英语专四 新闻听力 news 4-6-1

 新闻

Questions 21 to 22 are based on the following news.

Hawaii’s budget crunch¹ is giving school children some reason to smile. (21) Public schools are gonna be closed most Fridays for the remainder of the academic year. Under a new union contract with teachers，it cuts 17 days from the calendar and gives Hawaii the nation’s shortest school year. Educators are concerned there is just not enough time for kids to learn. Hawaii already ranks near the bottom nationally in academic achievement.

Lawmakers in Nebraska have approved a big change to the state’s controversial Safe Haven² Law. Under the new measure，children older than 30 days can not be dropped off at state hospitals. 35 children, many of them，preteens or even teenagers, have been abandoned in hospitals since the original law took effect in July. (22) State lawmakers say it was intended to prevent newborns from being dumped in trash bins³ or even worse. The new law is expected to go into effect at midnight.

 

题目

News 6

In this section you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Questions 21 to 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

Now, listen to the news.

21. What will happen in Hawaii's public school?

A. The school days will be much shorter than before.

B. The children in public school will be given more courses.

C. The teachers in the public school will be granted a pay-raise.

D. The academic record in Hawaii’s public school remains⁴ high.

22. What is the purpose of issuing the new law?

A. To avoid the conflict between the hospital and the state.

B. To protect children from abandoning or maltreating.

C. To maintain the rights of new mothers.

D. To ensure the family planning could run smoothly⁵.

 

答案解析

21.A细节判断题。新闻中指出，由于夏威夷的预算紧缩，公立学校周五也将放假。 在与教师们签订的新工会合同中，将再减掉17个工作日，夏威夷即成为整个国家中 拥有最短学年的州。故正确答案是A。

22.B细节判断题。新闻中指出，内布拉斯加州的立法者通过了引起全国争论的安全 庇护法。这一新的法律将保证30天以上的孩子不能被遗弃在医院。这一法律的出 台旨在保护新生婴儿免被抛弃或者更恶劣的情况。故正确答案是B。

 

1 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

2 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

3 bins   

n.大储藏箱( bin的名词复数 )；宽口箱（如面包箱，垃圾箱等）v.扔掉，丢弃( bin的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Garbage from all sources was deposited in bins on trolleys. 来自各方的垃圾是装在手推车上的垃圾箱里的。 来自辞典例句
• Would you be pleased at the prospect of its being on sale in dump bins? 对于它将被陈列在倾销箱中抛售这件事，你能欣然接受吗？ 来自辞典例句

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。