2016年12月四级听力真题及答案(第2套)
[00:01.13]College English Test
[00:02.79]Band Four
[00:04.11]Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension
[00:07.28]Section A
[00:08.70]Directions:
[00:10.11]In this section,
[00:11.17]you will hear three news reports.
[00:13.82]At the end of each news report,
[00:15.88]you will hear two or three questions.
[00:19.27]Both the news report and the questions
[00:21.61]will be spoken only once.
[00:24.37]After you hear a question,
[00:26.09]you must choose the best answer
[00:27.72]from the four choices
[00:29.19]marked A), B), C) and D).
[00:32.98]Then mark the corresponding letter
[00:34.97]on Answer Sheet 1
[00:36.75]with a single line through the centre.
[00:39.81]News Report One
[00:41.76]New York State plans
[00:43.22]to shut off the thundering waters
[00:45.29]of Niagara Falls—gain.
[00:47.79]At least,
[00:48.90]the American side of the falls.
[00:51.33]This "once in a lifetime" event
[00:53.97]actually may take place twice
[00:56.07]in some folks' lives.
[00:57.80]The New York State parks system
[00:59.85]wants to turn off the falls
[01:01.94]on the American side
[01:03.50]sometime in the next two to three years
[01:06.98]to replace two 115-year-old stone bridges
[01:11.97]that allow pedestrians, park vehicles
[01:14.96]and utilities access to Goat Island.
[01:18.58]The American side of the falls
[01:20.94]were shut off in 1969
[01:23.88]to study the buildup of rock
[01:26.08]at the base of the falls.
[01:28.45]When that happened,
[01:29.93]people came from all over the world
[01:32.50]to see the falls turned off.
[01:35.24]People are curious by nature.
[01:37.82]They want to see
[01:38.91]what's underneath.
[01:40.28]In fact,
[01:41.33]those who first came
[01:42.82]to have a look
[01:44.01]did see something.
[01:45.98]They found millions of coins
[01:47.80]on the bottom.
[01:49.62]Questions 1 and 2
[01:51.29]are based on the news report
[01:52.90]you have just heard.
[01:54.93]1. Why does New York State
[01:58.04]want to turn off Niagara Falls?
[02:15.57]2. What did people find
[02:18.40]when Niagara Falls were shut off
[02:20.35]in 1969?
[02:36.94]News Report Two
[02:38.72]The Tunisian government
[02:39.96]said Monday
[02:41.19]that 45 people have been killed
[02:43.65]after gunmen attacked a town
[02:45.74]near the border with Libya.
[02:47.92]The Interior and Defense ministries
[02:50.11]said that the Tunisian government
[02:52.24]has closed its two border crossings
[02:54.69]with Libya
[02:55.52]because of the attack.
[02:57.58]The Tunisian military
[02:58.94]has sent reinforcements
[03:00.37]and helicopters to the area,
[03:02.95]and authorities
[03:04.05]have been hunting several attackers
[03:06.11]who were still at large.
[03:08.21]The violence came
[03:09.20]amid increasing international concern
[03:11.79]about Islamic State extremists in Libya.
[03:15.72]Officials of the Tunisian government
[03:17.84]are especially worried
[03:19.29]after dozens of tourists were killed
[03:21.40]in the attacks in Tunisia last year.
[03:24.34]Defense Minister Farhat Horchani
[03:26.56]said last week
[03:27.63]that German and American security experts
[03:30.59]were expected to come to help Tunisia
[03:33.10]devise a new
[03:34.07]electronic video supervision system
[03:36.70]on its border with Libya.
[03:39.20]Tunisia was targeted last year
[03:40.91]by three attacks
[03:42.23]that left 70 people dead
[03:44.28]and were claimed by Islamic State.
[03:48.23]Questions 3 and 4
[03:50.31]are based on the news report
[03:52.15]you have just heard.
[03:54.76]3. What did the Tunisian government do
[03:59.05]after the gunmen's attack?
[04:16.22]4. What were German
[04:18.43]and American security experts
[04:20.82]expected to do in Tunisia?
