2015年6月英语四级听力预热练习2

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　　英语四级听力部分算是同学们考试时的难点。听力这部分不能急于求成，需要时间来练习。对于这部分同学们平时在积累词汇的基础上多加练习就可以，听的多了就能掌握技巧。
　　

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　　Education is a growing issue of dispute in Turkeybetween those who support religion and governmentand those who oppose it. Opponents are criticizingTurkey's National Education Council for its proposalto require religious classes in schools. The two sides also dispute a council-supported plan tobegin what it calls "values education" for the youngest students.
　　In addition, the main opposition group in Turkey, the Republican People's Party has objectedto a proposal to teach the Ottoman language in schools. Turks no longer speak the language.Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejects the criticism.
　　He says people will learn and teach the language. The National Education Council advisesTurkey's Ministry of Education. The council called for required religious classes in high schools tobe changed from one to two hours weekly and extended to all ages.
　　Cengiz Aktar writes about politics for the newspaper Zaman Today, and teaches at SuleymanSah University. He says the reforms fit well with president Erdogan's goals.
　　"For years, Erdogan wanted to create a new, pious youth, ethically correct according to thecanons of his mind and his lecture of Islam, and he is just putting this into practice," Aktar said.
　　Religious schools in Turkey are known as imam hatips. The number of these schools shortlyincreased during Mr. Erdogan's leadership as prime minister. In 2004, 65,000 children attendedthem. Now that number is more than one million.
　　The schools provide 13 hours weekly of religious training. Boys and girls are separated in theschools. In recent years, many non-religious schools have become imam hatips. A mother saidmany times parents receive no warning of such change.
　　The changes have led to protest in Istanbul. Mr. Erdogan argues that religious education offersan answer for social problems children face, including illegal drugs and racism.
　　Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate governs Islam in the country. A top official with the agencysays that the policy of a religiously neutral government is weakening religious life in Turkishsociety.
　　Istar Gozaydin is an expert on religion and the state at Dogus University in Istanbul. She saysthe government is changing Turkish society.
　　"The Presidency of Religious Affairs is being more active in, for example, hospitals, women'sshelters. So apparently a more conservative society is being tried to be constructed.However, there is not much respect for the freedom from religion," Gozaydin said.