英语报刊阅读练习题(二)及答案

1、英语报刊阅读练习题（二）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 3. daily telegraph 4. new scientist 5. irn 6. secretary of the treasury 7. national economic council 8. governor 9. federal judicial center 10. lord pricy seal 11. soli

2、citor-general 12. metropolitan county 13. high court of justice 14. distance education 15. running mate 16. adb 17. chr 18. gatt 19. g-7 20. undp ii. translate the following two short paragraphs. 1. americas strength and prosperity are testaments to the enduring power of our founding ideals, among t

3、hem, that all men are created equal, and that liberty is gods 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

4、 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 agr

5、eed 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 st

6、rike 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.

7、 stop a bus drivers strike - 1 - 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 governments 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

8、afternoon b. last monday c. last 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 tra

9、ffickers 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 ju

10、ly 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 organizations ruling army council. now the administration believes neither adams nor the ira is

11、 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

12、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 tak

13、es 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 - 2 - to addresses in london were arrested following a series of raids by armed police in denmark. a d

14、anish 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. six men and a women, a

15、ll aged between 20 and 22, were arrested. 7. to whom were the letter bombs intended to send? a. the danish police. b. six swedish people. c. a danish woman. d. three right-wingers. 8. what can be inferred from the news? a. there has been an internal struggle among right-wingers. b. these letter bomb

16、s were all made in sweden. c. there has been no injury during the raids. d. the letter bombs have caused great damage. news item 5 an army dentist was killed and another soldier injured when they fell 500ft during an expedition to climb north americas highest peak. major mark trevillyan, attached to

17、 the royal army dental corps at bicester and believed to be in his early thirties, died after falling on mount mckinley in alaska. he was attached by rope to lance corporal paul holmes, 27, who suffered concussion. 9. the accident took place _. a. in alaska. b. in south america. c. at bicester. d. i

18、n the army camp. 10. what does mark trevillyan do? a. a scientist. b. a chemist. c. a dentist. d. a student. v. read the following article and then answer the questions below. ice may hold clues to life on mars nick hoffman of the university of melbourne said the latest images taken by the mars odys

19、sey orbiter had revealed curious hotspots in the hellas basin that could be similar to ice towers in antarctica, where microbial life forms live on chemical energy. these hotspots, he said, could prove a better place to find signs of life than gullies that some speculate may have been gouged by runn

20、ing water. “i dont personally believe that (finding life) is a credible possibility, but nonetheless, if you are going to find life on mars, this is probably the place it will be,” he said. tracking bacteria - 3 - hoffman has worked on potential mars ice towers with professor phil kyle of the new me

21、xico institute of mining and technology in the united states. their research, based on nasa imagery and the study of the mount erebus volcano on antarcticas ross island, was presented at the 6th international mars conference in pasadena, california, in july. on ross island, steam from volcanic vents

22、 is converted directly into ice as it touches the frigid air, building tall, hollow chimneys where a microclimate allows bacteria to live. “on mars, similar structures could be doubly valuable for potential mars microbes,” hoffman said, dubbing the prospect of finding life on the planet “a remote po

23、ssibility”. nasas latest mars mission, carrying two rovers to probe for signs that conditions on mars once favored life, will not go anywhere near hellas basin, a deep impact crater about the size of australia in the southern hemisphere of the planet. nor will the european space agencys mars express

24、, which blasted off in june. searching for water scientists hope the two expeditions, plus a japanese mission, will find evidence that liquid water once existed on mars and may have left long gullies or channels in the inhospitable terrain. hoffman said infrared images taken by the odyssey showed th

25、e hotspots in the hellas basin laid out in a chain were hotter than the surrounding environment both during the day and at night. once the odysseys companion satellite, the mars global surveyor spacecraft, takes high-resolution images of the formations in clear light, it will be possible to identify

26、 them definitively as ice towers or something else. hellas basin is the deepest part of mars and has the highest air pressure, a prerequisite for liquid water. elsewhere, the planets atmosphere is so thin that water cannot form so heated ice is likely to become vapor, missing out the liquid phase. “

27、there will not be a convenient hot spring of liquid water flowing on the surface but there will be a steamy, moist vent in the ground with a lot of ice present and possibly an ice tower.” hoffman said. comprehension 1. according to hoffman, _. a. there was a great possibility to find life on mars b.

28、 it is impossible to find life on mars c. infrared images taken by the odyssey showed the hotspots in hellas basin were hotter than the surrounding area all the time d. hellas basin is the deepest part of mars, thus has liquid water 2. latest images take by the mar odyssey orbiter revealed _. a. hot

29、spots where microbial forms live b. hotspots in the hellas basin similar to ice towers in antarctica c. gullies gouged by running water d. potential life on mars 3. structures on mars _. a. similar to those on ross island are suitable for microbial life forms b. similar to those on ross island are o

30、f valueless for potential mars microbes - 4 - c. are not so valuable for potential mars microbes than those on ross island d. are much more valuable for potential mars microbes than those on ross island 4. on ross island, steam from volcanic vents is converted to ice as it touches the following exce

31、pt _. a. caves b. hollow chimneys with a microclimate c. cold air d. tall building 5. which of the following statement is true? a. the formations of the hotspots in the hellas basin are identified as ice towers. b. scientists have found long gullies left by liquid water on mars. c. nasas latest mars

32、 mission will try to find out evidence that conditions on mars once facilitate life. d. nasas latest mars mission will probe places around the hellas basin. word study complete each sentence with a word or phrase given below (in its appropriate form if necessary). inhospitable prerequisite live on d

33、ub reveal blast off base on similar convent probe 1. the uncurtained window _ a cluttered room. 2. the room was _ from a kitchen to a lavatory. 3. the region _ the paradise on earth. 4. searchlights _ the night sky. 5. apollo 11 _ at noon. 6. the camel travels around the _ desert. 7. this novel is _

34、 historical facts. 8. a masters degree is _ for employment at this level. 9. we have _ tastes in music. 10. she _ fruits and vegetables. 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

35、consider to be the advantages of motor car possession, and also the social and environmental problems connected with its use? 英语报刊阅读练习题（二）答案英语报刊阅读练习题（二）答案 i. translate the following words into chinese. 1. 国际先驱论坛报 2. 美国新闻与世界报道 3. 每日电讯报 4. 新科学家 - 5 - 5. （英）独立广播新闻社 6. 财政部长 7. 国家经济委员会 8. 州长 9. 联邦司法中心 10. 掌玺大臣 11. 副检察长 12. 都市郡 13. 高等法院 14.