山东大学新闻英语2第三单元完整免费版.docx

1、山东大学新闻英语2第三单元完整免费版山东大学研究生英语网络课程 新闻英语2 第三单元(完整免费版)第一部分 准备阶段1.Exercise 1: Listen to this passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false, write T for true and F for false.EU Opens Online Library Call it the 21st century version of the famous Alexandria library that served as a hu

2、b of knowledge in ancient times. Europe is offering a similar trove of information via the Internet - allowing users to access tens of thousands of paintings, books, manuscripts, sound recordings, newspapers and other items from across the European Union. European Commission spokesman Martyn Selmayr

3、 says the Europeana digital library is planning to expand enormously in the years to come. Today is just the beginning, he said. We have two million objects today on Europeana - cultural objects which exist in digital form. Our objective is to have by the year 2010, 10 million digitized objects avai

4、lable from all over Europe and they will be offered in 23 languages so everybody around the world has access to these cultural heritages of the European Union member states. That includes digitalized representations of masterpieces from the Louvre museum in Paris or manuscripts of composers like Bee

5、thoven - or books from libraries around Europe - although only a small fraction of the regions 2.5 billion books will be available online in the coming years. The project is one way to showcase the European Union - this time through its cultural heritage. On the one side it shows that Europe is made

6、 up not of a single unified culture but that it has 27 nations and each one of them has a very long history, said Selmayr. It also shows what we have in common and gives the perspective of the neighbors. For example, thats very interesting to see that the fall of the Berlin Wall - very important for

7、 German history and also for European history - is something you can find on Europeana in the form of a film that is today stored in the French national audiovisual institute. So Germans, Hungarians, British citizens and also Americans can see this big event, but through the eyes of French citizens,

8、 he continued. Those who want to check out the new European library can click on http:/dev.europeana.eu/.题目：1.The Europeana digital library allows users to access tens of thousands of paintings, books, manuscripts, sound recordings, newspapers and other items from across the European Union. 文本： 你的答案

9、: T 正确答案:T得分:10.00 题目：2.The Europeana digital library is planning to expand enormously in the years to come. 文本： 你的答案: T 正确答案:T得分:10.00 题目：3.By the year 2010, Europeanas objective is to have two million objects available from all over Europe. 文本： 你的答案: F 正确答案:F得分:10.00 题目：4.Europe is made up of 37 m

10、ember nations and each one of them has a very long history. 文本： 你的答案: F 正确答案:T得分:0.00 题目：5.The fall of the Berlin Wall is very important for German history but not for European history. 文本： 你的答案: F 正确答案:F得分:10.00 2.Exercise 2: Listen to the passage and answer each question by giving the best choice.

11、EU Opens Online Library Call it the 21st century version of the famous Alexandria library that served as a hub of knowledge in ancient times. Europe is offering a similar trove of information via the Internet - allowing users to access tens of thousands of paintings, books, manuscripts, sound record

12、ings, newspapers and other items from across the European Union. European Commission spokesman Martyn Selmayr says the Europeana digital library is planning to expand enormously in the years to come. Today is just the beginning, he said. We have two million objects today on Europeana - cultural obje

13、cts which exist in digital form. Our objective is to have by the year 2010, 10 million digitized objects available from all over Europe and they will be offered in 23 languages so everybody around the world has access to these cultural heritages of the European Union member states. That includes dig

14、italized representations of masterpieces from the Louvre museum in Paris or manuscripts of composers like Beethoven - or books from libraries around Europe - although only a small fraction of the regions 2.5 billion books will be available online in the coming years. The project is one way to showca

15、se the European Union - this time through its cultural heritage. On the one side it shows that Europe is made up not of a single unified culture but that it has 27 nations and each one of them has a very long history, said Selmayr. It also shows what we have in common and gives the perspective of th

16、e neighbors. For example, thats very interesting to see that the fall of the Berlin Wall - very important for German history and also for European history - is something you can find on Europeana in the form of a film that is today stored in the French national audiovisual institute. So Germans, Hun

17、garians, British citizens and also Americans can see this big event, but through the eyes of French citizens, he continued. Those who want to check out the new European library can click on http:/dev.europeana.eu/.题目：1.Which one is the Europeana digital library compared to？ 文本： A)the Louvre museumB)

