英语报刊阅读练习题（二）
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19. Translate the following words into Chinese.
International Herald Tribune Daily Telegraph
IRN National Economic Council
Federal Judicial Center
Solicitor-General High Court of Justice
running mate CHR
G-7 2. 4.
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12. 14.
16. 18.
20. U.S. News & World Report New Scientist
Secretary of the Treasury Governor
Lord Pricy Seal
Metropolitan County distance education
ADB GATT
UNDP
II. Translate the following two short paragraphs.
1. America’s strength and prosperity are testaments to the enduring power of our founding ideals, among them, that all men are created equal, and that liberty is God’s gift to humanity, the birthright of every individual.
台湾是中国的一部分。国家绝不允许“台独”分裂势力以任何名义、任何方式把台湾从中
国分裂出去。 2.
III. Rewrite the following headlines if necessary.
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5. Married Women to Get Care Allowance No Survivors in Gulf Air Crash
Killing in the Name of God Thailand, Malaysia Ink Sea Treaty
Mao: We Should Support Third World Countries
IV. Read the following news and then choose the right answer to
each question.
News Item 1
Important talks have been taking place between the Prime Minister and Trade Union leaders. They have agreed to work together to find ways of combating inflation and reducing the present
level of unemployment in industry. Meanwhile, the Government has failed to prevent a national bus strike, and the bus drivers’ union has announced that no buses will run from Monday. The
decision to go ahead with the strike was announced by a union spokesman at the end of a meeting
earlier this afternoon during which Government representatives failed to persuade the union and the employers to agree on a new wage plan.
1. The Prime Minister and Trade Union agreed to _____. A. rebuild industry
B. reduced unemployment C. stop a bus drivers’ strike
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3. D. work out a new wage plan The bus drivers’ union has decided to _____.
A. go on the national bus strike B. accept the Government’s plan
C. agree on a new wage plan
D. stop the strike from next Monday The decision for the bus strike was announced _____.
A. earlier this afternoon B. last Monday
C. last night D. this morning
News Item 2
Local police in the Yangtze River port of Chongqing, China have seized a total of 6
kilograms of drugs in an anti-narcotics campaign during the year. Since July 1996, 1,200 drug-related cases have been cracked and around 200 drug traffickers arrested, said public security
bureau drugs officers in the city. Chongqing is the largest inland industrial center in China, and its port is the largest on the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
4. How many drug-related cases have been cracked by Chongqing local police since July 1996? A. 20.
B. 100. C. 1,200.
D. 600.
News Item 3
In a significant reversal for the IRA, the Clinton administration has denied a visa to Berry Adams, the Sinn Fein leader and a prominent member of the organization’s ruling army council.
Now the administration believes neither Adams nor the IRA is to be trusted. In recent months, Private discussion between Sinn Fein leaders and the administration have been tough, with
American officials warning that unless action was taken to enforce a ceasefire official contact would be broken.
5. We can know from the news that _____. A. Gerry Adams was denied a visa by the administration
B. private talks have been going on very smoothly
C. the administration trusts the IRA and Adams D. there has been no change in their relationship
6. Official contact between the U.S. and the IRA can be kept if _____. A. Gerry Adams is allowed into the country
B. the IRA takes action to cease fire C. they hold more private discussion
D. the U.S. changes its attitude
News Item 4
Seven members of an extreme right-wing terrorist group involved in a plot send letter bombs
-2- to addresses in London were arrested following a series of raids by armed police in Denmark. A Danish police officer was shot and wounded during one of the raids. The targets in London are
understood to have been two right-wing activities and a journalist. Three letter bombs, disguised as videotapes, believed to have been made in Denmark, were also intercepted in Sweden. Six men
and a women, all aged between 20 and 22, were arrested.
7. To whom were the letter bombs intended to send? A. The Danish Police.
B. Six Swedish people. C. A Danish woman.
D. Three right-wingers. 8. What can be inferred from the news?
A. There has been an internal struggle among right-wingers. B. These letter bombs were all made in Sweden.
C. There has been no injury during the raids. D. The Letter bombs have caused great damage.
News Item 5
An army dentist was killed and another soldier injured when they fell 500ft during an expedition to climb North America’s highest peak. Major Mark Trevillyan, attached to the Royal Army Dental Corps at Bicester and believed to be in his early thirties, died after falling on Mount
Mckinley in Alaska. He was attached by rope to Lance Corporal Paul Holmes, 27, who suffered concussion.
9. The accident took place _____.
A. in Alaska. B. in South America.
C. at Bicester. D. in the army camp.
10. What does Mark Trevillyan do? A. A scientist.
B. A chemist. C. A dentist.
D. A student.
V. Read the following article and then answer the questions below.
Ice May Hold Clues to Life on Mars
Nick Hoffman of the University of Melbourne said the latest images taken by the Mars
Odyssey orbiter had revealed curious hotspots in the Hellas Basin that could be similar to ice towers in Antarctica, where microbial life forms live on chemical energy.
These hotspots, he said, could prove a better place to find signs of life than gullies that some
speculate may have been gouged by running water. “I don’t personally believe that (finding life) is a credible possibility, but nonetheless, if you are going to find life on Mars, this is probably the place it will be,” he said. Tracking bacteria
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