Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)

　　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 onAnswer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

　　Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

　　1. A) Her friend Erika. C) Her grandfather.

　　B) Her little brother. D) Her grandmother.

　　2. A) By taking pictures for passers-by. C) By selling lemonade and pictures.

　　B) By working part time at a hospital. D) By asking for help on social media.

　　1.答案: B) Her little brother.

　　Q: Who did Edison raise money for?

　　解析: 新闻首句原则,了解大致内容是Edison卖柠檬水和画画为生病需要做心脏手术(surgery)的弟弟筹资。第一道题给考生来了个下马威,难度系数比较高, 需要考生自己分类信息再听取问题作答,这种题型称为模棱两可型题目,考察学生听力和反应能力。A) Her friend Erika. 根据顺序原则,A选项在新闻最后才出现且与问题不符，先不作考虑。C/D选项是Edison祖母猜测Edison偷听到祖父的对话,从而得知弟弟生病,与问题无关,故排除。

　　2.答案: C) By selling lemonade and pictures.

　　Q: How did Edison raise money?

　　原文:She decided to go outside and have a lemonade stand, make some jewelries and pictures and sell them.

　　这道题难度中等,根据选项形式都是by, 可得知问题一定是问how,因此,可预先考虑应该紧抓文章中的 “方式”,再根据视听一致原则即可得出答案。

　　原文：

　　A 9-year-old girl in New Mexico has raised more than $500 for her little brother who needs heart surgery in Houston Texas this July.Addison Witulski's grandmother Kim Allred said Addison probably overheard a converSATion between family members talking about the funds needed to get her little brother to treatment.

　　" I guess she overheard her grandfather and me talking about how we’re worried about how we’re going to get to Houston, for my grandson’s heart surgery,” said Allred. She decided to go outside and have a lemonade stand and make some drawings and pictures and sell them.”

　　That’s when Addison and her friends Erika and Emily Borden decided to sell lemonade for 50 cents a cup and sell pictures for 25 cents each.

　　Before Allred knew it, New Mexico State Police Officers were among the many, stopping by helping them reach a total of $568. The family turned to social media expressing their gratitude saying, “From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to deeply thank each and every person that stopped by!”

　　Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

　　3. A) Finding cheaper ways of highway construction.

　　B) Generating electric power for passing vehicles.

　　C) Providing clean energy to five million people.

　　D) Testing the efficiency of the new solar panel.

　　4. A) They can stand the wear and tear of natural elements.

　　B) They can be laid right on top of existing highways.

　　C) They are only about half an inch thick.

　　D) They are made from cheap materials.

　　3.答案: C) Providing clean energy to five million people.

　　Q：What is the Francis’ purpose of constructing solar panels?

　　原文: Last week, France announced the country would pay 621miles of road with solar panels over the next five years with the goal of providing cheap, renewable energy to five million people. (法国将在五年内马路上建造太阳能板,旨在为人们供应可生能源。)

　　解析: 这道题难度中等, 遵照试听一致原则,同时注意答案前后一致。

　　4.B) They can be laid right on top of existing highways.

　　Q: What is especial about the solar panels used in the walkway?

　　解析: 这道题有模棱两可选项出现,即B/C。但是,C呈现的听力内容只是介绍太阳能板的厚度;而B则是问题所问的特殊作用,因此,综合问题,得出答案即B。其中,highway相对应同义替换的词汇有: walkway, bypass等。

　　原文：

　　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 Wattway,” 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 an inch thick and are strong enough to stand up to heavy highway traffic without breaking or making the roads more slippery. The panels are also designed so that they can be installed directly on top of existing roadways, making them relatively cheap and easy to install.

　　France isn’t 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. However, this is the first time a panel has been designed to be laid directly on top of existing roads and the first project to install the panels on public highways.

　　Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

　　5. A) Endless fighting in the region. C) Inadequate funding for research.

　　B) The hazards from the desert. D) The lack of clues about the species.

　　6. A) To observe the wildlife in the two national parks.

　　B) To identify the reasons for the lions’ disappearance.

　　C) To study the habitat of lions in Sudan and Ethiopia.

　　D) To find evidence of the existence of the “lost lions”.

　　7. A) Lions walking. C) Some camping facilities.

　　B) Lions’ tracks. D) Traps set by local hunters.

　　5.答案:A) Endless fighting in the region. (视听一致)

　　Q：What has made it difficult to survey lions in remote parts of Susan and Ethiopia?

　　原文：Continuous fighting in the region has made survey difficult.

　　解析: 这篇新闻研究者们证实非洲的狮子正在大范围消失,并成立小组研究狮子的栖息地。这道题难度中等,通过视听一致即可。

　　6. 答案：D. To find evidence of the existence of the “lost lions”.

　　Q: What was the main purpose of the research?

　　解析：细节题。目的题，按照顺序中段听到了the discovery of the lost lions内容，以及catch images… / identify lions’tracks，确定答案。

　　7.答案：B. Lions’tracks.

　　Q: What did the researchers find in the national park?

　　解析：细节题。视听一致原则，依据identify lions’tracks, 确定答案.

　　原文：

　　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. Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys difficult. 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 the National Park in northwest Ethiopia, on the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The researchers set out six camera traps capturing images of lions, and they identified lion tracks.

　　The scientists concluded that lions are also likely to live in the neighbouring 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.