2018年6月四级听力真题1套及答案含MP3

Part II         Listening Comprehension

Section A

News Report One

（1）A message in a bottle sent out to sea by a New Hampshire man more than five decades ago was found 1,500 milesaway and has been returned to his daughter. The long-lost message was discovered by Clint Buffington of Utah while hewas vacationing. Buffington says he found a soda bottle half buried in the sand that “looked like it had been there since thebeginning of time.”

The note inside the bottle said, “Return to 419 Ocean Street and receive a reward of $150 from Richard and Tina Pierce,owners of the Beachcomber Motel.”

The motel was owned by the parents of Paula Pierce in 1960. Her father had written the notes as a joke and had thrownit into the Atlantic Ocean. Buffington flew to New Hampshire to deliver that message to Pola Pierce. (2)She held up to herfather’s promise, giving Buffington that reward. But the biggest reward is the message in a bottle finding its way back home.

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览两道题个选项，由 return、bottled message 和 history 等词可以初步判断，该新闻与归还漂流瓶里的

便条有关。第 1 题各选项均为概括性比较强的名词短语，可能考查新闻的主旨；第 2 题各选项的主语均为 She，结

合 wanted to、asked by her father to do so 可推测，此题考查女士做某事的原因。

1. What is the news report mainly about?

答案：A

详解：新闻开篇指出，新罕布什尔州的一位先生把一个装有便条的瓶子扔到海里，五十年后被人在 1,500 英里外的

海滩捡到并归还给这位先生的女儿。由此可知，新闻的主要内容是漂流瓶中的便条归还主人女儿，答案为 A。

2.Why did Paula Pierce give Clint Buffington the reward?

答案：B

详解：新闻中提到，Buffington 飞往新罕布什尔州，将便条给了 Paula Pierce. Paula Pierce 遵守父亲的承诺，给予

Buffington 便条中所说的 150 美元的奖励。由此可知，Paula Pierce 给 Buffington 奖励就是为了遵守父亲当年的承诺，

答案为 B。

News Report Two

Millions of bees have died in South Carolina during aerial insect spraying operations that were carried out to combatthe Zika virus.  （3）The insects spraying over the weekend left more than 2 million bees dead on the spot in DorchesterCounty, South Carolina, where four travel-related cases of Zika disease have been confirmed in the area. (4)Most of thedeaths came from Flower Town Bee farm, a company in Somerville that sells bees and honey products. Juanita Stanley whoowns the company said the farm “looks like it's been destroyed.” The farm lost about 2.5 million bees. Dorchester County

officials apologized for the accidental mass killing of bees. Dorchester County is aware that some beekeepers in the area that was sprayed on Sunday lost their bee colonies. County manager Jason Ward said in a statement.  “I’m not pleased that so many bees were killed.”

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览两道题各选项，由选项中反复出现的 bees、disease、lost 等词可推测，新闻内容与蜜蜂的遭遇有关。

3.Why were spraying operations carried out in Dorchester County?

答案：B

详解：新闻开头提到，在进行针对寨卡病毒的空中昆虫喷洒操作期间，南卡罗来纳州多彻斯特县 200 多万只蜜蜂

因此死亡，该地区已确认了四例寨卡病毒病，由此可知，空中喷洒的原因是该地区已经确认了多例寨卡病毒，答案

为 B。

4.What does the news report say about Flowertown Bee Farm?

答案：C

详解：新闻中提到，大部分死亡的蜜蜂来自一个叫作 Flowertown 的养蜂场，死亡蜜蜂约 250 万只。因此答案为 C。

News Report Three

The world’s largest aircraft has taken to the skies for the first time. (5)The Air lander 10 spent nearly two hours in the air, having taken off from Coddington Airfield in Bedfordshire. During its flight, it reached 3,000 feet and performed a

series of gentle turns all over a safe area. The aircraft is massive—as long as a football field and as tall as six double decker buses and capable of flying for up to five days. (6)It was first developed for the US government as a long-range spy aircraft,but was abandoned following budget cutbacks. (7)The aircraft cost 25 million pounds and can carry heavier loads than huge jet planes while also producing less noise and emitting less pollution. The makers believe it’s the future of aircraft and one day we’ll be using them to go places. But there’s still a long way to go. The Air lander will need to have 200 hours’ flying time before being allowed to fly by the aviation administration. If it passes though, we can hope we’ll all get some extra legroom.

