201​7年6月四级听力原文MP３（第１套）

[00:01.17] College English Test Band Four

[00:04.06]Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension

[00:07.72]Section A

[00:09.61]Directions: In this section,

[00:12.35]you will hear three news reports.

[00:15.26]At the end of each news report,

[00:17.41]you will hear two or three questions.

[00:20.46]Both the news report and the questions

[00:23.04]will be spoken only once. After you hear a question,

[00:27.82]you must choose the best answer from the

[00:30.20]four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

[00:34.81]Then mark the corresponding letter on

[00:37.50]Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

[00:42.99]News Report One

[00:45.18]One of Google’s self-driving cars crashed into a bus

[00:48.76] in California last month.

[00:50.74] There were no injuries.

[00:52.55] It is not the first time

[00:54.36] one of Google’s famed self-driving cars

[00:57.17] has been involved in a crash,

[00:59.25] but it may be the first time it has caused one.

[01:03.47] On February 14th the self-driving car,

[01:07.14] traveling at 2 mph,

[01:09.24] pulled out in front of a public bus going 15 mph.

[01:14.16] The man in the Google vehicle reported that 

[01:17.12]he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out,

[01:21.17] and so he did not switch to the manual mode.

[01:24.58] In a statement, Google said,

[01:26.93] “We clearly bear some responsibility,

[01:29.67] because if our car hadn’t moved,

[01:32.34] there wouldn’t have been a crash.

[01:34.62] That said, our test driver believed 

[01:37.55]the bus was going to slow or stop 

[01:40.14]to allow us to merge into the traffic,

[01:43.19] and that there would be sufficient space to do that.” 

[01:47.39]The company’s self-driving cars have done well 

[01:50.40]over a million miles 

[01:52.15]across various states in the US,

[01:55.05] and until now have only reported minor accidents.

[02:00.77]Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report 

[02:03.71]you have just heard.

[02:05.53]1. According to Google,

[02:08.18] what was the cause of the accident?

[02:23.46]2. How have Google’s self-driving cars 

[02:28.04]performed so far?

[02:42.57]News Report Two

[02:45.93]Thousands of bees left a town 

[02:48.10]after landing on the back of a car 

[02:50.14]when their queen got stuck in its boot.

[02:54.17] Tom Moses, 

[02:55.47]who works at a nearby national park,

[02:58.09] noticed a “brown patch” on the back of the car 

[03:01.37]after the owner parked it to do some shopping.

[03:05.54] When he looked closer,

[03:07.14] he realized it was a huge group of bees.

[03:11.48] Moses said,

[03:12.87] “I’ve never seen that many bees in one spot.

[03:15.83] It was very unusual.

[03:18.05] They were very close together 

[03:19.74]and there was a lot of noise and movement.

[03:23.23] It was interesting to see such a strange sight,

[03:26.43] but there were a lot of people around 

[03:28.69]and I was a bit worried about the bees 

[03:31.60]and the people stopping to look.

[03:34.73] I thought that someone might do something stupid.” 

[03:38.45]Moses called two local bee specialists 

[03:41.37]who helped remove the bees 

[03:42.96]by attracting them into a box.

[03:46.54] Moses spent three hours looking after the bees 

[03:49.37]and was stung five times.

[03:52.80] He said, “my stings are a bit painful 

[03:55.93]but I’m pleased it all worked out and I could help.

[03:59.30] People need to realize that 

[04:00.65]bees are valuable and they should be looked after.”

[04:05.17]Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report 

[04:08.78]you have just heard.

[04:11.31]3. What do we learn about Tom Moses?

[04:28.51]4. What do we know 

[04:31.24]about the bees on the back of the car?

[04:47.02]News Report Three

[04:49.09]A new species of snake has been discovered

[04:51.77] on a remote island in the Bahamas.

[04:55.19] Scientists identified 20 of the one-meter-long snakes 

[04:59.32]during two trips to the Caribbean islands.

[05:02.50] The second trip was made in October last year.

[05:05.88] One of the creatures made a dramatic appearance 

[05:08.99]by moving onto the head of

[05:11.07] the team leader as he slept.

[05:13.31] The snake has been named Silver Boa

[05:15.89] because it is metal-colored and the first specimen 

[05:19.43]found was climbing a silver palm tree.

