2017年12月英語四級聽力原文

1、PartHListeningprehension(25minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,youwillhearthreenewsreports、Attheendofeachnewsreport,youwillheartwoorthreequestions、Boththenewsreportandthequestionswi1lbespokenonlyonce、Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD)、Thenmarkt

2、hecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre、News1:A9year-o1dgirlinNewMexicohasraisedmorethan$500forherlittlebrotherwhoneedsheartsurgeryinHoustonTexasthisJuly、AddisonWitulski'sgrandmotherKimAl1redsaidAddisonprobablyoverheardaconversationbetweenfamilymemberstalkingaboutthefu

3、ndsneededtogetherlittlebrothertotreatment、"Iguesssheoverheardhergrandfatherandmetalkingabouthowwe'aworriedabouthowwe'regoingtogettoHouston,formygrandson'sheartsurgery,"saidAllred>Shedecidedtogooutsideandhavealemonadestandandmakesomedrawingsandpicturesandsellthem>"Tha

4、t'swherAddisonandherfriendsErikaandEmilyBordendecidedtoselllemonadefor50centsacupandsellpicturefor25centseach、BeforeAl1redknewit,NewMexicoStatePoliceOfficerswereamongthemanystoppingbyhelpingthemreachatotalof$568、Thefamilyturnedtosocialmediaexpressingtheirgratitudesaying,手romthebottomofourhearts,

5、wewouldliketodeeplythankeach&everypersonthatstoppedby!Questions1and2arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard>Q1:WhodidAddisonraisemoneyfor?A)HerfriendErika、B)Herlittlebrother、C) Hergrandfather、D) Hergrandmother、Q2:HowdidAddisonraisemoney?A)Bytakingpicturesforpassersby、B)Byworkingparttimeatahos

6、pital、C)Bysellinglemonadeandpictures、D)Byaskingforhelponsocia1media、News2:Lastweek,Franceannouncedthatthecountrywillpave621milesofroadwithsolarpane1soverthenextfiveyears,withthegoalofprovidingcheap,renewableenergytofivemil1ionpeople、Called“theWattway,"theroadswillbebuiltthroughjointeffortswitht

7、heFrenchroad-buildingpanyColasandtheNationalInstituteofSolarEnergy、Thepanyspentthelastfiveyearsdeve1opingso1arpanelsthatareonlyaboutaquarterofaninchthickandarestrongenoughtostanduptoheavyhighwaytrafficwithoutbreakingormakingtheroadsmoreslippery、Thepanelsarealsodesignedsothattheycanbeinsta1leddirectl

8、yontopofexistingroadways,makingthemrelativelycheapandeasytoinsta1l、Franceisn'tthefirstcountrytokickaroundtheideaofpavingitsroadswithsolarpanels、InNovember2015,theNetherlandspleteda229-footlongbikepathpavedwithso1arpanelsasatestforfutureprojects、However,thisisthefirsttimeapanelhasbeendesignedtobe

9、laiddirectlyontopofexistingroadsandthefirstprojecttoinstal1thepanelsonpub1ichighways、Questions3and4arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard、Q3:WhatwasFrance'spurposofconstructingtheWattway?A) Findingcheaperwaysofhighwayeonstruction、B) Generatingelectricpowerforpassingvehicles、C) Providingcleanene

10、rgytofivemillionpeople、D) Testingtheefficiencyofthenewso1arpanel、Q4:WhatisspecialaboutthesolarpanelsusedintheWattway?A) Theycanstandthewearandtearofnaturalelements、B) Theycanbelaidrightontopofexistinghighways、C) Theycanon1yabouthalfaninchthick、D) Theyaremadefromcheapmateria1s、News3:Lionshavedisappea

11、redfrommuchofAfrica,butforthepastfewyearsscientistshavewonderedifthebigcatswerehangingoninremotepartsofSudanandEthiopia、Continuousfightingintheregionhasmadesurveysdifficu1t、Butscientistsreleas6dareportMondaydocumenting,withhardevidence,thediscoveryof"lotlions、"AteamwithOxfordUniversity'

