fray2017年度12月英语四级听力原文

2021年1月8日发(作者：喻宜萱)
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2017年12月
PartⅡ Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, 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 choose 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.
News 1：
A 9-year-old girl in New Mexico has raised more than $$500 for her little brother
who needs heart surgery in Houston Texas this July. Addison Witulski's
grandmother Kim Allred said Addison probably overheard a conversation
between family members talking about the funds needed to get her little
brother to treatment.

worried about how we’re going to get to Houston, for my grandson’s heart
surgery,” said Allred. She decided to go outside and have a lemonade stand
and make some drawings and pictures and sell them.”
That’s when Addison and her friends Erika and Emily Borden decided to sell
lemonade for 50 cents a cup and sell pictures for 25 cents each.
Before Allred knew it, New Mexico State Police Officers were among the many
stopping by helping them reach a total of $$568.
The family turned to social media expressing their gratitude saying, “From the
bottom of our hearts, we would like to deeply thank each & every person that
stopped by!
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Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Q1: Who did Addison raise money for?
A）Her friend Erika.
B）Her little brother.
C）Her grandfather.
D）Her grandmother.
Q2: How did Addison raise money?
A）By taking pictures for passers- by.
B）By working part time at a hospital.
C）By selling lemonade and pictures.
D）By asking for help on social media.
News 2：
Last week, France announced that the country will pave 621 miles of road with
solar panels over the next five years, with the goal of providing cheap,
renewable energy to five million people.
Called “the Wattway,” the roads will be built through joint efforts with the
French road-building company Colas and the National Institute of Solar Energy.
The company spent the last five years developing solar panels that are only
about a quarter of an inch thick and are strong enough to stand up to heavy
highway traffic without breaking or making the roads more slippery. The panels
are also designed so that they can be installed directly on top of existing
roadways, making them relatively cheap and easy to install.
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France isn’t the first country to kick around the idea of paving its roads with
solar panels. In November 2015, the Netherlands completed a 229-foot-long
bike path paved with solar panels as a test for future projects. However, this is
the first time a panel has been designed to be laid directly on top of existing
roads and the first project to install the panels on public highways.

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
Q3: What was France's purpose of constructing the Wattway?
A）Finding cheaper ways of highway construction.
B）Generating electric power for passing vehicles.
C）Providing clean energy to five million people.
D）Testing the efficiency of the new solar panel.
Q4: What is special about the solar panels used in the Wattway?
A）They can stand the wear and tear of natural elements.
B）They can be laid right on top of existing highways.
C）They can only about half an inch thick.
D）They are made from cheap materials.
News 3：
Lions have disappeared from much of Africa, but for the past few years
scientists have wondered if the big cats were hanging on in remote parts of
Sudan and Ethiopia. Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys
difficult.
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But scientists released a report Monday documenting, with hard evidence, the
discovery of
A team with Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, supported
by a charity organization, spent two nights in November camping in the
National Park in northwest Ethiopia, on the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The
researchers set out six camera traps capturing images of lions, and they
identified lion tracks.
The scientists concluded that lions are also likely to live in the neighbouring
National Park across the border in Sudan. The International Union for
Conservation of Nature had previously considered the area a
for the species, and local people had reported seeing lions in the area, but no
one presented convincing evidence.

Questions 5 and 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
Q5: What has made it difficult to survey lions in remote parts in Sudan and
Ethiopia?
A）Endless fighting in the region.
B）The hazards from the desert.
C）Inadequate funding for research.
D）The lack of clues about the species.
Q6: What was the main purpose of the research?
A）To observe the wildlife in the two national parks.
B）To identify the reasons for the lions’ disappearance.
C）To study the habitat of lions in Sudan and Ethiopia.
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D）To find evidence of the existence of the “lost lions”.
Q7: What did the researchers find in the National Park?
A) Lions walking. C) Some camping facilities.
B) Lion’s tracks. D) Traps set by local hunters.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of
each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the
questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose
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.
Passage 1
M: I bet you're looking forward to the end of this month. Are you?
W: Yes, I am. How did you know?
M: David told me you had a special birthday coming up.
W: Oh…yeah that's right. This year will be my golden birthday.
M: What does that mean? I've never heard of a golden birthday.
W: I've actually just learnt this concept myself. Fortunately, just in time to
celebrate. A golden or lucky birthday is when one turns the age of their birth
date. So, for example, my sister's birthday is December 9th and her golden
birthday would have been the year she turned nine years old. Come to think of
it, my parents did throw her a surprise party that year.
M: Interesting. Too bad I missed mine. My golden birthday would've been four
years ago. I assume you got big plans then.
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W: Actually yes. My husband is planning a surprise holiday for the two of us
next week. I have no idea what he's got in mind, but I'm excited to find out.
Has he mentioned anything to you?
M: He might have.
W: Anything you'd like to share? I'm dying to know what kind of trip he has
planned on where we're going.
M: You know nothing at all?
W: Not a clue. Hard to imagine, isn’t it? Though I must say I think he's been
having even more fun keeping the secret from me in the past few weeks.
M: I'm sure both of you will have a fantastic time. Happy golden birthday! I
can't wait to hear all about it when you get back.

Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Q8. What is the woman looking forward to?
A) Her ‘lucky birthday’ C) Her wedding anniversary.
B) A call from her dad. D) A special gift from the man.
Q9. What did the woman's parents do on her sister's lucky birthday?
A) Gave her a big model plane. C) Took her on a trip overseas.
B) Bought her a gold necklace. D) Threw her a surprise party.
Q10. What is the woman eager to find out about?
A) The gift her husband has bought.
B) The trip her husband has planned.
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C) What has been troubling her husband.
D) What her husband and the man are up to.
Q11. What does the man say at the end of the conversation?
A) He will be glad to be a guide for the couple’s holiday trip.
B) He will tell the woman the secret if her husband agrees.
C) He is eager to learn how the couple’s holiday turns out.
D) He wants to find out about the couple’s holiday plan.
Passage 2
W: Mr. Green, what do you think makes a successful negotiator?
M: Well, that’s hard to define. But I think successful negotiators have several
things in common. They are always polite and rational people. They are firm
but flexible. They can recognize power and know how to use it. They are
sensitive to the dynamics of the negotiation. The way of rises and falls and how
it may change direction. They project the image of confidence, and perhaps
most importantly, they know when to stop.
W: And, what about an unsuccessful negotiator?
M: Well, this is probably all of us when we start out. We are probably immature
and over- trusting. Too emotional or aggressive. We are unsure of ourselves
and we want to be liked by everyone. Good negotiators learn fast. Poor
negotiators remain like that and go on losing negotiations.
W: In your opinion, can the skills of negotiation be taught?
M: Well, you can teach someone how to prepare for a negotiation. There are
perhaps six stages in every negotiation. Get to know the other side. State your
goals. Start the process. Clarify areas of disagreement or conflict. Reassess
your position. Making acceptable compromises. And finally, reach some