2023年专八听力新闻自测.doc

星期4 Thursday 听力新闻自测

自测试题
Test 3
News Item 1
1. It can be inferred that the theme of the UN summit in Mexico is
[A] climate change.
[B] gas emission cuts.
[C] the Kyoto Protocol.
[D] the function of the World Bank.
2. Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?
[A] The summit has reached no agreement.
[B] There is strong disagreement between the developed and the developing countries in the summit.
[C] The Kyoto Protocol is in the interests of the developed countries.
[D] the World Bank sometimes are regarded as a western-dominated institution.
News Item 2
3. The silk Cavalry flag mentioned in the news
[A] was auctioned for about $2b.
[B] once belonged to the Native Americans.
[C] has been kept in the Detroit Institute of Arts since 1876.
[D] are exhibited to the public regularly.
News Item 3
4. According to Ban Ki-moon, the number of infections and deaths in the cholera in Haiti could be
[A] 2,000.
[B] 90,000.
[C] 180,000.
[D] 184,000.
5. Who are finally responsible for the cholera epidemic?
[A] The UN Nepalese troops.
[B] The French disease experts.
[C] The violent demonstrators.
[D] Not verified yet.

Test 4
News Item 1
1. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the nuclear arms reduction treaty?
[A] It helps to improve the relations between the United States and Russia.
[B] It limits the number of strategic warheads each side can possess to 1,500.
[C] It updates a verification mechanism.
[D] It has been ratified by the presidents of Russia and the United States.
2. Based on the treaty, the number of strategic warheads each side can possess has dropped by
[A] 2200.
[B] 1500.
[C] more than 30%.
[D] less than 30%.
News Item 2
3. Which of the following is INCORRECT according to the news?
[A] The US federal budget deficit is likely to reach nearly $1.5tn.
[B] The federal budget deficit is nearly 40% above the earlier predictions.
[C] It is urgent for the US to reduce the deficit.
[D] The deficit will fall with the extension of tax breaks and spending policies.
News Item 3
4. The reasons for the Hungarian authorities to amend the media law include all the following EXCEPT that
[A] the law has provoked protests in the country.
[B] the law threatens media freedom in Hungary.
[C] the law also restricts the freedom of foreign media.
[D] the law clouded Hungary’s current presidency of the European Union.
5. What is the reaction of the Hungarian authorities to the concerns of the EU commissioner?
[A] They take them seriously.
[B] They take them easily.
[C] They think these are issues directly related to the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights.
[D] They haven’t made any response yet.

答疑解惑
Test 3
News Item 1
【听前预测】根据各题干和选项相关信息可以推测，本则新闻是关于联合国峰会的报道。听音时注意捕获峰会的主题、峰会的结果、以及其他一些细节信息。
【听力原文】
The UN climate change summit in Cancun, Mexico is drawing to a close with no agreement so far on future cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. Some rich countries have been resisting calls for further cuts under the Kyoto Protocol.
Japan appears dead set against accepting further emission cuts under the Kyoto Protocol; so does Russia. But developing countries say those nations must uphold promises they made a decade ago. The US and other western countries want the World Bank to control money raised to help poorer countries deal with climate change. Those developing countries can't accept that as they regard the bank as a western-dominated institution.
【答案解析】
1．选[B]。信息辨认题。本题问墨西哥峰会的主题，实则是新闻的主旨，听音时注意捕获开头信息。新闻开头提到，峰会接近尾声，却还没有就温室气体排放达成协议。一些富裕的国家拒绝按照京东议定书的规定进一步减少气体排放。接下来都是在围绕温室气体排放这一主题说明发达国家和发展中国家之间的分歧。因此本题答案为[B]“减少气体排放”。
2．选[C]。信息推断题。根据上题解析可知，选项[A]、[B]对的。新闻中提到，日本和俄罗斯反对按照京都协定书(Kyoto Protocol)的规定进一步减少排放量，而发展中国家则表达这些国家必须遵守十年前的承诺。因此选项[C]“京都协定书符合发达国家的利益”错误，为答案。新闻最后提到，美国和其他西方国家希望由世界银行来控制为贫困国家筹集的用于对抗环境变化的资金，而那些发展中国家却拒绝接受这一点，由于他们认为世界银行是由西方国家主宰的机构。因此选项[D]也对的。

