第一节国际热点
News Item 1
1.A.It will result in President Obama's new sanctions.
B.It will make a conflict between the US and Iran.
C.It will make Iran burden more pressure.
D.It will make it virtually impossible for Iran to sell its crude oil.
2.A.It followed Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz.
B.After it had produced its own uranium fuel rods.
C.After the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prepares to visit Venezuela，Ecuador，Nicaragua and Cuba.
D.After Iran sold its crude oil.
News Item 2
1.A.Two years.
B.One and a half years.
C.One year.
D.Many years.
2.A.It declared war on Syria.
B.It negotiated with Syrian government.
C.It accepted Syrian apology.
D.It also launched artillery fire against Syria.
News Item 3
1.A.A rocket.
B.A cargo ship.
C.An international space station.
D.A new docking technology.
2.A.More than 6 hours.
B.Less than 6 hours.
C.6 hours.
D.8 hours.
News Item 4
1.A.In 2014.
B.700 years ago.
C.300 years ago.
D.Several hundred years ago.
2.A.The leaders of the Scotland's two governments.
B.The political union of the Scotland.
C.Scottish voters.
D.The British Prime Minister David Cameron.
News Item 5
1.A.Targeting diplomats.
B.Banking activities.
C.Halting its nuclear programs.
D.Cash transfer.
2.A.The United States has called for new sanctions on North Korea at the UN.
B.The United States ambassador Susan Rice hope that Chinese government can support the new resolution.
C.The draft is a response to Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and was negotiated between the US and China.
D.A vote is expected later this week after circulating the text to council members.
第二节财经证券
News Item 6
1.A.The US.
B.China.
C.EU.
D.Japan.
2.A.The economy in Asia will be larger than North America.
B.The economy in Asia will be larger than Europe.
C.China will have the largest economy in Asia.
D.Chinese economy will be 114 percent greater than Japan's economy.
News Item 7
1.A.Manufacturing.
B.Tourism.
C.Finance.
D.Mining.
2.A.The high Australia dollar.
B.The global financial crisis.
C.The damage of their international markets.
D.The mining boom fueled by sales of iron ore to China.
News Item 8
1.A.A book.
B.A toy.
C.A pen.
D.A bottle of milk.
2.A.It can eliminate all the driving.
B.It can eliminate all the noise.
C.Customers can get a better selection.
D.A，B and C.
News Item 9
1.A.Christine Lagarde.
B.Andrew Walker.
C.Henry Bowes.
D.Rick Santorum.
2.A.Dealing with the financial crisis in the Eurozone countries.
B.The financial crisis has not been resolved.
C.The financial situation in Europe is less acute than it was.
D.The IMF could provide an additional safety net.
News Item 10
1.A.To ensure the stability.
B.To give out new loans.
C.To help create a larger financial firewall.
D.To prevent the Eurozone debt crisis.
2.A.Italy.
B.Spain.
C.Britain.
D.France.
第三节教育科技
News Item 11
1.A.History.
B.Physics.
C.English.
D.Science.
2.A.Amanda Pease teaches English at Saint Joseph's.
B.There are over 9000 Peace Corps Volunteers around the world.
C.Mr.Bluemling's family is concerned about his safety in the country.
D.There are more male volunteers than female.
News Item 12
1.A.It says more and more international students are attending high schools in the United States.
B.It notes a small increase in the number of international students from China.
C.It finds an increase of more than six percent of international students compared to one year earlier.
D.The report is a joint project of the State Department and the Institute of International Education.
2.A.International undergraduate enrollment is higher than graduate students.
B.Chinese students have been coming for some time.
C.This year is the highest level ever.
D.194000 students at American colleges are from China.
News Item 13
1.A.The electronic sniffer dog has been put into practice.
B.The electronic sniffer dog can be used to identify drugs.
C.The electronic sniffer dog represents the new era of smell technology.
D.The electronic sniffer dog represents one of the latest smell technology development.
2.A.The device uses normal red light to identify possible explosives.
B.Passengers are required to take off clothes as a part of security process.
C.The device will show passengers'images.
D.The machine can process one person per second.
News Item 14
1.A.MOOCs are only available to university students around the world.
B.One of the ideas that entrepreneurs and educators are studying is to make money by offering credits or certificates to students willing to pay.
C.Only some top universities can offer their own MOOCs.
D.Massive open online courses or MOOCs，the higher education courses are mostly chargeable.
2.A.To bring higher education to more people.
B.To reinvent education worldwide and on campus.
C.To charge employers for connecting them with students.
D.To make money from students willing to pay.
News Item 15
1.A.To receive J-1 exchange visitor visas.
