英语四级听力原文

News1

Adevicethatweighslessthanonekilogramispartofa

missionthatwillallowscientiststodeliverfourth

generationor4Gmobilecoveragetothemoonin2019。If

successful，thetinydevicewillprovidethemoonwithits

firstevermobilephonenetwork。Thelunarnetworkwill

supporthighdefinitionstreamingofvideoanddatabetween

themoonandearth。Thenetworkispartofamissiontothe

moon。Thisisaprojectwiththegoaloflandingthefirst

privatelypaidformissiontothemoon。The4Gmissionis

ttolaunchfromCapeCanaveralintheUnitedStatesona

spaceXFalcon9rocketin2019。Missiontothemoonintends

toestablishandtestthefirstelementsofacommunications

networkonthemoon。Thescientistsworkingontheproject

optedtobuilda4Gratherthanafifthgenerationor5G

network。Thisisbecaufifthgenerationnetworksarestill

intestingandtrialphas。Thismeansthata5Gnetwork

maynotyetbestableenoughtoworkonthemoon‘ssurface

Question1：Whatarescientistsplanningtodo?

Question2：Whydidscientistschoototupa4G

networkintheirmission?

News2

It‘srespondedtoafireWednesdaynightatan

abandonedmallinHeywood。Thefirewasreportedat9：26pm

atanoldshoppingcenteronMichiganAvenuenearSt。

Mary’sChurch。Sixfireengines，twotrucksandtwochiefs

respondedtothescene。Crewshadthefireundercontrolin

about45minutesandmanagedtocontainthefiretoitspoint

oforigin。Thereweresomepeopleinsidethebuildingwhen

thefirebrokeoutbuttherewerenoreportsofany

injuries。Fireinvestigatorshaverespondedtothescenebut

havenotyetdeterminedthecauofthefire。Firefighters

willremainonthesceneuntillaterthismorningtoensure

thatthefiredoesn‘tstartupagain。Theshoppingmallhad

notbeeninusince2002。In2014CityHalldevelopeda

plantoknockdownthebuildingandreplaceitwith

affordablehousing。Howevertheplanwasdroppedduetolack

offunds。

Question3：Whatdoesthenewsitemsayaboutthefire?

Question4：WhathadCityHallplannedtodo?

News3

PotatochipsinJapanarebeingsoldfor6Xtheirnormal

price。Thisisafterthecountry‘smainmanufacturer

stoppedsalesduetoapotatoshortage。Stormsandfloods

anditsmainpotatogrowingregionlastyearcaudtheworst

harvestandmorethan3decades。Localmediareportssuggest

CalbeeanditsmainrivalKoike-yaarehaltingalmost50

products。

“Wedon‘tknowwhenwe’llbeabletorestart”，a

companyspokesmansaid。Snackloversarepanicbuyingand

manysupermarketshelvesarebare。Japanelawslimitthe

amountofimportedpotatoesthatcanbeudinJapanemade

products。Japansaysfearofdiaisitsmainreasonto

blockfreshimports。Itstillonlyallowspotatoesfrom

lectedUSstates。Thisisonlyatcertaintimesandon

conditionthattheyareprocesdatfactoriesbadnear

Japaneports。

Butglobalwarminghasraidthepossibilitythat

domesticproducecouldberiouslyaffectedbyrareweather

eventsmoreoften。

Question5：WhatproblemisJapanfacing?

Question6：WhydoesJapanlimittheimportofpotatoes?

Question7：WhatmightaffectJapanedomesticproduce?

Conversation1

M：Mr。Brown‘slecturesaresoboring。

W：Yes，heisnotaveryexcitingspeaker。Butthe

subjectisinteresting。

M：Duringeveryoneofhislectures，ItrytolistenI

reallytry。Butafterabout10minutesmymindbeginsto

wanderandIloconcentration。ButIethatyouemto

beOK。Howdoyoustayfocudthroughtheentirehour?

W：Well，whatIdoiskeepmypenmoving。

M：Whatdoyoumean?

W：It‘samethodofactiveconcentrationIread

about。Oneofthemosteffectivewaystoconcentrateisto

writethingsdown。Butithastobedonebyhand，not

typingonakeyboard。Youewritingbyhandforcesyouto

actuallyengagewithwhatyou’relearninginamorephysical

way。

M：Doyoureviewyournotesafterwardsthen?

W：Sometimesbutthat‘snotimportant。Mynotesmay

ormaynotbeufulbutthepointisthatbywritingdown

whatMr。BrandsaysIcanfollowhislineofthinkingmore

easily。Infact，sometimesIdrawalittletoo。

M：Youdrawinclassandthathelpsmepayattention?