News Item 2
【听前预测】根据题干和选项相关信息可以推测，本则新闻是关于一面丝质骑兵旗帜的报道，听音时注意捕获其历史、现在存放情况、以及拍卖价格等信息。
【听力原文】
The only surviving American flag from one of the most famous battles of the American West, Custer's Last Stand, has been sold for approximately $2m at Sotheby's in New York. The silk Cavalry flag was carried into the 1876 battle at Little Bighorn, where General Custer led 200 soldiers against a much stronger force from the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne tribes.
The battle was a huge victory for the Native Americans, but the public frenzy to avenge Custer's death accelerated the government's efforts to confine the Plains Indians. Since 1895, the silk flag has been the property of the Detroit Institute of Arts and hasn't often been on display to the public. It's not yet clear who bought it at auction.
【答案解析】
3．选[B]。信息推断题。本题中涉及数字，听音时要注意做相关记录。根据新闻内容可知，这面丝质的骑兵旗帜在纽约苏富比拍卖行以大约200万美元的价格出售；自1895年以来，其成为底特律艺术馆的财产，不经常向公众展览。由此可以看出，选项[A]、[C]中的数字均错误，[D]中regularly错误。新闻开头提到，这面旗帜是美国“卡斯特最后的战役”中唯一幸存的一面旗帜，后面又提到，公众为卡斯特将军报仇的愤怒加速了政府限制美洲平原印第安人的努力，由此可以推断卡斯特将军是美洲印第安人的首领，这面旗帜也就属于印第安人。因此选项[B]对的，为答案。

News Item 3
【听前预测】浏览各题干和选项获得关键词infections，deaths，cholera epidemic，Haiti，responsible，据此推测，本则新闻也许是关于海地霍乱流行的报道，其中涉及感染和死亡的人数，该疾病流行的因素等。
【听力原文】
Officials in Haiti say more than 2,000 people are now known to have died in the cholera epidemic sweeping through the country. About 90,000 are reported to have contracted the waterborne disease. On Friday, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, warned that the number of infections and deaths could be twice as high.
An investigation into the cholera epidemic in Haiti is reported to have blamed United Nations peacekeepers from Nepal. The study by a French medical professor has been submitted to the French government and the UN.
Reports say the French disease expert concludes the most likely explanation for the cholera epidemic is contamination from a base of UN Nepalese troops, located on the river system where the epidemic broke out. A UN spokesman called this "one report among many" on the topic and said the mission in Haiti has neither accepted nor dismissed the findings, but he said it is taking them seriously and will follow up on any additional information, consulting with a broad range of specialists. Accusations against the peacekeepers led to violent demonstrations in Haiti last month, but the UN continues to say there is no scientific evidence they brought cholera to the country.
【答案解析】
4．选[D]。信息推断题。题干关键词Ban Ki-moon。本题为数字题，听音时注意捕获数字信息并作相关记录。新闻第一句话就提到，海地官员表达，在全国蔓延的霍乱流行已导致2,000多人死亡，90,000多人感染这种疾病。接下来又说，联合国秘书长潘基文警告称，感染疾病和因病死亡人数至少是官方数字的两倍，也就是至少是前面两个数字之和的二倍，即184,000。因此也许的数字就是选项[D] 184,000。
5．选[D]。信息辨认题。题干问最终为这次霍乱流行负责任的人，新闻中说法国疾病专家的相关调核对来自尼泊尔的联合国维和人员提出谴责，该军队的基地位于霍乱疫情爆发的河流系统。而联合国却坚称没有科学证据表白是维和人员将疫情带到海地，并表达会严厉对待这个问题，征询更多专家。由此不能得出究竟是谁导致了该霍乱的流行，因此答案为[D]“尚未证实”。

Test 4
News Item 1
【听前预测】根据题干和选项相关信息可以推测，本则新闻也许是关于美国和俄罗斯之间一项核武器削减条约的报道，听音时还要注意捕获新闻中的数字信息。
【听力原文】
A nuclear arms reduction treaty that's been a cornerstone of President Obama's attempts to rebuild US relations with Russia has come into effect. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov exchanged papers ratifying the Start treaty during the international security conference in the German city of Munich.
Hillary Clinton and Sergei Lavrov grinned broadly as they exchanged the ratification documents signed by the presidents of Russia and the United States. The agreement limits the number of strategic warheads each side can possess to just over 1,500, down from 2,200. It also updates a verification mechanism, but its greatest significance may be in cementing the improvement in relations between the United States and Russia.
【答案解析】
1．选[D]。信息辨认题。根据新闻内容可知，该核武器削减条约是奥巴马总统试图重建美国与俄罗斯之间关系的努力的基石；在德国慕尼黑的国际安全会议上，美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿和俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫互换了文献，对核武器削减条约进行确认；该条约将双方所持有的核武器数量从2,200减少到1,500；该条约还更新了查证制度。因此选项[A]、[B]、[C]均对的，[D]中presidents错误，为答案。
2．选[C]。信息推断题。本题为数字题，听音时注意作相关记录。根据上题解析可知，该条约将双方所持有的核武器数量从2,200减少到1,500，因此通过计算即可得出答案为[C] more than 30%。

