Part I    Give brief answers to the following questions(20 points , 10 for each)

1.       Should the definite article “the” be always omitted in the English newspaper headlines? Why or why not?

2.       List at least five famous news agencies in the world in addition to “Kyodo”

Part II   Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to facts , journalistic history and practice. Attention: All you need to do is to write T or F in the parenthesis in front of each paragraph.(15 points , 3 for each)

( )  1. The Times is one of the leading papers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

(  )  2. The present tense in the headline refers to the usual, habitual action of an news event.

(  )  3. Among the common types of leads are summary lesd, suspense lead, question lead, label lead, pyramid lead and delayed lead.

(  )  4. The Manchester Guardian, or the predecessor of the Guardian, came into being in 1959.

(  )  5. The third largest US newspaper magazine The US News & World Report was founded during World War II.

Part III  Replace the underlined part in each of the following headlines with the shortest possible word. Attention: All you have to do is to write the shortest possible word in the parenthesis in the front of each headline.(15 points, 3 for each)

(  ) 1. Diet is best way to eliminate your body’s waste.(张建书P 15 例子之一)

(  ) 2.Music during surgery may alleviate the patients’ recovery.

(  ) 3. The US rich longing for space tourism, poll says.

(  ) 4. Economy develops slowly as unemployment, inflation rise—ecomonist.

(  ) 5. S.African fans proud of “ The Boys” despite World Cup failure.

Part I V There are two items in this part, each accounting for 30%

Item A: Rewrite the following press clipping so as to make it fit for radio broadcasting. Necessary editing , adjustment or omission is allowed. (30 points)

  Broocklin Rivera, leader of the “Misurasata” Movement, an antigovernment organization of Nicaragua, announced in the Costa Rican capital of San jose today that he has decided to return home in view of the special measures the Nicaragua government has taken to ensure normal running of the planned September elections, but he gave no specific date for his return, according to “Radio Sandio”

Item B : Re-organize the order of the following paragraphs according to the logical sequence of the story structure.  Attention: All you have to do is to write in the box below the numbers for the corresponding paragraph( 30 points)

(所选文章为张建书上的Nanning，city of flowers in full bloom year round, 这里仅提供题目中开头和结尾的几个单词或者是短句)

1.       Another “must” in Nanning is a visit to the living…………….. The experience is one visitors will never forget.

2.       As darkness envelops the city,……………..so customers can shop after dinner.

3.       At Chaoyang Squre,……….The square is characteristic of southern China and its subtropical climate.

4.       Basking in a subtropical zone,…………………… , and travel in any season is a pleasure.

5.       First-time visitors to Gungxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China…………., they must visit Nanning Tourism Zone.

6.       For example, Jiangnan Avenue,…………………find it a favorite rendezvous.

7.       In the commercial streets,…………………..if they just leave the shop without buying anything.

8.       Literally a city of trees,………………….an enormous green blanket of leaves.

9.       Nanning is accessible both by land and air…………………..four- hour flights from Beijing.

10.   Nanning natives say that………….known as a gateway to Hongkong and the ousideword.

Nanning, capital of Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region………….....................daily necessities as traditional medicine, clothing, hardware and electrical applicances.

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Part V. Put into Chinese the following sentences or paragraphs from the English media. Be sure to make your translation smooth and newsy within the semantic legitimacy. (30 points, 10 for each)

1.       As the Palestinian leader arrived home from Camp David last week, a sweaty crowd of about 4,000 cheered him in the sun-blasted square of Gaza City.

2.       The question is whether the Russian president can survive the nation’s economic hardship that is being inflicted on Russians as well as the blow to national pride that will come from their country’s new junior partner status.

3.       A year after the Tokyo Olympic Games of 1964,japan imitated the US Peace Team and began sending volunteer youth to Southeast Asia, in part to underscore that Japan had come of age and was ready to help developing countries, not just flood them with motorcycles or cars.

Part VII Guess the meanings of the following words from the context by matching each word in Column A with the word or phrase in Column B that is similar in meaning. Attention: All you need to do is to write the blankets before each of the words in Column A the letter A, B, or C ,or …for the corresponding meaning. (10 points,2 for each)

Column A

_________1. Bury a story

_________2. Correspondence column

_________3. Cutline

_________4. Department

_________5.enterprise copy

Column B

[A] a specialized column or section appearing regularly in periodical

[B] any descriptive or explanatory material under a picture

[C] place a story on an inside page

[D] follow-up story

[E] a special column carrying letters to the editor