英语四级真题听力

2018年12月大学英语四级考试英语四级听力真题（全）：

News1

Adevicethatweighslessthanonekilogramispartofa

missionthatwillallowscientiststodeliverfourthgenerationor4G

mobilecoveragetothemoonin2019。Ifsuccessful，thetiny

devicewillprovidethemoonwithitsfirstevermobilephone

network。Thelunarnetworkwillsupporthighdefinitionstreaming

ofvideoanddatabetweenthemoonandearth。Thenetworkispart

ofamissiontothemoon。Thisisaprojectwiththegoaloflanding

thefirstprivatelypaidformissiontothemoon。The4Gmissionis

ttolaunchfromCapeCanaveralintheUnitedStatesonaspaceX

Falcon9rocketin2019。Missiontothemoonintendstoestablish

andtestthefirstelementsofacommunicationsnetworkonthe

moon。Thescientistsworkingontheprojectoptedtobuilda4G

ratherthanafifthgenerationor5Gnetwork。Thisisbecaufifth

generationnetworksarestillintestingandtrialphas。This

meansthata5Gnetworkmaynotyetbestableenoughtoworkon

themoon,ssurface

Question1：Whatarescientistsplanningtodo？

Question2：Whydidscientistschoototupa4Gnetwork

intheirmission？

News2

It,srespondedtoafireWednesdaynightatanabandonedmall

inHeywood。Thefirewasreportedat9：26pmatanoldshopping

centeronMichiganAvenuenearSt。Mary?sChurch。Sixfire

engines，twotrucksandtwochiefsrespondedtothescene。Crews

hadthefireundercontrolinabout45minutesandmanagedto

containthefiretoitspointoforigin。Thereweresomepeople

insidethebuildingwhenthefirebrokeoutbuttherewereno

reportsofanyinjuries。Fireinvestigatorshaverespondedtothe

scenebuthavenotyetdeterminedthecauofthefire。

Firefighterswillremainonthesceneuntillaterthismorningto

ensurethatthefiredoesn,tstartupagain。Theshoppingmallhad

notbeeninusince2002。In2014CityHalldevelopedaplanto

knockdownthebuildingandreplaceitwithaffordablehousing。

Howevertheplanwasdroppedduetolackoffunds。

Question3：Whatdoesthenewsitemsayaboutthefire？

Question4：WhathadCityHallplannedtodo？

News3

PotatochipsinJapanarebeingsoldfor6Xtheirnormalprice。

Thisisafterthecountry,smainmanufacturerstoppedsalesduetoa

potatoshortage。Stormsandfloodsanditsmainpotatogrowing

regionlastyearcaudtheworstharvestandmorethan3decades。

LocalmediareportssuggestCalbeeanditsmainrivalKoike-yaare

haltingalmost50products。

“Wedon,tknowwhenwe?llbeabletorestart”，acompany

spokesmansaid。Snackloversarepanicbuyingandmany

supermarketshelvesarebare。Japanelawslimittheamountof

importedpotatoesthatcanbeudinJapanemadeproducts。

Japansaysfearofdiaisitsmainreasontoblockfreshimports。

ItstillonlyallowspotatoesfromlectedUSstates。Thisisonly

atcertaintimesandonconditionthattheyareprocesdatfactories

badnearJapaneports。

Butglobalwarminghasraidthepossibilitythatdomestic

producecouldberiouslyaffectedbyrareweathereventsmore

often。

Question5：WhatproblemisJapanfacing？

Question6：WhydoesJapanlimittheimportofpotatoes？

Question7：WhatmightaffectJapanedomesticproduce？

Conversation1

M：Mr。Brown,slecturesaresoboring。

W：Yes，heisnotaveryexcitingspeaker。Butthesubject

isinteresting。

M：Duringeveryoneofhislectures，ItrytolistenIreally

try。Butafterabout10minutesmymindbeginstowanderandI

loconcentration。ButIethatyouemtobeOK。Howdo

youstayfocudthroughtheentirehour？

W：Well，whatIdoiskeepmypenmoving。

M：Whatdoyoumean？

W：It,samethodofactiveconcentrationIreadabout。One

ofthemosteffectivewaystoconcentrateistowritethingsdown。

Butithastobedonebyhand，nottypingonakeyboard。Youe

writingbyhandforcesyoutoactuallyengagewithwhatyou?re

learninginamorephysicalway。

M：Doyoureviewyournotesafterwardsthen？

W：Sometimesbutthat,snotimportant。Mynotesmayor

maynotbeufulbutthepointisthatbywritingdownwhatMr。

BrandsaysIcanfollowhislineofthinkingmoreeasily。Infact，

sometimesIdrawalittletoo。

