2016年12月大学英语四级新闻听力练习(17)
自2016年6月英语四级考试起，四级听力新添加了短篇新闻。相对的，听力的难度也有所增加。但是再难的题目也禁不住多多的练习！文都教育提醒各位考生，要打起精神来迎战12月四六级考试，万不可轻敌松懈~唯有地基牢固才有摩天大楼，以下是小编为各位考生们准备的四级新闻听力练习，各位赶紧get起来吧!听力材料：
Palestinian representatives have accused Israel of trying to sabotage next week's peace talksafter it had announced another expansion of its settlement program on occupied territories.A senior leader told the BBC that Israel was deliberately trying to scupper any chance ofpeace. But there have been no Palestinian threats of pulling out of the talks. In an interviewwith the BBC, the Israeli government’s spokesman Mark Regev dismissed at the criticism.
“The truth is that in every peace plan even those put on the table by the internationalcommunity, whether you’re talking about the Geneva Initiative, or the Clinton parameters, allthose different international ideas to solve the solution, in all of them that the Jewishneighbours of Jerusalem and the large blocks remain part of Israel in final status at peace. Now,I'd ask you once again, If we are building in areas that in any way going to stay part of Israel,why is it such a problem?”
The peace talks are due to resume in three days time in Jerusalem. And Israel has approved alist of the first group of Palestinian prisoners to be released ahead of those talks. Thegovernment said 26 prisoners would be released including 14 from Gaza and 12 from the WestBank. Their names will be published overnight. The Israeli cabinet has approved the release ofmore than 100 Palestinian prisoners over the coming months as part of efforts to restart thepeace talks.
China is stepping up efforts to reduce the worst effects of environmental pollution caused byits breakneck economic expansion. The State Council has announced new measures to boostthe growth of the environmental technology protection sector. Marcus Herbert has more.
“The Chinese government is alarmed by recent social unrest caused by environmentaldisasters, such as chronic urban smog, or thousands of rotting pig carcasses in watersupplying the city of Shanghai. Now, the State Council has announced that it will acceleratean existing plan to ensure growth of the environmental protection industry by 15% annuallyby 2015. Over the next two years, it will pay subsidies worth more than $700bn, and eligibleforeign, as well as domestic, companies will receive tax breaks.”
The father of the fugitive American national security agency contractor Edward Snowden sayshe will soon visit his son in Russia where he has been given temporary asylum. Mr. Snowdenis wanted by the US authorities for leaking sensitive details about US surveillance programs.Lon Snowden said that he does not believe his son will receive a fair trial in the United States.From Washington Katy Watson.
“Lon Snowden said his son had spoken the truth and made huge sacrifices. His lawyer saidthey've been granted Russian visas and will be travelling to Moscow very soon, there, though besuggesting criminal defence lawyers who've got experience with people prosecuted under theEspionage Act, but there’s still no indication from Edward Snowden himself that he will beprepared to face the counts he's been charged with in a US court.”
BBC News
Thousands of protesters calling for the reinstatement of the ousted Egyptian PresidentMohammed Morsi are preparing themselves for expected moves by the security services toclear them from two huge sit-in camps in Cairo. Street vendors have been quoted as sayingthey've sold hundreds of gas masks to protesters. Senior army officers suggested thatdisperse could start as early as daybreak on Monday.
Polls have officially closed in Mali's run-off election to decide who will be the next president. Theday has been marked by pouring rain which observers say could have led to a lower turnoutthan in a previous round of voting. One of the candidates is the former Prime Minister IbrahimBoubacar Keita, who said the elections marked a change for the country.
“We are laying down the foundations of a new Mali, the foundation stone of which will, fromnow, be absolute integrity from the point of view of ethics and morality and, zero tolerancefor corruption.” Mr. Keita is running against the former Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse, whosaid the country needed basic facilities like drinking water, schools and adequate health care.
A huge fire has broken out in one of the largest oil refineries in Venezuela, sending large plumesof black smoke into the sky. Venezuelan authorities have ordered the evacuation of the areaaround the Puerto La Cruz refinery. Refinery officials say a storage tank was hit by lighteningsparking the blaze. There is no word of any casualties.
