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2016英语四级听力新题型短篇新闻模拟(第2套)

来源 :中华考试网 2016-05-27

  Questions 1 and 2 will be based on thefollowing news item.

  1

  A.Christmas-time attacks made by Somali rebels.

  B.An explosion at a bus station in central Nairobi.

  C.The killing of more than 70 Ugandans in Kampala.

  D.Blasts set off by a Somali group in Uganda's capital.

  2

  A.On Christmas Eve.

  B.Just before midnight.

  C.During a security check.

  D.At lunch time.

  News Item One

  (1) Kenyan police say one person was killed and 26injured in an explosion at a bus station in centralNairobi. The blast hit a bus about to set off for theUgandan capital Kampala. Last July, the Somali groupal-Shabab said it was behind the blasts in theUgandan capital which killed more than 70 people.Will Ross reports from the Kenyan capital.

  The explosion happened beside a bus which was about to set off for an overnight journeyfrom Nairobi to the Ugandan capital Kampala. (2) Some eyewitnesses report that a bag wasabout to be loaded on board, but it exploded during a security check. Windows of the red buswere left smashed, and blood could be seen on the ground beside the vehicle. Just hoursearlier, Uganda's police chief had warned of possible Christmas-time attacks by Somali rebels.

  1.What is the news report mainly about?

  2.When did the incident occur?

  短篇新闻(一)

  肯尼亚警方称内罗毕中部的公交车站里发生了一起爆炸事故,造成了1人死亡,26人受伤。爆炸发生在一辆前往乌干达首都坎帕拉的公共汽车上。去年7月,索马里激进伊斯兰组织青年党(al-Shabab)声称,乌干达首都发生的致70多人丧生的爆炸案是其所为。威尔·罗斯从肯尼亚首都发回的报道。爆炸发生在一辆从内罗毕开往乌干达首都坎帕拉的夜间公共汽车上。一些目击者称当时有个行李包正准备要装上汽车,但在经过安检时发生爆炸。这辆公共汽车的玻璃被炸的粉碎,地面遍布一滩滩血迹。而就在几小时前,乌干达的警察局长曾警告称,索马里叛军很可能会趁圣诞节发动恐怖袭击。

  1.新闻的内容是什么?

  2.爆炸发生的时间是?

  参考答案:

  【小题1】B

  【小题2】C

  习题解析:

  【小题1】新闻开头提到,肯尼亚警方称,在内罗毕中部的一个公交车站里发生的一起爆炸事故,并造成了 1 人死亡,26 人受伤,之后详细描述了事故的内容。由此可知,这则新闻主要叙述内罗毕发生的一起爆炸案,答案为 B。一般新闻体裁为“倒三角”结构,即新闻的首句为全文主旨,考生可利用这一规律答题。

  【小题2】新闻中提到,一些目击者称一个行李包正要被装上汽车,但是它在经受安检时发生爆炸,由此可知,爆炸是在行李包安检过程中发生的,故本题选 C。

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