[04:38.00]News Report Three
[04:40.47]Three university students
[04:42.18]in Santiago, Chile,
[04:43.97]have developed a plant-powered device
[04:46.85]to charge their mobile phones.
[04:49.40]The three engineering students
[04:51.39]got the idea for the device
[04:53.75]while sitting in their school's courtyard.
[04:56.92]Their invention
[04:58.13]is a small biological circuit
[05:00.84]they call E-Kaia.
[05:02.76]It captures the energy
[05:04.55]which plants produce
[05:05.88]during photosynthesis—
[05:07.66]a process of converting sunlight
[05:10.08]into energy.
[05:11.83]A plant uses only
[05:13.45]a small part of the energy
[05:15.74]produced by that process.
[05:18.03]The rest goes into the soil.
[05:20.70]E-Kaia collects that energy.
[05:23.66]The device plugs into the ground
[05:26.08]and then into a mobile phone.
[05:29.73]The E-Kaia solved two problems
[05:32.51]for the engineering students.
[05:34.62]They needed an idea for a class project.
[05:38.01]They also needed an outlet
[05:39.84]to plug in their phones.
[05:42.51]One of the student inventors,
[05:44.41]Camila Rupcich,
[05:45.83]says the device changes the energy
[05:48.27]released from the plant
[05:50.24]into low-level power to charge phones.
[05:54.12]The E-Kaia is able to fully recharge
[05:57.50]a mobile phone
[05:58.76]in less than two hours.
[06:01.77]Questions 5 to 7
[06:03.13]are based on the news report
[06:04.61]you have just heard.
[06:06.65]5. What did the three university students
[06:10.42]invent?
[06:26.48]6. When did they get the idea
[06:29.44]for the invention?
[06:45.64]7. What does the speaker say
[06:48.94]about the invention?
[07:05.31]Section B
[07:06.66]Directions:
[07:08.14]In this section,
[07:09.58]you will hear two long conversations.
[07:13.09]At the end of each conversation,
[07:15.49]you will hear four questions.
[07:18.61]Both the conversation and the questions
[07:21.09]will be spoken only once.
[07:23.62]After you hear a question,
[07:25.55]you must choose the best answer
[07:27.65]from the four choices
[07:29.47]marked A), B), C) and D).
[07:33.31]Then mark the corresponding letter
[07:35.36]on Answer Sheet 1
[07:37.28]with a single line through the centre.
[07:40.78]Conversation One
[07:42.45]M: Good morning.
[07:43.22]What can I do for you?
[07:44.45]W: Good morning.
[07:45.55]Could I talk to
[07:46.54]Jeffry Harding please?
[07:48.08]M: Speaking.
[07:48.93]W: Hello, Jeff.
[07:49.75]It's Helen.
[07:50.80]I got your message
[07:51.99]on the answering machine.
[07:53.30]What's the problem?
[07:54.36]M: Oh, Helen.
[07:55.75]Well,
[07:56.37]it's the Grimsby plant again,
[07:57.80]I'm afraid.
[07:58.90]The robots on Line 3 have gone wrong.
[08:01.19]And the line is at a standstill.
[08:03.13]W: Can't you replace them
[08:04.37]with the stand-ins?
[08:05.45]M: I'm afraid not.
[08:06.47]The stand-ins are already in use
[08:08.29]on Line 6.
[08:09.59]And the ones from Line 6
[08:10.71]are being serviced.
[08:12.13]W: When did this happen, Jeff?
[08:13.87]M: Well,
[08:14.50]they've been making
[08:15.27]a low continuous sound
[08:16.46]for a day or two.
[08:17.78]But they finally went dead
[08:18.95]at 2:30 this afternoon.
[08:20.80]W: I see.
[08:21.91]What did you do?
[08:23.38]Have you tried the whole plant?
[08:25.15]M: Not yet, Helen.
[08:26.31]I thought I'd better get your OK first.
[08:28.81]W: OK.
[08:29.94]Get on the phone to Tom,
[08:31.83]and try to get their stand-ins
[08:33.50]over tonight.
