Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item．
1.
A． The law of weapon purchasing in Illinois State．
B． The relationship between crime and mental illness．
C． The graduate student of Northern Illinois University．
D． The shooting happened in Northern Illinois University．
2.
A． The gunman has mental disease．
B． The gunman is dissatisfied with the university．
C． The gunman is dissatisfied with the lecture．
D． It is not clear．
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item．
3.
A． It has been influenced by war．
B． It is devalued by its government．
C． It is more competitive than before．
D． It has turned into a global currency．
4.
A． Most experts support the four countries' currency change．
B． The meeting on Friday is useless for global recovery．
四级听力练习C．Currency wars threaten global economic recovery．
D． Policymakers should cooperate with central bankers．
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item．
5.
A． The preservation of coastal resorts．
B． The closure of political disputes．
C． The gap between the rich and the poor．
D． The commitments to reduce carbon emissions．
6.
A． Promising.
B． Hopeful.
C． Disappointing.
D． Satisfying.
7.
A． 18． B．80． C． 94． D． 194．
阅读材料和参考答案
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item．
(1) The shooting occurred Thursday in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, north of Chicago. The gunman entered the hall dressed in black and carrying a shotgun and three handguns and began firing as students sought cover under desks. One student who escaped unharmed told reporters his life had changed as a result of what he experienced. Police say the gunman was StevenKazmierczak,27, a former graduate student in Sociology at the school.
Police say he purchased the shotgun and two of the handguns on Saturday, indicating he may have planned the attack in advance, (2) but authorities have not determined a motive for the shooting. Kazmierczak had no criminal record and no history of mental illness. Under Illinois state law he would not have been able to purchase a weapon legally if there had been a record of arrests or mental problems. But police say he stopped taking an unspecified medication recently and his behavior became erratic.
1.What is this news item mainly about?
A． The law of weapon purchasing in Illinois State．
B． The relationship between crime and mental illness．
C． The graduate student of Northern Illinois University．
D． The shooting happened in Northern Illinois University．
参考答案：D.
【精析】由句(1)可知，美国芝加哥郊区迪卡布发生一起校园击案，一名手在北伊利诺伊大学朝一个演讲厅开.由此可知，新闻的主题是北伊利诺伊大学的击事件.
2. What is the reason of the shooting?
A． The gunman has mental disease．
B． The gunman is dissatisfied with the university．
C． The gunman is dissatisfied with the lecture．
D． It is not clear．
参考答案：D.
【精析】由句(2)可知，击案的原因还不明了，目前可以明确的情况是该男子无犯罪记录，无精神病史.
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
(3) In recent months a string of countries, from Japan to Switzerland, Colombia to Israel, have tried to drive down the value of their currencies. Some experts call it "competitive devaluation." Others, though, argue that it is nothing short of a currency war--and far from boosting global recovery, it threatens to undermine it.
So concerned are policymakers that the issue looks set to dominate talks on Friday at a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, which hosts the meeting in Washington, set out the concerns in the Financial Times on Tuesday.(4)"There is clearly the idea beginning to circulate that currencies can be used as a policy weapon. Translated into action, such an idea would represent a very serious risk to the global recovery, "he said.
3. What has happened to Israel’s currency?
A． It has been influenced by war．
B． It is devalued by its government．
C． It is more competitive than before．
D． It has turned into a global currency．
参考答案：B
【精析】由句(3)可知，以列对其货币进行了贬值.
4. What can we learn from Dominique Strauss-Kahn?
A． Most experts support the four countries' currency change．
B． The meeting on Friday is useless for global recovery．
C．Currency wars threaten global economic recovery．
D． Policymakers should cooperate with central bankers．
参考答案：C
【精析】由句(4)可知，Dominique Strauss.Kahn认为.把货币作为政策武器不利于全球经济的恢复.
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item．
The latest round of United Nations climate change talks begins Monday in the coastal resort city of Cancun, Mexico. Representatives from 194 countries are scheduled to attend. (5) Negotiators will try to close the political gap between commitments to reduce carbon emissions made by developed and developing nations.
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