B.To work for up to three months and earn enough money to then spend a month traveling.
C.To increase global understanding through educational and cultural exchanges.
D.To earn a handsome salary in America.
2.A.It banned the use of Summer Work Travel students in warehouses or packaging plants.
B.The majority of their work hours cannot fall between ten at night and six in the morning.
C.The jobs including most construction，manufacturing and food processing will be banned in the fall.
D.The students should work for up to three months and earn enough money to then spend a month traveling.
第四节健康环境
News Item 16
1.A.Low temperature.
B.More stay-inside time.
C.Poor air quality.
D.Too much exercises.
2.A.Adults never get colds.
B.Children get colds two or three times a year.
C.Honey is effective in curing colds for adults.
D.Babies less than one-year old had better not eat honey.
News Item 17
1.A.They are cheaper.
B.They are convenient.
C.They can save water.
D.They never need to be cleaned.
2.A.The manual faucets are more popular.
B.The automatic faucets may not be cleaner than manual ones.
C.Healthy people never get sick from bacteria.
D.The study concerns most users of automatic faucets in public bathroom.
News Item 18
1.A.Geomagnetic particles.
B.Power grids here for GPS.
C.Rain.
D.Thunder.
2.A.To extend daylight hours.
B.To see more of the sun.
C.To reduce the amount of electricity.
D.To sleep a little less.
News Item 19
1.A.Coal dust and vehicle fumes.
B.Greenhouse gas.
C.Heavy smog and fumes.
D.Military resources.
2.A.More than 800mg/m3.
B.Over 400mg/m3.
C.No more than 25mg/m3.
D.Less than 400mg/m3.
News Item 20
1.A.The migration paths is dangerous.
B.Their habitats or homelands are disappearing.
C.Some countries are not protecting the birds.
D.The birds passed through dangerous areas.
2.A.They don't have a safe place to eat.
B.They don't have a safe place to rest.
C.They die from air pollution.
D.A and B.
第五节社会文化
News Item 21
1.A.15%of the human genome is closer to that of gorillas.
B.15%of the human genome is closer to that of chimpanzees.
C.15%of the human genome is closer to that of gorillas and chimpanzees.
D.None of the above.
2.A.The genetic blueprint of gorillas.
B.How close between the genome of gorillas and human.
C.To discover just what it is that makes us uniquely human.
D.To find a cure for senility.
News Item 22
1.A.In a drawer.
B.From a hidden wall.
C.Under the be
d.D.Under the floor.
2.A.It indicates that the Leonardo was painted.
B.At the time Vasari painted his fresco.
C.Both A and B.
D.Neither A nor B.
News Item 23
1.A.In the easternmost city.
B.In Arizona.
C.In Flagstaff.
D.In New York.
2.A.Arizona.
B.Flagstaff.
C.Chattanooga.
D.Hawaii.
News Item 24
1.A.Innovating for girls'education.
B.Recognizing girls'rights.
C.Dealing with girls'challenges.
D.Not mentioned.
2.A.In developing countries，one out of every five girls who enroll in elementary school，never finishes.
B.Only 30 percent of middle and high school aged girls are enrolled in school.
C.In 2015，it's estimated that 64 percent of the literate will be female.
D.Experts say girls who get more education are shown to have healthier families.
News Item 25
1.A.More than 300 people have taken a two-day space training course at the NASTAR Center.
B.A human centrifuge that replicates what space travel feels like.
C.Tourists could blast off into space as early as next year on Virgin Galactic's Spaceship 2.
D.Future astronauts can train for the rigors of space in space.
2.A.The state of the art simulator.
B.A human centrifuge.
C.The visuals outside the space craft.
D.A two-day space training course.
第六节灾难事故
News Item 26
1.A.In Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
B.In the Egyptian resort city of Sharmel-Sheikh.
C.In the Russian city of St.Petersburg.
D.Not mentioned.
2.A.Many of the passengers were Russians coming home from vacation.
B.It is reported that the plane broke up in midair.
C.Islamic militant fighters made a statement that appeared to claim responsibility.
D.The officials think that the Islamic militant fighters caused the tragedy.
News Item 27
1.A.More than 140 people died in the earthquake.
B.The earthquake happened near the capital city.
C.An emergency center was set up in Santiago.
D.Bridges have collapsed due to the earthquake.
2.A.New Zealand and Japan.
B.Latinic Pacific Hawaii.
C.All nations around the Pacific.
D.The coastline of the Chile.
News Item 28
1.A.Many of these communities will not have the time and the opportunity to plant crops.
B.The trauma and the hardship that people have endured over the last four to five months of heavy conflict.