[08:34.89]We have to be back
[08:35.84]at full capacity tomorrow morning.
[08:38.44]Is it a major job
[08:39.61]to repair our robots?
[08:41.42]M: About a week.
[08:42.44]That's what the maintenance engineer says.
[08:44.64]W: Right.
[08:45.40]Well,
[08:46.16]if you can get the ones from Tom,
[08:48.06]please ask Tom
[08:49.25]to inform Sheffield
[08:50.37]that he may need their stand-ins
[08:52.46]in case of emergency
[08:54.28]during the next week.
[08:55.80]M: OK.
[08:56.61]Thank you very much, Helen.
[08:57.91]W: You are most welcome.
[08:59.14]M: Sorry to spoil your day off.
[09:00.83]W: It doesn't matter.
[09:03.06]Questions 8 to 11
[09:04.28]are based on the conversation
[09:05.70]you have just heard.
[09:07.78]8. What did the man do
[09:10.44]before the telephone conversation?
[09:27.76]9. What does the man say
[09:30.41]about line 3 in the Grimsby plant?
[09:48.08]10. What is the man's purpose
[09:51.06]in calling the woman?
[10:07.53]11. Where is the woman
[10:10.15]at the time of the conversation?
[10:27.07]Conversation Two
[10:28.74]W: This is Kerry Burke
[10:30.26]from New York Daily News.
[10:32.58]I'm speaking to Delroy Simmonds,
[10:35.05]an unemployed Brooklyn man
[10:36.97]who missed a job interview Tuesday
[10:39.47]for the best of reasons:
[10:41.60]He was saving the life
[10:42.80]of a 9-month-old boy
[10:45.07]who was blown into the path
[10:46.91]of an oncoming subway train
[10:49.00]by a high wind.
[10:50.92]M: Everybody is making me out
[10:52.07]to be some sort of superhero.
[10:54.29]I'm just an ordinary person,
[10:56.19]and a father of two.
[10:57.89]Anybody in that situation
[10:59.25]would have done what I did.
[11:01.40]W: You were going to an interview
[11:03.10]when the incident occurred, right?
[11:05.00]M: Yes,
[11:05.79]I was on my way
[11:06.53]to apply for a maintenance position.
[11:09.06]I've been looking for a job
[11:10.14]for a year and more.
[11:12.13]I'm looking for something
[11:12.95]to support my family.
[11:14.56]W: Tell us what happened
[11:16.05]at the station.
[11:17.22]M: There was a strong wind.
[11:18.77]It had to be 30 to 40 miles an hour.
[11:21.64]There was a woman with four kids.
[11:23.64]One was in a pushchair.
[11:25.45]The wind blew the baby onto the tracks.
[11:28.37]W: Witnesses said
[11:29.64]people were looking on in horror
[11:32.13]as the child's mother,
[11:33.44]identified by sources as Maria Zamara,
[11:36.51]stood frozen in shock.
[11:38.93]In the distance,
[11:40.03]people could see
[11:40.83]the train rounding a bend,
[11:42.63]headed into the station.
[11:44.55]I guess you were not aware
[11:45.99]of any of these, right?
[11:47.87]M: No.
[11:48.76]I just jumped down
[11:49.68]and grabbed the baby.
[11:51.09]The train was coming around the corner
[11:52.64]as I lifted the baby from the tracks.
[11:54.89]I really wasn't thinking.
[11:56.26]W: What an amazing story.
[11:58.37]Thank you very much.
[12:00.39]Questions 12 to 15
[12:01.83]are based on the conversation
[12:03.29]you have just heard.
[12:05.30]12. What did Kerry Burke
[12:08.36]from New York Daily News
[12:10.02]say about the man?
[12:26.91]13. What do we learn about the man
[12:29.91]from the conversation?
[12:47.03]14. What caused the incident?
[13:06.34]15. How did the mother react
[13:09.14]when the incident occurred?
[13:26.75]Section C
[13:28.22]Directions:
[13:29.71]In this section,
[13:31.01]you will hear three passages.
