英语专业听力教程 Unit 1-5

1、听力教程新闻部分UNIT 1 Item 1 Vocabulary: jury 陪审团condemn 谴责Background information: Andersen served as Enrons auditor (审计员) for more than a decade, approving the companys financial statements even while off-balance-sheet partnerships (帐外合作伙伴) hid billions in debt and pumped up profits.Exercise A: Listen to

2、the news item and complete the following summary.Arthur Andersen Company is charged with _ in the Enron case.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.1. Arthur Andersen Company was energy company Enrons business partner.2. Arthur Anderse

3、n destroyed important documents.3. The Arthur Andersen Company did not agree with the charges.Item 2Background information: Zhukovskiy is a city about 50 miles southeast of Moscow.Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about _.Exercise B: Listen to i

4、t again and complete the following blanks.Possible time: _Vehicle size: _Special experience: _Length of the trip: _Cost: _Item 3Background information: Mr. (Alejandro) Toledo was elected president of Peru in June 2001.Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.This news i

5、tem is about _.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.1. Where was the UN conference held?a. In Peru.b. In Mexico.c. In Europe.d. In the United States.2. What is discussed in the UN conference according to the passage?a. World peace.b.

6、 Fighting against terrorism.c. Financial aid to the poor countries.d. Social development of the poor countries.3. How much does the UN want the industrial nations to increase their foreign aid?a. $100,000,000.b. $1,000,000,000.c. $10,000,000.000.d. $100,000,000,000.4. How much does the UN want to re

7、duce the number of the poor by 2015?a. By 15%.b. By 25%.c. By 30%.d. By 50%.5. When did the bombing in Lima take place?a. On Wednesday morning.b. On Wednesday night.c. On Thursday morning.d. On Thursday night.UNIT 2 Item 1 Vocabulary: BelgiumBackground information:Igor Ivanov was the former Russian

8、Foreign Minister.Colin Powell was the former American Secretary of State.Vladimir Putin was Russian President.Joschka Fischer is German Foreign Minister.Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about _.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and deci

9、de whether the following statements are true or false.1. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov will meet American Secretary of State Colin Powell on February 21st in Cairo.2. The meeting will be the 4th face-to-face talks between the two officials.3. Mr. Ivanov says they will discuss Russian oppositi

10、on to President Bushs plan to build a missile defense system during the meeting.4. The meeting was announced following the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Foreign Minister Jaschka Fischer.5. Mr. Fischer was in Washington to discuss arms issues.Item 2Exercise A: Listen to th

11、e news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about _.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and complete the following passage.Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov has called for 1_. Mr. Ivanov is to meet with 2_ Colin Powell in Cairo Saturday. He told 3_ that the time has com

12、e for 4_ on the several issues affecting 5_. He said China and Europe should be included 6_. President Bush says that Mr. Ivanovs 7_ show that Russia understands 8_ to world security require 9_. Russia is opposed to Mr. Bushs proposal to build 10_.Item 3Vocabulary: evident 明显的urge 强烈要求；敦促alliance 联盟

13、Background information:NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a regional defense alliance created by the North Atlantic Treaty signed on April 4th, 1949. Today, 19 nations are members of the alliance. They are Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, th

14、e Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United States, Greece, Turkey, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The organization has its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.George Robertson, NATO Secretary General. Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.Thi

15、s news item is about _.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.1. Russia has given _ a proposal for a European Missile Defense system.a. the United Nationsb. the United Statesc. NATOd. NAAFI2. Russian Defense Minister _ presented the pl

16、an to visiting NATO Secretary General George Robertson.a. Igor Ivanovb. Igor Sergeyevc. Vladimir Putind. Joschka Fischer3. Mr. Robertson says the Russian plan is _ that Russia and NATO recognize the possible threat of missile attacks from some countries.a. evidentb. eventualc. enviabled. effect4. Ru

17、ssia _ a missile defense system planned for the United States.a. opposesb. opposedc. oppressd. opposing5. Russian President Vladimir Putin urged _ to seriously consider Russias proposal.a. the western safety allianceb. the western security alliancec. the security allianced. the western alliance6. Ru

18、ssian President questioned why NATO continues to _ to the East if the military organization does not see Russia as a threat.a. expectb. expendc. expandd. expelUNIT 3Item 1Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about _.Exercise B: Listen to the news i

19、tem again and complete the following blanks.Talks between NATO Secretary General and Russian officials:Participants: _ Robertson, _Place of talks: _Purpose of talks: _Situation: _ Russias opinion: 1_ for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. 2_ if Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia join the alliance.Item 2Exerc