Questions 5 and 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览三道题各选项，由 stayed in the air、took off、landed 和 aviation technology 等词可以推测，新闻内容与飞机有关。第 5 题各选项主语均为 It，结合新闻主题可知，It 指飞机，听音时留意对飞机的描述；结合第 6 题和

第 7 题各选项语义可推测，两题分别考查该飞机的问题和优点，听音时应注意捕捉。

5.What do we learn about the first flight of the Airlander 10?

答案：A

详解：新闻开头指出，世界上最大的飞机 Airalnder 10 第一次升空。该飞机在英国贝德福德郡的科丁顿机场起飞，飞行了将近两个小时。因此答案为 A。

6. What cause the US government to abandon the Airlander 10 as a spy aircraft?

答案：C

详解：新闻中提到，Airlander 10 最初是作为远程间谍飞机位美国政府开发的，但（政府）预算削减后就被放弃了。

由此可知，美国政府放弃 Airlander 10 的原因是资金不足，答案为 C。

7. What is the advantage of the Airlander 10 over huge jet planes?

答案：D

详解：新闻中提到，Airlander 10  耗资 2,500 万英镑，比大型喷气飞机载重大，然而它的噪音却更小，污染也更少。

由此可知，Airlander 10 为更加环保型的飞机，答案为 D。

Section B

Conversation One

M: Do you feel like going out tonight？

W:Yeah，why not? We haven’t been out for ages, What’s on?

M: Well, there’s a film about climate change. Does it sound good to you?

W: Oh, not really. It doesn’t really appeal to me. What’s it about? Just climate change?

M: I think it’s about how climate change affects everyday life. I wonder how they make it entertaining.

W: Well, (8)it sounds really awful. It’s an important subject, I agree, but I’m not in the mood for anything depressing. What else is on?

M：There’s a Spanish Dance Festival.

W: Oh, I love dance. That sounds really interesting.

M: Apparently, it’s absolutely brilliant. Let’s see what it says in the paper. “Anna Gomez leads in an exciting production of the great Spanish love story, Garmen.”

W: Ok, then. What time is it on?

M: At 7:30.

W: Well, that’s no good. (9)We haven’t got enough time to get there. Is there anything else?

M:There’s a comedy special on.

W: Where’s it on?

M: It’s at the City Theater. It’s a charity comedy night with lots of different acts. It looks pretty good. (10)The critic in the local the paper says it’s the funniest thing he’s ever seen. It says here “Roger Whitehead is an amazing host to a night of fun performances.”

W: Mm… I’m not keen on him. He’s not very funny.

M: Are you sure your fancy going out tonight? You are not very enthusiastic.

W: Perhaps you are right. (11)Okay, let’s go to see the dance. But tomorrow, not tonight.

M: Great, I’ll book the tickets online.

Questions 8 and 11 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览四道题各选项，由 daily life、dancing、theatre、amusing show、comedy 和 tickets 等词可以推测，对话为日常生活类，内容可能涉及各种娱乐活动。

8. What does the woman think of climate chande?

答案：A

详解：对话开头，男士说有一场关于气候变化的电影，问女士要不要去看，女士说气候变化是个重要的话题，但是她没有心情看令人沮丧的内容，即女士认为气候变化是一个令人沮丧的话题，答案为 A。

9. Why do the speakers give up going to the Spanish Dance Festival tonight?

答案：D

详解：对话中女士表示不喜欢有关气候变化的电影，继而追问是否还有其他娱乐项目，当男士告知女士 7 点半有西班牙舞蹈节表演的时候，女士表示没有足够的时间赶到那里。因此答案为 D。

10.What does the critic say about the comedy performed at the City Theatre?

答案：C

详解：对话中，男士告知女士剧院今晚喜剧特别节目，评论员在当地报纸上说这是他看过的最滑稽的表演。因此答案为 C。

11.What does the woman decide to do tomorrow?

答案：B

详解：对话末尾，女士说出自己的决定：明天晚上去看舞蹈表演。因此答案为 B。

Conversation Two

W: Good morning, Mr. Lee, May I have a minutes of your time?

M: Sure, Catherine, What can I do for you?

W: (12)I’m quiet anxious about transferring over to our college, I’m afraid I won’t fit in.

M: don't worry, Catherine. It’s completely normal for you to be nervous about transferring schools. This happens to many transfer students.

W: Yes, I know, but I’m younger than most students in my year. And that worries me a lot.

M: (13)Well, you may be the only younger one in your year, but, you know, we have a lot of after-school activities you can join in. And so, this way, you will be able to meet new friends of different age groups.

W: That’s nice. I love games and hobby groups.

M: I’m sure you do. So you’ll be just fine. Don’t worry so much and try to make the most of what we have on offer here. Also, (14)remember that you can come to me anytime of the day if you need help.