[05:23.34] The team was led by Dr.Graham Reynolds 

[05:26.04]from Harvard University.

[05:28.21] The scientist confirmed 

[05:29.82]the snake was a previously unknown species 

[05:33.41]after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.

[05:38.49] Commenting on the find,

[05:40.20] snake expert Robert Henderson,

[05:42.81] from the Milwaukee Museum of Natural History, said,

[05:46.77] “Worldwide, new species of frogs are being 

[05:50.18]discovered and described quite regularly.

[05:53.65] New species of snakes, however,

[05:57.00] are much rarer.”  

[05:59.61]Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report

[06:02.50] you have just heard.

[06:05.23]5. What is the news report mainly about?

[06:22.16]6. What do we learn 

[06:24.40]about the scientific team leader?

[06:39.62]7. How did the newly discovered creature 

[06:43.68]get its name?

[06:57.81]Section B

[06:59.24]Directions: In this section,

[07:01.83]you will hear two long conversations.

[07:05.34]At the end of each conversation,

[07:07.76]you will hear four questions.

[07:10.73]Both the conversation and the questions

[07:13.67]will be spoken only once. After you hear a question,

[07:18.37]you must choose the best answer from the

[07:21.35]four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

[07:26.86]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1

[07:31.48]with a single line through the centre.

[07:35.54]Conversation One

[07:37.52]W: Did you enjoy your stay with us, Mr. Brown? 

[07:40.50]M: Yes, very much.

[07:42.28] I had a wonderful time here.

[07:44.44] Now I’m going to the airport.

[07:46.73] My flight leaves in less than two hours,

[07:49.58] so could you tell me 

[07:50.96]what’s the quickest way to get there?

[07:53.41]W: Well, we can call a taxi for you.

[07:56.45] We also have a free airport shuttle service.

[08:00.43]M: That sounds great.

[08:01.91] But will the shuttle get me to the airport in time? 

[08:04.96]W: Yes, it should.

[08:06.62] The next shuttle leaves in 15 minutes,

[08:09.53] and it takes some 25 minutes to get to the airport.

[08:13.70]M: Fantastic! I’ll just wait in the lobby.

[08:17.04] Will you please let me know when it’s leaving?

[08:19.45]W: Of course, sir.

[08:21.25]M: Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill.

[08:24.11] How much is that?

[08:25.40]W: Let’s see.

[08:26.91] It comes to $37.50.

[08:31.71] How would you like to pay for it?

[08:34.14]M: I’ll pay with my credit card. Thanks.

[08:36.84] But I’ll need a receipt 

[08:38.61]so I can charge it to my company.

[08:40.74]W: Absolutely! Here you are, sir. 

[08:44.10]If you like,

[08:45.22] you can leave your bags with the porter 

[08:47.42]and he can load them onto the shuttle for you 

[08:50.48]when it arrives. 

[08:51.95]M: That would be great.

[08:52.84] Thank you.

[08:53.88]W: Would you like to leave a comment 

[08:55.35]on our webpage when you have time?

[08:57.63]M: Sure. I had a really good stay here 

[09:00.53]and I’d like to recommend your hotel 

[09:02.37]to my friends and colleagues.

[09:04.30]W: That’s very kind of you.

[09:06.07] Thank you again for staying at Sheraton Hotel.

[09:11.05]Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation 

[09:14.39]you have just heard.

[09:17.33]8. Why does the man ask

[09:20.09] about the quickest way to the airport?

[09:35.53]9. How is the man going to pay his bill?

[09:52.85]10. What did the man ask the woman to do?

[10:09.75]11. What favor does the woman ask of the man?

[10:27.56]Conversation Two

[10:30.45]M: You know,

[10:31.13] Ben’s given up making those terrible faces 

[10:33.94]he used to make.

[10:35.43] The other day,

[10:36.77] he came home from school almost in tears.

[10:40.47] His teacher said if he went on like that,

[10:43.44] his face would get stuck 

[10:45.59]when the winds changed.

[10:47.11]W: And he believed her?

[10:49.01]M: Yeah, he is only a little boy.

[10:51.88] Don’t you remember all those things

[10:53.80] we used to believe when we were little?

[10:56.68] I remember my aunt Mary used to say 

[11:00.05]if you swallow a cherry stone,

[11:02.75] a tree will grow out of your mouth.