[13:33.49]At the end of each passage,
[13:35.25]you will hear three or four questions.
[13:38.75]Both the passage and the questions
[13:41.36]will be spoken only once.
[13:43.93]After you hear a question,
[13:45.81]you must choose the best answer
[13:48.13]from the four choices
[13:49.55]marked A), B), C) and D).
[13:53.80]Then mark the corresponding letter
[13:55.81]on Answer Sheet 1
[13:57.80]with a single line through the centre.
[14:01.01]Passage One
[14:02.72]There's one sound
[14:03.72]that gets a big reaction from kids
[14:05.83]on a hot day,
[14:07.40]the sound of an ice-cream truck.
[14:10.05]Maria McCartney
[14:11.30]has been in the mobile ice-cream business
[14:13.75]since 2005.
[14:16.11]"When I was a little girl,
[14:17.60]I saw an ice-cream truck
[14:19.03]and knew I wanted to have one someday,"
[14:21.39]McCartney said.
[14:23.31]During the hot days of summer,
[14:25.23]Maria and her daughter
[14:26.82]drive an ice-cream truck
[14:28.09]through neighborhoods and parks
[14:30.01]in Billings.
[14:31.78]It's not about making money
[14:33.27]for this former elementary school teacher.
[14:35.94]Rather,
[14:36.84]she wants to preserve the tradition
[14:38.54]of the neighborhood ice-cream truck.
[14:41.21]"Truly my favorite part
[14:42.74]is to see the kids
[14:43.75]jumping up and down
[14:45.18]and they just get so excited.
[14:47.92]It's great
[14:48.45]to build a memory for them too.
[14:50.60]There's not
[14:50.97]a lot of these ice-cream trucks
[14:52.63]around anymore.
[14:54.12]The parents come out
[14:55.15]barefoot and screaming,
[14:56.75]ready to buy ice-cream;
[14:58.57]they remember when they were kids
[15:00.07]and they saw a truck,"
[15:01.45]she said.
[15:03.09]While the treats may be ice cold,
[15:05.51]Maria has a warm heart for little faces.
[15:08.81]Her truck features a donation bucket
[15:10.84]for kids who don't have money
[15:12.44]for ice-cream.
[15:14.47]"When there are three kids
[15:15.88]and only two of them have money,
[15:18.12]I always make sure
[15:19.14]the third one gets something
[15:20.95]because I can't drive away
[15:22.50]and have that third one
[15:23.55]not have something,"
[15:24.82]she said.
[15:26.70]Questions 16 to 18
[15:29.29]are based on the passage
[15:30.86]you have just heard.
[15:32.99]16. What does the speaker say
[15:36.51]about Maria McCartney?
[15:53.53]17. Why does Maria
[15:56.43]go into the mobile ice-cream business?
[16:14.73]18. Why does Maria
[16:17.11]put a donation bucket
[16:18.85]in her truck?
[16:34.97]Passage Two
[16:37.13]We know we have to pay
[16:38.65]for what we get.
[16:40.00]If we buy food,
[16:41.35]we have to pay for it.
[16:43.00]If a doctor treats us,
[16:44.56]we know
[16:45.20]there will be a bill to pay.
[16:47.55]These are private bills.
[16:49.35]But there are also public bills
[16:51.43]to be paid.
[16:52.79]They are paid by the government.
[16:54.69]In turn
[16:55.28]we get the needed services.
[16:57.26]We pay for these services
[16:58.68]through taxes.
[17:00.59]What would happen
[17:01.35]if everyone stopped paying taxes?
[17:04.56]The water supply would stop;
[17:06.80]the streets might not be cleaned;
[17:09.23]schools would be closed.
[17:11.49]We would not want to live
[17:12.82]in such a city.
[17:14.84]The chief duty of every government
[17:17.13]is to protect persons and property.
[17:20.03]More than three-fourths
[17:21.16]of government expenses
[17:23.18]are used for this purpose.
[17:25.64]The next largest amount of public money
[17:28.15]goes to teach and train our citizens.