W: Thanks so much. I definitely feel better now. As a matter of fact, I’ve already contacted one of the girls who’d be living in the same house with me, and she seemed really nice. I guess living on campus, I’ll have a chance to have a close

circle of friends, since we’ll be living together.

M: All students are very friendly with new arrivals. Let me check who would be living with you in your flat. Okay, there are Hannah, Kelly, and Bree. (15)Bree is also a new student here, like you. I’m sure you two will have more to share with each other.

Questions 12 and 15 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览四道题各选项，由反复出现的 transfer 和 transfer student 可推测，对话内容与转学有关。结合第 12

题各选项语义可推测，女士为转校生，该题考查女士的情况，听音时应留意对话开头语女士相关的描述；第 13 题

和第 14 题各选项均为动词短语结构，结合语义可推测，13 题考查女士将要做什么，14 题考查男士为女士做某事，

听音时要留意捕捉相关信息；第 15 题各选项主语均为 She，且均为现在完成时，因此考查 She 已经完成的行为动作。

12. Why does Catherine feel anxious?

答案：D

详解：对话中，男士询问女士能帮她做些什么，女士表示她担心自己作为转校生会不合群。因此答案为 D。

13.What does Mr. Lee encourage Catherine to do?

答案：C

详解：女士非常担心自己年龄小不能适应新学校的生活。男士说她可以参加学校的各种课外活动，这样就能认识不同年龄段的朋友。由此可知，男士鼓励女士参加课外活动，故答案为 C。

14. Whan does Mr. Lee promise to do for Catherine?

答案：A

详解：对话中，男士建议女士参加课外活动，并安慰女士不要太担心，尽量充分利用学校提供的一切，并告诉女士如果需哟啊帮助可以随时找他。因此答案为 A。

15.What do we learn about Catherine’s schoolmate Bree?

答案：D

详解：对话末尾，男士指出，Bree 和女士一样，也是新来的学生。因此答案为 D。

Section C

Passage One

Have you ever felt like you would do just about anything to satisfy your hunger? A new study in mice may help to explain why hunger can feel like such a powerful motivating force.  （ 16 ） In the study, researchers found that hunger

outweighed  other  physical  drives,  including  fear,  thirst  and  social  needs.  To  determine  which  feeling  won  out,  the researchers did a series of experiments. In one experiment, the mice were both hungry and thirsty. When given the choice of either eating food or drinking water, the mice went for the food, the researchers found. However, when the mice were well-fed but thirsty, they opted to drink, according to the study. In the second experiment meant to pit the mice’s hunger against their fear, hungry mice were placed in a cage that had certain “fox-scented” areas and other places that smelled safer (in other words, not like an animal that could eat them) but also had food. (17)It turned out that, when the mice were hungry, they ventured into the unsafe areas for food. But when the mice were well-fed, they stayed in areas of the cage that were considered “safe.” Hunger also outweighed the mice’s social needs, the researchers found. (18)Mice are usually social animals and prefer to be in the company of other mice, according to the study. When the mice were hungry, they opted to leave the company of other mice to go get food.

Questions 16 and 18 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览三道题各选项，由 investigate 和反复出现的 mice 可推测，短文内容与拿老鼠做实验有关。第 16 题

各选项均为不定式结构，考查实验的目的；第 17 题各选项均为表示时间的句子，考查老鼠做某事的时间；第 18 题

各选项都是描述喜好的句子，考查老鼠的习性。

16. What is the researchers’ pirpose in carrying out the series of experiments with mice?

答案：B

详解：短文中提到，对老鼠的一项新研究解释了为什么饥饿是强大的动力源泉，饥饿战胜了其他身体本能的需求，

包括恐惧、口渴和社交需求。为了确定哪种感觉的影响更胜一筹，研究人员做了一系列的实验。因此答案为 B。

17. In what circumstances, do mice venture into unsafe areas?

答案：A

详解：短文中提到，在第二个实验中研究者把老鼠的饥饿与恐惧作对照研究，结果表明，当老鼠饿了的时候，它

们会冒险进入不安全的地方寻找食物。因此答案为 A。

18. What is said about mice at the end of the passage?

答案：C

详解：短文末尾提到，老鼠通常是群居动物，喜欢成群结伴。因此答案为 C。

Passage Two

（19）The United States has one of the best highway systems in the world. Interstate highways connect just about every large and mid-sized city in the country. Did you ever wonder why such a complete system of excellent roads exists?

