英语专四 新闻听力 news 4-1-1

 新闻

Questions 21 to 22 are based on the following news^

Japan’s super-fast maglev¹ train has broken the world’s train speed record previously² set by itself. (21) The magnetically levitated³ train reached five hundred and eighty-one kilometers per hour or three hundred and sixty-one miles per hour on a test track west of Tokyo. Racing⁴ to a new record. The MLx-01 clocks in the world’s fastest ever train speed at three hundred and sixty-one miles per hour. No one was on board the maglev train as it hurtled across the eleven-mile test just outside Tokyo. It was remote controlled by the these engineers. Just two days ago，this team broke their old record by sending the maglev to three hundred and forty-eight miles per hour. Now, after reaching three hundred and sixty-one miles or five hundred and eighty-one kilometers per hour, they’re celebrating another world record for the super-fast train.

The president has signed the first ever legislation outlawing⁵ certain kinds of SPAM messages that plague computer users with unwanted junk e-mail. The new law has a long name. Officially it’s called， the Controlling the Assault of the Nonsolicited Pornography and Marketing⁶ Act of 2003 ? (22) The White House says SAPM is not just annoying，but it also hurts productivity, jams up computers, and thus，is costly⁷ to the economy. The law makes it a crime, punishable by large, multi-million dollars fines for violators and possibly jail time，forbidding mass e-mails with misleading subject lines or with the sender’s identity disguised.

 

题目

News 1

In this section you will hear several news items ? Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Questions 21 to 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions,

Now, listen to the news.

21. What is the new world’s train speed record?

A. 361 miles per hour.

B. 581 miles per hour.

C. 348 miles per hour.

D. 518 miles per hour.

22. Which is NOT the bad influence from SPAM messages?

A. Inefficiency⁸ of productivity.

B. Jams of computers.

C. Lost of economy.

D. Cyber fraud.

 

答案解析

News 1

21. A数字判断题。答对这道题的关键是要注意数宇后面的单位，新闻中出现 kilometer及mile两种单位，列车的速度达581千米每小时或361英里每小时，故 选A。

22. D细节判断题。新闻中曾提到：“白宫称垃圾电子邮件不禁令人厌恶，还造成生产 率下降和网络的堵塞，由此导致巨额经济损失。”这是为什么白宫制定该法案的原 因。根据这些信息，我们可以判断选项中D项并没有提到，因此，它就是我们要选 择的正确答案（注意题干中的NOT)。

1 maglev   

n.磁力悬浮列车；adj.磁力悬浮列车的

参考例句：

• The engine for maglev trains is rather in noticeable.磁悬浮列车的车头是相当值得注意的。
• The high speed maglev railway is a new-style traffic system. 高速磁悬浮铁路是一种新型的交通方式。

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

3 levitated   

v.（使）升空，（使）漂浮( levitate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The magician levitated the woman. 魔术师把那名妇女浮在空中。 来自互联网
• Lastly, the maglev planar motor was levitated stably. 最后，实现了磁悬浮平面电机悬浮系统的稳定悬浮。 来自互联网

4 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

5 outlawing   

宣布…为不合法（outlaw的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Regulations are outlawing certain refrigerants, such as chlorofluorocarbons, which contain ozone-depleting chemicals. 随后出台的政策禁用了部分制冷剂，如破坏臭氧层的氟氯碳化合物。
• An amendment outlawing sale of intoxicating liquors(1920)was repealed in 1933. 规定售卖酒类为非法的一个宪法修正案（一九二○年）在一九三三年被废止。

6 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

7 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

8 inefficiency   

n.无效率，无能；无效率事例

参考例句：

• Conflict between management and workers makes for inefficiency in the workplace. 资方与工人之间的冲突使得工厂生产效率很低。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This type of inefficiency arises because workers and management are ill-equipped. 出现此种低效率是因为工人与管理层都能力不足。 来自《简明英汉词典》