1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 20及答案与解析 SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 Where are the peace talks being held? （ A） Darfur. （ B） Sudan. （ C） Nigeria. （ D） Lagos. 2 Which of the following is N
2、OT the reason of Syrians withdrawal from Lebanon? （ A） Syrian military forces have been in Lebanon for more than 30 years. （ B） Huge demonstration in Beirut. （ C） International condemnation. （ D） The death of the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. 3 Although Indonesia government and separatist rebe
3、ls agreed _ after the Indian Ocean tsunami, clashes continued. （ A） a peace talk （ B） a formal ceasefire （ C） an informal ceasefire （ D） a temporary withdrawal 4 Which of the following details is INCORRET? （ A） The ruling found the statute of limitations had run out on a second count. （ B） A court i
4、n Milan has found Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi guilty of corruption （ C） Mr. Berlusconi was the first sitting Italian prime minister to risk being convicted on criminal charges. （ D） A statement from Mr. Berlusconis office welcomed the verdict. 5 According to defense officials, the purpose of the
5、 Pentagon creating the special Support Branch is to （ A） delve into CIA territory. （ B） help gather military intelligence. （ C） rival the CIA （ D） bend the law. 6 For about the past two years the Support Branch has been providing personnel to deploy secretly with _ and other units. （ A） Special Forc
6、es （ B） US military forces （ C） Pentagon （ D） defense officials 7 What problem do the police departments across the United States face? （ A） Rising crime rate. （ B） A serious manpower shortage. （ C） A serious finance shortage. （ D） The crisis of reputation. 8 According to Miami Police Department spo
7、kesman Delrish Moss, the following professions are popular in the past EXCEPT （ A） an astronaut. （ B） a police officer. （ C） an athlete. （ D） president of the United States. 9 Four British men detained at the American detention center of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are （ A） sympathizers of Al Qaeda. （ B）
8、 terrorist suspects. （ C） the last British detainees at Guantanamo. （ D） criminals. 10 Which of the following is INCORRECT about the four British men? （ A） They are being examined by some doctors after arriving in London. （ B） They were arrested under the Britains 2000 Terrorism Act. （ C） They will
9、have access to their lawyers in Britain. （ D） They have been charged at the American detention center of Guantanamo Bay. 11 What does the news item mainly report? （ A） The Paris of the West. （ B） The heroism of the survivors. （ C） San Franciscans mark 100th anniversary of quake. （ D） The immense dev
10、astation. 12 According to Keremitsis, what caused the most of the devastation? （ A） The massive shaking magnitude. （ B） Fires that burned uncontrolled for three days. （ C） The panic of men, women and children. （ D） The flood caused by the quake. 13 Which of the following details about the bill is IN
11、CORRECT? （ A） The bill would make it a felony to be an illegal immigrant in the United States. （ B） The bill is not yet law. （ C） The bill proposes to erect fences along two-thirds of the U.S.-Mexico border. （ D） The bill would also penalize those who help or hire illegal immigrants. 14 How many peo
12、ple marched Saturday? （ A） 40,000. （ B） 50,000. （ C） 400000 （ D） 500000 15 For what is Spitzer forced to resign? （ A） Charging a high price with call girls. （ B） Spending many dollars on sessions with call girls. （ C） Spending many dollars on sessions with criminals. （ D） Failure to crush the prosti
13、tution ring in New York. 16 Which of the following details is NOT true? （ A） Spitzer successfully prosecuted cases against Wall Street stock traders. （ B） He was elected governor in 2006 by an overwhelming majority of votes. （ C） Spitzers resignation will take effect on Tuesday. （ D） The New York Ti
14、mes reported this case on Monday. 17 Because of Israeli _ on Hamas leaders, other cabinet members were sworn in by a video link from the West Bank city of Ramallah. （ A） economic sanction （ B） travel restrictions （ C） freedom restrictions （ D） election restrictions 18 What did Prime Minister Haniyeh
15、 pledge to support at a news conference? （ A） Palestinian principles. （ B） The Palestine Liberation Organization. （ C） Any peace initiatives. （ D） Hamas cabinet members. 19 What had South African Ambassador Kumalo expect the Security Council to do? （ A） To extend UN peacekeeping mission in Somalia.
