英语报刊阅读练习题（二）及答案

英语报刊阅读练习题（二）及答案

英语报刊阅读练习题（二）

I.Translate the following words into Chinese.

1. International Herald Tribune

2. U.S. News & World Report

Scientist

3. Daily

Telegraph 4. New

Treasury

the

6. Secretary

5. IRN

of

7. National Economic Council 8. Governor

9. Federal Judicial Center 10. Lord Pricy Seal

County

Metropolitan

11.

Solicitor-General 12.

13. High Court of Justice 14. distance education

mate

ADB

16.

running

15.

GATT

CHR 18.

17.

20. UNDP

G-7

19.

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.

2.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。

III.Rewrite the following headlines if necessary.

1.Married Women to Get Care Allowance

2.No Survivors in Gulf Air Crash

3.Killing in the Name of God

4.Thailand, Malaysia Ink Sea Treaty

5.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

D.work out a new wage plan

2.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

3.The decision for the bus strike was announced _____.

A.earlier this afternoon

/doc/be7863374.html,st Monday

/doc/be7863374.html,st 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

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.