M：Youdrawinclassandthathelpsmepayattention？

W：Yes，honestlyitworksforme。Ijustdrawlittlelines

andnonnreally。ItwasalsointhatarticleIread。Itcankeep

themindactive，preventgettingboredandhelptoconcentrate。

Againthepointistolistenhardwhilekeepingthepenmoving。If

I,mathomeandIneedtostudywhatIdoisreadoutloud。Ithasa

similareffecttowritingbyhand。Ithelpsmemorizeinformationin

aphysicalway。

Question8。WhatdoesthemanthinkofMr。Brown,s

lectures？

Question9。WhatdoesthewomandoduringMr。Brown,s

lectures？

Question10。Whydoesthewomandrawinclass？

Question11。Whatdoesthewomansayaboutreadingout

loud？

Conversation2

M：Andwhereisthis？

F：ThephotosarefromtheTajMahalinIndia。Wewent

thereabouttenyearsagoforourhoneymoon。

M：Wasitromantic。

F：Yeah。TheTajMahalwasaveryromanticplace。The

guidetoldusthereisafamouslovestorybehindthisbuildingthat

allIndianslearninschool。Ithinkitwasduringthe1600andthe

princessatthattimediedwhilegivingbirthtoher14thchild。The

Emperorlovedtheprincesssomuchandwassosadwhenshedied

thatheorderedthepalacetobebuiltinherhonor。

M：Wow！Thatsoundsveryromantic。Itlooksamazing。

F：Yesit,sgorgeous。It?salsolargerinreallifethanitlooks

inthephotos。Thebuildingisverytallandtherearegardensina

wallarounditall。It,sallbuiltinthiswhitestoneandsomewalls

ofthebuildingaredecoratedwithjewels。

M：Itmusthavebeenverycrowdedwhenyouwerethere。

F：Yesit,saveryfamoustouristdestination。Sothereare

thousandsofvisitorveryday。

M：WastherestofIndiacrowded？

F：Yes，verycrowdedinmanycities。Itwassometimesso

crowdedthatitwasdifficulttowalkalongthestreetspecially

throughbusymarkets。Andtherearesomanycars。Trafficwas

terriblebutthepeoplewerefriendly。Thecultureisamazingand

wehadagreattime。

M：Whataboutthefood？

F：theIndianfoodisgreat。Therearelotsofdifferentdishes

totryandeveryregionhasitsownspecialfood。

Question12。ForwhatpurpodidthewomangotoIndia？

Question13。WhywastheTajMahalbuilt？

Question14。WhatdoesthewomansayabouttheTaj

Mahal？

Question15whatisthewoman,simpressionofIndiancities？

Passage1

APewRearchCentersurveyofmorethan1000Americans

conductedinApril2016findsthatAmericanscontinuetoexpress

largelypositiveviewsaboutthecurrentstateoftheirlocalpublic

libraries。Forinstancearoundthreequarterssaythatpublic

librariesprovidethemwiththeresourcestheyneedand66percent

saytheclosingoftheirlocalpubliclibrarywouldhaveamajor

impactontheircommunity。Althoughnotablyjust33percentsay

thiswouldhaveamajorimpactonthempersonallyorontheir

family。AmajorityofAmericansfeellibrariesaredoingagood

jobofprovidingasafeplaceforpeopletohangoutorspendtimeas

wellasopeningupeducationalopportunitiesforpeopleofallages

androughlyhalfthinktheirlibrariescontributealottotheir

communitiesintermsofhelpingsparkcreativityamongyoung

peopleandprovidingatrustedplaceforpeopletolearnaboutnew

technologies。AsinpastPewRearchCentersurveysoflibrary

utheApril2016surveyalsomeasuredAmericansusageofand

engagementwithlibraries。Overall，53percentofAmericans

ages16andolderhavehadsomeinteractionwiththepuppetlibrary

inthepastyeareitherthroughaninpersonvisitorusingalibrary

Websitesome48percentofadultsspecificallyvisitedalibraryin

thepast12months。Amodestincreafromthe44percentwho

saidthatinlate2015。

Question16：WhatdomostAmericanssayaboutlocalpublic

libraries？

Question17：howcanlocalpubliclibrariesbenefityoung

people？

Question18：whatdoesthe2016surveyshowaboutadult

libraryurs？

Passage2

ASavannahcatisacrossbreedbetweenadomesticcatanda

medium-sizedwildAfricancatcalledtheServal。Theunusual

crossbecamepopularamongbreedersattheendofthe1990s。And

in2001，theInternationalCatAssociationaccepteditasanew