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2017

年

6

月大学英语四级考试真题（一）听力原文

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NewsReport1

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OneofGoogle'ereno

injuries.

ItisnotthefirsttimeoneofGoogle'sfamedlf-drivingcarshasbeeninvolvedinacrash,

butitmaybethefirsttimeithascaudone.

OnFebruary14ththelf-drivingcar,travellingat2mph(3km/h),pulledoutinfrontofa

publicbusgoing15mph(24km/h).

ThemanintheGooglevehiclereportedthatheassumedthebuswouldslowdowntoletthe

carout,andsohedidnotswitchtothemanualmode.

Inastatement,Googlesaid:"Weclearlybearsomeresponsibility,becauifourcarhadn't

moved,therewouldn'thavebeenacrash."

Thatsaid,ourtestdriverbelievedthebuswasgoingtosloworstoptoallowustomergeinto

thetraffic,andthattherewouldbesufficientspacetodothat."

Thecompany'slf-drivingcarshavedonewelloveramillionmilesacrossvariousstatesin

theUS,anduntilnowhaveonlyreportedminoraccidents.

Q1:AccordingtoGoogle,whatwasthecauoftheaccident?

B

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Thetestdrivermadeawrongjudgement

解析：根据新闻第一句话，这篇新闻主要报道的是谷歌无人自动驾驶汽车与一辆公交车

发生

发生

碰撞这一事故。根据原文

碰撞这一事故。根据原文

“ThemanintheGooglevehiclereportedthatheassumedthe

buswouldslowdowntoletthecarout,andsohedidnotswitchtothemanualmode.”

选项

B

是

正确选项，是对原文的同义替换，题目较难。

正确选项，是对原文的同义替换，题目较难。

Q2:HowhaveGoogle’slf

-drivingcarsperformedsofar?

D

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Theyhavegenerallydonequitewell.

解析：

根据原文

根据原文

“Thecompany'slf

-drivingcarshavedonewelloveramillionmiles

acrossvariousstatesintheUS,anduntilnowhaveonlyreportedminoraccidents.”

选项

D

是对

原文的同义替换。题目相对较难。

原文的同义替换。题目相对较难。

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NewsReport2

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Thousandsofbeesleftatownafterlandingonthebackofacarwhentheirqueengotstuckin

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eswhoworksatanearbynationalpark,noticeda“brownpatch”onthebackof

lookedclorherealizeditwasa

hugegroupofbees.

Mossaid:“re

veryclotogetherandtherewasalotofnoiandmovements,itwasinterestingtoesucha

rewerealotofpeoplearoundandIwasabitworriedaboutthebeesandthe

htthatsomeonemightdosomethingstupid.

Moscalledtwolocalbeesspecialistswhohelpedremovedthebeesbyattractingtheminto

abox.

Mosspentthreehourslookingafterthebeesandwasstungfivetimes,hesaidmystings

areabitpainfulbutIampleadthatallworkedoutandIcouldhelp,peopleneedtorealizethat

beesarevaluableandtheyshouldbelookedafter.

welearnaboutTomMos?

A

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Heworksatanationalpark.

weknowaboutthebeesonthebackofthecar?

B

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Theyweremakingalotofnoi.

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Newsreport3

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AnewspeciesofsnakehasbeendiscoveredonaremoteislandintheBahamas.

Scientistsidentified20oftheonemeter-longsnakesduringtwotripstotheCaribbeanislands.

ThecondtripwasmadeinOctoberlastyear.

Oneofthecreaturesmadeadramaticappearancebymovingontotheheadoftheteam

leaderasheslept.

Thesnakehasbeennamedsilverboabecauitismetalliccoloredandthefirstspecimen

foundwasclimbingasilverpalmtree.

Reynolds,fromHarvardUniversity,thescientistconfirmed

thesnakewasapreviouslyunknownspeciesafterconductingageneticanalysisoftissuesamples.

Commentingonthefind,snakeexpertRobertHendersonfromtheMuumofNatural

History,said:“Worldwidenewspeciesof

frogsarebeingdiscoveredanddescribedquiteregularity.

Newspeciesofsnakes,however,aremuchrarer.

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thenewsreportmainlyabout?

A

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Thediscoveryofanewspeciesofsnake.

welearnaboutthescientificteamleader?

C

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Asnakecrawledontohisheadinhissleep.

thenewlydiscoveredcreaturegetitsname?

D

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Fromitscolour.

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Conversation1

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W:

Didyouenjoyyourstaywithus,?

M:

Yes,'htleavesin

,couldyoutellme,what'sthequickestwaytogetthere?

W:

Well,haveafreeairportshuttlervice.

M:

Thatsoundsgreat,butwilltheshuttlegetmetotheairportintime?

W:

Yes,akessome25minutestogetto

theairport.

M:

Fantastic!I'uplealetmeknowwhenit'sleaving?

W:

Ofcour,sir.

M:

histhat?

W:

Let'sto$ldyouliketopayforit?

M:

I''llneedareceipt,soIcanchargeittomycompany.

W:

Absolutely!Hereyouare,ike,an

loadthemontotheshuttleforyouwhenitarrives.

M:

ou.

W:

Wouldyouliketoleaveacommentonourwebpagewhenyouhavetime?

M:

eallygoodstayhere,andI'dliketorecommendyourhoteltomyfriendsand

colleagues.

W:

That’ouagainforstayingatSheratonHotel.

sthemanaskaboutthequickestwaytotheairport?

A

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Thecuritychecktakestime.

hemangoingtopayhisbill?

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B

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Bycreditcard.

dthemanaskthewomantodo?

A

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Givehimareceipt.

vordoesthewomanaskoftheman?

