C) They were between local people and Christians. D) They were between local army and Muslims.
6. A) It is a large commercial area to the north. C) It was burnt to the ground.
B) It was under military control. D) There were no debris and smoldering fires. 7. A) At least 100. B) 100. C) At least 1000. D) 1000.
Model Test Eight
Section A
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item 1. A) Offering services to help people stop smoking. B) Raising taxes.
C) Warning people about the dangers of tobacco. D) Enforcing bans on tobacco advertising.
2. A) More than 5 million. B) More than 8 million. C) More than l billion. D) More than 10 billion Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item
3. A) The discovery of voice recording. C) Les Paul’s musical experience and death. B) The development of guitar and popular music. D) Les Paul’s own radio show in Chicago. 4. A) When he was 10 years old. C) When he was a host in Chicago. B) When he was 13 years old. D) When he was at a local restaurant. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
5. A) Sleeping. B) Holding a meeting. C) Indulging themselves. D) Quarrelling. 6. A) Soldiers. B) Teachers. C) Lawyers. D) Businessmen. 7. A) Fire. C) Body bomb. B) Mobile phone signals. D) Light.
Model Test Nine
Section A
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. 1. A) The fire erupted in southern Australia. B) There may be more victims.
D) The temperatures have reached 57 degrees Celsius.
2. A) 108. B) 47. C) Up to 400. D) Dozens of. Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
3. A) It is set to expire on December 31. C) It created 120000 jobs.
B) It raised the unemployment rate. D) It made middle class families benefited. 4. A) When unemployment rate dropped. C) When he made his weekly address. B) Before Congress went home for the holidays. D) Before private sectors created more jobs. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item. 5. A) Top industrial countries met in the US for world finance. B) Developing economies met in the US for a summit on finance. C) G20 leaders met in the US for a summit on future world culture.
D) Developing and top industrial economies met in the US for a summit on finance.
6. A) 5 billion. B) 50 billion. C) 500 billion. D) 5000 billion.
C) The entire towns have been lost,
7. A) When to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis. B) When to inject money without harming a recovery. C) How to withdraw that support without harming a recovery. D) How to inject money without harming a recovery.
Model Test Ten
Section A
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
1. A) On the first Monday in November. C) On the first Monday in December. B) On the first Tuesday in November. D) On the first Tuesday in December. 2. A) Frans Baleni. B) Ken Cuccinelli. C) Terry McAuliffe. D) Chris Christie. Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
3. A) The general US economic activity. C) The lower savings rate in America. B) Consumer spending in US economy. D) The government’s effort on economy. 4. A) The lower savings rate in four years. C) Special payments by the government. B) The spending boost by Americans, D) PNC Financial Services Group’s support. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
5. A) Labor Department officials. C) Lawmakers. B) Civilians. D) The army.
6. A) 0.3%. B) 3%. C) 9.7%. D) 10%. 7. A) Negative. B) Positive. C) Hopeless. D) Enlightening.
Model Test Eleven
Section A
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item 1. A) The women’s marathon at the historic Brandenburg Gate. B) The final day of the Championships competition. C) Nick Symmonds’ win of the 800-meter semifinal heat. D) The final of the men’s four-by-400-meter relay. 2．A)3． B)4． C)7． D)8．
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item
3. A) It might hinder people from going shopping. C) It might be harmful to some people’s health. B) It could cause serious traffic accident. D) It could add more holiday atmosphere. 4. A) In the middle of winter. C) During Christmas. B) Just before Christmas. D) After the Christmas holiday. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item
5, A) Japan. C) The United States, B) South Korea. D) Australia. 6. A) Trade imbalances. C) Regional disputes.
B) Unstable currency values. D) New members’ applications. 7. A) 9. B) 19. C) 20. D) 21. 8.
Model Test Twelve
Section A
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
1. A) The election in Kenya. C) The diplomatic relations with other country. B) The economy and democracy. D) The peace in the country.
2. A) About 30. B) More than 300. C) Around 3000. D) More than 5000. Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
3. A) Positive. B) Reluctant. C) Optimistic. D) Careless.
4. A) 400 million dollars and 100 military experts. C) 140 million dollars and 100 military experts. B) 140 million dollars and 500 soldiers. D) 400 million dollars and 500 soldiers. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item. 5. A) Negotiations between developing and industrialized countries. B) A struggle to reach a new global agreement on climate change. C) The deadlock of United Nations climate talks. D) A list of demands by developing nations. 6. A) It’s a global agreement on climate change. B) It expired at the end of last month.
C) It fell into deadlock and continued into the second round. D) The United Nations climate talks have made a replacement for it. 7. A) Crafting a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol. B) Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. C) Stopping industrial emissions of greenhouse gases. D) Coping with the effects of climate change respectively.
第三部分 答案解析及听力原文
Model Test One
Section A
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
The Internet search engine company called Google has announced (1) it will give more than twenty-five million dollars in money and investments to help the poor. The money will be spent over the next five to ten years in several areas, including poverty reduction and private business development.
Aleem Walji works for Google.org-the part of the company that gives money to good causes. He spoke to us from San Francisco. California. He said (2) the first project to receive money will help identify where infectious diseases are developing. In Southeast Asia and Africa, for example. Google. org will work with partners to strengthen early warning systems and take action against growing health threats.
1. How much money will Google spend in helping the poor?
C)【精析】由句(1)可知，Google会拿出2500多万美金以现金和投资的形式帮助贫困人群。 2. What is the first project of the Google.org Company intended to do?