Rescue workers in Argentina found another three bodies in the rubble of the residential buildinghit by a blast in the city of Rosario in the north of the country on Tuesday. The authorities,now, say 17 people were killed and four still missing. The explosion, thought to have beencaused by gas leak, injured more than 60 people, at least 10 remain in hospital. The blastdestroyed the front of a 10-story block.
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巴勒斯坦代表指责以色列宣布继续拓展其占领土地的定居项目，以试图破坏上周的和谈。一位高级领导人告诉BBC，以色列蓄意破坏任何和平的机会，但巴勒斯坦并未威胁要退出和谈。在接受BBC的采访中，以色列政府发言人马克·雷格夫反驳了该批评。
“事实上，在任何和平方案中，即使是这样在国际社会的努力下促成的和谈，无论是谈论日内瓦倡议，还是克林顿参数，所有这些国际上不同的理念都是为了解决问题的，所有这些理念都认为，耶路撒冷的犹太邻居和仍是以色列领地的大部分地区最终会实现和平。现在我再问你们一次，如果在这个无论如何总会成为以色列领土的地方建造房屋，这怎么会是个问题呢？”
和谈原定于三天后在耶路撒冷重启，以色列已经批准即将在和谈之前释放的第一批巴勒斯坦囚犯名单。政府称将释放26名囚犯，其中14人来自加沙，12人来自西岸，他们的名字将于晚间公布。以色列内阁已批准在未来数月释放100多名巴勒斯坦囚犯，作为重启和谈努力的一部分。
中国加大努力以减少经济高速发展带来的环境污染的影响，国务院宣布实施新措施以促进环境技术保护部门的发展。赫伯特·马尔库塞报道。
“最近，环境灾难引发的社会动乱令中国政府惊慌，这些问题包括慢性城市烟雾，数千头腐烂的死猪漂浮上海市饮用水源头。目前，国务院宣布将加快目前一项计划的实施，以确保在2015年之前实现环保行业年增长15%。未来两年将提供7000多亿美元补贴，合格的国内外公司将享受税收减免。”
逃亡的美国国家安全机构承包商爱德华·斯诺登的父亲称将很快赴俄罗斯看望儿子，斯诺登已获得俄罗斯的暂时避难权。他因泄露美国监控项目的敏感细节而被美国当局通缉。朗尼·斯诺登说他认为儿子在美国不会得到公平的审判的。凯蒂·沃森在华盛顿报道。
“朗尼·斯诺登说儿子说出的真相，并做出了巨大的牺牲。他的律师说他们已拿到俄罗斯的签证，将很快赶到莫斯科，并推荐使用曾为反间谍法下被控者辩护的刑事辩护律师，但从爱德华·斯诺登那里看不出他将准备在美国法院接受所被指控的罪行。”
这里是BBC新闻报道。
呼吁恢复埃及被废总统穆罕默德·穆尔西职位的数千名抗议者已做好准备应对安全部队将他们从开罗两大静坐营地赶走的企图，街头小贩称已向抗议者售出数百个防毒面具。高级军官称可能于周一黎明之时开始驱赶抗议者。
马里总统决赛选举已正式结束，当天下起大雨，观察家称这或许导致投票率比之前一轮的低。其中一位候选人是前总理易卜拉欣·布巴卡尔·凯塔，他说选举标志着国家开始发生改变。
“我们为建立新马里奠定了基础，从今开始，坚实的基础将是伦理、道德角度的完整性，以及对腐败的零容忍。”凯塔的对手是前财长苏迈拉·西塞，后者称该国需要诸如饮用水、学校和足够的医疗服务等基础设施。
委内瑞拉最大的炼油厂发生大火，大片的黑烟直冲天空。委内瑞拉当局下令波多拉克鲁兹炼油厂附近地区进行撤离，炼油厂负责人称一个储油罐被电击，由此引发大火。尚不知道伤亡情况。
周二阿根廷北部城市罗萨里奥发生爆炸，目前援救人员在居民大楼的废墟里发现另外三具尸体。当局称17人丧生，4人下落不明。据悉爆炸事故是由漏气引发，伤及60多人，至少10人目前仍在医院。这次爆炸毁掉了这座10层大楼的正面。
BBC新闻报道。
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