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第二部分大学英语四级听力新题型原文与解析Practice Test 13Part II Tape Script of Listening Comprehension?Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.Security forces in Burkina Faso took a hotel back from terrorists in the capital on Saturday, a day after terrorists seized it in an assault that killed at least 28 people from at least 18 countries. The event marked a major escalation of Islamist militancy in West Africa.Until the attack, the landlocked African country had largely been free of the violence that has troubled its neighbors. Mr.Roch Marc Christian Kabore, the President of the country, said 28 people were killed in the Hotel. Apart from this information, Burkina government officials gave no further details of the victims.However, the French government announced on Saturday that two French citizens were among the dead. Paris pledged to send experts to help investigate the attack, and a French court opened an investigation for murder and attempted murder.1. How many people were killed during the terrorist attack?【答案】B) 282. When did the terrorist attack happen in Burkina Faso?【答案】C) on FridayNew Words and Expressions1. Burkina Faso[buki:n?fɑ:s?u]布基纳法索（非洲国家）2. terrorist[ter?rist]恐怖分子3. assault[?s??lt; ?s?lt]袭击4. escalation[esk?lei?(?)n]事态升级5. Islamist[izlɑ:mist]伊斯兰教徒6. landlocked[l?ndl?kt]被陆地包围的7. pledge[pled?]承诺Difficult Sentences【译文】此次事件标志着西非伊斯兰武装冲突的升级。【译文】此次袭击之前，这个非洲内陆国家从未像其邻国那样受到过暴力的威胁。Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.The Hollywood actor?Leonardo DiCaprio?ate?a piece of real bison liver in his new?movie?The Revenant, a tale of revenge set in the American Old West.The original plan was to bite into a simulated organ, but DiCaprio