
2.How is the bear first known to the public?
答案:C
详解:新闻中提到,这头熊首次出名是因为它在居民区附近闲逛被人发现并且拍了视频上传到社交网站上,又在
国家电视台播出。因此答案为 C。
News Report Two
It’s not your imagination. Traffic in the US is actually getting worse. (3)Americans drove more miles last year than any
other year on record. The US Department of Transportation says Americans drove nearly 3,150 billion miles last year.
That’s about the same distance as 337 round trips from Earth to Pluto. The previous record was 3,003 billion miles in 2007,
before the economic recession and high gas prices. The traffic increase comes at the same time as gas prices drop
significantly. The current average gas price in the US is $1.71 per gallon. A year ago it was $2.31 per gallon and was often
much higher in recent years. (4)A transportation expert told the reporter that job growth likely plays a part as well, along
with some people driving longer distances to and from work. And so all this means more traffic jams on the road. The Texas
A&M Travel Institute found that rush-hour travelers spent an extra 42 hours on the road last year because of travel delays.
Now, that is depressing.
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 distance travelled、road accidents、gas、consumption 和traffic 等词
可知,本篇新闻与交通有关,可能涉及行车里程、交通状况和耗油量等方面。
3.What new record did the American drivers set last year?
答案:A
详解:新闻开头部分提到,美国人去年的行车里程比以往有记录的任何一年都要多。因此答案为 A。
4.What is depressing according to the speaker?
答案:D
详解:新闻中提到,一位交通专家告诉记者说,工作数量的增长加上人们通勤距离的加长意味着路上会有更多的
拥堵,德克萨斯州的 A&M 交通协会发现,去年高峰时期由于交通延误,人们在路上要多花 42 个小时的时间,而
这令人很沮丧,因此答案为 D。
News Report Three
(5)A 16-year-old asked a stranger at a grocery store to buy him and his mother some food in exchange for carrying
man’s groceries to his car. What happened next will pull at your heartstrings. (6)A wonderful bond formed between the two,
and within a couple of weeks, the stranger, named White, helped raise $190,000 on a website to support the Memphis
teenager and his disabled mother. “When Chauncy approached me, it just pulled at my heart,” White said. “Here comes
Chauncy, just trying to get food for him and his mom off the grace of other people. When I looked at him and saw what he
was doing and what he was asking for, I said he was my hero.” (7) “Chauncy is a top student who is doing his best to make
it in a world with no money and very few resources,” White explained on the crowd funding site. He wants to work and help
his mother financially. “It’s so rare that we get an opportunity to affect so much change on one life,” White wrote. “I cannot
thank you enough for caring about Chauncy. This is his big chance, and you’re making it possible.”
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,主语均为 He,由此可知,本篇新闻与某位男士有关。结合第 5题选项语意以及反
复出现的 stranger 可知,此题考查某男士所做的与一个陌生人有关的行为动作;第 6题选项中反复出现了 him,而
且通过语义可知 him 与主语 He 为不同的两个人,故此题考查其中一位男士为另一位男士做了什么;第 7题各选项
均是对某男士的描述,故此题考查有关此男士的细节信息。
5.What did teenager Chauncy do at the grocery store to get some food?
答案:B
详解:新闻开头提到,一个 16 岁的孩子在一家杂货店里请求一个陌生人给他和他的妈妈买一些食物,而作为交换,
他会把这个陌生人的东西从杂货店搬运到他的车里。因此答案为 B。
6.What did the stranger do for Chauncy?
答案:C
详解:新闻中提到,两个人之间产生了奇妙的联系,而且在几个星期的时间里,这个名为 White 的陌生人在一个
网站上筹集了 19 万美元钱款用来帮助这个孟菲斯市的少年和他的残疾母亲。因此答案为 C。