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Part I. Multiple Choice: Directions:Read the following 3 news reports in your textbook and choose the best answer to the following questions. News Item One Rate Jump: A Rude Awakening for Home Buyers(Part B, Unit 9) A学期11. What has struck the house buyers a heavy blow? A. There is a sudden increase in mortgage rates. B. Houses are more expensive with the rise in consumer price index. C. Interest rate dropped overnight this week. D. Inflation rate is much higher than last year. D学期22. What can we learn from Steve Miller’s story? A. House prices will fall. B. Consumers will stop buying houses. C. Many house buyers are not able to afford the house any more. D. Consumers are not prepared for the change in mortgage. A学期33. What happened to the 30-year fixed-rate mortgages? A. They went up to about 6.75 this week. B. They jumped down more than half a point this week. C. They rose six points in the past five weeks. D. They increased by one percent last week. B学期44. What does the spike in mortgage rates mean to the market, according to economist Mark Zandi? A. House prices will stop declining by the end of next year. B. It will take a longer time for the economy to recover. C. House prices will fall in some big cities in the country. D. There will be fewer house buyers in the coming years. D学期55. Which of the following is the reason that led to the spike in rates? A. The high inflation rate. B. The high consumer prices. C. The sub-prime loans. D. Higher interest rates overseas. News Item Two BBC’s Path to Restoring Trust (Part A, Unit 10) D学期66. What is NOT the reason that BBC’s trustworthiness and integrity are questioned by the public? A. The BBC’s business has suffered a serious downturn. B. The entertainer Jimmy Saile is said to sexually harassed children. C. The former Tory treasurer Lord McAlpine is wrongly implicated in child abuse allegations. D. BBC head director general George Entwistle has resigned. C学期77. What is the biggest problem of BBC service? A. BBC did nothing to prevent the pedophile activities of Jimmy Savile. B. BBC head director general George Entwistle is not experienced to handle the crisis. C. The quality of BBC’s journalism and the structure operation of the BBC. D. The staff of BBC get used to concealing the sexual scandals. B学期88. What’s wrong with the infra-structure of the BBC? A. The staff are unclear about the role of director general. B. Director general has no idea about the duty of editor-in-chief. C. The low-level reporters seldom care about how the BBC operates. D. editor-in-chief in name wasn’t really in touch with the low-leveling journalism C学期99. In Phillip Stevens’ opinion, what is the practical way to solve BBC’s problem? A. the director general’s role and that of editor-in-chief of should be split. B. The corporation charter should be rewritten. C. A strong leadership of a strong editor-in-chief is much-needed. D. Some rumors about the BBC should be repelled. A学期1010. Who chose Entwistle as his succor? A. Daniel Garrahan: B. Lord Patten, C. Phillip Stevens D. Leveson Inquiry A学期1111. How does the BBC establish clear lines between reporting and comments? A. The journalistic judgment is replaced by bureaucratic box-ticking. B. A new director general is needed to think what’s the BBC about. C. A certain amount of hubris should be maintained about establishing a big, global media player. D. The BBC just broadcast the news for fee-payers D学期1212. What is the BBC’s most valuable asset? A. Corporate culture B. Stability. C. Media scrutiny. D. Public trust. News Item Three Grizzly Population Increasing at Yellowstone(Part B, Unit 12) A学期13 A. 50,000 B. 15,000 C. 5,000 13. How manygrizzlies were there on the land 200 years ago? D. 500 C学期14 A. 1965 B. 1970 C. 1975 D. 1957 14. Grizzlies have been protected as endangered species since ________. D学期15A. about 1500 B. about 200 C. more than 1000 D. more than 500 15. How many grizzlies are there currently in and around Yellowstone? B学期16 A. Idaho B. Ohio C. Montana D. Wyoming 16. According to Pat Flowers, all the following states will offer hunting permits for grizzlies except ________. A学期1717. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the report? A. There’re 3 states surrounding Yellowstone that will take over management of the bears inside the park. B. Though the law has prohibited people from hunting grizzlies for 30 years, some states allow bear hunting nowadays to control their population. C. An increasing number of people risk settling in the remote mountainous area, so encounters with the bears occur more often. D. Whatever happens outside the national parks, grizzlies inside Yellowstone will not be affected by any changes in policies. 42.5 分 问题 2 1. Part II. True or False Statements: Direction: Listen to the following 2 news reports and decide whether the following statements are true or false. If the statement is true, draw a line through letter A. If the statement is false, draw a line through letter B. News Item One Keeping the Auto Industry on Track (Part C, Unit 9) A学期11. America’s auto industry is facing crisis because of the record-high gas prices and the sluggish economy. A学期22. Experts believe giant automakers can be rescued with a bailout plan, which will benefit American workers. B学期33. Ford's sales are off 19 percent while Chrysler's sales are down 27 percent. B学期44. General Motors are estimated to consume a $1,000,000 every month. while Chrysler could be bankrupt. A学期55. GM and Chrysler are on the way to merge and requesting the government to bail them out. B学期66. GM and Chrysler are talking publicly about their estimated cost of that help and merger at various levels. B学期77. In 1979, the government bailed out General Motor, giving the company time to develop the minivan. A学期88. It seems to take a long time to make American economy get back on the right track. B学期99. Nowadays, global marketplace is highly competitive, and autoworkers may on the verge of bankruptcy and difficult to get the government help. A学期1010. The layoff of American workers in the big auto makers has an enormous impact on American economy. B学期1111. This year General Motors have had to lay off more than 48,000 staffs. B学期1212. Though car sales decrease slightly, America's auto-makers could soon be out of debt. A学期13 13. Three auto makers would likely need to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy if they don’t get federal help. News Item Two Margaret Thatcher: Former British Prime Minister Dead (Part C, Unit 11) A学期1414. Both Margaret Thatcher and President Ronald Reagan were in favor of anti-communism, self -reliance, and free markets. A学期1515. In 2011, Merrill Streep portrayed Thatcher’s role on various stages of her life on the big screen in “The Iron Lady”. B学期1616. Margaret Thatcher was the youngest woman ever elected Prime minister when she was 34 years old. A学期1717. In 1979, she led the Conservative Party to win the election and became the first woman Prime Minister in Britain. B学期18 18. Margaret Thatcher was given a nickname “the Iron Lady of the western world” by America. Part III. C-E Translation: A学期1936. 售卖机 A. vending machine B. selling machine A学期20A. eat humble pie B. apologize humbly 37. 低身下气地道歉 A学期21A. a true disgrace B. a real shame 38. 真正的耻辱 A学期22 A. shoot the procedure B. film the process 39. 拍摄过程 A学期23A. ban all junk food B. forbid all trash food 40. 禁止所有垃圾食品