W：Yes，honestlyitworksforme。Ijustdrawlittle

linesandnonnreally。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：ThephotosarefromtheTajMahalinIndia。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

therearethousandsofvisitorveryday。

M：WastherestofIndiacrowded?

F：Yes，verycrowdedinmanycities。Itwassometimes

socrowdedthatitwasdifficulttowalkalongthestreets

especiallythroughbusymarkets。Andtherearesomany

cars。Trafficwasterriblebutthepeoplewerefriendly。

Thecultureisamazingandwehadagreattime。

M：Whataboutthefood?

F：theIndianfoodisgreat。Therearelotsof

differentdishestotryandeveryregionhasitsownspecial

food。

Question12。ForwhatpurpodidthewomangotoIndia?

Question13。WhywastheTajMahalbuilt?

Question14。WhatdoesthewomansayabouttheTaj

Mahal?

Question15whatisthewoman‘simpressionofIndian

cities?

Passage1

APewRearchCentersurveyofmorethan1000Americans

conductedinApril2016findsthatAmericanscontinueto

expresslargelypositiveviewsaboutthecurrentstateof

theirlocalpubliclibraries。Forinstancearoundthree

quarterssaythatpubliclibrariesprovidethemwiththe

resourcestheyneedand66percentsaytheclosingoftheir

localpubliclibrarywouldhaveamajorimpactontheir

community。Althoughnotablyjust33percentsaythiswould

haveamajorimpactonthempersonallyorontheirfamily。A

majorityofAmericansfeellibrariesaredoingagoodjobof

providingasafeplaceforpeopletohangoutorspendtime

aswellasopeningupeducationalopportunitiesforpeopleof

allagesandroughlyhalfthinktheirlibrariescontributea

lottotheircommunitiesintermsofhelpingsparkcreativity

amongyoungpeopleandprovidingatrustedplaceforpeople

tolearnaboutnewtechnologies。AsinpastPewRearch

CentersurveysoflibraryutheApril2016surveyalso

measuredAmericansusageofandengagementwithlibraries。

Overall，53percentofAmericansages16andolderhavehad

someinteractionwiththepuppetlibraryinthepastyear

eitherthroughaninpersonvisitorusingalibraryWebsite

some48percentofadultsspecificallyvisitedalibraryin

thepast12months。Amodestincreafromthe44percent

whosaidthatinlate2015。

Question16：WhatdomostAmericanssayaboutlocal

publiclibraries?

Question17：howcanlocalpubliclibrariesbenefit

youngpeople?

Question18：whatdoesthe2016surveyshowaboutadult

libraryurs?

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。Someownervenshower

withtheirSavannahCats，prentingawaterbowlto

Savannahmayalsoproveachallenge，assomewillpromptly

begintobatallthewateroutofthebowluntilitimpty

usingtheirfrontpaws。

Question19。Whatdowelearnaboutthesavannahcat?

Question20。WhatischaracteristicofSavannahcats?

Question21WhatdosomepeopledowiththeirSavannah

cats?

Passage3

Whenchildrenstartschoolforthevery1sttimeparents

oftenfeelanofexcitementcoupledwithatouchof

sadnessattheendofanera。Thisisthestartofanew

adventureforchildrenplayingandinteractingwithnew

friendssharing，takingturnsandttlingintoanew

routine。

Butofcour，thisisnotthestartofyourchild‘s

educationwhichinfactbeganatbirth。Backthen，uwould

havebeenyourchild’smostinfluentialteachers。During

thistimeathome，urchildwouldhavelearntmorethanat

anyotherperiodintheirlife。Duringyourchild‘sfirst

yearinschoolmuchtimewillbespentinlearningtoread

andtheyneedtoknowthatthisisfunandworthwhile。Ur

childwillnaturallycopyusoitisimportantthatuare

enreadingandenjoyingbooksnewspapersandmagazines

ratherthanjustabsorbedinscreens。Ultimatelyan

excellenteducationshouldbeaclopartnershipbetween

parentsandteachers。Achild’syearsplitsfairlyneatly

intothirds：a3rdatschool，a3rdasleepandathird

awakeathomeoronholiday。

Irrespectiveofthequalityofaschoolachild‘shome

lifeisofkeyimportance。Itisthedeterminingfactorof

theiracademicsuccess。Urchildmayhavestartedonanew

journeybuturworkisfarfromfinished。

Question22Howdoparentsfeelwhentheirchildren

startgoingtoschool?

Question23Whatdoesthepassagesayaboutchildren‘s

education?

Question24Whatshouldparentsdoforthesuccessof

theirchildren‘ducation?

Question25。Whatdoesthepassagesayisthekey

factorofloinbo’sacademicsuccess?

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