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CET4 Listening Exercise 新闻英语考核重点：5 W 1 H An out-of –control bus fell into a ditch near Dongjing late yesterday,killing 4 of the 36 persons aboard. Who: a bus What: fell into a ditch and killed 4 persons When: late yesterday Where:near Dongjing How: out of control News Item 1 A) Two B) Three C) Four D) One 2. A) Close all the tourists attractions. B) Forbid using animals as a vehicle. C) Increase the trains and flights. D)Restore the May Day holiday. Keys: B D Recently, a photo showing a visitor on the Great Wall last week aroused a heated discussion on the Internet. They called it the “great queue of China”. It was, with the famous structure snaking to the horizon behind him completely hidden by a mass of other tourists. The vast imperial palace, the Forbidden City, at one point welcomed more than 180,000 visitors in a single day. In the desert at Dunhuang, at least two camels transporting tourists reportedly died from overwork in the Golden Week. And Chinese media said road traffic was up by thirteen percent on last year, causing unprecedented jams. Many people in China save their travelling for the two big annual public holidays--- the other is at Chinese New Year. Then, it seems as if the whole country has shut down and everyone is on the road or on the train. Thus there’ve been renewed appeals for a third public holiday, in May, to be lengthened to spread the strain. News Item 2 3. A) It didn’t do enough to celebrate the 100th anniversary of WWI. B) It showed little respect to other European countries. C) It tended to focus on the crimes of WWI. D) It tried to deny the crimes committed by the Nazis. A) Indifferent. B) Opposed. C) Neutral D) Numb. Keys: A B These days, German government has been criticized for not doing enough to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the World War I. Germany has spent less on events than some other European countries. And the events which have taken