英语专四 新闻听力 news 4-8-2

 新闻

Question 22 is based on the following news.

Eighty-three million miles out in space, a comet had a visitor from planet Earth earlier today. The comet is named Tempel 1 and the visitor was called Deep Impact,

(22) which also describes its mission to slam into the speeding comet and learn just what it’s made of. Well, it worked. It was a brilliant success. The picture perfects collision of Deep Impact’s unmanned probe，the explosion of images and data. Even Mission Controllers could barely believe they’d pulled off such a brash technological¹ feat².

 

 

题目

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Question 22 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you | will be given 5 seconds to answer the questions ?

Now, listen to the news.

22. What’s the main task for “Deep Impact” this time?

A. To visit other planets.

B. To destroy the comet.

C. To collect scientific data.

D. To test the possibility of unmanned spaceship.

 

 

答案解析

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22. C细节分析题。由于本段新闻涉及的是有关科学技术的话题，所以听起来并不是 太轻松。但是题目本身不难，新闻中有两处提到了“深度撞击”的使命，如：“……弄 明白该彗星是由什么组成的”，“撞击情况、成像和数据都十分理想”，综合这些信 息，正确答案应该是C项。

1 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

2 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。