2016年12月大学英语四级新闻听力练习(21)
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：
BBC News with Stewart Macintosh
Egypt's military-backed interim government hasdeclared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group,the government blamed the group for Tuesday'sbomb attack on the police headquarters in the city ofMansoura north of Cairo that killed at least 13 people. From Cairo here's R S.
The Egyptian government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization in thestatement today, the statement added that the Egyptian cabinet will take punitive measuresagainst any person who promotes the organization in any way. The Muslim Brotherhood hadalready been declared a banned organization by a judicial verdict after the BrotherhoodsMohammed Morsi who won elections to become president of Egypt was ousted from power. In aswift action to the latest move, the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm condemned thedecision. It twitted that it is a worthless decision from an illegal government.
According to Turkish media the MP and former Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin has resignedfrom the ruling AK party in the wake of a corruption investigation for this has already led tothe resignations of the three top ministers in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan'sgovernment. R Aslan reports from Istanbul.
None of those who have resigned so far are directly implicated. But all of them have fell theimpact of the investigations that are now underway. Economy M BBC News with Jerry Smit
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki--moon has warned warring parties in South Sudanthat they will be held to account for crimes against humanity. He once again called on PresidentSalva Kiir and opposition leaders to hold talks. Lada Taffy reports.
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki--moon has said the world is watching all sides inSouth Sudan. He demanded an immediate anti-attack on civilians and peacekeepers and saidthere were reports of ethnically targeted killings were specially worrisome. The United Nationshas been straining to provide basic needs to some 45,000 people seeking protection at itsbasis. Mr.Ban said he will recommend at the Security Council approve more troops in assetsfor the UN's mission in South Sudan. Meanwhile the US military is preparing its forces foranother possible evacuation of US and other citizens.
A judge in Chili has sentenced 8 former members of a military death squad to up to 15 years injail for the killing of 14 political prisoners decades ago. Martie K reports.
For the victims' family,this has been a long wait for justice.On the 19th of October 1973, the 14men were picked up from a local prison in the northern Chilean city of Antofagasta. They wereblind folded driven away and shot dead. The judge * said the 8 former arming officers hadplayed a role in their killing, they were all members of a military death squad known as theCaravan of the Death which carried out dozens of executions of political prisoners during themilitary government of Augusto Pinochet.
A court in Argentina has ruled that the former President Fernando de la Rua did not bribesenators to pass controversial labor reform in the year 2000. The judge said no evidencewas found to prove the bribery had taken place in the Argentine Senate. Seven other peoplewho were accused of taking or facilitating bribes including his former labor minister were foundinnocent.
The designer of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov has died,he was 94.Kalashnikov was born into poverty in a remote Altai Mountains of Russia. Jonathan Marcusreports.
Mikhail Kalashnikov was a young sergeant in a Soviet army when he began to develop his newrifle. He created a ragged simpler reliable weapon but could withstand the riggers of theservice in the field that some of its technology may have been borrowed from German weaponsfrom late World War II. His 1947 design became the standard equipment of the Soviet andWarsaw pact armies. Versions were manufactured in several other countries including China.The Kalashnikov rifle with its distinctive curved magazine became a revolutionary icon in thehands of militants and insurgents around the globe.
World News from the BBC
A prominent Syrian campaign group says it believes more than 300 people including 87children have been killed over the past weeks in a bombing campaign in the northern city ofAleppo. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights which opposes the governmentsays Syrian warplanes have been targeting areas held by rebels.
Suicide bombers have attacked a local television station in Iraq, killing at least 5 journalists.Police say the four militants tried to take over of the headquarters of Salaheddin station inTikrit. The Security forces say they were able to retake control of the building after killing themilitants.
Two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot who've been released from jail say they willcarry on their political protests. Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were jailed forhooliganism after a protest performance at Russia's main cathedral in February last year.Bridget Kendall has more.
Today's release of the two Pussy Riot protesters was not unexpected. As mothers of youngchildren both were eligible under a recent Russian prison amnesty. But once freed to speak outagain, they were as defiant as ever, denouncing that the decision to let them out as apublicity hoax and declaring they would continue their fight for human rights in Russia.Nadezhda Tolokonnikova compared the whole country to a penal colony. Maria Alyokhinapromised new protests.
