华联学院英文报刊阅读试题卷A及答案.docVIP

- PAGE 1 - 第 PAGE 2 页 （共 NUMPAGES 8 页） 英文报刊阅读试题 20__——20__学年度 第__一__学期（A卷） （考试形式：闭卷 ） = 1 \* ROMAN I. Vocabulary Work: Focus on the news and put the following words and phrases into Chinese. (1 point each; total:30 points) IPO deadly Ebola virus marijuana and methamphetamine terrorist and terrorism unprecedented outbreak Asian cobra observe a moment of silence WHO criminal detention Al Qaeda and ISIS striker homosexual rights segregation motive unrest racial divide come out of the closet in critical condition APEC imported and exported goods underwriter share / stock press conference sitcom victim take some credit for tech billionaire traffic blockage trade barricade political reform proposal = 2 \* ROMAN II. Focus on the news and put the following Chinese into English. point each; total:10 points) 1. 同性婚姻 地沟油 ‘占中’行动 冰桶挑战 出生富贵 与…对话 扮演不重要的角色 争议，非议 达成重要共识 周年纪念日 = 3 \* ROMAN III. Reading comprehension (2 point each; total:30 points) US Fears for Lives Anxious parents in the suburbs around Washington, US accompanied their children to school, or kept them at home, after a middle school student became victim No. 8 in a series of shootings in the area. The shootings started on October 2. The 13-year-old youth, an eighth-grader, was struck in the chest by a high-powered bullet on October 7. He was hit as he was being dropped off in front of his school by his aunt on October 7. “I can’t stop going to work, the children can’t stop going to school,” said Henry Ollie, 48. He led his 12-year-old son, Charles, to the front door of the schools, where the latest shooting happened. Ordinarily, Charles takes the bus. Some buses arrived at schools carrying fewer students than usual. And schools where parents usually line up their cars to drop off youngsters had no traffic problems because so many parents had kept their children at home. The middle school boy is still in critical but stable condition after having about two and a half hours of surgery