2018年12月英语四级听力原文

News1

Adevicethatweighslessthanonekilogramispartofamissionthatwillallowscientiststodeliverfourthgenerationor4Gmobilecoveragetothemooninsuccessful,thetinydevicewillprovidethemoonwithitsfirstevermobilephonelunarnetworkwillsupporthighdefinitionstreamingofvideoanddatabetweenthemoonandnetworkispartofamissiontotheisaprojectwiththegoaloflandingthefirstprivatelypaidformissiontotheThe4GmissionissettolaunchfromCapeCanaveralintheUnitedStatesonaspaceXFalcon9rocketintothemoonintendstoestablishandtestthefirstelementsofacommunicationsnetworkonthescientistsworkingontheprojectoptedtobuilda4Gratherthanafifthgenerationor5Gisbecausefifthgenerationnetworksarestillintestingandtrialmeansthata5Gnetworkmaynotyetbestableenoughtoworkonthemoon‘ssurface

Question1:Whatarescientistsplanningtodo?

Question2：Whydidscientistschoosetosetupa4Gnetworkintheirmission?

News2

It‘srespondedtoafireWednesdaynightatanabandonedmallinfirewasreportedat9:26pmatanoldshoppingcenteronMichiganAvenuenear'sfireengines,twotrucksandtwochiefsrespondedtothehadthefireundercontrolinabout45minutesandmanagedtocontainthefiretoitspointofThereweresomepeopleinsidethebuildingwhenthefirebrokeoutbuttherewerenoreportsofanyinvestigators haveresponded

tothescenebuthavenotyetdeterminedthecauseofthewillremainonthesceneuntillaterthismorningtoensurethatthefiredoesn ‘t

startupshoppingmallhadnotbeeninusesince2014CityHalldevelopedaplantoknockdownthebuildingandreplaceitwithaffordabletheplanwasdroppedduetolackoffunds.

Question3:Whatdoesthenewsitemsayaboutthefire

Question4:WhathadCityHallplannedtodo?

News3

PotatochipsinJapanarebeingsoldfor6Xtheirnormalisafterthecountry‘smainmanufacturerstoppedsalesduetoapotatoandfloodsanditsmainpotatogrowingregionlastyearcausedtheworstharvestandmorethan3mediareportssuggestCalbeeanditsmainrivalKoike-yaarehaltingalmost50products.

“Wedon‘tknowwhenwe'llbeabletorestart”，acompanyspokesmanloversarepanicbuyingandmanysupermarketshelvesarelawslimittheamountofimportedpotatoesthatcanbeusedinJapanesemadeJapansaysfearofdiseaseisitsmainreasontoblockfreshstillonlyallowspotatoesfromselectedUSisonlyatcertaintimesandonconditionthattheyareprocessedatfactoriesbasednearJapaneseports.

Butglobalwarminghasraisedthepossibilitythatdomesticproducecouldbeseriouslyaffectedbyrareweathereventsmoreoften.

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Question5:WhatproblemisJapanfacing ?

Question6:WhydoesJapanlimittheimportofpotatoes ?

Question7:WhatmightaffectJapanesedomesticproduce ?

Conversation1

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MWhatdoyoumean?

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withwhatyou'relearninginamorephysicalway.

MDoyoureviewyournotesafterwardsthen ?

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moreInfact,sometimesIdrawalittletoo.

MYoudrawinclassandthathelpsmepayattention ?

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Questiondoesthemanthinkof ‘slectures?

Questiondoesthewomandoduring‘slectures?

Questiondoesthewomandrawinclass?

Questiondoesthewomansayaboutreadingoutloud ?

Conversation2

MAndwhereisthis?

F:ThesephotosarefromtheTajMahalinwentthereabouttenyearsagoforourhoneymoon.

MWasitromantic.

F：TajMahalwasaveryromanticguidetoldusthereisafamous

lovestorybehindthisbuildingthatallIndianslearninthinkitwasduringthe1600andtheprincessatthattimediedwhilegivingbirthtoher14thEmperorlovedtheprincesssomuchandwassosadwhenshediedthatheorderedthepalacetobebuiltinherhonor.

MWow!Thatsoundsverylooksamazing.

