四级听力原文
-
2023年2月28日发(作者：环境管理制度)News1
Adevicethatweighslessthanonekilogramispartofa
missionthatwillallowscientiststodeliverfourth
generationor4Gmobilecoveragetothemoonin2019。If
successful，thetinydevicewillprovidethemoonwithits
firstevermobilephonenetwork。Thelunarnetworkwill
supporthighdefinitionstreamingofvideoanddatabetween
themoonandearth。Thenetworkispartofamissiontothe
moon。Thisisaprojectwiththegoaloflandingthefirst
privatelypaidformissiontothemoon。The4Gmissionis
settolaunchfromCapeCanaveralintheUnitedStatesona
spaceXFalcon9rocketin2019。Missiontothemoonintends
toestablishandtestthefirstelementsofacommunications
networkonthemoon。Thescientistsworkingontheproject
optedtobuilda4Gratherthanafifthgenerationor5G
network。Thisisbecausefifthgenerationnetworksarestill
intestingandtrialphases。Thismeansthata5Gnetwork
maynotyetbestableenoughtoworkonthemoon‘ssurface
Question1：Whatarescientistsplanningtodo?
Question2：Whydidscientistschoosetosetupa4G
networkintheirmission?
News2
It‘srespondedtoafireWednesdaynightatan
abandonedmallinHeywood。Thefirewasreportedat9：26pm
atanoldshoppingcenteronMichiganAvenuenearSt。
Mary’sChurch。Sixfireengines，twotrucksandtwochiefs
respondedtothescene。Crewshadthefireundercontrolin
about45minutesandmanagedtocontainthefiretoitspoint
oforigin。Thereweresomepeopleinsidethebuildingwhen
thefirebrokeoutbuttherewerenoreportsofany
injuries。Fireinvestigatorshaverespondedtothescenebut
havenotyetdeterminedthecauseofthefire。Firefighters
willremainonthesceneuntillaterthismorningtoensure
thatthefiredoesn‘tstartupagain。Theshoppingmallhad
notbeeninusesince2002。In2014CityHalldevelopeda
plantoknockdownthebuildingandreplaceitwith
affordablehousing。Howevertheplanwasdroppedduetolack
offunds。
Question3：Whatdoesthenewsitemsayaboutthefire?
Question4：WhathadCityHallplannedtodo?
News3
PotatochipsinJapanarebeingsoldfor6Xtheirnormal
price。Thisisafterthecountry‘smainmanufacturer
stoppedsalesduetoapotatoshortage。Stormsandfloods
anditsmainpotatogrowingregionlastyearcausedtheworst
harvestandmorethan3decades。Localmediareportssuggest
CalbeeanditsmainrivalKoike-yaarehaltingalmost50
products。
“Wedon‘tknowwhenwe’llbeabletorestart”，a
companyspokesmansaid。Snackloversarepanicbuyingand
manysupermarketshelvesarebare。Japaneselawslimitthe
amountofimportedpotatoesthatcanbeusedinJapanesemade
products。Japansaysfearofdiseaseisitsmainreasonto
blockfreshimports。Itstillonlyallowspotatoesfrom
selectedUSstates。Thisisonlyatcertaintimesandon
conditionthattheyareprocessedatfactoriesbasednear
Japaneseports。
Butglobalwarminghasraisedthepossibilitythat
domesticproducecouldbeseriouslyaffectedbyrareweather
eventsmoreoften。
Question5：WhatproblemisJapanfacing?
Question6：WhydoesJapanlimittheimportofpotatoes?
Question7：WhatmightaffectJapanesedomesticproduce?
Conversation1
M：Mr。Brown‘slecturesaresoboring。
W：Yes，heisnotaveryexcitingspeaker。Butthe
subjectisinteresting。
M：Duringeveryoneofhislectures，ItrytolistenI
reallytry。Butafterabout10minutesmymindbeginsto
wanderandIloseconcentration。ButIseethatyouseemto
beOK。Howdoyoustayfocusedthroughtheentirehour?
W：Well，whatIdoiskeepmypenmoving。
M：Whatdoyoumean?
