英语听力精选进阶版 9071

Tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers and civilians¹ are taking part in celebrations to mark the anniversary on Saturday of the birth of the country’s founder² Kimll-sung. Along with the traditional parade of missile launches and other military hardware, the speculation³ of the current leader Kim Jong-un could order another nuclear test.

数十万朝鲜士兵和平民参与庆祝朝鲜已故领导人金日成的诞辰.在这次阅兵仪式上有传统的导弹发射游行,还有其他军事设备展示, 据推测朝鲜现任领导人金正恩可能会进行下一次核试验.

A judge in the Arkansas has blocked the American state from using one of the three drugs that was to have been injected in an unprecedented⁴ series of accusations⁵. The suppliers of the muscle relaxing had argued that it had been sold to the present system on the understanding it would be used solely⁶ for medical purposes.

一名法官阻止了阿肯色州使用三种致命注射药物中的一种.这种致命药物面临着前所未有的指控. 肌肉松弛剂供应商称将这种药物卖给现行的制度,是因为认为这种药物是仅仅用于医疗目的.

The Trump⁷ Administration will not make public the white house visit logs, the records, the detail who’s visited the President and his staff. The White House said the records would be kept secret for at least five years after President Trump leaves office citing national security risks and privacy concerns. Barack Obama voluntarily has closed the details of 6 million visits.

特朗普将不会公开白宫的访问日志,访问记录以及对总统以及白宫工作人员的访问细节.白宫表示,出于国家安全风险以及隐私考虑,这些记录至少在特朗普总统下台5年内将一直保密.巴拉克`奥巴马主动封闭了600万次访问的细节.

Testimony⁸ released by the Brazilian Supreme⁹ Court alleges¹⁰ that builders and politicians illegally profited from the construction of many of the stadiums used in the 2014 football world cup. Executives at Odebrechet, the country’s biggest construction firm, have said kickbacks¹¹ were regularly paid.

巴西最高法院最新被披露的证词指出巴西世界杯和奥运场馆建设均有涉嫌工程腐败。巴西最大的建筑公司奥德布雷希特建筑公司表示,是定期支付回扣.

Computer hackers¹² in the United States have released files indicating that the country’s intelligent services have been monitoring global bank transfers. The files suggested the national security agency was able to penetrate¹³ the international bank messaging system known as SWIFT.

美国黑客组织发布文件称美国国家安全局一直在监测全球银行转账. 文件小时,美国国家安全局可以侵入SWIFT银行间信息系统.

And the ride-hailing service Uber has posted a loss of 2.8billion dollars for 2016 despite the sharp rises in both its revenue and business. The US based company doubled its bookings last year and its net revenue grew by 6.5 billion dollars. BBC News.

去年美国公司订单增加了一倍,其净收入增长了65亿美元。.尽管优步收入和业务大幅度上涨,但是2016年其亏损28亿美元.BBC新闻.

1 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

2 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

3 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

4 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

5 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

6 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

7 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

8 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

9 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

10 alleges   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
• Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

11 kickbacks   

n.激烈反应( kickback的名词复数 )；佣金，回扣

参考例句：

• Everyone at City Hall is receiving kickbacks. It's the only way to get anything done there. 市政府里的每个人都收回扣，在那里只有送红包，事情才办得成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• G raft or kickbacks paid to officials or law enforcem ent authorities. 暗中付给官员或执法人员的回扣。 来自互联网

12 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

13 penetrate   

v.透(渗)入；刺入，刺穿；洞察，了解

参考例句：

• Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
• The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。