For an answer，you would have to go back to the early 1920s. (20)In those years, just after World War I, the military wanted to build an American highway system for national defense. Such a system could, if necessary, move troops quickly from one

area to another. It could also get people out of cities in danger of being bombed. So-called roads of national importance were designated, but they were mostly small country roads. In 1944, Congress passed a bill to upgrade the system, but did not fund the plan right away. In the 1950s, the plan began to become a reality. Over $25 billion was appropriated by Congress, and construction began on about 40,000 miles of new roads. The idea was to connect the new system to existing expressways and freeways. And, though the system was built mostly to make car travel easier, defense was not forgotten.

For instance, highway overpasses had to be high enough to allow trailers carrying military missiles to pass under them.

(21)By 1974, this system was mostly completed. A few additional roads would come later. Quick and easy travel between all parts of the country was now possible.

Questions 19 and 21 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览三道题各选项，由选项中的 construction、transport、transporation、higher speed 等词可推测，短文内容与建造道路有关。第 19 题考查某道路的建造情况或者影响；第 20 题均为不定式结构，考查道路建造的目的；

第 21 题各选项均为时间，可能考查道路建成的时间，听音时要留意出现时间的地方。

19. What does the speaker say about the American highway system?

答案：D

详解：短文开头指出，美国拥有世界上最好的高速公路系统之一。因此答案为 D。

20. What was the original purpose of building a highway system?

答案：B

详解：短文中提到，美国的公路建造可追溯到 20 世纪 20 年代初，在第一次世界大战后的那些年里，军方想要建造一个国防高速公路系统，以便在必要时迅速转移部队，也可以让人民离开有被轰炸危险的城市。由此可知，美国建造公路的最初动机是部队转移的需求，答案为 B。

21. When was the Interstate Highway System mostly completed?

答案：A

详解：短文末尾提到，从 20 世纪 50 年代起，美国国会拨款建造公路系统，直到 1974 年，公路系统建造基本完成。

因此答案为 A。

Passage Three

（22）Texting while driving was listed as a major cause of road deaths among young Americans back in 2013. A recent study said that 40% of American teens claim to have been in a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put people in danger. This sounds like a widespread disease but it’s one that technology may now helped cure. T.J. Evarts, a 20- year-old inventor, has come up with a novel solution that could easily put texting drivers on notice. (23)It’s called Smart Wheel, and it’s designed to fit over the steering wheel of most standard vehicles to track whether or not the driver has two hands on the wheel at all times. (24)Evarts’ invention warns the drivers with a light and a sound when they hold the wheel with one hand only, but as soon as they place the other hand back on the wheel, the light turns back to green and the sound

stops. It also watches for what’s called “close by hands”, where both hands are close together near the top of the wheel, so the driver can type with both thumbs and drive at the same time. (25)All the data Smart Wheel collects is also sent to a connected app. So any parents who install Smart Wheel can keep track of the teen’s driving habits. If they try to remove or damage the cover, that’s reported as well.

Questions 22 and 25 are based on the news report you have just heard.

未听先知：预览四道题各选项，由 driving、highways、steering wheel 和 vehicle 等词可推测，短文内容与驾驶车辆 有关。第 22 题各选项描述均为危险驾驶行为，听音时应留意相关描述；第 23 题各选项均为对某物性质的描述，听

音时需要确定某物所指；由第 24 题选项中的 keeps flashing、alerted、warning 推测，此题考查驾驶员的某种行为可鞥呢触发的警报；第 25 题各选项均为动名词短语，结合语义可推测，此题考查做某事的方法。

22. What is a major cause of road deaths among young Americans?

答案：B

详解：短文开头提到，开车时发短信被列为 2013 年美国年轻人死于交通事故的一个主要原因。因此答案为 B。

23.What is Smart Wheel?

答案：D

详解：短文中提到，为提醒开车时发短信的驾驶员，Evarts 发明了智能方向盘（Smart Wheel），该设备适用于多数标准车辆的方向盘，可以检测驾驶员是否一直用双手驾驶。因此答案为 D。

24. What happens if the driver has one hand on the wheel?

答案：C

详解：短文中提到，当驾驶员单手驾驶时，智能方向盘就会亮灯并发出声音以示警告；当驾驶员重新双手驾驶时，灯就会重新变为绿色，声音也会消失。因此答案为 C。

25. How do parents keep track of their teen’s driving havits?

答案：B

详解：短文末尾提到，智能方向盘收集的数据都会传到相应的 App，父母只要安装了这个应用程序，就能追踪到孩子的驾驶习惯。因此答案为 B。

说明：由于 2018 年 6 月四级考试全国共考了两套听力,  第三套真

题听力与前两套内容相同,  只是选项顺序不同,  因此在本套真题中

不再重复出现。

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