SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
News Item 1
11.答案:C
【问句译文】泰森为何于去年八月被关入监狱?
【试题分析】本题为主旨题。
【详细解答】新闻中提到“…for an assault in the wake of traffic accident last Augu st.”由此可知,泰森是因为在一次交通事故中动手打人而被捕入狱。
12.答案:A
【问句译文】泰森在什么日期前得不到拳击比赛的许可证?
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】解答本题的关键句是“But they plan no action on Tyson because the licen se they granted him to fight doesn’t expire until the end of the year.”由此可知 ,答案选A。
News Item 2
13.答案:B
【问句译文】为何俄罗斯的档案应受到重视?
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】新闻第二句说“The documents which the Russian gave the United States o n Sunday would be of particular interest because Kennedy’s assassin Lee Harvey O swald lived in the former Soviet Union for several years …”,由于刺杀肯尼迪的 凶手逃至前苏联生活了好几年,因此俄罗斯的档案应受到重视。
News Item 3
14.答案:C
【问句译文】在近三个月里,香港的失业率情况如何?
【试题分析】本题为主旨题。
【详细解答】新闻开头就说“Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has remained stable at 6.3 % in the past 3 months,…”由此可知,在过去的三个月里,香港失业率稳定在6.3%,因 此答案选C。
15.答案:C
【问句译文】根据该新闻,下列哪一选项是正确的?
【试题分析】本题为推理题。
【详细解答】新闻中提到各部门失业率有不同幅度地上涨或下降,但新闻首句就告诉我们说失 业率保持在6.3%不变。由此可推断出一些部门失业率上升,另外一些部门失业率下降,从 而保持总的失业率稳定不变,故答案选C。
SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING
1.答案:symbolic
【详细解答】在提到新闻发布会的第一个优点时说“…one value of news conference by a public official is the symbolic nature of the event.”由此可直接填写“symbolic” 。
2.答案:reference
【详细解答】在提到新闻发布会的另一个优点时说“In that regard, press conference inf ormation may be used as reference point,…” 由此可直接填写“reference”。
3.答案:reporters
【详细解答】由录音“…the press conference offers benefits of efficiency in that o fficials can speak to a number of reporters at once on the issue of public conce rn and interest.”可知,这里说的是从“记者们”(reporters)的观点来看问题。
4.答案:format
【详细解答】本段录音的最后一句说“The press conference may be at its best in this almost one-way format.” 由此可直接填写“format”。
5.答案:disadvantage
【详细解答】前面讲的是新闻发布会的优点(advantage),下面接着就要转入谈它的缺点了 (disadvantage)。
6.答案:component
【详细解答】由录音“…the component of the news source and nature of the questions asked.”可直接填写“component”。
7.答案:competence
【详细解答】由关键句“…the competence of the news source needs to be linked with the news-gathering-methods.”可知,此处应填写“competence”。
8.答案:verbal
【详细解答】由关键句“…but may lack the verbal skills or concepts to do so.”可知 ,这里说的是“口头表达”(verbal)技能。
9.答案:nature
【详细解答】由录音“…that is, the nature of questions asked.” 可知,此处应填写“ nature”。
10.答案:asking
【详细解答】这里提到了五条改进提问的方法,第四条是“it is often helpful to ask que stions in terms of the respondent’s own immediate”,根据上下文,此处应该用它的 动名词形式,故填写“asking”。
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