英语报刊选读平时作业

1、姓 名： 学 号： 得 分： 教师签名： 英语报刊选读平时作业1Unit One Questions Lesson One P9 Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. What activities are harming ancient Buddhist grottoes?2. Who turned the caves into the painted shrines?3. Are murals in good shape?4. Why is it difficult for the authorities to p

2、revent them from being destroyed?5. Does the Chinese government value the preservation of those historical and cultural sites?6. Why did Mr. Neville Agnew say “ tourism and conservation are good partners”?Lesson Two P18 Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. What is Beijing running

3、 for?2. When will the site be chosen for the games?3. Did China get fair play in choosing the site for the 2000 games?4. What are the reasons listed by the Bid Committee of Beijing for choosing it for the 2008 games?5. What is the goal of the English-speaking drive in Beijing?Lesson Three P29 Please

4、 answer the following questions in simple words.1. Why did some of the HBS grads choose to come back to China although they had received lucrative offers from Americas top companies?2. What profession do they usually like to go in for?3. Why did most of them choose to take in IT industry?4. Why did

5、some of them decide to stay in the US while some chose to come back?5. What do you think is the biggest obstacle preventing the elite from coming back home?6. What does the title of this article “ Home At Last” mean?Unit Two QuestionsLesson Four P38Please answer the following questions in simple wor

6、ds.1. Why are virtual institutions thought of as best graduate schools?2. Why is the huge upsurge of interest in remote learning?3. Will the distance education substitute the traditional education? Explain.4. Whats the advantage of remote learning?5. Whats the opposite idea about remote learning?6.

7、What are the factors you should consider before you choose a distant-education school?Lesson Five P57Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. Do researchers agree with each other on the correlationship between college selectivity and future income of the graduates? Cite examples to a

8、nswer the question.2. Are all state-run universities less competitive than private universities? Please give examples.3. If a candidate is admitted to Harvard University, but decides to go to a state university, will his future earnings be affected?4. For students from poor backgrounds, does it affe

9、ct their future earning to choose an elite university? Why?5. Where do most top companies go to recruit their employees? Why?6. What has influenced the old pattern of employee recruiting for companies?7. What is the attitude of the author of the article toward the issue of college selectivity?Lesson

10、 Six P70Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. How many American colleges do you know? Which of them are the best?2. What are admissions quotas?3. State the reasons for Asian-American childrens success at school. What is their chief motivation?4. Do all American college administrat

11、ors adopt the policy of acceptances based purely on merit? Why or why not?5. Why do Asian-American children tend to major in math and science? What is your view about their inclination?6. Why cant American parents spend as much time as Asian parents do with their kids?Lesson Seven P88Please answer t

12、he following questions in simple words.1. Do you think Confucianism still plays an important role in education? What do Confucian ideals mean?2. Were the early Asian immigrants fairly treated? State the reason. 3. What does a “ grade grind” mean?4. Is it based on fair play for the leading universiti

13、es to prefer “ varsity athletes and children of alumni” to better-scoring candidates? Is it an unconscious or conscious bias?5. Do all Asian Americans lead a good life ?6. What is the attitude of the journalists towards the Asian-American students in this article?姓 名： 学 号： 得 分： 教师签名： 英语报刊选读平时作业2 Uni

14、t Three QuestionsLesson Eight P98Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. Who are the top decision-makers in the case?2. What are the factors which have caused government officials to accuse Mr. Lee of spying?3. Why was Mr. Lee placed in solitary confinement? Was it appropriate for t

15、he authorities to do so?4. Did the Justice and Energy officials in question agree with what Judge Parker said?5. Do you think Justice Department official have thrown the book at Dr. Lee?6. Who is to blame in the case?Lesson Nine P110Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. How many b

16、lack churches were burned or vandalized from 1994 to 1996 according to the Center for Democratic Renewal? Are these cases solved ? Why or why not?2. What does it mean to say “ church fires are an election-year issue”? How does Clinton react to them?3. Are the inference from the arson in Enid and the

17、 emerging facts of the investigation in agreement? What do you think about it?4. Why does the author say the federal task force is entering a quagmire?5. Why must President Clinton walk a fine in dealing with the arsons?Lesson Ten P125Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. What doe

18、s the title of this article “ Big Crimes, Small Cities” mean?2. Why do the people show apathy towards people being attacked by criminals?3. Why are teenagers more apt to use deadly force over small matters?4. What does it mean that Charlotte risked becoming a “ fortress city”?5. Does the crime wave

