strengthened
C. weakened D. shocked
18. The economy will suffer if the current skyrocketing oil prices continue.
A. rising B. flying
B. diving D. falling
19 The plastics industry scrambled to support recycling mostly out of fear that its ubiquitous products will otherwise be banned.
A. low quality B. seen everywhere
C. environment- unfriendly D. cheap and light
20 New Jerseyans turned out a Democratic legislature after the biggest tax boost in state history.
A. reduction B. drop
C. hike D. fall
11 The death sentence was decreed as an emergency measure to curtail wool production and rescue a vital export industry.
A. reduce B. increase
C. raise D. improve
12 But the salacious news about somebody else brought no lasting respite for the beleaguered House of Windsor.
A. believed B. criticized
C. beloved D. belittled
13 Three days after this bombswhell, the Sun, Britain’s raciest tabloid announced it possessed another juicy phone transcript.
A. fastest B. most intersting
C. most exciting D. funniest
14 It is an odd comination of ducking responsibility and telling everybody else what to do.
A. taking B. facing
C. finding D. avoiding
15 Women in the US armed forces must determine whether it is worth registering a complaint when a male colleague steps out of line.
A. behaves improperly B. steps away
C. does not line up D. behaves himself
16 The campus is far more diverse than before with thousands of students from different countries.
A. big B. interesting
C. expensive D. varied
17 Last week, Perot and Bush engaged in an Oppo skirmish so nasty they finally declare a truce.
A. surrender B. victory
C. true agreement D. agreement to stop fighting
18 All that will be left will be the ash and building-demolition debris.
A. broken pieces B. accident
C. waste D. rubbish
19 The plastics industry scrambled to support recycling mostly out of fear that its ubiquitous products will otherwise be banned.
A. allowed B. forbidden
C. encouraged D. used
20 Very low taxes at the central government level were a means of redressing inequality.
A. addressing B. dressing
C. compensating D. fighting
IV 阅读选标题题 （10%）
A Indian state bans Coke, Pepsi
B US Rep Accuses BP Of Mkt Manipulation In Alaska Move
C Probe into air plot focuses on brothers
D CAAC tightens up security at airports　
E Shanghai maglev train catches fire
21 India's Supreme Court has since asked the two companies to disclose the contents of their soft drinks. Four Indian states - Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh - have already imposed a ban on sale of Coke and Pepsi at colleges, schools and government offices. Several other states have said they are examining the issue.

22 HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. House Energy Committee Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, suggested that BP PLC's (BP) partial shutdown of its Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, oilfield could be part of a wider strategy to influence the market, according to The Financial Times.

23 LONDON - The investigation into a plot to blow up jetliners over the Atlantic zeroed in Saturday on brothers arrested in Pakistan and Britain, one named as a key al-Qaida suspect who left the family's home in England years ago and the other described as gentle and polite.

24 China's General Administration of Civil Aviation (CAAC) ordered tight airport security across the nation on Friday after British police foiled a terrorist plot to blow up aircraft between the United Kingdom and the United States.
25 A maglev train caught fire yesterday afternoon as it arrived at the terminal, but was extinguished an hour later. No deaths or injuries were reported. According to a statement from the Shanghai municipal government, a compartment caught fire at 2:40 pm as the train reached the Longyang Lu terminal from the Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Passengers were evacuated immediately.
A North Korea slams Koizumi's Tokyo war shrine visit
B Muslim groups say British policies fuel militancy
C China to introduce anti-drug law
D British terror threat may not be over
E Bomb kills 8, wounds 28 in Baghdad
21 China's legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) will read the drafts of a new anti-drug law and a new property law during a six-day legislative session which will begin on August 22.

22 SEOUL - North Korea on Wednesday called a visit by Japan's prime minister to a Tokyo war shrine "a grave insult," in its first official reaction to the pilgrimage that enraged Seoul and Beijing.

23 British authorities arrested two dozen suspects on Thursday for allegedly plotting to use liquid explosives to blow up airliners flying from Britain to the United States. The arrests prompted the United States to raise its terror alert to the highest level ever and prompted airports to ban passengers from taking liquids, gels and creams on planes.

24 BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb exploded Wednesday in a crowd of day laborers in central Baghdad, killing eight people and wounding 28, police said. Dozens of gunmen attacked the provincial offices in Basra, apparently to avenge a tribal leader killed the day before.

25 LONDON - British Muslim groups said on Saturday Britain's policy on Iraq and Lebanon was fuelling militancy, as Pakistan said it had arrested a British al Qaeda member over an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic airliners.

A Sino-US talks cement mutual trust
B Sophomore wins lawsuit against university
C Terror plot probe under way in U.S.
D Regulations on online video mulled
E Injection kills 3, 78 others affected
21 Three people have now died, while 78 more are struggling with symptoms ranging from chest pain to anaphylactic shock, after receiving a hazardous antibiotic injection.

22 China is to issue new regulations against websites which broadcast short films without state permission, according to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT). The administration has listed the websites of Sina, Sohu and Netease as authorized providers of online video programs.

23 WASHINGTON - Federal investigators are pursuing leads in the United States related to the foiled plot to blow up flights from Britain but so far have found no evidence of terrorist activity, Bush administration officials said Friday.

24 Han Bing, is able to go back to campus after the court overturned an expulsion decision previously made by Shenyang Agriculture University, on August 8, according to the Huashang Morning News.

25 The Chinese and US congress members held their third meeting on Wednesday in Guilin, a resort city in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), Sheng Huaren, heading the Chinese representatives. The meeting had considered China-US relations, the Taiwan question, China's peaceful development, bilateral trade and other regional and international issues.

V 翻译题 （20%）
将下列句子译成汉语。
26 By American standards—and those of many English-speaking Canadians—bilingual, multi-cultural, tolerant Canada has bent over backward to accomdate its minorities.

27 The problems of an aging citizenry, of labor shortages, of immigration pressures will give the world’s politicians a sufficient agenda of worries.

28 Polls show that Americans today are less willing than earlier generations to commit to marriage or stick out a bad marriage for their children’s sake.

29 Twin malformations are cropping up in the Aerican character: a nasty intolerance and a desire to blame everyone else for everything.

30 The greatest lift the nation could give its police is the promise that when they do their jobs well, it will amount to something.

26 A nation that once prided itself on a way of life superior to its neighbors’ now stands in economic relation to Asia, particularly Japan, as a colony to a mother country.

27 The issue of immigration and integration of foreign citizens shared top billing with the urgent problem of rapid political change in Eastern Europe.

28 In the past decade, Hollywood “heavies” have been quick to push for select causes in TV and movie scripts, including more sympathetic coverage of the environment and homosexuals.

29 It’s tough enough these days for american companies to compete with their Pacific Rim rivals, even when the playing field is level.

30 Police work on inner-city streets is a domestic Vietnam, a dangerous no-win struggle fought by confused misdirected and unappreciated troops.

26 Aggravating the crsis is cut-throat grain dumping by the US and the E. C., which both unload surplus wheat overseas at subsidized prices.

27 Despite the dramatic slow-down in population growth, demographic trends over the nest few decades promise some catastrophes and a flock of new challenges to human ingenuity.

28 Every night, prime-time television assails children with minkless sitcoms and soap opras that present materialism and unrelenting self-gratification as the only goals worth pursuing.

29 The United States and the Soviet Union have spared no expense to ensure that the other side cannot contemplate a first strike.

30 Unless some new solution can be found, current welfare programs seem unable to break the culture of poverty and the abiding sense of victimization that handicaps many poor people.
VI 阅读理解题 （40%）
A 阅读下列一则报道，用英语简要回答问题。
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