W：It‘samethodofactiveconcentrationIread
about。Oneofthemosteffectivewaystoconcentrateisto
writethingsdown。Butithastobedonebyhand，not
typingonakeyboard。Youseewritingbyhandforcesyouto
actuallyengagewithwhatyou’relearninginamorephysical
way。
M：Doyoureviewyournotesafterwardsthen?
W：Sometimesbutthat‘snotimportant。Mynotesmay
ormaynotbeusefulbutthepointisthatbywritingdown
whatMr。BrandsaysIcanfollowhislineofthinkingmore
easily。Infact，sometimesIdrawalittletoo。
M：Youdrawinclassandthathelpsmepayattention?
W：Yes，honestlyitworksforme。Ijustdrawlittle
linesandnonsensereally。ItwasalsointhatarticleI
read。Itcankeepthemindactive，preventgettingbored
andhelptoconcentrate。Againthepointistolistenhard
whilekeepingthepenmoving。IfI‘mathomeandIneedto
studywhatIdoisreadoutloud。Ithasasimilareffectto
writingbyhand。Ithelpsmemorizeinformationinaphysical
way。
Question8。WhatdoesthemanthinkofMr。Brown‘s
lectures?
Question9。WhatdoesthewomandoduringMr。Brown‘s
lectures?
Question10。Whydoesthewomandrawinclass?
Question11。Whatdoesthewomansayaboutreadingout
loud?
Conversation2
M：Andwhereisthis?
F：ThesephotosarefromtheTajMahalinIndia。We
wentthereabouttenyearsagoforourhoneymoon。
M：Wasitromantic。
F：Yeah。TheTajMahalwasaveryromanticplace。The
guidetoldusthereisafamouslovestorybehindthis
buildingthatallIndianslearninschool。Ithinkitwas
duringthe1600andtheprincessatthattimediedwhile
givingbirthtoher14thchild。TheEmperorlovedthe
princesssomuchandwassosadwhenshediedthatheordered
thepalacetobebuiltinherhonor。
M：Wow!Thatsoundsveryromantic。Itlooksamazing。
F：Yesit‘sgorgeous。It’salsolargerinreallife
thanitlooksinthephotos。Thebuildingisverytalland
therearegardensinawallarounditall。It‘sallbuilt
inthiswhitestoneandsomewallsofthebuildingare
decoratedwithjewels。
M：Itmusthavebeenverycrowdedwhenyouwerethere。
F：Yesit‘saveryfamoustouristdestination。So
therearethousandsofvisitorseveryday。
M：WastherestofIndiacrowded?
F：Yes，verycrowdedinmanycities。Itwassometimes
socrowdedthatitwasdifficulttowalkalongthestreets
especiallythroughbusymarkets。Andtherearesomany
cars。Trafficwasterriblebutthepeoplewerefriendly。
Thecultureisamazingandwehadagreattime。
M：Whataboutthefood?
F：theIndianfoodisgreat。Therearelotsof
differentdishestotryandeveryregionhasitsownspecial
food。
Question12。ForwhatpurposedidthewomangotoIndia?
Question13。WhywastheTajMahalbuilt?
Question14。WhatdoesthewomansayabouttheTaj
Mahal?
Question15whatisthewoman‘simpressionofIndian
cities?
Passage1
APewResearchCentersurveyofmorethan1000Americans
conductedinApril2016findsthatAmericanscontinueto
expresslargelypositiveviewsaboutthecurrentstateof
theirlocalpubliclibraries。Forinstancearoundthree
quarterssaythatpubliclibrariesprovidethemwiththe
resourcestheyneedand66percentsaytheclosingoftheir
localpubliclibrarywouldhaveamajorimpactontheir
community。Althoughnotablyjust33percentsaythiswould
haveamajorimpactonthempersonallyorontheirfamily。A
majorityofAmericansfeellibrariesaredoingagoodjobof
providingasafeplaceforpeopletohangoutorspendtime
aswellasopeningupeducationalopportunitiesforpeopleof
allagesandroughlyhalfthinktheirlibrariescontributea
lottotheircommunitiesintermsofhelpingsparkcreativity
amongyoungpeopleandprovidingatrustedplaceforpeople
tolearnaboutnewtechnologies。AsinpastPewResearch
CentersurveysoflibraryusetheApril2016surveyalso
measuredAmericansusageofandengagementwithlibraries。
Overall，53percentofAmericansages16andolderhavehad
someinteractionwiththepuppetlibraryinthepastyear
eitherthroughaninpersonvisitorusingalibraryWebsite
some48percentofadultsspecificallyvisitedalibraryin
thepast12months。Amodestincreasefromthe44percent
whosaidthatinlate2015。
Question16：WhatdomostAmericanssayaboutlocal
publiclibraries?