16、（ B） To extend African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. （ C） To make a firm decision about deploying AU peacekeeping troops to Somalia. （ D） To make a firm decision about deploying UN peacekeeping troops to Somalia. 20 Which of the following details about the news is INCORRECT? （ A） There are
17、1,700 Ugandan troops in Somalia now. （ B） There are 8,000 AU troops in Somalia now. （ C） Kumalo thinks that peacekeeping mission in Somalia cannot be left only to the AU. （ D） Kumalo was not enthusiastic about the UN resolution. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 20答案与解析 SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this sec
18、tion, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 【听力原文】 The Darfur peace talks have been postponed until Saturday. A spokesman for the African Union which is brokering in the negotiations blamed the delay on logistical problems. “Some rebe
19、ls,“ he said, “and mediators missed their flight to Abuja Nigeria where those peace talks are being held.“ 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 地点细节题。文中提到：负责调解谈判的非洲联盟发言人说， “一些反叛者，还有调解人误了到举行和平谈判的地点尼日利亚阿布贾的飞机。 ”故选项 C正确。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 2 【听力原文】 Lebanon is in the process of holding its first general elections for more than 3
20、0 years without the heavy shadow of a Syrian military presence over much of the country. The Syrians pulled out in April, after huge demonstrations in Beirut and international condemnation following the assassination of the former Prime Minister, Rafiq Hariri. His death and the recent killing of a p
21、rominent anti-Syrian journalist, Samir Kassir, have been blamed by many Lebanese on Syria a charge the Syrians have strongly denied. The first round of the elections was held last Sunday in Beirut and over the next few weeks therell be voting in other parts of the country. 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据新闻中 “在
22、经历了贝鲁特的大规模游行示威，国际社会的强烈谴责以及前总理拉菲克 哈里被暗杀这一连串的事件以后，叙利亚终于在今年四月从黎巴嫩撤军 ”，可知选项 B、 C、 D均为叙利亚从黎巴嫩撤军的原因。故正确答案为 A。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 3 【听力原文】 Indonesia government officials and leaders of separatist rebels in the province of Aceh are to meet for peace talks at Helsinki this week. Confirmation of the talks came from
23、the office of the former Finish President Martti Ahtisaari who heads a group which works to resolve conflict. It followed another announcement from the head of the Indonesia military that troops had stopped attacking rebels in Aceh. Although both sides agreed on an informal ceasefire after the India
24、n Ocean tsunami, clashes continued. 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节复现题。新闻最后一句提到虽然双方都同意在印度洋海啸之后达成非正式的停火，但冲突仍在继续。这里的双方指的是印度尼西亚政府和分裂反叛组织，故正确答案为 C。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 4 【听力原文】 A court in Milan Italy has acquitted Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi of corruption charges. The ruling found Mr. Berlusconi not guilty of one cour
25、t of corruption and found the statute of limitations had run out on a second court. Mr. Berlusconi was the first sitting Italian prime minister to risk being convicted on criminal charges. A statement from his office welcomed the verdict and reiterated his long-standing denial of guilt. 4 【正确答案】 B 【
26、试题解析】 细节题。文中提到：裁决认为贝鲁斯科尼先生一审法 庭的腐败指控是不成立的。 B把 not guilty说成了 guilty，与原文不符，因此正确。预读时应注意题目中的关键词 INCORRECT。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 5 【听力原文】 Defense officials in the United States have confirmed that the Pentagon has created its own unit to help gather military intelligence. But they denied its a rival to the CIA or
27、 that they are bending the law. The admission came after a senior Republican senator said he would raise questions about reports of a clandestine unit operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here is our Pentagon correspondent Nick Childs. The group is known as the special Support Branch. For about the pa
28、st two years it has been providing personnel to deploy secretly with Special Forces and other units to gather all important human intelligence for military operations. US Defense officials have played down the significance of the secret cell and denied that its an attempt to rival the CIA. The Washi
29、ngton Post first revealed the unit saying its meant to delve into CIA territory and that the Pentagon was reinterpreting US law to do it. But defense officials say the new group is merely a more focused version of things theyve been doing before to provide better support for US military forces. 5 【正
30、确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。新闻首句就提到：美国国防部的官员证实五角大楼组建了自己的部门来帮助收集军事情报，但他们否认了这是和中情局唱对台戏，或者说是在循私枉法的。故选项 B为正确答案。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到：在过去的两年里，它曾提供人员配合特种部队和其他部门秘密展开工作，为军事行动收集所有的重要人文情报。故正确答案为A。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 7 【听力原文】 Police departments in many communities across the United States say they are facing
31、a serious manpower shortage and attracting new recruits is not as easy as it used to be. Police officer Reggie Brown is on patrol in Oakland, California, a city notorious for its crime rate. After 18 years, Brown says the job has become routine. When he started, he loved the excitement. “It was ever
32、ything you could dream of, I mean you get to drive fast, chase folks, put people in jail. It was like, you know, on a nightly basis there was plenty of action back then.“ The promise of such thrills had young people like him lining up for police work 20 or 30 years ago. But, as Miami Police Departme
33、nt spokesman Delrish Moss notes, things have changed, “When I grew up, you wanted to be a police officer, an astronaut or president of the United States. I dont hear those three on the top of the list anymore.“ 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。文中开头处提到：美国很多地区的警察部门说他们面临严重的人员短缺，招募新成员不如过去那么容易了。故选项 B正确。 【知识模块】 新闻听力
