英语听力精选进阶版 9055

Eight people arrested over Wednesday's fatal attack on the British Houses of Parliament are being held on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, according to police. The U.K. government insists there was no intelligence failure, despite the revelation that the killer¹, 52-year-old Khalid Masood, had previously² been investigated by intelligence services. Masood was shot dead after driving a car into thirty pedestrians³, killing⁴ two before stabbing a police officer to death.

根据警方报道，涉嫌策划恐怖袭击的8人已经被警方逮捕。上周三，英国议会大厦附近发生恐怖袭击。尽管，该恐怖袭击案的袭击者哈立德·马苏德之前已经被情报部门调查，但英国政府坚持认为，没有情报失误。哈立德·马苏德开车冲撞30名行人，2人死亡，刺死一名警察，之后，其被警方击毙。

Republican leaders have delayed putting Donald Trump's planned healthcare reforms to a vote in the U.S. Congress in what would be seen for a major setback⁵ for the President. Enough lawmakers from the Republican Party had earlier singled they would join Democrats⁶ in opposing the bill that it was widely considered likely to fail.

共和党领导人将特朗普的医改方案的国会投票推迟，这被视为特朗普总统的一个重大失败。之前，有足够人数的共和党议员表示，他们将加入民主党反对该法案，公众普遍认为该法案可能会失败。

Donald Trump's controversial nominee⁷ to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel has been approved by the U.S. Senate. David Friedman had previously criticised the idea of a Palestinian state and supported Jewish settlement building in the occupied West Bank. Almost Democratic Senators voted against his nomination⁸, but his Republican supporters regard him as an advocate of strong U.S.-Israeli ties.

尽管唐纳德·特朗普提名的下一任美国驻以色列大使备受争议，但已经得到美国议会的批准。之前，戴维·弗里德曼曾批判巴基斯坦国的想法，并支持在西海岸建立犹太人定居点。几乎所有的民主党人士都反对提名戴维·弗里德曼担任驻以色列大使，但是其共和党支持者都将其视为加强美伊关系的倡导者。

The joint⁹ operation by the U.S. FBI and Israeli police has led to the arrest of a teenager on suspicion of making a series of bomb threats against places used or owned by Jewish people in the United States. Detectives say the man is Jewish and lives in Israel, but holds the citizenship¹⁰ of both countries.

美国联邦调查局和以色列警方采取联合行动，逮捕了一名嫌疑犯少年。这位少年涉嫌在美国犹太人居住或使用的地区制造了一系列的爆炸威胁事件。警方表示，这名嫌疑犯是犹太人，居住在以色列，但是其持有两国的公民身份。

The former president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and thirteen other officials have been ordered to stand trial on charges of financial mismanagement. They are accused of ordering a sale of mis-priced government debt, but lost the country hundreds of millions of dollars.

阿根廷前总统克里斯蒂娜和其他十三名官员因财政管理不善而接受审判。他们因以不合理的价格出售政府债券，而使阿根廷损失了数亿美元而被控诉。

The world's largest artificial sun, an array of powerful lamps, generating a beam ten thousands times stronger than the ray of sunlight, has been switched on in Germany. Scientists hope the invention will ultimately enable them to extract hydrogen from water, creating a green fuel of the future.

世界上最大的人造太阳，一组强大的灯，可以产生比太阳光线强数万倍的光束。这组灯已经在德国启动。科学家希望，这项发明可以实现在水中提取氢，而创造未来的清洁能源。

1 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

3 pedestrians   

n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

6 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

8 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

9 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

10 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。