2023年6月大学英语四级考试真题一听力原文

年月高校英语四级考试真题一听力原文20236[News Report1]OneofGoogles self-driving carscrashed intoabus inCalifornialast month.There wereno injuries.It isnotthefirst timeoneofGooglesfamed self-driving carshas beeninvolvedinacrash,butitmaybethefirst timeithas causedone.On February14th theself-driving car,travelling at2niph3km/h,pulled outin frontof apublic busgoing15mph24km/h.The manin iheGoogle vehiclereported ihalhe assumedthe buswould slowdown tolet the car out,and sohe didnotswitch tothemanualmode.In astatement,Google said:We clearlybear someresponsibility,because ifour carhadnt moved,there wouldnthavebeen acrash.Thatsaid,ourtestdriverbelievedthebuswasgoingtosloworstoptoallowustomergeintothetraffic,and that there wouldbe sufficientspace todothat.The companysself-driving carshave donewell overa millionmiles acrossvarious statesin theUS,and untilnowhave onlyreportedminoraccidents.QI:Accordingto Google,whatwasthecauseof theaccidentBThe testdrivermade awrongjudgement解析依据新闻第•句话，这篇新闻主要报道的是谷歌无人自动驾驶汽车与•辆公交车发生碰撞这一事故依据原文“ThemanintheGooglevehiclereportedthatheassumedthebuswouldslowdownto letthe carout,and sohe didnot switchto themanual modc.^^选项B是正确选项，是对原文的同义替换，题目较难Q2:HowhaveGoogles self-drivingcars performedso farDThey havegenerally donequitewell.解析依据原文“ThecompanysseirdrivingcarshavedonewelloveramillionmilesacrossvariousstatesintheUS,anduntilnowhaveonlyreportedminoraccidcnts.^^选项D是对原文的同义替换题目相对•较难[News Report2]Thousandsofbeesleftaownafterlandingonthebackofacarwhenheirqueengotstuckinitsboot.Tom Moseswho worksat anearby nationalpark,noticed a“brown patch“on theback of thecarafter theownerparked ittodosomeshopping.Whenhelooked closerherealizedit was a hugegroup ofbees.Mosessaid:I haveneverseenthat manybeesinonespot.It wasveryunusual.They wereveryclosetogetherandtherewasalotofnoiseandmovements,itwasinterestingtoseesuchastrangesight.ButtherewerealotofpeoplearoundandIwasabitworriedabouthebeesandthepeoplestoppingtolook.Ithoughthat someonemightdosomething stupid.Moses calledtwo localbees specialistswhohelped removedhe beesbyattracting theminto abox.Moses spentthree hourslooking afterthe beesand wasstung fivetimes,he saidmy stingsare abitpainful butI ampleased thatall workedout andI couldhelp,people needto realizethat beesare valuableand they shouldbe lookedafter.Q

3.Whatdowelearn aboutTomMosesAHeworks atanational park.Q

4.Whatdoweknowaboutthebees onthebackofthe carBThey weremaking alotofnoise.[News report3]Anewspecies ofsnakehas beendiscovered onaremoteisland in theBahamas.Scientists identified20of theone meter-long snakesduring twotrips tothe Caribbeanislands.Thesecond tripwasmade inOctoberlastyear.One ofthe creaturesmade adramatic appearanceby movingon tothe headoftheteam leaderas heslept.The snakehas beennamed silverboa becauseit ismetallic coloredand the first specimenfound wasclimbingasilverpalm tree.The teamwas ledby Dr.Graham Reynolds,from HarvardUniversity,the scientistconfirmed thesnakewas apreviously unknownspeciesafter conductinga geneticanalysisoftissuesamples.Commenting on the find,snake expertRobert Hendersonfrom theMuseum ofNatural History,said:Worldwide newspecies offrogs arebeing discoveredand describedquite regularity.New speciesofsnakes,however,are muchrarer.Q

5.Whatis thenewsreportmainlyaboutA Thediscoveryofanew speciesofsnake.Q

6.Whatdowelearn aboutthescientificteamleaderC Asnakecrawled ontohishead inhissleep.Q

