2016年12月英語四級聽力短篇新聞練習

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　　聽力問題

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on thefollowing news item.

1.

A) Two.

B) Three.

C) Four.

D) One.

2.

A) Close all the tourist attractions.

B) Forbid using animals as a vehicle.

C) Increase the trains and flights.

D) Restore the May Day holiday.

　　聽力原文

　News Item One

(1)Recently, a photo showing a visitor on the Great Wall last week aroused a heated discussion on the Internet. They called it the "great queue of China". It was, with the famous structure snaking to the horizon behind him completely hidden by a mass of other tourists. (1) The vast imperial palace, the Forbidden City, at one point welcomed more than 180,000 visitors in a single day.

(1)In the desert at Dunhuang, at least two camels transporting tourists reportedly died from overwork in the Golden Week. And Chinese media said road traffic was up by thirteen percent on last year, causing unprecedented jams. Many people in China save their travelling for the two big annual public holidays—the other is at Chinese New Year. Then, it seems as if the whole country has shut down and everyone is on the road or on the train. (2) Thus there've been renewed appeals for a third public holiday, in May, to be lengthened to spread the strain.

many tourist attractions have been mentioned in the news?

do people want to do for easing the current situation according to the news?

　短篇新聞

近日，一名遊客上週在長城上拍的照片引起網友們熱烈的討論。人們稱其為"中國的長龍"。那是因為這名遊客身後那蜿蜒的`古建築上幾乎看不到一塊磚，密密麻麻地被遊客們覆蓋着。故宮也一度創下單日接待18萬名遊客的記錄。

再來看看敦煌沙漠，據悉在黃金週期間，至少兩匹駱駝死於過度勞累。據中國媒體報道：日均擁堵指數比去年上漲了30%，可謂達到歷史高峯。多數中國人選擇在黃金週(五一和十一)出遊，另外一個出遊高峯則是在春節假期。之後，整個城市像是突然搬空了一樣，大家不是在火車上就是在趕火車的路上。因此有民眾呼籲國家出台第三個法定假期以分散並緩解5月份巨大的客流壓力。

問題1.新聞中提到多少個旅遊景點?

問題2.為緩解這種現狀，人們呼籲國家採取什麼樣的措施?

　參考答案：

【小題1】B

【小題2】D

　習題解析：

【小題1】本題考查細節，問新聞中一共提到幾處旅遊景點。具體來看，新聞中先後提到了 the Great Wall(長城)，the Forbidden City (故宮)和 Dunhuang (敦煌)，共三處，故選B。

【小題2】新聞先闡述了中國人在黃金週期間普遍存在的旅遊景點排長隊、交通擁堵、接待遊客的動物過勞死等現象，最後總結説 Thus there've been renewed appeals for a third public holiday, in May, to belengthened to spread the strain.指出人們希望能夠恢復五一長假來緩解十一和春節兩個公共長假的壓力，故選D。

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　　新聞聽力常用詞彙之政治

Topic one: Politics

protectorate (被)保護國

asylum 庇護，避難

boundary negotiation 邊界談判

disputed area 有爭議地區

consultation 磋商

joint action 共同行動

international waters 國際水域

maritime resource 海洋資源

territorial sea 領海

right of residence 居留權

arms dealer, merchant of death 軍火商

inalienability of territory 領土的不可割讓性

refugee camp 難民營

dual nationality 雙重國籍

non-governmental organization (NGO)非政府組織

neutral state 中立國

extradition引渡

bilateral ties 雙邊關係

sanction 制裁

forum論壇

set back 阻礙

peninsula 半島

move 行動

counterbalance 抗衡

G8 (Group of Eight)八國集團

G20 (Group of 20) 二十國集團

ROK：Republic of Korea 大韓民國

DPRK：Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國

cabinet 內閣

chaos 混亂

civil rights 民權

civil war 內戰

congress 議會

conspiracy 陰謀

conservative 保守的

deficit 赤字

democracy 民主

downsize 裁員

minimum wage最低工資

monopoly 壟斷

racism 種族主義

scandal 醜聞

secede 脱離、退出

sexism 性別歧視

amendment 修正案

bureaucracy 官僚主義

impeachment 彈劾、控告

lobby 遊説

militant 激進分子

partisan 堅定的支持者

propaganda 宣傳

monarchy 君主制度

unilateralism 單邊主義

militarized 軍事化的

call for 要求、呼籲

comprehensively 廣泛地

separatism 分裂主義

extremism 極端主義

play out 進行到底

rally 集會

mob 暴民

prompt 激起、促使

shell 炮轟

the General Assembly 聯合國大會

NATO the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 北約

dictator 獨裁者

dispel 消除