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英语四级新闻听力讲解分享,希望对大家的学习有所帮助。
一、听力练习
1.
A. A Palestinian student's request to enter the United States was denied.
B. A Palestinian student's request to apply for Harvard University was denied.
C. A Palestinian student's request to apply for scholarship was denied.
D. A Palestinian student's request to seek political asylum was denied.
2.
A. Because of his online political messages published on social media.
B. Because of the political messages published by his friends on social media.
C. Because of his cheating in his application documents.
D. Because of his refusal to provide his social media account.
二、听力文本
United States officials denied a Palestinian student's request to enter the country this month. The student was planning to attend classes at Harvard University. Some Americans are calling what happened to him an example of overly invasive safeguards at U.S. border checkpoints. Ismail Ajjawi was refused entry after landing last week at Boston's airport in Massachusetts. The 17-year-old said his denial was linked to political messages published by his friends on social media. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official, however, would not confirm the information. The official told The Associated Press that the decision to cancel Ajjawi's visa was based on information discovered during an inspection. The official added, he can still try to reapply for visa to enter the country. Ajjawi told the Harvard University student newspaper that federal agents detained him for eight hours. He said they searched his electronic devices and questioned him about his friends' social media posts. They included "political points of view that oppose the U.S.," he said in a statement. A Harvard University official said the school is working "to resolve this matter so that he can join his classmates in the coming days." AMIDE
AST, a not-for-profit organization that awarded Ajjawi a scholarship, is providing legal assistance. Ajjawi told The Harvard Crimson newspaper he still hopes to join his classmates in time for the start of classes next week. His family lives in a camp for Palestinian refugees in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.
Question 1: What’s the main idea of this news report?
Question 2: According to the news report, what might be the reason of the denial of the student’s request?
三、重点词汇
1. overly: too; very 太;非常;过度地,极度地
2. invasive: tending to infringe侵扰的
3. detain: to force someone officially to stay in a place 使留下;拘留,扣押
4. post: something such as a message or picture that you publish on a website or using social media 网站上公布的信息;帖子