20、ise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about _.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and complete the following passage.An official of the Federal Security Service has linked 1 _ arrested this month to 2 _. The Federal Security Service says John Edwar

21、d Tarbin 3 _ for possessing the drug marijuana. The Russian official says 4 _ has not been charged with 5_. However, he told the Interfax News Agency that 6_ may have been preparing 7 _ for the United States. The spokesman for the American State Department dismissed 8_.Item 3Exercise A: Listen to th

22、e news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about _.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and choose the best answer to each of the following sentences.1. The European Union is admitting a split among its _ members over policy toward Iraq.a. 14b. 15c. 16d. 172. An EU spokesm

23、an said member nations are divided into _ groups.a. twob. threec. fourd. five3. Some EU nations believe the UN _ is a failure.a. food for oil programb. oil for flour programc. oil for food grogramd. olive for food program4. The program does nothing to ease the suffering of _.a. the Iranian peopleb.

24、the Israeli peoplec. the Irish peopled. the Iraqi people5. The American and British are being condemned for _.a. air attacksb. air affairsc. air linesd. air restrictions6. Iraq is threatening to attack _ if they continue to provide bases for western planes.a. Kuwait and Sierra Leoneb. Kuwait and Sau

25、di Arabiac. Key West and San Marinod. Kiribati and Saudi ArabiaUNIT 4 Item 1Vocabulary: Kurds库尔德人 asylum避难所; 庇护, 政治避难 expel驱逐(出境)Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about _.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and decide whether the following

26、 statements are true or false.1. French officials in the town of Frejus are questioning 900 Iraqi Kurds who were rescued after their ship hit the southern French coast and sank.2. The French government expects these Iraqi Kurds to seek refuge.3. The government warns that those who failed to defend t

27、heir asylum requests will be sent out of the country by force.4. French political leaders want some Kurds sent back to Iraq at once.5. French border police says a Turkish and Iraqi criminal group is responsible for the sinking of the ship.6. Officials are still searching for the ships commander who

28、reportedly fled after the ship struck land.Item 2Vocabulary: exile 放逐, 使流亡 descendant 后代, 后裔Background information: the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡泰米尔猛虎组织， Osama bin Laden 乌萨马·本·拉丹Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about _.Exercise B

29、: Listen to the news item again and complete the following passage.Britain has listed 1 _ as terrorist organizations under a new 2_. That law is meant to stop 3 _ from being given to militant groups based in Britain. 4 _ are the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka, who are based 5 _. Also included is a group

30、6 _ exiled Saudi descendant Osama bin Laden. An Iranian 7 _ is on the list as well as Algerian, Palestinian and Egyptian groups. 8 _ makes it a crime to be 9 _ any of the groups or to give them 10 _. Item 3Vocabulary: Kosovo科索沃 Serbia 塞尔维亚ease 停止conflict 冲突ethnic 种族的clash 冲突Exercise A: Listen to the

31、 news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about _.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.1. NATO officials say the Alliance is _to reduce the security area along the Kosovo border with Serbia.a. not ready

32、b. readyc. real d. not real2. NATO Secretary General George Robertson says _ to reduce the security area does not include enough security measures needed to do so.a. the Saudi Arabian Governments planb. the Serbian Governments planc. the San Marinese Governments pland. the Sierra Leonean Governments

33、 plan 3. NATO says Serbian officials must first explain how their new plan _ end violence in Southern Serbia. a. willb. couldc. shalld. would4. On Tuesday Alliance _ had said they were ready to reduce the security area.a. Secretary Generalb. Presidentc. Officialsd. Foreign Ministers5. NATO officials

34、 say they want to ease the conflict between _.a. Serbian security forces and armed ethnic Albaniansb. Serbian forces and armed Albaniansc. Southern security and ethnic armyd. Serbian officials and armed ethnic groupsUNIT 5Item 1Vocabulary: disputed 有争议的 violate 侵犯Exercise A: Listen to the news item

35、and complete the following summary.There was no agreement on talks about 1_ between North and South Korea. Each side accused 2_.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.1. North and South Korea had a forty- minute meeting Wednesday to ta

36、lk about the disputed sea border between them.2. The North Korea representative later said his country might take offensive action. 3. Officials have met sixty times since the navies of the two Koreas fought a sea battle in June.4. They accused each other of violating the border.Item 2Vocabulary: civilian 平民，百姓 wreckage （被毁物的）残骸Background information: Yoshiro Mori （森喜朗）was the former Prime Minister of Japan.Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary.This news item is about _.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and fill in the following b