7.Howdidthenewly discoveredcreatureget itsnameD Fromitscolour.[Conversation1]W:Did youenjoy yourstay withus,Mr.BrownM:Yes,verymuch.Ihadawonderfultimehere.NowImgoingtotheairport.Myflightleavesinlessthan2hours.So,could youtell me,whats thequickestway toget thereW:Well,wccan calla taxiforyou.Wcalso haveafree airportshuttleservice.M:That soundsgreat,butwill theshuttlegetmeto theairportin timeW:Yes,itshould.Thenextshuttleleavesin15minutes.Anditakessome25minutestogettotheairport.M:Fantastic!Ill justwait inthelobby.Will youplease letmeknowwhen itsleavingW:Of course,sir.M:NowI wouldliketo settlemymini-barbill.Howmuch isthatW:Lets see.It comesto$

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50.Howwould youliketo payforitM:Ill paywith mycreditcard.Thanks.But Illneed areceipt,so Icancharge ittomy company.W:Absolutely!Here youare,sir.If youlike,Ican leaveyourbags withtheporter.And hecanload themontotheshuttlefor youwhen itarrives.M:That wouldbegreat.Thank you.W:Would youliketoleave acomment onourwebpagewhen youhave timeM:Sure.Ihad areallygood stayhere,and Idliketorecommend yourhotel tomyfriends andcolleagues.W:Thats verykind ofyou.Thank youagain fbrstaying atSheraton Hotel.Q

8.Why doestheman askaboutthequickest wayto theairportAThe securitychecktakes time.Q

9.Howisthe mangoingto payhisbillBBy creditcard.Q

10.Whatdidtheman askthewoman todoA Givehimareceipt.Qll.Whatfavordoes thewomanask ofthemanDPosting acommentonthehotefs webpage.[Conversation2]M:You know,Bens givenup makingthose terrible faces heused to make.The otherday,he camehomefromschoolalmostintears.Histeachersaidifhewentonlikethat,hisfacewouldgetstuckwhenthewindschanged.W:And hebelievedherM:Yeah,hesonlyalittleboy.DontyourememberallthosethingsweusedtobelievewhenwewerelittleI remembermy auntMary usedto sayif youswallow acherrystone,a treewould growout ofyour mouth.AndIm stillterrifiedtoday,sort ofsubconsciously.Youknow,if Iswallowonebymistake...W:Yeah,Isupposeyoureright.Theonethatusedtogetmewasthatswanscouldbreakyourlegwhentheyblowofthe wing.M:They can,cant theyIalways thoughttheycould.W:No,theyarenotthatstrong.Buttheresanotheroneevenmoreterrifying.Thatis,ifyouputapoststamponupsidedown,you willgo oprison.M:No,neverheardofthat.Butmygrandmotherwasaterrorforthatkindofthing.Forexample,shewouldsay,you willgetaspotonyourtongueifyoutellalie.If youeatstalebread,yourhairwillcurl.Andheresonemore.WewentonacampaigntriponceinItaly,andmywifespentthewholetimeworryingaboutbatsgetting intoher hair.She saidher grandmotherreckoned youhad to shave yourhead toget itout.My wifewasreally terrified.W:Silly,isnt itBut thatshow someparents tryto keeptheir kidsfrom doingthe wrongthing orgettinginto trouble.QI2:Whatdoes themansay aboutBenCHe hasstopped makingterriblefaces.Q13:WhatdidauntMarry usedtodo whentheman wasachildDWarn himofdanger bymakingupastory.Q14:Whatdoes thewomanbelieveswans coulddoAThey couldbreak peopleslegs.Q15:Whatdidthegrandmother ofthemans wifesayBOnewould havetoshavetheirhead toremove abatin theirhair.[Passage1]IfIcouldgobackinhistoryandlivewhenIliked,Iwouldntgobackveryfar.Infact.Idliketoreliveaperiod Ivealready lived-the1960s.I wasin mytwenties,and everythingwas beingrenewed.People wouldcome inout ofa formalandalmostVictorianattitude,andyou reallyfeltanythingwaspossible.Meeting peoplewasthething,and youwenttocoffeebarswhereyoumetfriendsandspenttheevening.Thecinema,thetheater,allthatwaseveryexciting withnew thingscoming out.In fact,we seemedto beout,all thetime!I dontreally rememberworking-ofcourse,Iwasastudent-orsittingaroundahomeverymuch.Thatjustwasntwherethescenewas,even eating!It wasthefirsttime,ordinary peoplestarted goingout toeat.We werebeginning tobeadventurous aboutfood,but wewere moreinterested inmeeting peoplethan ineating ordrinking.Anddress,yes,thatwastherevolution.Imean,girlswentaroundinreallyshortskirts,andworeflowers intheirhair.Andmenwereinjeans,andcouldweartheirhairlongtoo.Itwasawonderfulperiod.Itwaslikelivinginanageyoucouldneverhaveimagined,andthatneverhascomeback.Wedidnthavemuchmoney,butitdidnt matter.And therewas plentyof opportunitytodowhatever youfell likedoing.QI