19、have something to do with drugs, guns, and the economic recession? State the reason.Lesson Eleven P135Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. Why is peoples focus switching from the material to the spiritual?2. What has caused the serious disorder that afflicts US society today? Wha

20、t does an “ anything goes” philosophy mean? What has it resulted in?3. What has dragged people down? What is Bob Doles attitude toward Hollywood? Why is Mr. Clinton so interested in Doles critique of it? And what has he asked Congress to do?4. Why did Plato say even poets such as Homer ought to be b

21、anned?5. What enables TV to have impact on people? What world view do people have as a result of the TV and film industries influence on them?6. What can Americans do or what should they do about the influence of the entertainment industry?Lesson Twelve P148Please answer the following questions in s

22、imple words.1. What crisis did West Point undergo in recruiting its cadets during the Vietnam War?2. What have the academy critics often charged it with in the years since the Vietnam War?3. What training and courses do cadets have to take? Is it a hard and heavy load or a light one? Explain.4. Who

23、are the generals graduated from the school?5. Why is the article entitled “ West Point Makes a Comeback?”Unit Four QuestionsLesson Thirteen P162Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. Who are lobbyists usually hired by? What for?2. What is the relationship between lobbyists and legi

24、slators?3. Why do some of the former senior officials choose lobbying as their profession?4. How do lobbyists earn their pay? How effective are they?5. What are the other words throughout the text which refer to members of Congress?Lesson Fourteen P171Please answer the following questions in simple

25、words.1. Why has the House of Representatives been changing into a rich mans club or a House of Lords?2. In what way did the Court decision favor the wealthy candidates?3. Are women far behind men in getting Congressional offices? Please give an example for your answer.4. What role do political acti

26、on committees play in a campaign for public office?5. According to the authors of the study, on what basis should the political race for public office be placed? Do you think it possible for Congress to change the campaign system in the context of the present American political system?Lesson Fifteen

27、 P189Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. What did Mr. Al Gore plan to do after a U.S. Supreme Court decision? Was it wise for him to do so?2. Why couldnt Mr. Gore win the presidential election since he outpolled Mr. Bush in the popular vote?3. Was the 5-to-4 decision of the Supr

28、eme Court, technically, for the vote recount in Florida or against it?4. Will the Bush administration face the Herculean(艰巨的) tasks and challenges? Explain.5. What led to some degree to Mr. Gores defeat in the general election?6. What are Mr. Gores advantage and disadvantage if he runs again for pre

29、sidency in 2004?姓 名： 学 号： 得 分： 教师签名： 英语报刊选读平时作业3Unit Five QuestionsLesson Sixteen P204Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. What does Mr. Nixon think of his management of the Vietnam War? What is his purpose in blaming his predecessors for the War?2. In the authors view, is No Mor

30、e Vietnams a history book? Why?3. According to Mr. Nixon, what is the lesson one should draw from the War?4. Did Congress cooperate with him as he conducted the War? Explain your answer.5. What is Mr. Nixons prescription for the worldwide rival between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.?Lesson Seventeen P217Plea

31、se answer the following questions in simple words.1. How many organizations were engaged in the spy war between the U.S. and the former U.S.S.R.?2. What drive did the American and the former Soviet espionage services carry on for the most effective sabotage of one anothers organizations?3. What bait

32、 did those intelligence services usually use to lure one anothers agents to treachery? Give one or two examples.4. What does the word “ story” mean in the sentence “ Later, he passed on the entire story to U.S. agents” ?Lesson Eighteen P228Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. Wha

33、t did the KGB infiltration through the back door mean? Why did it have to do so?2. What are “ the two important cards” American secret services can play in order to lure Soviet spies to defect?3. Is detective work valuable?4. Can an intelligence agency be spyproofed? Prove your point by giving an ex

34、ample.5. What are the other words and phrases in this article for an intelligence agency and a spy?Lesson Nineteen P239Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. In Sergey Franks view, what is business communication like in the US?2. How do you understand Sergey Franks saying that “ co

35、mmunicating is a natural talent of Americans”?3. What has more influence on business communication in US than anywhere else?4. Make a brief account of a typical business communication or negotiation in US. ( Or: What is the US negotiating style? Cite examples to prove. Or: Summarize the major charac