[17:31.33]Billions of dollars each year
[17:33.48]are spent on schools and libraries.
[17:36.32]Also, a large amount of public funds
[17:38.69]is spent on roads.
[17:41.08]Most of the needed funds
[17:42.48]is raised by taxes.
[17:44.70]The law orders us to pay taxes.
[17:47.35]We have no choice in the matter.
[17:50.08]Years ago
[17:51.12]the government made money
[17:52.57]by selling public lands.
[17:54.82]But most of the best public lands
[17:56.93]have now been sold.
[17:58.79]There are still some public lands
[18:00.46]that contain oil, coal
[18:02.86]and other natural resources.
[18:05.16]They could be sold,
[18:06.68]but we want to save them
[18:08.00]for future years.
[18:09.90]So, we all must pay our share
[18:12.07]for the services
[18:12.94]that make our lives comfortable.
[18:15.60]Questions 19 to 21
[18:17.56]are based on the passage
[18:18.82]you have just heard.
[18:20.88]19. What does the speaker
[18:23.68]mainly talk about?
[18:40.49]20. What is most of the government money
[18:43.99]used for?
[19:00.58]21. How did the government raise money
[19:03.81]to pay public bills in the past?
[19:21.39]Passage Three
[19:23.44]Did you know that,
[19:24.43]besides larger places
[19:25.76]like France and Germany,
[19:27.39]Europe is home
[19:28.05]to several extremely tiny countries?
[19:30.46]One of these countries contains less
[19:32.30]than a square mile of land.
[19:34.43]Another is surrounded on all sides
[19:36.43]by Italy.
[19:37.97]Yet each is an independent land,
[19:40.50]with its own government, trade, and customs.
[19:43.94]One of the best known
[19:44.98]of these small countries
[19:46.24]is Monaco.
[19:47.70]It is situated on the Mediterranean Sea
[19:50.41]and surrounded by France
[19:51.76]on three sides.
[19:53.86]Monaco became familiar to Americans
[19:56.38]when its ruler, Prince Rainier,
[19:58.57]married the American actress Grace Kelly.
[20:01.71]Rainier's family
[20:02.84]has ruled Monaco
[20:04.28]almost continuously since 1297.
[20:08.49]The land has been independent
[20:10.15]for over three hundred years.
[20:12.88]Andorra,
[20:13.75]with an area of some 200 square miles,
[20:16.66]is considerably larger than Monaco.
[20:19.66]This country is located
[20:21.05]in the Pyrenees Mountains,
[20:23.09]with France on one side
[20:24.89]and Spain on the other.
[20:27.44]Potatoes and tobacco are grown
[20:29.83]in Andorra's steep mountain valleys.
[20:32.91]One of the products it exports
[20:34.48]is clothing.
[20:35.53]Andorra is also known
[20:36.88]for its excellent skiing locations.
[20:40.35]Within the Alps in Central Europe
[20:42.32]is Liechtenstein,
[20:43.81]a tiny country of about 30,000 people
[20:46.68]who speak mostly German.
[20:49.14]Liechtenstein uses the same money
[20:51.19]as its neighbor Switzerland,
[20:53.03]but it has been an independent country
[20:55.39]since the 1860s.
[20:57.75]Taxes are low,
[20:59.11]so many businesses
[21:00.21]have their headquarters here.
[21:02.35]The country makes and exports
[21:04.17]a lot of machinery.
[21:06.51]Other small, independent states in Europe
[21:09.20]are San Marino and Luxembourg.
[21:11.90]Each of these has unique qualities as well.
[21:16.03]Questions 22 to 25
[21:18.68]are based on the passage
[21:20.21]you have just heard.
[21:22.53]22. What does the speaker say
[21:26.15]about Monaco?
[21:42.97]23. Why did Monaco
[21:45.91]become familiar to Americans
[21:48.31]according to the speaker?
[22:04.94]24. What is one of the products
[22:08.77]Andorra exports?
[22:25.51]25. What does the speaker
[22:28.46]mainly talk about?
[22:44.94]This is end
[22:45.84]of listening comprehension.
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