英语报刊阅读练习题(三)及答案-Password-Removed

英语报刊阅读练习题（三）

I. Translate the following words into Chinese.

1. New York Times

2. National Geographic

3. Observer

4. Weekly News

5. BUP

6. House of Representatives

7. Secretary of Defence

8. Department of State

9. Claim Court 10. Parliament

11. Chancellor of the Exchequer 12. Metropolitan District

13. Annual Session 14. multinational

15. lobbyist 16. HBS

17. CIA 18. NATO

19. OPEC 20. WIPO

II. Translate the following two short paragraphs.

1. This Independent Day, we express gratitude for our many blessings and we celebrate the ideals of freedom and opportunity that our Nation holds dear.

2. 完成统一祖国的大业是包括台湾同胞在内的全中国人民的神圣职责。

III. Rewrite the following headlines if necessary.

1. Alaskan Oil for Japan?

2. Have Dollars, Will Sell

3. West Point Makes a Comeback

4. Volunteer, Terrorist Killed in an Ambush

5. Chinese Cooks: Masters at Turning a Turnip

into a Flower

IV. Read the following news and then choose the right answer to each question.

News Item 1

A 15-year-old schoolboy, Peter Emerson, of Strafford-on-Avon, was recovering at home yesterday after being trapped all night in a cold store at the butcher’s shop where he works after school. The door swung shut as he was putting meat into the store. He realized that he was left all alone after he had shouted, kicked the door and no one answer. He kept warm by jumping and running for about ten of the fourteen hours.

1. What happened to the schoolboy?

A. H e forgot to lock the cold store door.

B. He was forced to work throughput the night.

C. H e caught cold while

working at the butcher’s.

D. H e was locked up by

accident in a cold store.

News Item 2

Secretary of State Warren Christopher has wrapped up his latest trip to the Middle East,

saying the peace

process is

progressing.

Mr. Christopher says he will leave the region Thursday assured that the picture is much less gloomy than suggested by recent reports.

During two days of talks, Mr. Christopher met with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Perez in Israel, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat in the Gaza Strip. He also met with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in Damascus.

2. Mr.

Warren

Christopher

A. b elieves there is hope for peace

B. will report to the UN on Thursday

C. w ill hold more talks before leaving the region

D. i s not sure that the peace process will succeed

3. With whom did

Christopher NOT

meet?

E. The Syrian

President. F.

The PLO

leader.

G. T he Jordanian President.

H. T he Israeli Prime Minister.

News Item 3

Prison service staff in Britain have been severely criticized in an official report for the escape of five IRA prisoners and an armed robber from White mall Prison, Cambridge shire. Bomb-making equipment was subsequently discovered at the jail. The government has announced a major review of prison security throughout England and Wales.

A new task force will be set up under the Home Office and a detailed list of recommendations is expected to be issued at the end of the year.

4. The number of the

escaped prisoners is

5. Following the prison

breakout, the Government is

to .

A. r estructure the

prison service. B.

discipline some

prison officers. C.

recruit more

security staff.

D. l ook into security conditions.

News Item 4

The Canadian police say that the new North American Free Trade Agreement which is to open frontiers across the continent has been exploited by drug smugglers from South America. The mafia can now move drugs across the continent with minimum supervision. Police estimate

60% of the cocaine which came through Canada this year has been brought through the east coast. Last year it was 10%. Police say the mafia are benefiting from the declining fishing industry.

There are more boats available to move the drugs.

6. The aim of the

agreement is

to .

A. e ncourage trade in the region.

B. crack down on drug smuggling.

C. s ave the declining fishing industry.

D. s trengthen cross-boarder police presence.

7. Which group of people is now taking advantages of the agreement?

Canadia

n police. B.

Business

men.

C. D rug

traffickers.

D. C ustoms

officers.

8. The percentage of cocaine brought through the coast has increased by

A10

B50

C60

D70

News Item 5

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is promising more aid for flood victims along the Oder River in Eastern Germany. As high waters slowly continue to go down, Mr. Kohl told lawmakers, he expects emergency payoffs to rise to 270 million dollars. Officials had already pledged

about

120 million dollars to help thousands of residents who have lost homes and farms to the raging currents. Mr. Kohl said the disaster did have a bright spot by helping bring citizens in the East and West closer together. The two halves have been slowly integrated for the six years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Mr. Kohl and President Roman Herzog have traveled and toured several flood-ravaged areas.

9. The total government aid for flood victims in Eastern Germany is likely to be _.

A. 390

million

dollars B.

120 million

dollars C.

150 million

dollars D.

270 million

dollars

10. Mr. Kohl

described the flood as

A. a great disaster in 6 years

after the collapse of the Berlin

Wall

B. a nightmare in which thousands of people

lost their homes and farms to the raging

currents

C. a positive thing to bring the

two halves of Germany closer

together

D. a temporary

difficulty that could soon be

overcome

V. Read the following article and then answer the questions below.

About Flu Shots

It sounded like a good idea when New York City’s mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, advised New Yorkers recently to get a flu shot. After all, 20,000 Americans each year die of influenza. And this year in particular, the mayor suggested, getting a flu shot might be an especially good idea, since it could help doctors distinguish between flu and the deadly inhalational form of anthrax. How? Both anthrax and flu exhibit strikingly similar symptoms — fever, chills and muscle aches — in the early days of the infection. Physicians would

be quick to suspect anthrax in anyone who was

vaccinated against flu and still developed fever and chills. That would give them a better chance to identify any new victims of terror while their infection was still in its earliest, most treatable stages.

