英語報(bào)刊選讀試題

1、英語報(bào)刊選讀試題 3I. Translate the following items into Chinese. (2 points for each from 1 to 15; 5 points for 16 and 17 respectively; 40 points in total)1. as a tribute to a distinguished graduate2. three years in a row3. a double-digit cut in critical defense research programs4. political lobbying5. elect

2、oral college6. harmless entertainment7. have a real problem separating reality from fantasy8. capital punishment9. cram for an exam10. Higher Education Act11. a fellow student of Fishers12. the give-and-take of the traditional classroom13. a standard brick-and-mortar university14Predicting the futur

3、e takes insight and dedication.15. worth a lot of money for a lot of people16. Don Wise wandered into the living room of his home in Leewood one evening last Semptember. His ten-year-old son, Mike, and a 12-year- old friend were sitting in front of a large-screen television set. They were playing a

4、vedio game they had rented called 007.17. Ms. Stuart says her experience with online learing was wonderful but also served to challenge one of the false ideas about Internet study: the notion that it doesnt require as much commitment and discipline as conventional classroom courses. If anything, Stu

5、art believes she works harder than most traditional on-site students. She says she can provide firsthand evidence that the idea that distance learning is easy is a misconception.II. Read the short passages and choose the best answer. (2 points for each; 20 points in total) (A)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico.

6、Howling like a million ghosts, a hurricane with an eye bigger than the islands it threatened blew into the Caribbean on Tuesday with winds that peaked at 170 miles an hour (270 kilometers an hour). The hurricane, designated Luis, straddled the Lesser Antilles and the Leeward Islands and moved westwa

7、rd toward Puerto Rico, Dominica and Cuba. The full force of the storm, estimated at 700 miles wide, was expected to strike Puerto Rico on Wednesday. High seas a hundred miles away it killed a French tourist in Guadeloupe. Ive been in hurricanes, but Ive never been in anything this strong before, sai

8、d Scott Stripling, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in San Juan. With confirmed wind gusts of up to 160 miles an hour and an eye 60 miles wide, the hurricane threatened even more devastation than the destructive hurricane named Hugo in 1989. As the hurricane bore down Tuesday on Barbu

9、da, a tiny island of 1,400 people, winds of at least 146 miles an hour knocked out US wind measuring instruments on neighboring Antigua, 25 miles to the south. There was an unofficial report of gusts up to 175 miles an hour on Antigua. Its like a million ghosts howling outside, said Jackie Butler, w

10、ho teaches in Davie, in south Florida. She got caught while vacationing in Barbuda with her husband and five children, including their 2-month-old daughter. Antigua government radio went off the air early Tuesday. Listeners switched to the Baptist station, Radio Lighthouse, which continued broadcast

11、ing warnings and news that some roofs had been blown off and many telephone lines downed.1. A storm with winds of up to 170 miles an hour the Caribbean. A. blew into B. is expected to threaten C. moved westwards towards2. The hurricane, named could be more destructive than the one in 1989. A. Lius B

12、. Hugo C. Barbuda3. Winds knocked out . A. a French tourist B. a US meteorologist C. US wind-measuring instruments4. Jackie Butler in Barbuda. A. got caught in the hurricane B. was staying with her children C. teaches5. continued broadcasting warnings and news. A. The government radio B. The Baptist

13、 station C. National Weather Service （B）CORTE, Corsica - A Corsican nationalist was shot dead and his wife was badly wounded here Thursday, bringing to three the number of pro-independence militants killed in less than 24 hours. Noel Sargentini, about 30 years old, was killed when two gunmen opened

14、fire as he drove his car in this northern Corsican town. Both he and his wife, Dominique, were members of the Cuncolta Nziunalista, one of the two main nationalist movements campaigning for independence from France. The police said the Sargentinis were overtaken by another car that blocked the road.

15、 Two gunmen got out and fired through the couples windshield. Mr. Sargentini died from bullets to the head and chest. His wife was hit by two bullets in the hip but was said to be out of danger. Ten people have been shot and killed this year, seven of them since July 13, in a growing feud between th

16、e Cuncolta and its rival, the Movement for Self-Determination. The two groups are off-shoots of the banned Corsican National Liberation Front. In the northern port of Bastia Wednesday evening, Pierre Albertini, 34, was killed in a gun battle in which he managed to wound one of his assailants fatally

17、. Mr. Albertini, a member of the Movement for Self-Determination, was walking on a main street when three cars pulled up in front of him and the occupants began shooting. He fired back with his Uzi machine-pistol and wounded one of them, Pierre Duriani,24, before being hit in the heart. Mr. Duriani,

18、 a Cuncolta militant, died later in a hospital.6. shot dead on Thursday. A. A Corsican nationalist was B. A Corsican couple were C. Three Corsican nationalists were7. as he drove his car in a northern Corsican town. A. Two gunmen opened fire at Noel Sargentinis wife B. Noel Sargentini was killed C.