F：Yesit‘s'salsolargerinreallifethanitlooksintheThebuildingisverytallandtherearegardensinawallaroundit ‘sall

builtinthiswhitestoneandsomewallsofthebuildingaredecoratedwithjewels.

M:Itmusthavebeenverycrowdedwhenyouwerethere.

F：Yesit‘saveryfamoustouristtherearethousandsofvisitorseveryday.

MWastherestofIndiacrowded?

F：Yes,verycrowdedinmanywassometimessocrowdedthatitwasdifficulttowalkalongthestreetsespeciallythroughbusytherearesomanywasterriblebutthepeoplewerecultureisamazingandwehadagreattime.

MWhataboutthefood?

F：theIndianfoodisarelotsofdifferent dishestotryandevery

regionhasitsownspecialfood.

QuestionwhatpurposedidthewomangotoIndia ?

QuestionwastheTajMahalbuilt?

QuestiondoesthewomansayabouttheTajMahal?

Question15whatisthewoman‘simpressionofIndiancities

Passage1

APewResearchCentersurveyofmorethan1000Americansconducted

inApril2016findsthatAmericanscontinuetoexpresslargelypositive

viewsaboutthecurrentstateoftheirlocalpublicinstanee aroundthree

quarterssaythatpubliclibrariesprovidethemwiththeresourcesthey

needand66percentsaytheclosingoftheirlocalpubliclibrarywould

haveamajorimpactontheirnotably just33percentsaythiswouldhave

amajorimpactonthempersonallyorontheirAmajorityofAmericans

feellibrariesaredoingagoodjobofprovidingasafeplaceforpeople

tohangoutorspendtimeaswellasopeningupeducationalopportunitiesforpeopleofallagesandroughlyhalfthinktheirlibraries contribute

alottotheircommunitiesintermsofhelpingsparkcreativity amongyoung

peopleandprovidingatrustedplaceforpeopletolearnaboutnewin

pastPewResearchCentersurveysoflibraryusetheApril2016surveyalsomeasuredAmericansusageofandengagementwith,53percentofAmericansages16andolderhavehadsomeinteractionwiththepuppetlibraryin

thepastyeareitherthroughaninpersonvisitorusingalibraryWeb

sitesome48percentofadultsspecificallyvisitedalibraryinthepast12modestincreasefromthe44percentwhosaidthatinlate2015.

Question16:WhatdomostAmericanssayaboutlocalpubliclibraries?

Question17:howcanlocalpubliclibrariesbenefityoungpeople ?

Question18:whatdoesthe2016surveyshowaboutadultlibraryusers?

Passage2

ASavannahcatisacrossbreedbetweenadomesticcatanda

medium-sizedwildAfricancatcalledtheunusualcrossbecamepopular

amongbreedersattheendofthein2001 ,theInternationalCat

Associationaccepteditasanewregisteredsavannahs aretallandslim

andcanweighuptoninepointonekilograms ,makingthemoneofthe

largestbreedsofcatsthatpeoplecanhaveaspottedcodesimilartothatofmanytypesofwildcatsandtheirearsareveryarealsocommonlycomparedtodogsintheirloyaltyandcanbetrainedtowalkonaleadandtofetch,andoftennotedcharacteristicoftheSavannahisitsjumpingareknowntojumpontopofdoorsandhighcanleapmetreshighfromastandingCatsaretypicallyknownforbeingveryinquisitiveandsoaretheoftenlearnhowtoopendoorsandSavannahcatsdonotfearwaterandwillplaywithorevendiveintoownersevenshowerwiththeirSavannahCats,presentingawaterbowltoSavannahmayalsoproveachallenge,assomewillpromptlybegintobatallthewateroutofthebowluntilitisemptyusingtheirfrontpaws.

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Questiondowelearnaboutthesavannahcat ?

QuestionischaracteristicofSavannahcats ?

Question21WhatdosomepeopledowiththeirSavannahcats ?

Passage3

Whenchildrenstartschoolforthevery1sttimeparentsoftenfeelasenseofexcitementcoupledwithatouchofsadnessattheendofanisthestartofanewadventureforchildrenplayingandinteracting with

newfriendssharing,takingturnsandsettlingintoanewroutine.

Butofcourse,thisisnotthestartofyourchild‘seducationwhichinfactbeganatthen,uwouldhavebeenyourchild'smostinfluentialthistimeathomeurchildwould