Question17：howcanlocalpubliclibrariesbenefit
youngpeople?
Question18：whatdoesthe2016surveyshowaboutadult
libraryusers?
Passage2
ASavannahcatisacrossbreedbetweenadomesticcat
andamedium-sizedwildAfricancatcalledtheServal。The
unusualcrossbecamepopularamongbreedersattheendofthe
1990s。Andin2001，theInternationalCatAssociation
accepteditasanewregisteredbreed。Thesavannahsare
tallandslimandcanweighuptoninepointonekilograms，
makingthemoneofthelargestbreedsofcatsthatpeoplecan
own。Theyhaveaspottedcodesimilartothatofmanytypes
ofwildcatsandtheirearsareverylarge。Theyarealso
commonlycomparedtodogsintheirloyaltyandcanbetrained
towalkonaleadandtofetch，andoftennoted
characteristicoftheSavannahisitsjumpingability。They
areknowntojumpontopofdoorsandhighcabinets。Some
canleapmetreshighfromastandingposition。Catsare
typicallyknownforbeingveryinquisitiveandsoarethe
Savannahs。Theyoftenlearnhowtoopendoorsand
cupboards。ManySavannahcatsdonotfearwaterandwill
playwithorevendiveintowater。Someownersevenshower
withtheirSavannahCats，presentingawaterbowlto
Savannahmayalsoproveachallenge，assomewillpromptly
begintobatallthewateroutofthebowluntilitisempty
usingtheirfrontpaws。
Question19。Whatdowelearnaboutthesavannahcat?
Question20。WhatischaracteristicofSavannahcats?
Question21WhatdosomepeopledowiththeirSavannah
cats?
Passage3
Whenchildrenstartschoolforthevery1sttimeparents
oftenfeelasenseofexcitementcoupledwithatouchof
sadnessattheendofanera。Thisisthestartofanew
adventureforchildrenplayingandinteractingwithnew
friendssharing，takingturnsandsettlingintoanew
routine。
Butofcourse，thisisnotthestartofyourchild‘s
educationwhichinfactbeganatbirth。Backthen，uwould
havebeenyourchild’smostinfluentialteachers。During
thistimeathome，urchildwouldhavelearntmorethanat
anyotherperiodintheirlife。Duringyourchild‘sfirst
yearinschoolmuchtimewillbespentinlearningtoread
andtheyneedtoknowthatthisisfunandworthwhile。Ur
childwillnaturallycopyusoitisimportantthatuare
seenreadingandenjoyingbooksnewspapersandmagazines
ratherthanjustabsorbedinscreens。Ultimatelyan
excellenteducationshouldbeaclosepartnershipbetween
parentsandteachers。Achild’syearsplitsfairlyneatly
intothirds：a3rdatschool，a3rdasleepandathird
awakeathomeoronholiday。
Irrespectiveofthequalityofaschoolachild‘shome
lifeisofkeyimportance。Itisthedeterminingfactorof
theiracademicsuccess。Urchildmayhavestartedonanew
journeybuturworkisfarfromfinished。
Question22Howdoparentsfeelwhentheirchildren
startgoingtoschool?
Question23Whatdoesthepassagesayaboutchildren‘s
education?
Question24Whatshouldparentsdoforthesuccessof
theirchildren‘seducation?
Question25。Whatdoesthepassagesayisthekey
factorofloinbo’sacademicsuccess?
温馨提示：“考试采取“多题多卷”
模式，试题顺序不统一，请依据试题实行核对。”
※2018年12月英语四级成绩查询时间：
根据历年英语四级成绩查询时间预测，2018年12月英语四级成绩将于
2019年2月公布，请广大考生密切注重###。【ctrl+D收藏】