1966 年试题

一、阅读下面短文,然后做后面的两个题:A 题英译汉;B 题问答。

In 1961 a new U.S.Ambassador (大使)came to Venezuela (委内瑞拉).This was a man who was born in a Latin American (拉丁美洲的) country but was working for U.S.imperialism. The news of his coming made the Venezuelan people very angry.

One day he stole into the University of Venezuela with some of his men to take a look. But when he was getting ready to leave, he was found out by a girl student. Immediately she started running about and shouting at the top of her voice:"The U.S.Ambassador is here! Let's teach him a lesson!"Crowds of students came out from the classrooms, from the library and reading-rooms. The Ambassador's men ran away frightened,leaving the Ambass

dor in his car,half dead with fear. The students pulled him out and burned his car.

By this time the reactionary government had heard of this and had sent the army to surround the university. But more than six thousand students gathered to hold a meeting. Again and again they shouted:"Down with U.S.imperialism!" "Yankees(美国佬),get out of Venezuela!" At the end of the meeting,the U.S.Ambassador was turned out of the university.

Three days later, he left for the United States,never to return. A.英译汉:

One day he stole into the University of Venezuela with some of his men to take a look. But when he was getting ready to leave,he was found out by a girl student.Immediately she started running about and shouting at the top of her voice:"The U.S.Ambas-sador is here!Let's teach him a lesson!" Crowds of students came out from the classrooms, from the library and reading-rooms. The Ambassador's men ran away frightened, leaving the Ambassador in his car,half dead with fear. The students pulled him out and burned his car.

B.根据短文内容,用英语回答下列问题: 1.Where and when did the story take place?

2.What did the students finally do with the U.S.Ambassador? 3.What does the story show?(简短回答即可)