12、;sWild1ifeConservationResearchUnit,supportedbyacharityorganization,spenttwonightsinNov6mbercampingintheNationalParkinnorthwestEthiopia,ontheEthiopiaSudanborder、Theresearcherssetoutsixcameratrapscapturingimagesoflions,andtheyidentifiedliontracks、Thescientistsconcludedthat1ionsarealsolikelytoliveinthe

13、neighbouringNationalParkacrosstheborderinSudan、TheInternationalUnionforConservationofNaturehadprevious1yconsideredtheareaa"possiblerange"forthespecies,and1oca1peoplehadreportedseeinglionsinthearea,butnoonepresentedconvincingevidence、Questions5and7arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard、Q5:

14、WhathasmadeitdifficuIttosurveylionsinremotepartsinSudanandiopia?A)Endlessfightingintheregion、B)Thehazardsfromthedesert、C)Inadequatefundingforesearch、D)Thelackofcluesabouthespecies、Q6:Whatwasthemainpurposeoftheresearch?A)Toobservethewild1ifeinthetwonationalparks、B)Toidetifythereasonsfortheionsdisappe

15、arane、C)TostudythhabitatoflionsnSudanandEthipia、D)Tofindevienceoftheetenceofthe“l(fā)ostilons、Q7:WhatdtheresearchersfindintheNationalPark?A)Lionswalking、C)Somecampingfacilities、B)Lionrsabks、D)Trapssetbyloca1hunSectionDirections:Inthissection,youwillheatwo1ongconversations>Attheendofeachconversation,y

16、owi11hearfourquestions、Boththeconversationandthequestionswil1bespokenonlyonce、Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD)、ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswersheet1withasing1elinethroughthecentre>Passage1M:Ibetyou'relookingforwardtotheendofthismonth

17、、Areyou?W:Yes,Iam、Howdidyouknow?M：Davidtoldmeyouhadaspecia1birthdayingup、W:Ohyeahthat'sright、Thisyearwil1bemygoldenbirthday>M:Whatdoesthatmean?I'&neverheardofagoldenbirthday、W:I'veactuallyjust1earntthisconceptmyself、Fortunate1y,justintimetocelebrate、Agoldenor1uckybirthdayiswhenone

18、turnstheageoftheirbirthdate、So,forexample,mysister/sbirthdayisDecember9thandhergoldenbirthdaywouldhavebeentheyearsheturnednineyearsold、etothinkofit,mypar6ntsdidthrowherasurprisepartythatyear、M:Interesting、ToobadImissedmine、Mygoldenbirthdaywould'vebeenfouryearsago、Iassumeyougotbigplansthen、W:Actu

19、al1yyes、Myhusbandisplanningasurpriseholidayforthetwoofusnextweek、Ihavenoideawhathe'sgotinmind,butImexcitedtofindout、Hashementionedanythingtoyou?M:Hemighthave、W:Anythingyoudliketoshare?I'mdyingtoknowwhatkindoftriphehasplannedonwherewe7regoing、M:Youknownothingatall?W:Notaclue>Hardtoimagine,

20、isn'tit?ThoughImustsayIthinkhe'sbeenhavingevenmorefunkeepingthesecretfrommeinthepastfewweeks、M:I'msurebothofyouwillhaveafantastictime、Happygoldenbirthday!Ican'twaittohearallaboutitwhenyougetback、Q ues t ions 8 to11 areb as e d on th e co n versation you havejustheard、Q8、Wha ti s the

21、w o man1 o oki n g f or w a r d to ?A) Herulckybirthday'C)Herweddinganniversary、B) Acallfromherdad、D)Aspecialgiftfromtheman、Q9、Whatdidthewoman'sparntsdoonhersister'sluckybirthday?A) Gaveherabigmode1p1ane、C)Tookheronatripoverseas、B) Boughtheragoldneck1ace>D)Threwherasurpriseparty、Q10、W

22、hatisthewomaneagertofindoutabout?A)Thegiftherhusbandhasbought、B)Thetripherhusbandhasplanned>C) Whath as been troub1 i ng her h usband、D)Whatherhusbandandthemanareupto、Q11、Whatdoesthemansayattheendoftheconversation?A)Hewillbegladtobeaguideforthecoup1e'so1idaytriP、B)Hewilltellthewomanthesecreti

