英语专四 新闻听力 news 4-9-3

 新闻

Questions 25 to 27 are based on the following news,

A funny thing is happening in the world of language instruction. Only it’s not funny at all for one language in particular.

Because of the growing importance of global commerce and contact, foreign language instruction is booming at U. S. colleges. But because of the tight economy, many colleges are eliminating fulltime language-teaching positions or filling them with cheaper lecturers who are not faculty¹ members at all.

(25) This is the case at the University of Maryland’s flagship College Park campus, a prestigious² state-run school in the eastern United States. To save costs，the university plans to cut its one Yiddish-teaching position. It’s the latest blow in what has been a steady decline in the study and use of Yiddish, which began among European Jews in the Middle Ages as a conversational³ Germanic language that uses Hebrew characters.

Today, Yiddish is struggling to survive. (26) It's thought that fewer than 500，000 people, mostly the elderly, speak it worldwide. Most young，acculturated Jews speak only their countries' principal language，plus Hebrew during worship.

(27) The Holocaust⁴ Museum archive in Washington D. C.，is full of Yiddish materials，University of Maryland language professor Miriam Isaacs told the Baltimore Sun newspaper. Who is going to read them?

 

题目

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Questions 25 to 27 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item， you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions ?

Now, listen to the news.

25. Which statement of University of Maryland is INCORRECT?

A. College Park is its flagship college.

B. It’s a state-run school.

C. It’s a prestigious school.

D. It’s in western America.

26. According to the news，how many people use Yiddish worldwide?

A. Fewer than 50,000. 

B. More than 50,000.

C. Fewer than 500,000. 

D. More than 500,000.

27. The museum mentioned in the news is located in_____ .

A. Las Vegas 

B. Los Angel

C. New York 

D. Washington D. C.

 

答案解析

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25. D 细节题。 马里兰大学是美国东部名校，是州立大学，大学公园校区是其旗舰校区_ ?因此D项错误。

26. C 细节题。 目前估计全球大约不到50万人会使用意第绪语.因此选C。

27. D 细节题。 博物馆位于首都华盛顿，因此选D。

 

1 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

2 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

3 conversational   

adj.对话的，会话的

参考例句：

• The article is written in a conversational style.该文是以对话的形式写成的。
• She values herself on her conversational powers.她常夸耀自己的能言善辩。

4 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。