[11:05.62] And I’m still terrified today,

[11:08.04] sort of subconsciously,

[11:09.82] you know, if I swallow one by mistake.

[11:13.11]W: Yeah, I suppose you’re right.

[11:16.41]The one that used to get me was that

[11:18.52] swans could break your leg 

[11:20.37]with a blow of the wing.

[11:22.54]M: They can, can’t they?

[11:24.65] I always thought they could.

[11:26.54]W: No, they are not that strong.

[11:29.09] But there is another one even more terrifying.

[11:31.74] That is if you put a postage stamp on upside down,

[11:35.81] you’ll go to prison.

[11:37.77]M: No, never heard of that,

[11:39.75] but my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing.

[11:43.78] For example, she would say 

[11:46.21]you’ll get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie.

[11:49.83] If you eat stale bread,

[11:51.58] your hair will curl.

[11:53.39] And here is one more.

[11:55.81] We went on a camping trip once in Italy 

[11:58.66]and my wife spent the whole time

[12:00.70] worrying about bats getting into her hair.

[12:04.34] She said her grandmother reckoned 

[12:06.58]you had to shave your head to get it out.

[12:09.11] My wife was really terrified.

[12:11.51]W: Silly, isn’t it?

[12:13.25] But that’s how some parents 

[12:14.79]try to keep their kids from doing the wrong things 

[12:18.55]or getting into trouble.

[12:21.28]Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation 

[12:24.51]you have just heard.

[12:26.41]12. What does the man say about Ben?

[12:43.52]13. What did aunt Mary use to do 

[12:47.59]when the man was a child?

[13:02.57]14. What does the woman believe 

[13:05.55]swans could do?

[13:20.35]15. What did the grandmother of the man’s wife say?

[13:38.32]Section C

[13:39.93]Directions: In this section,

[13:42.17]you will hear three passages.

[13:44.39]At the end of each passage,

[13:46.07]you will hear three or four questions.

[13:48.83]Both the passage and the questions

[13:51.02]will be spoken only once. After you hear a question,

[13:55.47]you must choose the best answer from the

[13:58.30]four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

[14:03.83]Then mark the corresponding letter on

[14:06.21]Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

[14:12.07]Passage One

[14:15.38]If I could go back in history and live when I liked,

[14:19.22] I wouldn’t go back very far.

[14:21.56] In fact, I’d like to relive a period 

[14:24.66]I’ve already lived—the 1960s.

[14:28.26] I was in my twenties 

[14:29.92]and everything was being renewed.

[14:33.27] People were coming out of 

[14:34.68]a formal and almost Victorian attitude,

[14:38.51] and you really felt anything was possible.

[14:41.88] Meeting people was the thing,

[14:43.87] and you went to coffee bars 

[14:45.84]where you met friends and spent the evening.

[14:48.83] The cinema, the theater...

[14:51.68]all that was very exciting 

[14:53.63]with new things coming out.

[14:56.04] In fact, we seemed to be out all the time.

[15:00.39] I don’t really remember working—

[15:03.13]of course I was a student—

[15:05.04]or sitting around at home very much.

[15:07.96] That just wasn’t where the scene was,

[15:10.62] even eating. It was the first time

[15:13.44] ordinary people started going out to eat.

[15:17.32] We were beginning to be adventurous about food,

[15:20.64] but we were more interested in meeting people

[15:23.69] than in eating or drinking.

[15:26.18] And dress, yes,

[15:27.80] that was the revolution.

[15:29.49] I mean girls went around in really short skirts 

[15:33.48]and wore flowers in their hair.

[15:35.70] And men were in jeans,

[15:37.34] and could wear their hair long too.

[15:40.50] It was a wonderful period.

[15:42.67] It was like living in an age 

[15:44.65]you could never have imagined,

[15:46.88] and that never has come back.

[15:49.58] We didn’t have much money but it didn’t matter,

[15:52.77] and there was plenty of opportunity to do 

[15:55.25]whatever you felt like doing.

[15:58.23]Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage 

[16:01.87]you have just heard.

[16:04.28]16. Why does the speaker say 

[16:07.60]he would like to relive the 1960s?

[16:23.81]17. What does the speaker say 

[16:27.30]was the most popular thing to do at that time?

[16:43.87]18. What do we learn about the speaker?

