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2017年12月大学英语四级真题及答案解析(全三套)

四级听力第一套：

News Report 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. \and me talking about how we're worried about how we're going to get to Houston, for my grandson's heart surgery,\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, \every person that stopped by!\

1: Who did Addison raise the money for? 2: How did Addison raise the money?

1.D) Her little brother.

2.B) By selling lemonade and pictures.

News Report 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 Ward Way, 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 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 the existing roadways, making them relatively cheap and easy to install. France is 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 existing roads and the first project to install the panels on public highways.

3: What was France’s purpose of constructing the Ward Way? 4: What is special about the solar panels used in the Ward Way?

3.B) Providing clean energy to five million people. 4.C) They can be laid right on top of existing highways.

News Report 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. But scientists released a report Monday documenting with hard evidence the discovery of \Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, supported by a charity organization, spent two nights in November camping in a national park in northwest Ethiopia on the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The researchers set out six camera traps, capturing images of lions, and the identified lion tracks. The scientists concluded that lions are also likely to live in a neighboring national park across the border in Sudan. The International Union for Conservation of Nature had previously considered the area a \but no one presented convincing evidence.

5: What has made it difficult to survey lions in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia? 6: What was the main purpose of the research? 7: What did the researchers find in the national park?

5.C)Endless fighing in the region.

6.D)To find evidence of the lions'disappearance. 7.A)Lions'tracks.

Conversation One

M: I beg you’re looking forward to the end of this month. Aren’t you? W: Yes, I am. How did you know?

M: David told me you had a special birthday coming up. W: Oh, yes. That’s right. This year would be my golden birthday. M: What does that mean? I’ve never heard of a golden birthday.

W: I’ve actually just learned of 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 turns 9 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 assumedly got a big plan then.

W: Actually yes. My husband is planning a surprise holiday for the two of us next week. I have no idea what he’s gotten 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 where we’re going.

M: Yeah, nothing at all.

W: Not a clue. Hard to imagine, isn’t it! Though I must say, I think it has been even more fun keeping the secret for me the past few weeks.