A)【精析】由句(2)可知，第一个资金援助项目用于帮助确定传染病散播的区域。
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
(3) Existing home sales climbed for the second month in a row in September, fueling some hope that a housing recovery is underway. Sales of previously owned homes rose 10% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.53 million units last month, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday. That was up from a 4.12 million rate in August.
The report came in much stronger than expective. (4) Economists had forecast sales to edge up to an annual rate of 4.25 million units, according to consensus estimates 市场平均预估from Briefing. com. The gains of the past two months were welcome news, after home sales sank 27% to their lowest level in 15 years in July. While some economists say a housing recovery is underway, a foreclosure丧失抵押品赎回权 moratorium暂停 in October may have a negative impact on next month’s report.
3. What can be concluded from existing home sales in August?
D)【精析】由句(3)可知，现存房屋销售在9月份保持连续两个月的增长势头，由此可推知，销售量于8月份开始增长。
4. What did the economists think about the sales?
B)【精析】由句(4)可知，经济学家们预测销售会渐渐升至年均425万套。 Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
(5) Britain has announced strict measures to curb bankers’ bonuses. (6) There will be a one of fifty percent tax on all payments over 40000 dollars. The move follows criticism of sizable bonuses banks are planning to pay while receiving government aid.
An official of the British banker association Angela Knight said she’s concerned by the decision. “When it comes to the broad issues of pay in bonuses, we’d already doubted with that. We put it into regulation that contracted bonuses could be differed for two or three years paid on consistency of performance only and (7) the majority of that bonus would be paid in shares.” She said.
5. What is mainly talked about in the news item?
A)【精析】由句(5)可知，英国出台了严格限制银行家分红的相关措施。 6. Whom will be levied on as for the tax?
C)【精析】由句(6)可知，对所有收入超过四万美元的银行家，超出部分加收50%的税。 7. What do we know about the bankers’ bonus?
B)【精析】由句(7)可知，大部分奖金是以股票形式发放的。
Model Test Two
Section A
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
(1) Eighty thousand gold miners have begun a strike in South Africa. As the strike began the national union of mine workers said it would accept a 10% raise instead of their original demand of 60%. (2) The General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, Frans Baleni told the BBC that if the gold companies offered a 10% wage increase, this would be accepted and the strike would be called off. Despite this development, the main gold mining union has also issued a hard-hitting statement, saying the strike would change the gold mining landscape forever. It said it was aware of the devastating impact industrial action would have on the economy, calling it largely a white man’s economy with no benefits for poor black mine workers.
1. How many gold miners took part in the strike in South Africa? B)【精析】由句(1)可知，南非有8万名金矿矿工参加了罢工。 2. What should the gold companies do to call off the strike?
D)【精析】由句(2)可知，南非全国矿工联盟(National Union of Mineworkers, NUM)的秘书长巴兰尼(Frans Baleni)告诉BBC，如果金矿企业为工人加薪10%，他们就会接受，罢工也将会被取消。 Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
(3 - 1) Italians have been trying for months to guess the SuperEnalotto’s winning six number combination. No one has managed, since January. This has driven the winning prize to an all-time high for Europe. Chances of guessing the correct combination are an astronomical 622-million-to-one. Fausto Rossi is a former bank employee who is now retired. He plays lotto every week. He says he dreams that he will win. And, the dreams continue when you ask players what they would do if they won such a huge amount of money. Rossi says that some people are prone to lose their minds if they find out they have won such an enormous jackpot.
(3 - 2) Tourists in Italy have also been playing the SuperEnalotto. And, foreigners have been coming across the border（边境）to try their luck, as well. They have been arriving from Slovenia, France and Austria. In Germany, a major tabloid newspaper has sponsored a competition, (4) awarding a chance to win free flights to Italy simply to buy tickets for the lotto drawings.
3. What does this news report mainly talk about?
C)【精析】根据句(3-1)和句(3-2)可知，意大利人六个月以来一直猜测赢得“超级乐透”的六个号码的组合，而且在意大利的游客也一直在玩“超级乐透”。由此可知，新闻的主题是意大利彩票竞猜的狂热状况。 4. What’s the award provided by the German tabloid newspaper? B)【精析】根据句(4)可知，其奖品为免费提供飞往意大利的机票。 Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
(5) A key committee of Euro MPs has moved to block the renewal of an agreement which allows US anti-terror officials to access Europeans bank data. The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee recommended that the full parliament reject the interim nine-month deal between the EU and US. (6) MEPs said the deal negotiated by EU governments provided insufficient privacy safeguards. The US can access the Swift Money Transfer System, based in Brussels. The European Parliament plans to vote on the EU and US data agreement next Thursday. (7) The Parliament’s press service says that if MEPs block it, they will be making use of a new power under the Lisbon Treaty to veto international agreements.
5. What is the decision of the Euro MPs?
A)【精析】根据句(5)可知，欧洲议员核心委员会已经决定停止一项协议的续约，该协议允许美反恐官员进入欧洲银行数据库。 6. Why was the deal rejected?
B)【精析】根据句(6)可知，议员们认为欧盟政府协商的协议不能充分保护隐私。 7. What will the MEPs use to veto international agreements?
C)【精析】根据句(7)可知，据议会新闻服务处透露，如果议员阻止该协议，他们将会利用里斯本条约框架内的新规定行使对国际协议的否决权。
Model Test Three
Section A
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
(1) Ford Motor reported record third-quarter net income Tuesday, far exceeding analysts’ expectations and