题型有:1. What’s the concern for U.S. government according to the news?2. What do we learn about Islamic State from the news report?
1.
A.The IS is taking back the largest oil factory in Iraq.
B.The IS is attracting recruits in North Africa.
C.The IS is controlling most areas in North Africa.
D.The IS is earning money from the oil in Iraq.
正确答案:B
解析:新闻开篇就提到,伊斯兰国组织(Islamic State group)在北非招募人员和夺取资源(attracting recruit sand acquiring resources),这使得美国政府非常担忧,B项复现attracting re
cruits,为答案。A“IS夺回伊拉克最大的油厂”和D“IS在用伊拉克的石油来赚钱”都是新闻提到的事实,但不是美国的担忧所在,属于答非所问。C“IS占据北非大部分地区”没有在新闻中提到。 知识模块:听力
2.
A.It has lost 14 percent of the area once it controlled in Iraq.
B.It controls about 80 percent of the oil fields in Syria.
C.It earns much more money from the oil fields than the past.
D.Its production from the oil fields in Iraq is slow.
正确答案:B
解析:新闻中提到,IS组织控制了叙利亚80%的油田(In Syria,Islamic State controls about 80 percent of the on fields.),B复现新闻原文。A数字错误,不是14而是40。C“从石油所获利益比以前多”。新闻中是说不如以前(the group is not earning as much money from oil as
it once did)。D错在Iraq,新闻说的是IS组织控制的叙利亚油田产量下降,而不是伊拉克的油田。 知识模块:听力
听力原文: [3]Facebook is launching a new mobile app called Notify with subscription content from media partners like The Washington Post and Vogue. The Notify app lets users subscribe to content from media partners on their smart phones. Facebook will be able to add news alerts in its daily notifications to a global audience. Facebook’s “renewed push into mobile news reflects a big, global shift in media consumption patterns,” said the Financial Times. Facebook’s profit and revenue growth reflected this shift in media. The world’s largest social media platform said its third-quarter revenue grew to $4.5 billion on the strength of its mobile advertising. Facebook, with 500 million users, has doubled its daily page views to 8 billion since April. The company also owns Instagram, a mobile photo and video-sharing app with 400 million users. [4]Anajysts were optimistic about Instagram’s future growth. 3. What do we learn about Notify from the news report?4. What is Analysts’ attitude towards Instagram’s future?
3.
A.It’s a mobile app launched by Vogue.
B.It lets users read news on smart phones.
C.It provides contents from Facebook.
D.It is a very popular app in the Facebook.
正确答案:B
解析:新闻中提到Notify是Facebook最近开发的一个应用程序,供用户在智能手机上订阅来自媒体的新闻消息(lets users subscribe to content from media partners on their smart phones)。B“它让用户能够在智能手机上阅读新闻”与新闻内容一致。A“它是《时尚》杂志发行的”,新闻中说该软件是由Facebook发行的。C“它提供的新闻是来自Facebook”,而新闻中是说该软件新闻来自The Washington Post和Vogue等媒体。D“它是很受欢迎的软件”,而新闻中是说该软件即将发行,并没有提到广泛使用并受欢迎。 知识模块:听力
4.
A.Indifferent.
B.Neutral.
C.Negative.
D.Positive.
正确答案:D
解析:本题四个选项均为表态度的词,预猜本题为观点态度题。新闻末尾提到,分析家对Instagrarn未来的增长非常乐观(optimistic),故D正确。 知识模块:听力
听力原文: [5]There was a surprising finish to this year’s Miss Universe contest. At first, it looked as if Colombia’s contestant had won. [5]But it turned out the show’s host announced the wrong winner. Steve Harvey read the name of the second-place finisher, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, as the new Miss Universe. She and Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of Philippines, who thought she had finished second, hugged. Arevalo accepted the crown an
d waved to the crowd, thinking she was the winner. Harvey then realized he made a mistake. “I have to apologize,” he said, while standing next to Arevalo. Then he awarded the crown to the real winner. [6]The crown went to Wurtzbach. Wurtzbach looked shocked. Arevalo looked confused. The audience screamed. It was an awkward moment for everyone. [7]Harvey said he misread the card he had been given. The episode led to a long night of confusion, hurt feelings and apologies. “Nobody feels worse than me,” Harvey told reporters after the show. Harvey wrote about the mistake on Twitter, saying, “I’d like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia and Miss Philippines for my huge mistake. I feel terrible.” 5. What is the news report mainly about?6. Who actually won the Miss Universe?7. What led to the mistake?
5.
A.The host of Miss Universe contest felt worse of the result.
B.The host of Miss Universe contest announced the wrong winner.
C.The contestant from Philippines won Miss Universe.
D.Contestants of Miss Universe were unsatisfied with the result.
正确答案:B
解析:新闻开篇通常会对整篇新闻的内容进行一个概述,是主旨题的关键所在。本篇新闻开头提到环球小大赛的最后非常surprising,之后具体指出surprising是说主持一开始时宣布错了冠军得主(announced the wrong winner)。之后详述了这个失误的过程及后果,故B“环球小大赛主持人宣布错冠军得主”为答案。A错在the result,主持人感到沮丧(feel worse)的是他的失误,而非比赛的结果。C“来自菲律宾的选手赢得了环球小”的确是事实,但新闻关注点并不是谁获得冠军。D“比赛的选手对结果不满”未在新闻中提到。 知识模块:听力
6.
A.Colombia’s contestant.
B.Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo.
C.Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.
D.Steve Harvey.
正确答案:C
解析:新闻中说到一开始颁错了奖,错把冠军颁给了哥伦比亚选手Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo,后来才纠正过来,真正的冠军是菲律宾选手Ha Alonzo Wurtzbach。故C正确。A“哥伦比亚选手”就是Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo,是亚军。 知识模块:听力
7.
A.There was a mistake on the card’四级听力s writing.
B.Steve Harvey misread the card.
C.The judges miscount the scores.
D.Steve Harvey was fooled.
正确答案:B
解析:题目问是什么导致这次颁奖失误。新闻中明确说是由于主持人读错了颁奖卡片(Harvey said he misread the card he had been given),故B正确。颁奖卡没有写错,只是主持人念错,A错误。错误出在主持人,不在评委,他也不是被愚弄,故排除C“评委算错分数”和D“Harvey被恶作剧”。 知识模块:听力
Section B
听力原文:M: [8]I am so relieved I just finished the story I was working on for our creative writing course.W: I haven’t quite finished mine yet. [9]I had trouble getting past the beginning.M: How come?W: Well, I was really happy to be writing a detective story. [9]But after the first few pages, I sort of froze up mentally. I just couldn’t write any more. M: The same thing happened to me. I thought it meant I lack imagination. W: Well, Prof. Wilson said it’s pretty common for writers to get stuck like that. M: You went to talk to her about it? W: Actually, I went to ask for more time to finish the assignment But instead she gave me some advice about how to keep from getting stalled writing like that. [10]She said that the first thing I should do is just write anything that come into my head even if it doesn’t make a
ny sense, sort of warm up exercise. M: That’s interesting. When I get stuck, I shift to something else, you know, do some work for one of my other courses. W: Well, her methods seem to have worked for me. I’ve written most of the story, and I should be able to hand it in on time. But first I need go to the jewelry store. M: You are going shopping? Can’t you wait until you finish your story? W: [11]I am going there for my story. My detective solves a jewelry store robbery. So I want to take a look at how the jewelry cases are arranged, where the security cameras are located, that sort of thing. 8. What are the speakers talking about?9. What was the woman’s problem?10. What did the professor tell the woman to do?11. Why is the woman going out?
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