23、fherhusbandagrees>C) Heiseagertolearnhowthecouples'hoiidayturnsout、D) Hewantstofindoutaboutthecouple'sholidayp1an、Passage2W:Mr、Green,whatdoyouthinkmakesasuccessfulnegotiator?M：Well,that's力rdtodefine、ButIthinksuccessfulnegotiatorshaveseveralthingsinmon、Theyarealwayspoliteandrationalpeo

24、ple、Theyarefirmbutflexib1e、Theycanrecognizepowerandknowhowtouseit、Theyaresensitivetothedynamicsofthenegotiation、Thewayofrisesandfallsandhowitmaychangedirection、Theyproj6cttheimageofconfidence,andperhapsmostimportantly,theyknowwhentostop、W:And,whataboutanunsuccessfu1negotiator?M:Well,thisisprobablyal

25、lofuswhenwestartout、Weareprobab1yimmatureandover-trusting、Tooemotionaloraggressive、Weareunsureofourselvesandwewanttobelik6dbyeveryone>Goodnegotiators1earnfast、Poornegotiatorsremainlikethatandgoon1osingnegotiations、W:Inyouropinion,cantheskil1sofnegotiationbetaught?M:Well,youcanteachsomeonehowtopre

26、pareforanegotiation、Thereareperhapssixstagesineverynegotiation、Gettoknowtheotherside、Stateyourgoals、Starttheprocess>Clarifyareasofdisagreementorconf1ict、Reassessyourposition、Makingacceptablepromises、Andfina11y,reachsomeagreementinprinciple、Thesestagescanbestudied、Andstrategiestobeusedineachcanbep

27、lannedbeforehand、ButIthink,therea11ysuccessfu1negotiatorisprobablybornwithsixsenseaboutrespondingappropriatelytothesituationathand、W:Theartisticsenseyou'vejustdescribed?M:Yes、That'srg|t、Questions12to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard、Q12:Whatdoesthemansayaboutgoodnegotiators?A)Theya

28、resensitivetothedynamicsofanegotiation、B)Theyseetheimportanceofmakingpromises、C)Theyknowwhentoadoptatoughattitude、D)Theytaketherival'sattitudintoaccount、Q13:Whatdoesthemansaymaybethemostimportantthingtoasuccessfulnegotiator?A) Theyknowhowtoadapt、C)Theyknowwhentomakepromises、B) Theyknowwhentostop

29、、D)Theyknowhowtocontroltheiremotion、Q14:Howisagoodnegotiatordifferentfromapoorone?A) Theyarepatient、C)Theylearnquickly、B) Theyaregoodatexpression、D)Theyupholdtheirprinciples、Q15:Whatisthefirststageofnegotiationaccordingtotheman?A) Makeclearone'sintentions、C)Formulateone'strategy、B) C1arifyit

30、emsofnegotiation、D)Gettoknowtheotherside、SectionCDirections:Inthissection,youwillhearthreepassages>Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearthreeorfourquestions、Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce、Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C),D)、Thenmarkth

31、ecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre、Passage1Somepeoplewonderwhycountriesspendmil1ionsofdollarsonspaceprojects>TheywanttoknowhowspaceresearchhelpspeopleonEarth、ActuallyspacetechnologyhelpspeopleonEartheveryday、Thisiscal1ed"spin-offtechnology、"Spinofftechnolo

32、gyisspacetechnologythatisnowusedonEarth、Inearlyspaceprograms,suchastheApollomissionsofthe1960sand1970s,andintheSpaceShu111emissionstoday,scientistsdevelopedobjectsfortheastronautstouseonthemoonandinspace、Wenowusesomeoftheseobjectseveryday、Forexample,wehaveQuartzcrystalc1ocksandwatchesaccuratetowithi

33、noneminuteayear、WepurifythewaterwedrinkwithawaterfiIterdesignedfortheastronauts'useinspace、Thecord1ess,handheldtoolsweuseinourhomes,suchasvacuumc1eaners,flashlights,drillsandsawscamefromthetechnologyoftheseearlyspaceprograms、Oncoldwinterdayswecanstaywarmwithbatteryoperatedglovesandsocks,andspeci