34、 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。文中结尾处提到，迈阿密警察局发言人德瑞西 摩斯说：“在我长大时，人们想成为一名警官、宇航员或者美国总统。我再也看不到这 3个在排行表的前端了。 ”这表明在过去人们很想成为一名警官、宇航员或者美国总统。故选项 C正确。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 9 【听力原文】 Four British men detained for 3 years at the American detention center of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are now in custody in London. The men, the last Br
35、itish detainees at Guantanamo, arrived in England on board a British military plane. The Americans say the men, Moazzam Begg, Feroz Abbasi, Richard Belmar and Martin Mubanga, are terrorist suspects or sympathizers of Al Qaeda, although they have never been charged. G.K. is outside the police station
36、 where the men are being held. Free of Guantanamo Bay but not yet entirely free, as soon as they touched down just after 5 oclock local time, the men were arrested under Britains 2000 Terrorism Act. They were then taken to PG police station in central London. Here they are being examined by some doc
37、tors to check that they are fit to be questioned. They will be detained for a while; we are not quite sure how long. They will have access to their lawyers though which is, of course, something they didnt have at Guantanamo. At some point we are expecting them though to be released rather than to be
38、 charged. 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到：四名被关押在美国设在古巴关塔那摩湾的拘留中心的英国人，是最后一批在关塔那摩的英国被拘留者。故选项 C为正确答案。选项 A、 B是美国人对他们的指控，而非事实。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到：美国人说这些人是恐怖分子嫌疑犯或者是基地组织的支持者，尽管他们从未被起诉。故选项 D正确。此题预读时应特 别注意关键词 INCORRECT。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 11 【听力原文】 Thousands will gather in the city center just afte
39、r 5:00 am on Tuesday, April 18, to remember victims of the Great Earthquake. Organizers say they will also celebrate the heroism of the survivors. One hundred years ago, the first tremors struck at 5:12 in the morning, and the region shook violently for one minute. A center of culture and commerce,
40、San Francisco was then known as the Paris of the West. Just hours earlier, I-talian tenor Enrico Caruso had appeared in the opera Carmen at the citys opera house. The singer later recalled trembling with fear as he looked out of the window of his room at the Palace Hotel. He saw buildings topple and
41、 masonry fall, and heard the screams of men, women and children. Historian Eileen Keremitsis is a volunteer guide who recounts the tragic story for visitors. The quake was massive, at magnitude 7.8 and was centered just off the coast close to the city. The shaking damaged or destroyed thousands of b
42、uildings over a wide area, but Keremitsis says most of the devastation was caused by fires that burned uncontrolled for three days. 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。新闻首句提到： 4月 18日 (星期二 )，数千人将于早上5点后聚集在市中心来悼念大地震的遇难者。接着新闻通过不同人的经历回顾了100年前的旧金山大地震。故选项 C正确。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。新闻结尾处提到：科里米特西斯说，大多数的毁坏
43、是由失控了 3天的大火导致的。故选项 B正确。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 13 【听力原文】 The marchers chanted “Si se puede“, a Mexican-American rallying cry that means “yes, we can“. They hope to block a bill already passed by the House of Representatives that would make it a felony to be an illegal immigrant in the United States. The bill,
44、which is not yet law, would also penalize those who help or hire illegal immigrants, and erect fences along one-third of the U.S.-Mexico border. A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department says about 500,000 people marched Saturday. 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节判断题。文中提到：法案还提议沿着美国 墨西哥边界的三分之一的地方树起栅栏。 C说
45、是三分之二的边界，与原文不符，因此是正确答案。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 数字细节题。文中结尾处提到：洛杉矶警局的发言人说，大约 50万人在星期六参与了游行。故选项 D正确。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 15 【听力原文】 Spitzers resignation has been anticipated since The New York Times reported on Monday that the governor was involved in a high-priced prostitution ring. Spitzer is alleged
46、to have spent tens of thousands of dollars on sessions with call girls. In a brief statement, Spitzer said he has already begun to atone for his private failings with his family and he apologized to supporters. Spitzer said his resignation will take effect on Monday at the request of Lieutenant Gove
47、rnor David Paterson to provide time for an orderly transition. As a popular state attorney general, he successfully prosecuted cases against Wall Street stock traders, mob leaders and several prostitution rings. He was elected governor in 2006 by a landslide. 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解 析】 细节判断题。新闻中提到：据称，斯皮策在应
48、召女郎身上花费了数万美元。故 B正确。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 16 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节判断题。新闻中提到：斯皮策的辞职将于星期一生效，而不是在星期二，故 C为正确答案。 【知识模块】 新闻听力 17 【听力原文】 Hamas cabinet members put their hands on a copy of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, and swore to be loyal to the “homeland and its holy places“, as they took the oath of office. Of th
49、e 24 cabinet members, 14 have served time in Israeli jails. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas presided over the ceremony in the Gaza Strip where Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar, and other leading members of the cabinet reside. Because of Israeli travel restrictions on Hamas leaders, other cabinet members were sworn in by a video link from the West Bank city of Ramallah. At a news conference, following the swearing-in ceremony, Prime Minister Haniyeh pledged to support any peace initiatives that Pr