18、21st century version of the Alexandria libraryC)Library of Congress HomeD)21st century version of the EU library你的答案: B 正确答案:B得分:10.00 题目：2.How many languages will be offered to the Europeana users? 文本： A)32 languagesB)25 languagesC)23 languagesD)33 languages你的答案: C 正确答案:C得分:10.00 题目：3.Where do the

19、digitized objects of Europeana come from? 文本： A)digitalized representations of masterpieces from the Louvre museum in ParisB)manuscripts of composers like ShakespeareC)books from libraries around the worldD)books from Alexandria library你的答案: A 正确答案:A得分:10.00 题目：4.In the news, the example of fall of

20、the Berlin Wall signifies: 文本： A)Germans, Hungarians, British citizens and also Americans can see this big eventB)French citizens have better understanding about historic eventsC)You can find some historic events on Europeana in the form of a filmD)On Europeana people can see a big event through the

21、 the perspective of the neighbors你的答案: D 正确答案:D得分:10.00 题目：5.Whats the website of the new European library? 文本： A)http:/dev.european.eu/B)http:/dv.europeana.eu/C)http:/dev.eu.europeana /D)http:/dev.europeana.eu/你的答案: D 正确答案:D得分:10.00 第二部分 听力任务1.Exercise 1: Listening for Specific Facts: Listen to the

22、 passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false,write T for true and F for false.Western Classical Music Gains Popularity in Kenya Tenor Zac Njoroge is on his way to Israel, where he was given a music scholarship to study performance and conducting. The 21-year-old, who dreams

23、 of starting up an opera house in Kenya, says classical music is his passion. My dad used to play this in the car, everywhere, as we were going to church, Njoroge said. He used to play this music at home. So it really got into me. Then he had to buy me a piano to start training myself on how to play

24、 the piano. Njoroge was one of three Kenyan tenors who sang recently in honor of Luciano Pavarotti, the late Italian tenor who Njorge hopes to emulate. Kenyas boom in classical music is especially pronounced among the young. Enrollment in private tutoring sessions at the Kenya Conservatoire of Music

25、 has gone up 25 percent within the past two years. Three radio stations in Kenya now offer regular classical music programming. Elizabeth Njoroge studied classical music abroad. Back home the soprano not only performs, this year she also founded the magazine Classics, for Kenyas classical musical lo

26、vers. In Kenya as a whole I think there has been a rebirth of the arts, and not just music. There are also a lot more plays happening, more art exhibitions. Njoroge says the countrys growing middle class now has more money, time and other resources to appreciate and pursue the arts. Kenya has a rich

27、 heritage of traditional music, with the countrys many ethnic cultures having distinctive instruments and beats. Music teacher Lola Akwabi says she thinks the presence of western classical music in Kenya does not detract from the countrys homegrown music, that there is room for both. It is very inte

28、resting that someone will actually walk in here and tell me, you know why are you doing this Western culture, why arent you doing your African culture? And I am thinking, you should be dressed in a skin, speaking Swahili asking me that question, Akwabi said. Any debate over Kenyas native music is fa

29、r from student Jonathan Wamukotas mind. He says he loves Beethovens Moonlight Sonata. A nice, still water edge, it is just as the moon is rising and just a sliver of moonlight pierces through the trees and just lands on the water and the reflection is slowly dancing there. Images and beauty Wamukota

30、 says he gets from the music he loves.题目：1.Bach, Beethoven and other giants of Western popular music are becoming more of a hit in Kenya, especially among young people. 文本： 你的答案: F 正确答案:F得分:7.00 题目：2.Njoroge was one of three Kenyan tenors who sang recently in honor of Luciano Pavarotti, the late Ken

31、yan tenor who Njorge hopes to emulate. 文本： 你的答案: F 正确答案:F得分:7.00 题目：3.Enrollment in public tutoring sessions at the Kenya Conservatoire of Music has gone up 2.5 percent within the past two years. 文本： 你的答案: F 正确答案:F得分:7.00 题目：4.The presence of western classical music in Kenya does detract from the countrys homegrown music, that there is no room for both actually. 文本： 你的答案: F 正确答案:F得分