News Item 2
【听前预测】根据选项关键词US federal budget deficit，reach，reduce，fall可以推测，本则新闻也许是关于美国联邦预算赤字过高的相关报道。
【听力原文】
The US Congressional Budget Office says the federal budget deficit is likely to hit an all-time high of nearly $1.5tn. It said this was nearly 40% above earlier predictions.
The financial crisis and the resulting recession did extensive damage to the US government finances. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the CBO, it's now on course for the third consecutive year of borrowing more than $1tn. In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama acknowledged the need to reduce the deficit. It could fall sharply over the next few years if tax breaks and spending policies expire as planned. But they have already been extended, and there'll be political pressure for that to happen again.
【答案解析】
3．选[D]。信息辨认题。根据新闻内容可知，美国联邦预算赤字有也许达成接近1.5兆美元，比此前的估计高出40%；在周二的国情咨文发言中，奥巴马总统认可了削减赤字的必要性；未来的几年，假如减税政策和支出政策按照计划过期，赤字会锐减，但这两项政策均已延期。因此选项[A]、[B]、[C]均对的，[D]中extension错误，应为expiration。

News Item 3
【听前预测】浏览各题干和选项获得关键词reasons，Hungarian authorities，amend，media law，reaction，concerns，EU commissioner，据此推测，本则新闻也许是关于匈牙利当局将要对一部媒体法律进行修改的报道，其中涉及修改的因素，以及当局对欧盟媒体专员担忧的反映等。
【听力原文】
The Hungarian authorities have agreed to amend a media law which has provoked protests at home and clouded its current presidency of the European Union. Critics say the law threatens media freedom in Hungary.
The European Union commissioner for the media, Neelie Kroes, raised three main concerns in her contacts with the Hungarian authorities—the registration of media, the rules on the provision of balanced information and the fact that the legislation appears to apply to foreign media as well. The Hungarian government says these are technical issues, which can be easily and quickly rectified. Hungary's critics, at home and abroad, say these are issues directly related to Article 11 of the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, which guarantees freedom of expression.
【答案解析】
4．选[C]。信息辨认题。新闻开头即提到，匈牙利当局批准对一部媒体法律进行修改。这部法律引起了国内的抗议，并为他们现在担任的欧盟轮值主席一职蒙上阴影。批评家表达，这部法律威胁到匈牙利的媒体自由。因此选项[A]、[B]、[D]均对的，只有[C]“这部法律还限制了外国媒体的自由”未提及，故为答案。
5．选[B]。信息推断题。新闻中在提出欧盟媒体专员尼莉·克洛斯的三大重要担忧后说到，匈牙利政府表达，这些都是学术问题，很容易进行修订。由此可见，政府对这些担忧轻松对待，因此答案为[B]。

题里淘金
重点词汇
Test 3
News Item 1
Summit峰会，会议
draw to a close渐进尾声
emission排放
uphold支持，维护
News Item 2
cavalry骑兵
frenzy狂怒，狂乱
avenge为…复仇，报…之仇
on display展出，陈列
News Item 3
Haiti海地
cholera epidemic霍乱流行
contract染上(恶习，疾病等)
waterborne disease水传播疾病
contamination传染
peacekeeper维和人员
violent demonstration暴力游行

Test 4
News Item 1
treaty 条约，协议
ratify 批准，认可
grin 露齿而笑
verification 证实，核算
cement 巩固，加强；(用水泥、胶等)粘结，胶合
News Item 2
the US Congressional Budget Office 美国国会预算局
budget 预算
deficit 赤字，亏损，逆差
recession 经济衰退，不景气
consecutive 连续的
expire 过期，期满，终止
News Item 3
provoke 激起，引起；挑衅，激怒
commissioner 专员，特派员；委员
rectify 改正，纠正，整顿