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　　Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news reports, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news reports 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 on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

　　News report one.

　　A NASA satellite orbiting over Portugal took photographs that reveal the effects of pollution from ships. One of the photos shows the thin film of clouds above the brilliant blue of North Atlantic cut by white lines of thicker clouds that look like scars. [1] NASA officials explained those thicker clouds are signs of ship traffic blow. when ships power their ways through the ocean, they pump exhausts into the atmosphere, just as cars do. And those massive amounts of particles can cause clouds to form. Get enough of those particles in one place, as from the exhausts of the ship, and they can lead to the creation of new clouds easily visible from space, these clouds can be huge. Some of them stretch hundreds of kilometers from end to end, NASA officials said. [2] It’s likely that these sorts of clouds are having some effect over global climate, according to NASA officials. But scientists are not yet sure what effects it has.

　　Questions one and two are based on the news report you have just heard.

　　Question 1. What has caused the thick clouds in the photos taken by a NASA satellite?

　　答案：A) Ship traffic in the Atlantic.

　　定位句：Signs of ship traffic below

　　解析：此题为新闻题第一题，答案出现在第三句。需要提醒考生的是关注表述类词汇explain，词后易出现答案。

　　Question two. What do NASA officials think about the thick clouds?

　　答案：D) They may be affecting the world’s climate.

　　定位句：some effect on the global climate

　　解析：此题仍然符合匹配原则，出现了基础词的同义替换，需要考生掌握 effect和affect，world和global的含义。

　　News report two

　　Staff at a suburban supermarket in Melbourne say they feel unsafe at work after security guards were removed. This came after a series of physical attacks and verbal abuse by customers. [3] More than 50 workers at the store have signed a letter calling for a permanent security guard following a series of incidents, including a customer threatening to attack a supervisor with a knife. "A security worker had guarded the store each night from 7pm until 12am, but that had stopped suddenly on Monday,” employees said. One worker said an angry customer had thrown a chicken at his head after complaining about how long she had waited to be served. Another worker said the lack of protection at the store made her feel uncomfortable at work. [4] However, the spokesman of the supermarket said the store had taken strong action in response to incidents, "We have found very few instances of bad customer behavior at our store in the past year. In the rare cases, we have seen bad behavior, we have taken strong action in response, including banning a customer from the store."

　　Questions three and four are based on the news report you have just heard.

　　Question 3, for what purpose did this staff at a supermarket in Melbourne sign a letter?

　　答案：C) To call for a permanent security guard.

　　定位句：More than 50 workers at the store have signed a letter calling for a permanent security guard following a series of incidents

　　解析：出题位置符合新闻题定位原则：首题原则，且前方有定位词提示。

　　Question 4. What did the spokesman of the supermarket say regarding the employees demand?

　　答案：4. A) It had already taken strong action.

　　定位句：taken strong action in response to incidents

　　解析：定位词原则+匹配原则。

　　News report three

　　[5] Drivers on their way to the Polish capital of Warsaw on Wednesday morning found the road blocked by an unusual obstacle, tons of liquid chocolate that spilled onto the motorway. [6] A track carrying the sweet load hit a road barrier and overturned, blocking two lames. The cracked tank spilled a pool of rapidly hardening chocolate which quickly covered the width of the road. While the drives was taken to hospital with the broken arm, firefighters struggled to remove a reported 12 tons of solid chocolate from the road. A representative for the firefighters told the local TV that [7] removing the chocolate was worse than dealing with snow. After contacting the chocolate manufacturer, the firefighter resorted to spraying hot, pressurized ice water to get rid of the sticky substance. The local TV also noted that the clean-up spanned more than a mile because drivers simply drove through the chocolate after the crash, leaving a long chocolate trail. But despite the sticky situation, firefighters and police attending to the clean-up were reportedly cheerful about the long task ahead. After all, who could be mad about 12 tons of chocolate?

　　Questions five to seven are based on the news report you have just heard.

　　Question 5. What did drivers on the motorway to Warsaw find?

　　答案：5. B) The road was blocked

　　定位句：road blocked by an unusual obstacle, tons of liquid chocolate that spilled onto the motorway

　　解析：新闻题首题原则。各位同学需注意新闻题第一题的常见出题位置。此题有表示“发现”的定位词found出现。

　　Question 6. What does the report say about the accident?

　　答案：6. D) A track hit a barrier and overturned

　　定位句： A track carrying the sweet load hit a road barrier and overturned, blocking two lames.

　　解析：此题符合匹配原则，此处请同学们注意，相邻两道题中间间隔极短，此类现象平均每年出现一道题。