Or so the mayor’s reasoning went. Unfortunately, there are a couple of problems with his logic. For one thing, getting vaccinated against influenza doesn’t guarantee you won’t get sick. Although highly effective, the flu vaccine protects against only the dominant strains and even then does not provide 100% protection. It takes a couple of weeks for your body to respond to the vaccine with a sufficient number of antibodies. Each year thousands of Americans who get the vaccine nevertheless still get the flu. There are also plenty of reasons you might develop fever, chills and muscle aches that have nothing to do with wither anthrax or flu. Indeed, doctors estimate that more than 80% of all flulike ailments each winter are caused by other groups of viruses, like the parainfluenza and picornavirus families. Getting vaccinated against flu can’t protect you against suffering from these

other respiratory ailments.

In the worse case, asking all healthy adults to get vaccinated could actually backfire, leading to even more deaths if it means we run out of shots for those who are most vulnerable to the infection. Already there have been delays in getting this year’s shipment of vaccine to clinics and doc tors’ offices. Those who should be at the front of the line include folks who are 65 or older, nursing-home residents and adults and children with chronic health problems, including asthma, kidney disease, heart disease and diabetes, as well as anyone who cares for or lives with such people. Flu shots are also important for men and women whose immune system is weakened by HIV or other conditions.

The best reason to get the flu vaccine is that it protects against most flus —not that you’re worried about contracting anthrax. While inhalational anthrax has killed only five people so far, many more could be at risk from flu-related complications. There’s no need to compound the tragedy by making this year’s influenza epidemic any worse.

Comprehension

1. Paragraph 1

mainly illustrates

A. t he necessity of persuading New Yorkers to get a flu shot

B. the reason why the mayor especially advised his citizens to get a flu shot this year

C. t he fact that flu and anthrax have many similar symptoms

D. t he advantage of getting a flu shot

2. What is the main

idea of paragraph 2 and

A. G etting a flu shot cannot ensure that vaccinated people won’t get flu or flulike ailments.

B. It’s wrong for the mayor to advise people to get a flu shot.

C. Y ou have many chances to develop flulike symptoms.

D. T he symptoms of many other respiratory diseases are similar to those of anthrax.

3. Paragraph 4

mainly illustrates

A. a nother unreasonable aspect of the major’s opinion

B. the risk of being short of flu shots

C. t he unexpected result brought about by the mayor’s appeal

D. t he necessity for people with poor health to get flu shots

4. What is the

main idea of

paragraph 5?

A. I t’s wrong for the mayor to

advise his citizens to get flu shots.

B. Getting a flu shot would give

rise to many problems.

C. P eople should not get flu shots, for it can’t provide better protection against anthrax.

D. A sking all healthy adults to get flu vaccine

could make things go contrary to what the

mayor expected.

5. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?

A. I s New York

Mayor Right? B.

Flu and

Anthrax

C. F lu Shots or Not?

D. E pidemic Diseases and Vaccine

Word Study

Complete each sentence with a word or phrase given below (in its appropriate form if necessary). flu symptom chronic

ailment vulnerable

shot dominant backfire

distinguish vaccinate

1. It is not easy to a genuine antique from a reproduction.

2. The doctor made his diagnosis after studying the patient’s _.

3. After years’ efforts, she finally reached a position of in the big family.

4. The spoiled little boy never went to school when stricken by trifling .

5. If a plan or action on you, it has the opposite effect to the one you intended.

6. All who have not been vaccinated are to the infectious disease.

7. The father had developed a pneumonia, which made the miserable condition of the family even worse.

8. In this season, is prevalent in the southern part of our country.

9. Having coughed terribly for days, he asked the doctor to give him a of penicillin.

10. Freshmen are required to be against some infectious diseases such as hepatitis B virus on the first week.

VI. The following questions are connected to your reading course studies. Write down in English your own opinions, using 100-120 words each.

Question: What do you know of the problems that

can arise in marriage, and how they can

best be managed?

英语报刊阅读练习题（三）答案

I. Translate the following words into Chinese.

1. 《纽约时

2. 《国家

3. 《观察家

4. 《每周

5. 英国合作社

6. 众议院

7. 国防部长8. 国务院

9. 索赔法院10. 议会

11. 财政大臣12. 都市区

13. 年会14. 跨国公司

15. 院外活动（游说）人员16. 哈佛大学商学院

17. （美）中央情报局18. 北大西洋公约组织

19. 石油输出国组织20. （联合

国）知识产权组织II. Translate the

following two short paragraphs. 参考译文：

1. 在这个独立日里，我们为得到的无数美好祝福

而心存感激，为我们崇尚的对自由和机遇的梦想而庆祝。

2. Accomplishing the great task of reunifying the motherland is the sacred duty of all Chinese people, the Taiwan compatriots included.

III. Rewrite the following headlines if necessary.

1. Will there Be Alaskan Oil for Japan?

2. If You Have Dollars, They Will Sell

3. Unchanged

4. A Volunteer And a Terrorist Are Killed in an Ambush

5. Chinese Cooks Are Masters at Turning a Turnip into a Flower

IV. Read the following news and then choose the right answer to each question.

1. D

2. A

3. C

4. A

6. A

7. C

8. B

9. D 10.

V. Read the following article and then answer the questions below. Comprehension

1. B

2. A

3. A

4. D

5. C

Word Study

1. distinguish

2. symptoms

3. dominance

4. ailments

5. backfires

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