2018年6月大学英语四级听力真题news解析
News 1 Kelly Swisher, an__ women, escaped injury and managed to save ___her car after a four-foot long rap snake came out from under her car seat and __ across her feet as she was driving down the high way. Rattlesnakes are poisonous all threat to people generally. But the woman said the rattlesnake she encountered firstly terrified her out of her ways. It was covered with big scales said Swisher who was on her way to pick up her friend at the airport when it happened. I don’t know whether I have my hands on the steering wheel or not. I am not the most flexible person in the world, but I can guarantee my knees were up next to my ears. She said the snake first slipped back under the seat and she hoped it could stay here until she was able to get out of the high way in stop. That didn’t work out she said. Here he comes, and he went up to my back seat before I could finally get off the road, stop and get out of the car. She called for help and Washington County Animal Control Offices came and capture the snake. 1.How did Kelly Swisher feel when she first came across the Rattlesnake? 答案:由The rattlesnake she encountered firstly terrified her out of her ways中的terrified可知,女人很害怕。 2.What does the report say about the Rattlesnake? 答案:It was covered with big scales. 鳞块很大。 News 2 Fast food had turned out isn’t quite as fast as it used to be. A new study finds that McDonald’s posted its slowest drive-through times since the service was first conducted 15 years ago. At McDonald’s, customers were spend on average 3 minutes and 9 seconds from the time they place their orders until they receive their food, as about ten seconds more than the industry average at a lot slower than a decade ago according to the study, which was commissioned by QSR, an industry trade publication. And McDonald’s wasn’t alone in slowing down, other chains also saw their drive-through performance slow down. Among the reasons for the slowing service, today there are more choices on the menu and products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare. Speed, of course, is essential to the drive-through experience, and drive-throughs are hugely important to chains such as McDonald’s, Burger King and Tacobell. Usually, the drive-through accounts for 60 to 70 percent of all business that go through a fast food restaurant, notes Sam Ochers, editor of QSR. Of course, consumers also want their orders prepared correctly, and on that score, Ochers says accuracy is still really high. 3: What is the news report mainly about? 答案:由Fast food had turned out isn’t quite as fast as it used to be可知,本文主要讲快餐。 4: What has slowed down Mcdonald’s drive-through service? 答案:由today there are more choices on the menu and products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare可知,下滑是由更加多样的产品选择造成的。 News 3 The first private mission outside of the earth orbit is closed to many of our think. U.S. government officials outset to approve a mission by privately held space company-Moon Express to travel outside of the earth orbit in late 2017. Moon express’s mission involves plans to land a suitcase size package of scientific equipment on the moon for on-going exploration on commercial development. The decision involved amounts of lobbying and coordinated conversations between a number of factual agencies. On the international treaties, the US is responsible for the cargo of both public and private space craft. This makes commercial space travel a complex legal issue not just domestically but abroad. A Moon Express representative declined to comment on the story. But noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal. Moon express is not the only company seeking for the right to travel to outspace. Elon Musk’s space Ten aims to send an unmanned aircraft to Mars by 2018. 5. What is the news report mainly about? 答案:由U.S. government officials outset to approve a mission by privately held space company-Moon Express to travel outside of the earth orbit in late 2017可知,本篇主要与美国政府同意私人太空任务相关。 6. What is the Moon Express planning to do? 答案:Moon express’s mission involves plans to land a suitcase size package of scientific equipment on the moon. 7. What does Moon Express think of its mission? 答案:But noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal. 相关资料 |