C.They missed the traditional harvest time in September-October.
D.The U.N.funding appeal for South Sudan is in shortage.
2.A.Nearly $1.3 billion.
B.About $1.3 million.
C.Less than $70 million.
D.Over $17 million.
News Item 29
1.A.26.
B.27.
C.28.
D.The death toll is still under investigation.
2.A.The shooting took place at an elementary school in Western Connecticut.
B.The police search the building thoroughly only recovering a handgun.
C.The gunman who is said to be wearing military clothing has been identified.
D.President Obama has given an emotional speech about the killings on TV.
News Item 30
1.A.To urge people to leave their homes.
B.To make some preparation.
C.To deprive fires of fuel and prevent them travelling.
D.To control burning of key areas.
2.A.Around 60 fires.
B.Around 16 fires.
C.17 fires.
D.120000 fires.
新增题型短篇新闻专项突破答案与听力原文
News Item 1
答案：DA
原文：Iran test-fired a new radar-evading missile Monday and announced a step forward in its nuclear program.Some say it is Iran's way of firing back at President Obama's new sanctions，which could make it virtually impossible for Iran to sell its crude oil.
"Iran is trying to say that outside pressure isn't going to soften its behavior."
Analyst Karim Sadjadpour has interviewed dozens of senior Iranian officials and clerics.The missile test followed Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz，where 20 percent of the world's oil passes.It also announced it had produced its own uranium fuel rods，all as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prepares to visit Venezuela，Ecuador，Nicaragua and Cuba.
Some Republican contenders see a direct threat in Iran and its surrogates forging ties in the United States'back yard.
1.What will be the result of President Obama's new sanctions？
2.When did this missile test happen？
News Item 2
答案：BD
原文：The civil war that's been raging in Syria for a year and a half has reached across a border.The nation of Turkey is north of Syria.More than 90000 Syrians，people who left their homes because of the fighting are living in refugee camps inside Turkey.On Wednesday，a Turkish town on the border，Akcakale，was hit by Syrian artillery fire.Five people were killed，and Turkish officials say，Syria has accepted responsibility for the shelling and said it won't happen again.But，Turkey responded it.It launched artillery fire against military sites inside Syria.First，on Wednesday，and again，on Thursday.Turkey's parliament also voted to allow the government to send Turkish troops into other countries.And official said，quote，"Turkey has no interest in a war with Syria，but Turkey is capable of protecting its borders and will retaliate when necessary."
1.How long has the civil war last in Syria according to the news？
2.How did Turkey respond after Akcakale was hit on Wednesday？
News Item 3
答案：BB
原文：A Russian Soyuz-U rocket carrying a Progress M-16M cargo ship blasted off to the International Space Station(ISS)on Wednesday，according to Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos.Roscosmos'live webcast showed the Soyuz-U rocket was launched at 11：35 p.m.Moscow time(1935 GMT)from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.The unmanned Progress M-16M is scheduled to dock with the ISS at 5：24 a.m.Moscow time(0124 GMT)on Thursday，using the shortest time ever.
According to Roscosmos，thanks to a new docking technology，the cargo ship will dock with the ISS at the fourth circle around Earth in less than six hours after the launch.Usually the docking takes two days.The Progress M-16M will delivery to the ISS some 2600 tons of supplies，including scientific equipment，medicine，food and water.
The Progress M-15M freighter undocked from the ISS early Tuesday morning.It is now on a three-week autonomous flight to conduct a series of experiments before being sunk in the Pacific Ocean.Progress freighters have been the backbone of the Russian space cargo fleet for decades.Russia lost a Progress cargo ship in 2011 for the first time in 30 years.
1.What is the Progress M-16M？
2.How long will the cargo ship dock with the ISS？
News Item 4
答案：CC
原文：The British Prime Minister David Cameron and the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond have signed an agreement setting out the terms of the referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent nation.The vote would be held in Scotland in 2014.
Seven hundred years ago Scotland fought battles with England to maintain its independence；300 years ago the two countries merged their parliaments，a political union that has held ever since.Today's agreement will give Scottish voters their first opportunity to choose between continued union and independence.There were smiles and handshakes as David Cameron and Alex Salmond made to put pen to paper.But the leaders of the Scotland's two governments are on opposing sides.The British government led by David Cameron does not want Scotland to go.
1.When did the two countries merge their parliaments？
2.Who can make the final decision about the Scotland independence？
News Item 5
答案：CA
原文：The United States has called for new sanctions on North Korea at the UN.They would for the first time target aspects of the state's financial system.The U.S.ambassador Susan Rice said Washington had the support of China for a new draft Security Council resolution.
