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1、2023年3月英语四级听力真题及原文(第一套)Section ANews Report 1音频原文:1 African leaders plan to turn the continent into a continent withoutborders.They will introduce a single passport policy,allowing freemovement between countries.The idea from the African Union has beenmodeled on the EU-Schengen Free Movement Deal.Eu
2、rope hasabolished many internal borders.This enables visa free movement acrossthe continent.Currently,13 African countries have visa free deals inplace with each other.These allow citizens to visit another countrywithout a visa.Some countries offer visas on arrival.In contrast,Americans are able to
3、travel to 20 of the continents countries without avisa or secure a visa on arrival.The African Union,which represents 54states,wants to abolish the requirement of a visa for Africans visitingother African countries.2 It also wants to establish a free trade deal across the continent in thenear future
4、,as trade within the African continent cost more than anyother region.题目+答案Question one,what is the news report mainly about?l .A)A proposed policy allowing Africans tot rave I in Africa without a visa.Question two,what benefit will a free trade deal bring to Africaneconomy?2.C)It will reduce the co
5、st of trade betweenAfrican countries.News Report 2音频原文:3 Researchers at the Iceland found a new way of tackling climatechange by pumping carbon dioxide underground and turning it intostone.Other carbon capture and storage methods store carbon dioxideas a gas.But problems include a high cost and conc
6、ern about leaks.Thisnew method of burying carbon dioxide and turning it into stone ischeaper and more secure,the Guardian reports.To turn carbon dioxideinto stone,researchers with the carb fixed project pumped the gas intovolcanic rock and sped up the natural process in which the volcanic rockreacts
7、 with gas and forms carbon minerals.The gas turned into solid in just two years,much faster than thehundreds or thousands of years researchers had predicted.The researchtook place at Icelands Hellisheidi power plant.Already,the project in Iceland has been increased in scale to bury 10,000tons of car
8、bon dioxide each year.4 One potential difficulty is that foreach ton of carbon dioxide buried,the technique requires 25 tons ofwater.However,the lead researcher said sea water could be used.题目+答案Q3.What new method has been developed to help fight climatechange?3.D)Pumping carbon dioxide underground
9、toform stone.Q4.What is a potential difficulty in applying the new technique?4.C)High consumptionof waterNews Report 3音频原文:5 Association has said the National Association of French Millerssays bread consumption is on the decline,with french people eatingnine grams less than in the previous year.The
10、association isconcerned about the effects this trend will have on their trade andsuggests three reasons why it is happening.Association citedchanging diets,in particular,the switch to those low in calories as afactor in the reduction of bread consumption.This could explainwhy the difference in consu
11、mption between genders is so big.Nowadays,men eat an approximate average of 140 grams of breaddaily,6 whereas women eat 80 to 90 grams.The second reasonthey say is lifestyle changes in the country 7 with peoplededicating less time to breakfast when bread would traditionally beeaten with butter and j
12、am.Finally,the rising cost of bread isconsidered to be a factor with the price of a French stick loaf,increasing by nearly 25%in the last 10 years.题目+答案Q5.What does the news report say about French peoples breadconsumption?5.B)It has been on the declineQ6.What do we learn about french women from the
13、 report?6.D)They favor diets lowerin caloriesQ7.What is said about lifestyle changes of the French people?7.B)They spend less time eating breakfast.Section BConversation 1音频原文:W:Next,please.M:8 Yes.I d like to book two train tickets to London tomorrowmorning,please.W:OK,what time would you like to g
14、o?M:Well,after the rush hour I think.We d like to avoid the crowds ifpossible.So probably sometime around 10 o clock.W:No problem.Just give me a minute.There,s one here at 9:47,thenone at 10:12,and then a third at 10:26M:The one at 10:12 sounds good.W:All right.Would you like to sit in first or seco
15、nd class?M:Second class is fine.Thanks.9 Is there any chance we could have a window seat for one of those?W:No problem.And I ve booked those seats next to each other for you.The total price is 36,50.Is there anything else?M:Yes,actually.We II be taking our bicycles with us.What is thearrangement for
16、 that?And will it cost extra?W:It s no extra cost.The price will be the same.10 All you need to do is wait at the fa re nd of the platform.When thetrain arrives,tell the train guard where you re going and hewill help you secure the bicycles in the last carriage and give you a ticket.Then you can wal
17、k down through the train to your carriage and take yourseats.11 When you arrive in London,hand the ticket to the guard and he willreturn the bicycles to you.M:Thank you for the information.That s very helpful.题目+答案Question 8.When would the man like to leave for London?8.A)A代er the rush hour.Question
18、9.What is the man,s other request?9.C)One window seat.Question 10.Where should the man wait for the train?10.B)At the far end of the platform.Question11.What should the man do to collect the bicycles?ll.D)Give the ticket to the train guard.Conversation 2音频原文:M:Good morning.Our guest today is Karen B