The authorities in Honduras say they are extraditing 18 Mexicans who posed as TV journalistsand tried to smuggle more than 18 million dollars into the country. They were arrested last yearwhen they tried to enter Honduras posing as reporters from Mexico's Televisa station. Policeseized TV equipment and found the cash in traces of cocaine hidden in their vehicles. They werelaid to sentence by a tribunal in Honduras to up to 18 years in jail.
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联合国秘书长潘基文警告南苏丹交战双方要为反人道罪负责，他再次呼吁总统萨尔瓦·基尔和反对派领袖们举行谈判。LadaTaffy报道。
联合国秘书长潘基文称全世界都在关注南苏丹各方，他要求立即应对对平民和维和人员的袭击，称有报道称发生了种族屠杀，对此非常担忧。联合国一直想法为4.5万寻求保护的人提供基本帮助。潘基文称他将建议安理会批准更多军队帮助在南苏丹的联合国部队。同时美国军队正准备将美国等国公民撤离。
智利法官判定8名前敢死队成员死刑，缓刑15年，罪名是几十年前杀害14名政治犯。Martie K报道。
对受害者家属来说，这是迟到的正义审判。在1973年10月19日，这14人被从智利北部城市安托法加斯塔一座当地监狱被带走，然后被蒙面枪杀。法官称这8名前军官参与了这次杀戮，他们是武装敢死队"死亡旅行队"的成员，在奥古斯托·皮诺切特军政府统治期间，该组织杀害了数十名政治犯。
阿根廷法院判定前总统费尔南多·德拉鲁阿2000年并未向参议员行贿以通过有争议的劳工改革法，法官称没有找到证据表明阿根廷议会有行贿事件，包括前劳工部长在内的另外7人被控受贿或参与行贿，但结果证明无辜。
卡拉什尼科夫突击步枪米哈伊尔·卡拉什尼科夫去世，享年94岁。卡拉什尼科夫出生在俄罗斯偏远山区阿尔泰山一个贫困家庭。乔纳森·马库斯报道。
米哈伊尔·卡拉什尼科夫开始开发这种新型步枪时还是苏联军队一名年轻的中士，他制造了一把简单可靠的武器，其部分技术可能借鉴自二战后晚期的德国武器。他1947年的发明成为苏联和华沙军队的标配。包括中国在内的其他几个国家都制造了这些版本，卡拉什尼科夫步枪有着特色鲜明的弯曲弹匣，成为全球武装分子和叛军手中革命性的标识。
BBC世界新闻。
一个有名的叙利亚运动组织称，据悉在过去几周北部城市阿勒颇市发生的轰炸袭击中，有包括87名儿童在内的300多人丧生。总部在英国的叙利亚人权观察组织反对政府，称叙利亚武装飞机一直在袭击被叛军占领的地区。
自杀式爆炸者袭击了伊拉克一家当地电视台，导致至少5名记者丧生。警方称4名武装分子试图占领提克里特萨拉赫丁车站大楼，安全部队称有能力歼灭武装分子，并重新夺回这座大楼。
俄罗斯朋克乐队暴动小猫的两名获释成员称将举行政治抗议，艾廖希娜和托洛孔尼科娃去年2月份再俄罗斯大教堂举行抗议，后因流氓罪入狱。Bridget Kendall报道。
今天暴动小猫两名成员获释并不意外，根据俄罗斯最近的监狱赦免法，两人都有小孩子，都有资格获释。但一旦再次能自由言论，她们一如既往地敢说敢做，称释放她们的决定只不过是公开的骗局，宣布将继续在俄罗斯进行人权抗议。托洛孔尼科娃将这个国家比作流放地，艾廖希娜宣称要继续抗议。
洪都拉斯当局称将驱逐18名墨西哥人，称他们假冒电视台记者，试图将1800多万美元走私到本国。他们是去年被捕的，当时他们自称是墨西哥电视台的记者，试图进入洪都拉斯。警方查获了电视设备，发现隐藏在设备里的现金和可卡因。洪都拉斯法庭判定他们18年的监禁。
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