
1. Who did Addison raise the money for?
答案:D
详解:新闻开头提到,新墨西哥州一个 9岁的女孩已经为需要做心脏手术的弟弟筹集了 500 多美元。从新闻接下
来的讲述中可知,这个女孩名叫 Addison,因此答案为 D。
2. How did Addison raise the money?
答案:B
详解:新闻中,Addison 的奶奶讲述了 Addison 筹钱的经过:她或许是听到了家人讨论弟弟手术需要钱的事情,于
是决定外出摆摊卖柠檬水,并且画一些画卖掉。由此可知,女孩 Addison 是通过卖柠檬水和画为弟弟筹钱的,因此
答案为 B。
News Report Two
(3)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. (4-1)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. (4-2)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.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
未听先知:预览两道题各选项,由选项中出现的 new solar panel 和clean energy 等词可推测,新闻内容与新能源有
关。第 3题各选项均是分词结构,结合语义可知,本题旨在考查某事的意图;第 4题主语均是 They,结合语义可知,
本题旨在考查 They 的特征,听音时要注意确定 They 的所指。
3. What was France’s purpose of constructing the Ward Way?
答案:B
详解:新闻开头提到,上周法国宣布将在接下来的五年里用太阳能电池板铺设 621 英里长的公路,目的是为五百
万人提供廉价的可再生能源。从接下来的内容可知,这条路叫作“the Wattway”,因此答案为 B。
4. What is special about the solar panels used in the Ward Way?
答案:C
详解:新闻中提到即将修建的 the Wattway 的一些特征:太阳能电池板厚度只有四分之一英尺,但足以满足繁忙的
交通使用,也不会使路面变滑;电池板可以直接装在原有的公路上面,这样不但节约了成本而且容易安装。新闻末
尾又提到,这是第一次把电池板装在原有公路上,也是第一个把电池板装在公用道路上的项目。对比选项可知,C
为答案。
News Report Three
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. (5)Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys difficult. (6)
But scientists released a report Monday documenting with hard evidence the discovery of "lost lions." A team with 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. (7)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 "possible range" 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.
未听先知:预览三道题各选项,由选项中反复出现的 lions 可以初步推测,新闻内容与狮子有关;再结合 clues、research、
observe 和find evidence 等词以及 Sudan、Ethiopia 两个国家名可进一步推测,新闻内容涉及在苏丹和埃塞俄比亚对