19、rooke.Karen isthe managingdirector of Cube Movie Theater,located on Underhill Road.Thank youfor coming,Karen.W:Thank you for having me.M:So tell us about your cinema,Cube Movie Theater.W:Sure.CubanMovie Theater has been around now for 11 years.It*s located in whatused to be a hat factory.M:Oh,really
20、?W:12 Yeah,there used to be many hat factories in Britain until aroundthe 1950s,but fashion changed and most people stopped wearing hats.So practically,all of those factories had to close down.This one,inparticular,was closed for 47 years before we transformed it into a movietheater.M:I see,I hear t
21、here s something else that makes your theaterspecial.What is it that sets you apart from other theaters?W:13 We are the only movie theater in the whole country that onlyshows foreign movies.M:Is there enough demand for that?14 I would have thought that in London,most people don t speakforeign langua
22、ges.W:15 Sure,there s enough demand.The fact that we have been openand in business for all these years proves it.London is a very large andinternational city.There are lots of people interested in watching suchmovies.Furthermore,I might add all movies come with English text atthe bottom of the scree
23、n.So even if you don t understand what theactors say,you can still read it.M:Of course.What movie are you showing right now?W:This week were showing a musical from Pakistan.ltJ s very popular.题目+答案Question 12.What do we learn about hat factories in Britain?12.C)Nearly all of them closed down decades
24、ago.Question 13.What is special about Cube Movie Theater?13.A)It shows foreign movies exclusively.Question 14.What does the man say about most people in London?14.B)They dont speak foreign languages.Question 15.What does the woman say about foreign movies shown inLondon?15.D)They have an English tra
25、nslation on thescreenSection CPassage 1音频原文:Love them or hate them?Smartphones have become an integral part ofour daily lives,but should they be Ie代 outside the classroom?Nick Gibb,minister for school standards in England,believes schools should bantheir pupils from bringing in smartphones.(16)Astri
26、d Natalie,a secondary school math teacher,incorporatesphones into her classroom.My school doesnt have money for tablets.She says,when students use their phones for research,they learn theyhave a powerful tool in their hands.If we stop children using phones,weare rejecting something they care about.M
27、eanwhile,Helen Lockhart,aregistered nurse working for community education,supports a completeban.Im banned from mobile use at work,and my phone must behanded in.If Im caught with it in my pocket,I will be subject todisciplinary procedure,which will impact on my career.(17)We need to teach children h
28、ow to behave like the professionalstheyre striving to become.(18)Richard stone,an English teacher,thinks there should be a clearseparation between school and home.Students should do thingsdifferently in the two environments.Children are getting more thanenough screen time in their lives without the
29、need to bring their phoneinto the classroom.The internet is too easy and too unreliable a researchtool.So lets leave phones and laptops at home and show them adifferent world in their lessons.One of books and pens,he says.题目+答案Question 16.What do we learn about Astrid Natalie,A secondary schoolmath
30、teacher?16.B)She incorporates smartphones into herteaching.Question 17.Whydoes Helen Lockhart,a registered nurse,support a complete ban onsmartphone use in the lassroom?17.C)To help children grow up to beprofessionals.Question 18.Whatshould students do in the classroom according to Richard Stone,anE
31、nglish teacher?18.A)Use books and pens onlyPassage 2音频原文:19 Kate,a 6-year-old girl,helped her brother wash windows to get areward promised by her mother,a purple doll that she wanted.Shewatched her mother order the doll online.The next day,Kate askedif she could check the shipping status,so her mom
32、clicked on the webpage and walked out of the room.Kate saw that her doll would bearriving te next afternoon,but then she noticed something else,suggestions about other dolls and toys she could order.20 15 minutes and a few clicks later,with more than$350 worth ofdolls in her cart,Kate placed the ord
33、er and ran off to play.The next day,while checking on another online order,her mother noticed a long list ofdolls on the way.She was able to cancel two of them,but it was too lateto cancel the rest.She told her daughter that they were going to bereturned.When the packages arrived,Kate wanted to open
34、 them,buther parents said no.21 Instead of sending back the dolls,her father suggested giving themto the local childrens hospital.So the next week,Kate s family loadedup their car and took all the dolls to the playroom at the childrenshospital.Kate was depressed at first,but then she sat with some g
35、irlpatients,and they opened up all the boxes together,laughing and playing.She had a lot of fun and learned a really good lesson.题目+答案Question 19.How did Kate earn the reward from her mother?19.D)By helping her brother wash windows.Question 20.What did Kate do after her mother left the room?20.A)Sheordereda large number of dolls.Question 21.What did Kate family do after the packages arrived?21.B)They took all of them to the childrens hospital.