D

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Postingacommentonthehotel’swebpage.

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Conversation2

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M:

Youknow,Ben’erday,he

chersaidifhewentonlikethat,hisfacewouldget

stuckwhenthewindschanged.

W:

Andhebelievedher?

M:

Yeah,he’’tyourememberallthothingsweudtobelievewhenwe

werelittle?IremembermyauntMaryudtosayifyouswallowacherrystone,atreewouldgrow

’mstillterrifiedtoday,w,ifIswallow

onebymistake…

W:

Yeah,Isuppoyou'thatudtogetmewasthatswanscouldbreakyourleg

whentheyblowofthewing.

M:

Theycan,can’tthey?Ialwaysthoughttheycould.

W:

No,re’,ifyouputa

poststamponupsidedown,youwillgotoprison.

M:

No,mple,

shewouldsay,atstalebread,yourhair

e’onacampaigntriponceinItaly,andmywifespentthe

dhergrandmotherreckonedyouhad

wasreallyterrified.

W:

Silly,isn’tit?Butthat’showsomeparentstrytokeeptheirkidsfromdoingthewrongthingor

gettingintotrouble.

Q12:WhatdoesthemansayaboutBen?

C

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Hehasstoppedmakingterriblefaces.

Q13:WhatdidauntMarryudtodowhenthemanwasachild?

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D

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Warnhimofdangerbymakingupastory.

Q14:Whatdoesthewomanbelieveswanscoulddo?

A

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Theycouldbreakpeople’slegs.

Q15:Whatdidthegrandmotheroftheman’swifesay?

B

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Onewouldhavetoshavetheirheadtoremoveabatintheirhair.

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Passage1

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IfIcouldgobackinhistoryandlivewhenIliked,Iwouldn',I'dlike

toreliveaperiodI'vealreadylived–the1960s.

Iwasinmytwenties,wouldcomeinoutofa

formalandalmostVictorianattitude,gpeople

wasthething,

cinema,thetheater,,weemedto

beout,allthetime!Idon'treallyrememberworking–

ofcour,Iwasastudent–

orsitting

stwasn'twherethescenewas,eveneating!Itwasthefirsttime,

beginningtobeadventurousaboutfood,butwe

ss,yes,thatwasthe

,girlswentaroundinreallyshortskirts,

wereinjeans,ikelivingin

anageyoucouldneverhaveimagined,'thavemuchmoney,

butitdidn'rewasplentyofopportunitytodowhateveryoufeltlikedoing.

sthespeakersayhewouldliketorelivethe1960s?

C

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Everythingemedtobechanging.

esthespeakersaywasthemostpopularthingtodoatthattime?

A

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Meetingpeople.

welearnaboutthespeaker?

D

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Hewasayoungstudentinthe1960s.

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Passage2

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Dogs,man'sbestfriends,haveaclearstrategyfordealingwithangryowners—theylook

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away.

entists

haviormayhaveevolvedasdogs

graduallylearnedtheycouldbenefitfromavoidingconflictswithhumans.

Toconductthetests,theUniversityofHelsinkirearcherstrained31dogstorestinfrontofa

photosofdogsandhumansweredisplayedonthescreenfor1.5conds.

Theyshowedthreatening,camerastrackedthedogs'eye

movements.

Dogsinthestudylookedmostattheeyesofhumansandotherdogstontheiremotions.

Whendogslookedatexpressionsofangrydogs,theireyesrestedmoreonthemouth,perhapsto

nlookingatangryhumans,theytendedtoturn

awaytheirgaze.

Dogsmayhavelearnedtodetectthreatsignsfromhumansandrespondbytryingtomake

peace,ngconflictsmayhavehelpeddogsdevelop

betterbondswithhumans.

Therearchersalsonotethatdogsscanfacesasawholetonhowpeoplearefeeling,

ggestthisindicatesthatdogsaren'tnsing

emotionsfromasinglefeature,butpiecingtogetherinformationfromallfacialfeaturesjustas

humansdo.

dogsdowhentheyarefacedwithangryhumans?

B

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Theyavoidlookingatthem.

esadogdowhenitestheexpressionsofangrydogs?

C

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Itfocusityesontheirmouths.

sadognpeople'sfeelings?

B

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Bytakingintheirfacialexpressionsasawhole.

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Passage3

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slotsofsnowaround,andthegroundfreezes,

incoldplacesliveinwarmhousandhave

animalsdo?Therearethreemainwaysthatanimalssurvivethecoldin

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winter:sleep,adaptormigrate.

Someanimals,suchasbears,frogsandsnakes,eepverydeeplyand

leeping,theirbodytemperaturedrops,andtheirheartbeatslows

areforthisbeforewinter,theanimalatextrafoodtobecomefat,whichgives

themtheenergytheyneedwhiletheysleep.

mple,tenhardforthemtofind

animals,suchasmice,collectextrafoodbeforewinter,nter

comes,imalsgrowthickerfur,orlivein

treeholesorundergroundtostaywarm.

Somebirdsmigratebyflyingtoawarmerplaceforthewinter,wheretheycanfindmore

yverylongdistances,includingonekindofbirdthatfliesfromtheremotenorthof

theworld,rdsflyingroupsforsafety,whileothersfly

alone.

esthespeakersayaboutanimalsinwinter?

D

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Theyresorttodifferentmeanstosurvivethebittercold.

welearnaboutanimalsthatsleepthroughwinter?

C

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Theyconsumetheenergystoredbeforethelongsleep.

nimalslikemiceadapttotheverewinter?

A

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Bystoringenoughfoodbeforehand

omebirdsflyingroupswhenmigrating,accordingtothespeaker?

C

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Tostaysafe