19、Two gunmen shot Noel Sargentini dead8. There is a growing feud between . A. the Cuncolta and the Corsican National Liberation Front B. the Movement for self-Determination and Corsican National Liberation Front C. the Cuncoita and the Movement for Self-Determination9. On Wednesday evening, a gun batt

20、le also killed . A. a man B. two men C. seven people10. began shooting at Albertini as he was walking on a main street. A. Three men B. The occupants in the three cars C. Three cars stopped and peopleIII. Read the following passage and choose the best answer.(4 points for each; 20 points in total)Le

21、ssons of Heart Disease, Learned and IgnoredTime Is Muscle At least half of all patients never call an ambulance. Instead, in the throes of a heart attack, they drive themselves to the emergency room or are driven there by a friend or family member. Or they take a taxi. Or they walk. Patients often s

22、ay they were embarrassed by the thought of an ambulance arriving at their door. “Calling 911 seems like such a project,” Mr. Orr said. “I reserve it for car accidents and exploding appliances. I feel like if I can walk and talk and breathe I should just get here.”It is an understandable response, bu

23、t one that can be fatal, cardiologists say.“If you come to the hospital unannounced or if you drive yourself there, (1) youre burning time,” Dr. Antman said. “And time is muscle,” he added, meaning that (2) heart muscle is dying as the minutes tick away.There may be false alarms, Dr. Sopko said.“But

24、 it is better to be checked out and find out its not a problem than to have a problem and not have the therapy,” he said.Calling an ambulance promptly is only part of the issue, heart researchers say. There also is the question of how, or even whether, the patient gets either of two types of treatme

25、nt to open the blocked arteries, known as reperfusion therapy. One is to open arteries with a clot-dissolving drug like TPA, for tissue plasminogen activator. “These have been breakthrough therapies,” said Dr. Joseph P. Ornato, a cardiologist and emergency medicine specialist who is medical director

26、 for the City of Richmond, Va. “But the hooker is that even the best of the clot buster drugs typically only open up 60 to 70 percent of blocked arteries nowhere close to 100 percent.” The drugs also make patients vulnerable to bleeding, Dr. Ornato said.One in 200 patients bleeds into the brain, hav

27、ing a stroke from the treatment meant to save the heart. The other way is with (3) angioplasty, the procedure Mr. Orr got. Cardiologists say it is the preferred method under ideal circumstances.(4) Stents have recently been questioned for those who are just having symptoms like shortness of breath.

28、In those cases, drugs often work as well as stents. But during a heart attack or in the early hours afterward, stents are the best way to open arteries and prevent damage. That, though, requires a cardiac catheterization laboratory, practiced doctors and staff on call 24 hours a day. The result is t

29、hat few get this treatment.Skip to next paragraph “We now are seeing really phenomenal results in experienced hands,” Dr. Ornato said. “We can open 95 to 96 percent of arteries, and bleeding in the brain is virtually unheard of. Its a safer route if it is done by very experienced people and if it is

30、 done promptly. Those are big ifs.”The ifs were not a problem for Mr. Orr. His decision to go to Brigham and Womens Hospital proved exactly right. But he did not know that when he chose the hospital he chose it because (5) his doctor was affiliated with Brigham.1. “You are burning time” means A you

31、are wasting time B you are using time C you are flaming time2. “heart muscle is dying as the minutes tick away” means except _ _. A. As time slip by, the heart muscle stop its working.B . As every minute pass by, the heart muscle becomes weaker.C. As time goes on, the heart muscle lose its function

32、suddenly.3. Which of the following is False? A. The cardiologist is not in favor of the idea that patients drive themselves to the hospital.B. Patients feel it is a shame to call 9.11.C. Calling an ambulance promptly is the most important thing when the heart attacks.4. Which of the following is tru

33、e according to the passage? A. During a heart attack or in the early hours afterward, stents work as well as drugs.B. The preferred method under ideal circumstances is with angioplasty.C. Doctors are seeing really temporary results in experienced people.5. “ his doctor was affiliated with Brigham” m

34、eans . A. His doctor was angry with Brigham.B. His doctor inferior to Brigham.C. His doctor has connection with BrighamIV. Read the following passage and then translate the underlined sentences. (4 points for each; 20 points in total)Lobbyists Out of Shadows into The SpotlightRecent years have seen

35、an exploration in the number of advocates hired by corporations, labor unions, individuals and other special interests who want to influence actions of the White House, Congress and regulatory agenciesWho are these people? How do they earn their pay? How effective are they?Lobbying, a practice as ol

36、d as the nations government, got its name from the cozy relationship struck up in lobbies of the Capitol and nearby hotels between members of Congress and those seeking favor. In the early days, companies would often seal the vote of a politician by simply putting him on retainer.(1)Lobbyists quickl

37、y developed an unsavory reputation of being bagmen who conducted the peoples business around the poker table. Despite periodic scandals and demands for reform, Congress has been reluctant to tamper with laws guaranteeing the right of citizens to petition the government.(2)Lobbyists come in a variety

38、 of guises, but lawyers, trade-association representatives and public relations consultants dominates the field.(3)A number of lobbyists previously served in key government posts. The roster includes more than 300 former member of Congress, cabinet and White House officials and congressional aides.L

39、obby firms come in all sizes. For every large lobbying firm doing business out of a plushy downtown building, there are scores of tiny operations that often deal in specialized issues. Stanley Brand says of his small outfits: “We can be a lot more efficient than the large firms, and some clients are

40、nt always interested in the large hitters.Lobbying is big money. A high-powered organization will charge an annual retainer of $ 200,000 or more. To put a premium on winning, some contracts include “success bonus” clauses. With millions or even billions of dollars on the line in bills before Congres

41、s, the stake run high. Lobbyists often are hired not so much to influence officials as to find out what is going on in Washington that could affect a client. Mounting a drive to get voters to work on members of Congress through letters, telephone calls and personal visits can have enormous impact.Lo

42、bbying is a two-way street. When they are not busy trying to sway the views of politicians, the lobbyists are engaged in raising campaign money for those same politicians. Lobbyists, like members of most professions, have their intramural quarrels.Where lobbyists used to avoid notoriety and preferred to work behind the scenes, many seek pu