6.Whydoes thespeakersayhewouldliketorelive the1960sC Everythingseemed tobechanging.QI

7.Whatdoesthe speakersaywasthemost popularthingtodoat thattimeAMeeting people.QI

8.Whatdowelearn aboutthespeakerD Hewasayoung studentinthe1960s.[Passage2]Dogs,mans bestfriends,havea clearstrategy fordealingwith angryowners—theylook away.New researchshows that dogs limittheir eyecontact with angry humans.The scientistssuggest thismaybe anattempt tocalm humans down.This behaviormay haveevolved asdogs graduallylearned theycouldbenefitfrom avoidingconflicts withhumans.lbconductthetests,theUniversityofHelsinkiresearcherstrained31dogstorestinfrontofavideoscreen.Facial photosof dogsand humanswere displayedonthe screenfor

1.5seconds.They showedthreatening,pleasant andneutralexpressions.Nearby camerastracked thedogseye movements.Dogs inthe studylooked mostattheeyes ofhumans andother dogso sensetheir emotions.Whendogs lookedat expressionsof angrydogs,their eyesrested moreonthemouth,perhaps tointerpret thethreateningexpressions.And whenlooking atangry humans,they tendedtoturn awaytheir gaze.Dogs mayhave learnedto detectthreat signsfrom humansand respondby tryingtomakepeace,accordingtoresearcherSanniSomppi.Avoidingconflictsmayhavehelpeddogsdevelopbetterbondswithhumans.The researchersalso notethat dogsscan facesasawhole tosense howpeople arefeeling,instead offocusingon agiven feature.They suggestthis indicatesthatdogsarent sensingemotions froma singlefeature,butpiecing togetherinformationfrom allfacial featuresjust ashumansdo.QI

9.Whatdodogs dowhenthey arefacedwithangryhumansB Theyavoid lookingatthem.Q

20.Whatdoes adogdowhenitsees theexpressionsof angrydogsC1focuses itseyes ontheirmouths.Q

21.Howdoes adogsensepeoplesfeelingsB Bytakingin theirfacial expressionsasawhole.[Passage3]Winter inmany placesis verycold.There islots ofsnow around,andtheground freezes,which canmakelifedifficultforanimals.Peopleincoldplacesliveinwarmhousesandhavelearnedtoadapt.Whatdoanimals doThere arethree mainways thatanimals survivethecold inwinter:sleep,adapt ormigrate.Someanimals,suchasbears,frogsandsnakes,sleepallwinter.Theysleepveiydeeplyandneed littleorno food.While sleeping,their bodytemperature drops,and theirheart beatslows down.To prepareforthisbeforewinter,theseanimalseatextrafoodtobecomefat,whichgivesthemtheenergytheyneedwhiletheysleep.Otheranimalsadapt.Forexample,bystayingactiveinwinter.Itisoftenhardforthemtofindfood.Sosomeanimals,suchasmice,collectextrafoodbeforewinter,andhideit.Whenwinterconies,theyreturntotheir hidingplaces toeat thefood.Some animalsgrow thickerfur,or livein reeholes orunderground toslaywarm.Somebirds migrateby flyingto awarmer placefor hewinter,where theycanfind morefood.Someflyverylongdistances,includingonekindofbirdthat fliesfromtheremotenorth oftheworld,all thewaytothedistantsouth.Somebirds flyin groupsfor safety,whileothers flyalone.Q

22.Whatdoes thespeakersayaboutanimals inwinterDThey resorttodifferent meansto survivethebittercold.Q

23.Whatdowelearn aboutanimalsthatsleep throughwinterC Theyconsumetheenergy storedbefore thelongsleep.Q

24.Howdo animalslikemice adapttothe severewinterA Bystoringenough foodbeforehandQ

25.Why dosomebirdstty ingroupswhen migrating,according tothespeakerC Tostay safe。