中央广播电视大学2003—2004学年度第二学期题期末考试

“开放本科” 英语专业 高级时事英语试

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This examination consists of three sections．They are： Section I：Listening Test(30 points，30 minutes) SectionⅡ；Reading Test(50 points，60 minutes) SectionⅢ：Writing Test(20 points，30 minutes)

The total marks for this examination are 100 points．Time allowed for completing this examination is 2 hours(120，minutes)． Section I：Listening Test．30 point Istructions ：

The Listening Test will take approximately 30 minutes． There are two parts to the test and you will hear each part twice． There will be a pause of 30 seconds after each part to allow you to think about

your answers．

You can first write your answers on this test paper．You will have 10 minutes

at the end of the test to transfer your answers to the Answer Sheet． ALL ANSWERS MUST APPEAR ON THE ANSWER SHEET． Part 1：Questions 1—10 are based Oil this part．10 points

Summary Blank Filling：Listen to the extended dialogue about environmental activists．The

following summarizes the dialogue．Fill in the blanks with a word or a phrase according to the information you hear．Before you listen for the first time you have half a minute to study the questions．

The conversation is about choosing some examples of environmental activists as the subject of an article in a magazine．

The first one is an Indian woman who opposed the plans to build a (1)——on the

Narmada river．She believed t hat it would Cost too much and that the lives of too many people would be damaged—half a million people would loose their (2)——and their land

would be(3) ．She led a hunger strike and eventually(4)——decided not to support the project．

The second activist is another woman，this time from Kenya．She started

planting treesf6r(5) because it is the essential fuel for the poor in Kenya．The problem was that cutting trees was causing(6)——．Her project grew into the Green Belt Movement which has spread through Kenya and other countries．She has now become a(7)——trying to stop unnecessary development．The other two activists are two Canadian men who founded Greenpeace．At first they were protesting about(8)——in the Antarctic?but

Greenpeace has grown to become a(9)——movement which opposes wide range of

things．such as the hunting of whales and seals，genetically modified(10)——products

and the shipment of nuclear waste from country to country． What these four people have in

common is that though they had almost no contacts or political power when they started，

they succeeded because they believed strongly in what they were doing and did something about it．

Part 2 Questions 11—20 are based on this part．20 points

Task 1：Questions 1 1--1 5 Spot dictation：Listen to the news broadcast and fill in the following

blanks with one word according to what you hear in the recording．Before

the first time you Listen to the recording you have half a minute to study the questions·

Good morning；This is Annika Lee reading the news on the World Service．First the

(1 1) ．The Peace Agreement has been signed in Northern Ireland．British Prime

Minister。Tony Blair opens a new theatre in London．Barcelona，s uniforms will soon sport sponsors?logos．

After many years of(12) ，the Northern Ireland Peace agreement was signed

last night in the(13)——setting of Dunmore castle to end the violent conflict in that

province．All parties gave their approval to the final wording of the agreement and all paramilitary groups agreed to(14)——their arms．There has been large scale celebrating on

b。the sides of the border，with a night of fireworks and partying in the streets．The Northern

Ireland secretary，Mo Mow land，said a period of strict(15)——for at least a year

would follow the signing to ensure that all parties carried out the agreement to the letter of