2018年12月英语四级听力真题

2018年12月英语四级听力真题2018年12月大学英语四级考试英语四级听力真题（全）：News1Adevicethatweighslessthanonekilogramispartofamissionthatwillallowscientiststodeliverfourthgenerationor4Gmobilecoveragetothemoonin2019。Ifsuccessful，thetinydevicewillprovidethemoonwithitsfirstevermobilephonenetwork。Thelunarnetworkwillsupporthighdefinitionstreamingofvideoanddatabetweenthemoonandearth。Thenetworkispartofamissiontothemoon。Thisisaprojectwiththegoaloflandingthefirstprivatelypaidformissiontothemoon。The4GmissionissettolaunchfromCapeCanaveralintheUnitedStatesonaspaceXFalcon9rocketin2019。Missiontothemoonintendstoestablishandtestthefirstelementsofacommunicationsnetworkonthemoon。Thescientistsworkingontheprojectoptedtobuilda4Gratherthanafifthgenerationor5Gnetwork。Thisisbecausefifthgenerationnetworksarestillintestingandtrialphases。Thismeansthata5Gnetworkmaynotyetbestableenoughtoworkonthemoon‘ssurfaceQuestion1：Whatarescientistsplanningtodo？Question2：Whydidscientistschoosetosetupa4Gnetworkintheirmission？News2It‘srespondedtoafireWednesdaynightatanabandonedmallinHeywood。Thefirewasreportedat9：26pmatanoldshoppingcenteronMichiganAvenuenearSt。Mary’sChurch。Sixfireengines，twotrucksandtwochiefsrespondedtothescene。Crewshadthefireundercontrolinabout45minutesandmanagedtocontainthefiretoitspointoforigin。Thereweresomepeopleinsidethebuildingwhenthefirebrokeoutbuttherewerenoreportsofanyinjuries。Fireinvestigatorshaverespondedtothescenebuthavenotyetdeterminedthecauseofthefire。Firefighterswillremainonthesceneuntillaterthismorningtoensurethatthefiredoesn‘tstartupagain。Theshoppingmallhadnotbeeninusesince2002。In2014CityHalldevelopedaplantoknockdownthebuildingandreplaceitwithaffordablehousing。Howevertheplanwasdroppedduetolackoffunds。Question3：Whatdoesthenewsitemsayaboutthefire？Question4：WhathadCityHallplannedtodo？News3PotatochipsinJapanarebeingsoldfor6Xtheirnormalprice。Thisisafterthecountry‘smainmanufacturerstoppedsalesduetoapotatoshortage。Stormsandfloodsanditsmainpotatogrowingregionlastyearcausedtheworstharvestandmorethan3decades。LocalmediareportssuggestCalbeeanditsmainrivalKoike-yaarehaltingalmost50products。“Wedon‘tknowwhenwe’llbeabletorestart”，acompanyspokesmansaid。Snackloversarepanicbuyingandmanysupermarketshelvesarebare。JapaneselawslimittheamountofimportedpotatoesthatcanbeusedinJapanesemadeproducts。Japansaysfearofdiseaseisitsmainreasontoblockfreshimports。ItstillonlyallowspotatoesfromselectedUSstates。ThisisonlyatcertaintimesandonconditionthattheyareprocessedatfactoriesbasednearJapaneseports。Butglobalwarminghasraisedthepossibilitythatdomesticproducecouldbeseriouslyaffectedbyrareweathereventsmoreoften。Question5：WhatproblemisJapanfacing？Question6：WhydoesJapanlimittheimportofpotatoes？Question7：WhatmightaffectJapanesedomesticproduce？Conversation1M：Mr。Brown‘slecturesaresoboring。W：Yes，heisnotaveryexcitingspeaker。Butthesubjectisinteresting。M：Duringeveryoneofhislectures，ItrytolistenIreallytry。Butafterabout10minutesmymindbeginstowanderandIloseconcentration。ButIseethatyouseemtobeOK。Howdoyoustayfocusedthroughtheentirehour？W：Well，whatIdoiskeepmypenmoving。M：Whatdoyoumean？W：It‘samethodofactiveconcentrationIreadabout。Oneofthemosteffectivewaystoconcentrateistowritethingsdown。Butithastobedonebyhand，nottypingonakeyboard。Youseewritingbyhandforcesyoutoactuallyengagewithwhatyou’relearninginamorephysicalway。M：Doyoureviewyournotesafterwardsthen？W：Sometimesbutthat‘snotimportant。MynotesmayormaynotbeusefulbutthepointisthatbywritingdownwhatMr。BrandsaysIcanfollowhislineofthinkingmoreeasily。Infact，sometimesIdrawalittletoo。M：Youdrawinclassandthathelpsmepayattention？W：Yes，honestlyitworksforme。Ijustdrawlittlelinesandnonsensereally。ItwasalsointhatarticleIread。Itcankeepthemindactive，preventgettingboredandhelptoconcentrate。Againthepointistolistenhardwhilekeepingthepenmoving。IfI‘mathomeandIneedtostudywhatIdoisreadoutloud。Ithasasimilareffecttowritingbyhand。Ithelpsmemorizeinformationinaphysicalway。Question8。WhatdoesthemanthinkofMr。Brown‘slectures？Question9。WhatdoesthewomandoduringMr。Brown‘slectures？Question10。Whydoesthewomandrawinclass？Question11。Whatdoesthewomansayaboutreadingoutloud？Conversation2M：Andwhereisthis？F：ThesephotosarefromtheTajMahalinIndia。Wewentthereabouttenyearsagoforourhoneymoon。M：Wasitromantic。F：Yeah。TheTajMahalwasaveryromanticplace。TheguidetoldusthereisafamouslovestorybehindthisbuildingthatallIndianslearninschool。Ithinkitwasduringthe1600andtheprincessatthattimediedwhilegivingbirthtoher14thchild。TheEmperorlovedtheprincesssomuchandwassosadwhenshediedthatheorderedthepalacetobebuiltinherhonor。M：Wow！Thatsoundsveryromantic。Itlooksamazing。F：Yesit‘sgorgeous。It’salsolargerinreallifethanitlooksinthephotos。Thebuildingisverytallandtherearegardensinawallarounditall。It‘sallbuiltinthiswhitestoneandsomewallsofthebuildingaredecoratedwithjewels。M：Itmusthavebeenverycrowdedwhenyouwerethere。F：Yesit‘saveryfamoustouristdestination。Sotherearethousandsofvisitorseveryday。M：WastherestofIndiacrowded？F：Yes，verycrowdedinmanycities。Itwassometimessocrowdedthatitwasdifficulttowalkalongthestreetsespeciallythroughbusymarkets。Andthere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