[17:01.01]Passage Two

[17:02.99]Dogs, man’s best friends,

[17:05.41] have a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners—

[17:09.60]they look away.

[17:11.50] New research shows 

[17:12.88]that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans.

[17:16.88] The scientists suggest 

[17:18.76]this may be an attempt to calm humans down.

[17:22.69] This behavior may have evolved 

[17:24.72]as dogs gradually learned they could benefit 

[17:27.74]from avoiding conflicts with humans.

[17:31.37] To conduct the tests,

[17:33.11] the University of Helsinki researchers trained 31 dogs 

[17:37.75]to rest in front of a video screen.

[17:40.54] Facial photos of dogs and humans 

[17:43.52]were displayed on the screen for 1.5 seconds.

[17:48.27] They showed threatening,

[17:49.58] pleasant and neutral expressions.

[17:52.30] Nearby cameras tracked the dogs’ eye movements.

[17:56.70] Dogs in the study looked most 

[17:58.94]at the eyes of humans 

[18:00.87]and other dogs to sense their emotions.

[18:04.04] When dogs looked at the expressions of angry dogs,

[18:07.23] their eyes rested more on the mouth,

[18:10.05] perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions.

[18:13.31] And when looking at angry humans,

[18:15.63] they tended to turn away their gaze.

[18:18.67] Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs 

[18:21.90]from humans and respond by trying to make peace,

[18:25.79] according to researcher Sanni Somppi.

[18:29.26] Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs 

[18:31.96]develop better bonds with humans.

[18:34.53] The researchers also note that dogs scan faces 

[18:37.70]as a whole to sense how people are feeling,

[18:41.23] instead of focusing on a given feature.

[18:44.09] They suggest this indicates that 

[18:46.44]dogs aren’t sensing emotions from a single feature,

[18:50.35] but piecing together information 

[18:52.29]from all facial features just as humans do.

[18:57.41]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage 

[19:01.16]you have just heard.

[19:02.68]19. What do dogs do 

[19:05.38]when they are faced with angry humans?

[19:21.58]20. What does a dog do 

[19:24.90]when it sees the expressions of angry dogs?

[19:41.26]21. How does a dog sense people’s feelings? 

[19:59.47]Passage Three

[20:01.61]Winter in many places is very cold.

[20:05.05] There is lots of snow around and the ground freezes 

[20:08.67]which can make life difficult for animals.

[20:12.32] People in cold places live in warm houses 

[20:15.66]and have learned to adapt.

[20:18.52] What do animals do?

[20:20.37] There are three main ways 

[20:21.85]that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep,

[20:25.72] adapt or migrate.

[20:28.84] Some animals such as bears,

[20:31.56] frogs and snakes, sleep all winter.

[20:35.45] They sleep very deeply,

[20:37.04] and need little or no food.

[20:40.21] While sleeping,

[20:41.44] their body temperature drops 

[20:43.69]and their heart beat slows down.

[20:46.15] To prepare for this before winter,

[20:48.68] these animals eat extra food to become fat 

[20:52.57]which gives them the energy they need 

[20:55.09]while they sleep.

[20:56.77] Other animals adapt,

[20:58.87] for example by staying active in winter.

[21:02.89] It is often hard for them to find food,

[21:05.61] so some animals such as mice collect extra food 

[21:10.33]before winter and hide it.

[21:13.27] When winter comes, 

[21:14.70]they return to the hiding places to eat the food.

[21:18.83] Some animals grow thicker fur,

[21:21.44] or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.

[21:25.84] Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place 

[21:29.25]for the winter, where they can find more food.

[21:32.66] Some fly very long distances,

[21:35.53] including one kind of bird that flies from the 

[21:38.78]remote north of the world all the way 

[21:41.87]to the distant south.

[21:43.90] Some birds fly in groups for safety,

[21:46.71] while others fly alone.

[21:49.84]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage 

[21:54.12]you have just heard.

[21:56.40]22. What does the speaker say 

[22:00.55]about animals in winter?

[22:15.40]23. What do we learn 

[22:18.51]about animals that sleep through winter?

[22:34.34]24. How do animals like mice 

[22:38.66]adapt to the severe winter?

[22:53.81]25. Why do some birds fly in groups for migrating

[22:59.39] according to the speaker?

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