2018年6月英语四级听力真题
Part II Listening Comprehension
第二部分：听力理解
Section A:
A部分
英语五大基本句型
Directions: In this ction, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choo the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
考试说明：在这一部分，你将听到三篇新闻报道。每篇新闻的结尾，会有两到三个问题。新闻和问题都 只读一遍。听到问题后从A 洗澡杨绛、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。然后在答案纸君王天下1上相应的字母中间划上横线。
元旦海报素材
News report 1
新闻报道1
Kelly Swishern, an Arkansas woman, escaped injury and managed to safely stop her car after a four-foot long rat snake came out from under her car at and slithered across her feet as she was driving down the highway.
一个叫Kelly Swishern的阿肯色州女子，当她驾车驶下高速公路的时候，有一条四英尺长的鼠蛇从她的车座下钻了出来，幸运的是她没有受到任何伤害并设法安全地停下了车。
Rat snakes aren't poisonous or a threat to people generally.
鼠蛇是无毒的，通常不会对人造成威胁。
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But the woman says the snake she encountered Thursday terrified her out of her wits.
但是这位女士说上周四遇到的蛇让她魂飞胆破。
"It was rough with big scales," said Swisher, who was on her way to pick up her friend at the airport when it happened.
Swisher说："这条蛇很粗，还有很大的鳞片"，当她在驶往机场接朋友的路上发生了这样的事情。
"I don't know whether I had my hands on the steering wheel or not.
"我都记不得我的手是否在方向盘上了。
I am not the most flexible person in the world, but I can guarantee my knees were up next to my ears".
我不是个身体很灵活的人，但我能确保把自己的膝盖抬到耳朵"。
She said the snake first slipped back under the at and she hoped it would stay there until she was able to get out of the high way and stop.
她说那条蛇先回到了座位底下，她希望它会一直在那里，直到她能驶离高速公路，让车停下来。
"That didn't work out," she said.
鸡蛋炒面她说："并没有效果。"
"Here he comes, and he wound up in my back at before I could finally get off the road, stop and get out of the car".
"它过来了，在我最终驶离公路并下车前，它在我的后座上停了下来。"
She called for help and Washington County animal control officers came and captured the snake.
她求助了呼救，华盛顿郡动物控制人员来捉住了那条蛇。
Questions 1 to 2 are bad on the news report you have just heard.
根据你刚听到的新闻报道，回答问题1和问题2。
Question 1: How did Kelly Swisher feel when she first came across the rat snake?
问题1：当Kelly Swisher刚发现那条鼠蛇的时候，她有什么反应？
Question 2: What does the report say about the snake?
问题2：报道中是如何描述鼠蛇的？
News Report 2
新闻报道2
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Fast food, it turns out, isn't quite as fast as it ud to be.
搜狗皮肤制作事实证明，快餐并不像以前那么快了。
A new study finds that McDonald's posted its slowest drive-through times since this survey was first conducted 15 years ago.
一项新的研究表明，自从15年前首次开展这项调查以来，麦当劳发布了最慢的取餐时间。
At McDonald's, customers will spend on average 3 minutes and 9 conds from the time they place their orders until they receive their food.
在麦当劳，从消费者订餐到他们领取食物的平均时间为3分9秒。
That's about 10 conds more than the industry average and a lot slower than a decade ago, according to the study, which was commissioned by QSR, an industry trade publication.
研究显示，比行业平均值慢了10秒，甚至比十年前更慢了，该研究是由一家叫QSR的行业贸易出版社开 展的。
And McDonald's wasn't alone in slowing down.
并不只有麦当劳一家变慢了。
Other chains also saw their drive-through performance slow down.
其它连锁店也意识到它们的快捷服务速度降低了。
Among the reasons for the slower rvice: Today there are more choices on the menu, and the products themlves are more complex and take longer to prepare.