36、teristics of business communication in US and support each with an example.)5. Why have so many joint ventures and alliances between US and Asian companies failed to meet expectations?6. What suggestion will you give to people doing business in the US? ( Or: What have you benefited from this text?)U

37、nit Six QuestionsLesson Twenty P251Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. What was Mr. Churchills view on Britains system of government? Do you agree with him?2. What role does Queen Elizabeth II play? Can she play a better role than an American president in a sense ? Explain.3. Wh

38、at power does queen Elizabeth II have? Does Her Majesty have the real power to choose a prime minister? Why or why not?4. If the monarchy were abolished, what would things in Britain be like?5. Do you know any scandals about some members of the royal family?6. Why must the monarchy stay? Can it keep

39、 a politician from holding all the powers? Do you think the monarchy must go? State the reason.Lesson Twenty-one P266Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. What do CJD and BSE mean?2. What is the peoples reaction to the mad-cow disease? In Majors view, who should take the responsib

40、ility for the beef scare?3. Who is to blame for the epidemic of the disease? How does Switzerland fight the disease?4. Is the EU willing to help Britain to solve the problem of the beef scare? Why or why not?5. Can Britain kill all the mad cows? Explain.6. Did the EU leaders take beef with gusto? Do

41、 you think it possible for Europeans to like beef as before? State the reason.Lesson Twenty-two P278Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. Do all the names, England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, the British Isles and the British Commonwealth, have the same meaning of differen

42、t meanings?2. When and how were Wales and Scotland joined to or united with England? 3. Why does economic progress stimulate independence movement in Scotland and Wales? What is the fundamental cause for their desire for independence?4. Will the EC accept Scotland and Wales as its member states? Why

43、 or why not?5. Will Scotland and Wales be turned into colonies of Japan?6. Do you think the Scots and the Welsh can gain their independence? Why?姓 名： 学 号： 得 分： 教师签名： 英语报刊选读平时作业4Unit Seven QuestionsLesson Twenty-three P287Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. What do “ comfort wome

44、n” and “ comfort stations” mean during World War II?2. What are the women demanding from Japan? Why are they unwilling to accept compensation from the private fund?3. What did Mr. Tadashi Itagaki say to Ms. Kim Sang Hee, and what did she reply? Why was the legislator so unsympathetic?4. Is the Prime

45、 Minister caught between public opinion and his conservative party? What is the attitude of the rightists league? Do the Japanese people support them, and Asian people agree with them?5. Why is Japan so stubborn in the case of the “ comfort women”?Lesson Twenty-four P296Please answer the following q

46、uestions in simple words.1. Which specific points are highlighted by the author of this text when describing the new India?2. What has kicked Indias pace up a gear? And what has made it possible?3. What do you learn about todays new breed of Indians from this text?4. What problems or obstacles are s

47、till remaining that may hinder Indias further development?5. What is the authors general attitude towards Indias economic progress of development?Lesson Twenty-five P305Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. What kind of organization is the Taliban? How has it grown so fast and con

48、trolled most part of the country so successfully?2. What did the U.S. call on the Taliban to do when it conquered Kabul?3. What is the American attitude towards this movement?4. What law does this faction impose? Would the Clinton administration like it to do so? Why?5. According to Bernard Rubin, w

49、hat is the most important thing for the Taliban to do?Unit Eight QuestionsLesson Twenty-six P313Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. How was John Moriarty “ stolen” from his parents?2. What was the reason that many Aborigine children were taken from their parents?3. Why did the t

50、hen Australian authorities adopt such a policy?4. What is John Howards stand on the past?5. Why did some of the stolen Aborigines become alcoholic or die premature death? 6. What do you think of Mr. Moriarty and the Aborigines future?Lesson Twenty-seven P321Please answer the following questions in s

51、imple words.1. Why does the article say that the Europes Gypsies may be offered a chance to be recognized as a nation when some Central European states try to enter the European Union?2. What is the most probable Gypsy territory origin?3. What do the International Romany Union lobby for in such orga

52、nizations as UN?4. Why is the European Commission wary of encouraging Gypsies to present themselves as a nation?5. Have the European Gypsies suffered a lot of pogroms over centuries?6. Are the Gypsies a nation? Explain.Lesson Twenty-eight P329Please answer the following questions in simple words.1. Why did so many Ugandans die in faith?2. What did Mary Snaida-Akat