College English Test - Band 4
Part 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 City police captured a cow on the loose in Prospect Park on Tuesday 周二，纽约市警方在展望公园捕获了一头出逃的奶牛，
after the animal became an attraction for tourists while walking along the streets and enjoying the park facilities. 这头牛在沿街散步和享受公园设施的过程中吸引了大量游客。
The confused creature and camera-holding humans stared at each other through a fence for several minutes. 这只困惑的动物和拿着相机的人们隔着栅栏对视了几分钟。
At other times the cow wandered around the 526-acre Park, and the artificial grass field normally used for human sporting events. 其余时间，这头牛漫步在占地526英亩的公园里，和人们常进行体育赛事的人工草地上。
Officers used soccer goals to fence the animal in, 警察们用足球球门把牛圈了起来，however, the cow then moved through one of the nets, knocking down a police officer in the process. 然而，这头牛冲破了其中一张网，撞倒了一名警察。
Police eventually trapped the cow between two vehicles parked on either side of baseball field’s bench area, 警察最终将这头牛困在了停在棒球场运动员休息区两边的两辆车之间，and officer then shot an arrow to put it to sleep. 并给它注射了麻醉药，让它睡着。
Then officers waited for the drug to take effect. After it fell asleep, they loaded the cow into a horse trailer. 然后，警察们等待麻醉药生效。牛睡着后，他们把它装进了一辆拖车。
It was not clear where the cow came from or how it got lost. 目前还不清楚这头牛来自哪
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Police turned it over to the animal control department after they caught it. 警察抓住它后，把它交给了动物管理部门。
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
丁俊晖妻子1.What happened in New York’s Prospect Park on Tuesday? 周二，纽约展望公园发生了什么？
2.What do we learn about the cow from the end of the news report? 我们从新闻报道的结尾了解到关于奶牛的什么信息？
News Report Two
Starting April 28 of this year, the National Museum of Natural History will begin renovating its fossil hall. 从今年4月28日起，国家自然历史博物馆将对其化石展厅进行整修。The fossil hall, which displays some of the world’s oldest and largest fossil specimens, receives more than 2 million visitors each year. 化石展厅陈列着世界上最古老和最大的化石标本，每年接待200多万游客。
It’s one of the museum’s most famous attractions. 它是这个博物馆最著名的景点之一。As a result, the museum plans to expand the hall as well as add to its ancient bird collection. 因此，博物馆计划扩建它，并增加古代鸟类化石展品。
Bird lovers, both young and old, have already responded with excitement at the news. 鸟类爱好者，无论老少，听到这个消息后都很兴奋。
The museum’s social media account has been flooded with messages of support. 博物馆的社交媒体账户收到了大量的表示支持的信息。
In the meantime, the current collection will be closed. 同时，当前的收藏展览将被关闭。However, visitors will be compensated during the closure. 然而，在闭展期间，游客们将得到补偿。
Museum’s special exhibition area will now be free of charge. 博物馆的特别展览区现将免费开放。
This week, the resident exhibition is the display of ancient wall paintings on loan from
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Australia. 本周的驻地展品是从澳大利亚借来的古代壁画。
They celebrate the cultural heritage of the country and will be available to view until Sunday. 这些壁画颂扬澳大利亚的文化遗产，画展将开放到周日。
Next week, the exhibition will be taken over by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. 下周将展出年度野生动物摄影大赛的照片。
The winner of this year’s competition will be awarded a preview of the new fossil hall, as well as a cash prize. 今年摄影大赛的获胜者将获得新化石展厅的预览资格，以及现金奖励。
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3.What does the news report say about the fossil hall of the National Museum of Natural History? 关于国家自然历史博物馆的化石展厅，新闻报道说了些什么？
4.What is on display this week in the museum resident exhibition hall? 博物馆本周的驻地展品是什么？