34、al1ymadecoatsandjackets、Alloftheseclothesaresimilartothespacesuitdesignsthatkeptastronautsfortableinthetemperaturesofthemoon,andarespinoffsfromspacetechnology>Theseproductsareonlyafewexamplesofthemanywaysspacetechnologyhelpsusinoureverydaylives、NooneknowshownewspinofftechnologyfromtheInternationa

35、lSpaceStationwil1helpusinthefuture、Questions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard、Q16:Whatdosomepeoplewanttoknowaboutspaceexploration?A) WhenAmerica'searliestspaceprogramstarted、B) WhentheInternationalSpaceStationwasbuilt、C) Howmanyspaceshuttlemissionstherew川be、D) Howspaceresearchbenefitspe

36、op1eonEarth、Q17:Whatdidscientistsdoforthespaceshuttlemissions?A) Theyaccurate1ycalcu1atedthespeedoftheorbitingshutt1es、B) Theydevelopedobjectsforastronautstouseinouterspace、C)Theytriedtomeetastronauts'speificrequirements、D)Theytriedtomakebestuseofthelatesttechnology、Q18:Whatdoesthespeakersayabou

37、tQuartzcrystalclocksandwatches?A) Theyareextremelyaccurate、C)Theywerefirstmadeinspace、B) Theyareexpensivetomake、D)Theywereinventedinthe1970s、Passage2Well,ifIcouldgobackinhistoryandlive,I'dliketogobacktothe18thcenturyandperhapsinco1onialAmericainYankee,NewEngland,whereoneofmyancestors1ived,becaus

38、eitwasthebeginningofsomething、Bythe18thcentury,therewasafeelingofmunitythathadgrown、Myancestorwasapreacher,travelingaroundthecountryside、Peoplelivedinsmallmunities、Therewerefisherm6nandfarmerswhoprovidedfreshfoodthattastedand1ookedlikefood,unlikethatintoday'ssuermarkets,andthereweresmalltowns,an

39、dNewYorkwasn'tthatfaraway、I/mdeeplyattachedtothePuritantradition,notinareligioussense,buttheybe1ievedinworkingforsomething,workingforgoals,andIlikethat、Theyworkedhardatwhatevertheydid,buttheyhadasenseofachievement、Theybelievedingoodnessinmunityandhelpingoneanother、Ilovethecolonialfabrics,al1thes

40、i1verwork,thefurnishings,thebinationofeleganceandsimplicity、Iloveit、Theprinting,thebooks,I'mveryattachedtoa1lthatkindofthingthatmaynotallbeveryentertaininginthemodernsenseoftheworld、ButIwouldhaveenjoyedspendingmyeveningsinthatenvironment,discussingnewideas,buildinganewworld、AndIcanseemyselfsitti

41、ngonasma1lchairbythefiredoingneedlework、Questions19to21arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard、Q19:Whydoesthespeakersayshewouldliketogobackandliveinthe18thcenturyAmerica?A) ItwaswhenherancestorscametoAmerica、B)Peoplehadplentyoflandtocultivatethen、m ark e d the be g inn i ng of som e t hin g new、C) ItD)

42、 Eve ry th i ng wasQ20: What doe s th eT h ey beli e v e d in wA)d s of en t ert a inm e n t >natural an d g e nuin e speaker say about t o rkin g for goals、then、h e P u ritans ?C) They ha d all k i nB) Theyenjoyedlivingalifeofease>D)Theywereknowntobecreative、21、Whatwou1dthespeakerlikedoingifs

43、hecouldgobacktothepast?A) Chattingwithherancestors、B) Furnishinghercountryhouse、C) Polishingallthesilverwork、D) Doingneedleworkbythefire、Passage3Ifyouarelostinthewoods,alittleknowledgecanturnwhatsomepeoplecallahardshipintoanenjoyab1estayawayfromthetroublesofmodernsociety、Whenyouthinkyouarelost,sitdownonalog,orarock,orleanagainstatree,andrecitesomethingthatyouhavememorized,tobringyoumindtoapointwhereit