2016年12月四级真题原文(第2套)

2021年1月25日发(作者：mony)
2016
年
12
月四级真题（第
2
套）

College English Test Band FourPart
Ⅱ
Listening Comprehension
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 Report One
New
York
State
plans
to
shut
off
the
thundering
waters
of
Niagara
Falls
—
t,theAmerican side of the
place twice in some folks' lives. The New York State parks system wants to turn off the falls on the
American side sometime in the next two to three years to replace two 115-year- old stone bridges
that allow pedestrians, park vehicles and utilities access to Goat American side of the
falls
were
shut
off
in
1969
to
study
the
buildup
of
rock
at
the
base
of
the
falls.
When
that
happened, people came from all over the world to see the falls turned are curious by
nature. They want to see what's fact, those who first came to have a look did see
something. They found millions of coins on the bottom.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. Why does New York State want to turn off Niagara Falls?
2. What did people find when Niagara Falls were shut off in 1969?

News Report Two
The Tunisian government said Monday that 45 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a
town
near
the
border
with

Interior
and
Defense
ministries
said
that
the
Tunisian
government
has
closed
its
two
border
crossings
with
Libya
because
of
the

Tunisian
military has sent reinforcements and helicopters to the area, and authorities have been hunting
several attackers who were still at large. The violence came amid increasing international concern
about
Islamic
State
extremists
in
Libya.
Officials
of
the
Tunisian
government
are
especially
worried
after
dozens
of
tourists
were
killed
in
the
attacks
in
Tunisia
last
e
Minister
FarhatHorchani
said
last
week
that
German
and
American
security
experts
were
expected
to
come
to
help
Tunisia
devise
a
new
electronic
video
supervision
system
on
its
border
with
a was targeted last year by three attacks that left 70 people dead and were claimed by
Islamic State.

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. What did the Tunisian government do after the gunmen's attack?
4. What were German and American security experts expected to do in Tunisia?

News Report Three
Three university students in Santiago, Chile, have developed a plant-powered device to charge
their mobile three engineering students got the idea for the device while sitting in
their school's courtyard. Their invention is a small biological circuit they call E-Kaia.

[05:02.76]It
captures
the
energy
which
plants
produce
during
photosynthesis
—
a
process
of
converting
sunlight
into
energy.A
plant
uses
only
a
small
part
of
the
energy
produced
by
that
process. The rest goes into the soil. E-Kaia collects that energy. The device plugs into the ground
and then into a mobile E-Kaia solved two problems for the engineering students. They
needed an idea for a class project. They also needed an outlet to plug in their of the
student
inventors,
CamilaRupcich,
says
the
device
changes
the
energy
released from
the
plant
into low-level power to charge E-Kaia is able to fully recharge a mobile phone in less
than two hours.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. What did the three university students invent?
6. When did they get the idea for the invention?
7. What does the speaker say about the invention?

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.

Conversation One
M: Good morning. What can I do for you?
W: Good morning. Could I talk to Jeffry Harding please?

M: Speaking.
W: Hello, Jeff. It's Helen.I got your message on the answering machine. What's the problem?
M: Oh, Helen. Well, it's the Grimsby plant again, I'm afraid. The robots on Line 3 have gone wrong.
And the line is at a standstill.
W: Can't you replace them with the stand-ins?
M: I'm afraid not. The stand-ins are already in use on Line 6. And the ones from Line 6 are being
serviced.
W: When did this happen, Jeff?
M:
Well,
they've
been
making
a
low
continuous
sound
for
a
day
or
two.
But
they
finally
went
dead at 2:30 this afternoon.
W: I see. What did you do? Have you tried the whole plant?
M: Not yet, Helen. I thought I'd better get your OK first.
W: OK. Get on the phone to Tom, and try to get their stand-ins over tonight. We have to be back
at full capacity tomorrow morning. Is it a major job to repair our robots?
M: About a week. That's what the maintenance engineer says.

W: Right. Well, if you can get the ones from Tom, please ask Tom to inform Sheffield that he may
need their stand-ins in case of emergency during the next week.
M: OK. Thank you very much, Helen.
W: You are most welcome.
M: Sorry to spoil your day off.
W: It doesn't matter.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. What did the man do before the telephone conversation?
9. What does the man say about line 3 in the Grimsby plant?
10. What is the man's purpose in calling the woman?
11. Where is the woman at the time of the conversation?

Conversation Two
W:
This
is
Kerry
Burke
from
New
York
Daily
News.
I'm
speaking
to
Delray
Simmonds,
an
unemployed Brooklyn man who missed a job interview Tuesdayfor the best of reasons: He was