News Report Three
Six birds have just been trained to pick up rubbish at a French historical theme park. 法国的一个历史主题公园训练了六只鸟来捡垃圾。
According to the park’s manager, Mr de Villiers, the goal is not just to clear up the park. 据公园管理者德韦里尔斯先生说，这样做的目标不仅仅是清理公园。
He says visitors are all really good at keeping things clean. 他说，游客们在保持公园洁净方面做得很好。
Instead, he wants to show that “nature itself can teach us to take care of the environment”. 相反，他想以此证明“大自然本身可以教会我们保护环境”。
He says that rooks, the chosen birds, are considered to be “particularly intelligent”. 他说，秃鼻乌鸦，他们选中的鸟，被认为是“特别聪明的”。
鬼鲛In the right circumstances, they even “like to communicate with humans and establish a relationship through play.”在适当的情况下，它们甚至“喜欢与人类交流，并通过玩耍建立关系”。
The birds will be encouraged to clean the park through the use of a small box 他们通过使用一个小盒子，鼓励这些鸟清理公园，
that delivers a small amount of bird food each time the rook deposits a cigarette end or small piece of rubbish. 每当鸟儿捡回一个烟头或一小块垃圾时，他们就会在小盒子中投喂少量的鸟食。
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So far, visitors to the theme park have been excited to see the birds in action. 到目前为止，主题公园的游客们都因为看到这些鸟儿活动而很兴奋。
However, some parents are concerned that it encourages their children to drop litter so they can watch the birds to pick it up. 然而，一些家长担心此举会鼓励他们的孩子为了看到鸟儿捡垃圾而扔垃圾。
De Villiers is not concerned about this criticism, he maintains most of the feedback he has received has been overwhelmingly positive. 德韦里尔斯不为此忧虑，他坚持他收到的大多数反馈都是非常积极的。
He hopes now to train more birds. 他希望能训练更多的鸟。
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5.What have six birds been trained to do at a French historical theme park? 在法国的一个历史主题公园里，六只鸟被训练来做什么？
6.Why were rooks chosen by the park manager? 公园管理者为什么要挑选秃鼻乌鸦？
7.What is the concern of some parents? 有些家长担心什么？
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
W: The name of the TV show we wish to produce is Science Nation. 女：我们希望制作的电视节目叫《科学国度》。
M: Please tell us more. What would Science Nation be about? 男：请告诉我们更多信息。《科学国度》是关于什么的？
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W: It’ll be about science, all sorts of science. 女：是关于科学的，各种各样的科学。Each episode will focus on a different area of science, 每一集都将聚焦于不同的科学领域，and tell us what we kno
w, how we know it, and what we still don’t know. 会告诉我们我们知道什么，怎么知道的，还有我们依然不知道什么。
The show will have one host only, and this will be Professor Susan Paul from Harvard University. She’s a great public speaker. 这个节目只有一个主持人，即来自哈佛大学的苏珊·保罗教授。她是一位优秀的演说家。
M: So, just be clear, will the show’s format be like that of a documentary? 男：所以，说得明白一点，这个节目的形式会和纪录片的一样吗？
W: Kind of. It will be like a documentary in the sense that it’ll be non-fiction and fact-based. 女：有几分像。它是以非虚构和事实为基础的，从这个意义上说，它将像一部纪实纪录片。
However, our idea is for it to be also fun and entertaining, something which traditional documentaries aren’t so much. 然而，我们的想法是使它兼具传统纪录片较缺乏的趣味性、娱乐性。
Please keep in mind, this will be a new TV show, like nothing ever done before. 请记住，这将是一个新的电视节目，前所未有。
M: Okay, so it will be both educational and entertaining, and your audience will be anyone interested
in science, right? 男：好的，所以它既有教育意义又有娱乐性。你们的观众会是任何对科学感兴趣的人，对吗？
W: That’s correct, yes. 女：没错，是的。
M: Right, thank you. So, I think we’re more or less clear what the show will be like. 男：好的，谢谢。那么，我想我们或多或少都清楚这个节目将是怎样的了。
Could you please tell us now, what exactly you want from us? 你现在能告诉我们你想从我们这里得到什么吗？