2017年06月四级第1套听力原文及答案解析

On February 14, the self-driving car travelling at 2 mph pulled out in front of a public bus going 15 mph.

2月14日，一辆以2英里每小时速度行驶的自动驾驶汽车在一辆以15英里每小时速度行驶的公共汽车前驶出。

The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.

谷歌车辆中的男子报告称，他假设公共汽车会减速让汽车驶出，因此他没有切换到手动模式。

In a statement, Google said, We clearly bear some responsibility because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been a crash.

谷歌在一份声明中表示，我们显然负有一定责任，因为如果我们的汽车没有移动，就不会发生碰撞。

That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that.

尽管如此，我们的测试驾驶员相信公共汽车会减速或停车，以便让我们并入交通，并且有足够空间这样做。

The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the U.

该公司的自动驾驶汽车在美国各州行驶了远超过一百万英里

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, and until now have only reported minor accidents.

，并且迄今为止仅报告了轻微事故。

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

问题1和2基于你刚刚听到的新闻报道。

Question 1. According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?

问题1。根据谷歌的说法，事故的原因是什么？

Question 2. How have Google's self-driving cars performed so far?

问题2。谷歌的自动驾驶汽车迄今为止表现如何？

News Report 2.

新闻报道 2。

Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot.

数千只蜜蜂在它们的蜂王被困在汽车后备箱后，降落在一辆汽车后部，随后离开了小镇。

Tom Moses, who works at a nearby national park, noticed a brown patch on the back of the car after the owner parked it to do some shopping.

在附近国家公园工作的汤姆·摩西，在车主停车购物后，注意到汽车后部有一块棕色斑块。

When he looked closer, he realized it was a huge group of bees.

当他仔细一看，意识到那是一大群蜜蜂。

Moses said, I've never seen that many bees in one spot.

摩西说：‘我从未在一个地方见过那么多蜜蜂。’

It was very unusual.

这非常不寻常。

They were very close together, and there was a lot of noise and movement.

它们挤得非常近，并且有很多噪音和活动。

It was interesting to see such a strange sight, but there were a lot of people around, and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look.

看到这样奇怪的景象很有趣，但周围有很多人，我有点担心蜜蜂和停下来观看的人。

I thought that someone might do something stupid.

我想可能会有人做出愚蠢的事情。

Moses called two local bee specialists, who helped remove the bees by attracting them into a box.

摩西打电话给两位当地的蜜蜂专家，他们通过将蜜蜂吸引到一个盒子里来帮助移除蜜蜂。

Moses spent three hours looking after the bees and was stung five times.

摩西花了三个小时照顾蜜蜂，并被蜇了五次。

He said, My stings are a bit painful, but I'm pleased it all worked out and I could help.

他说：‘我的蜇伤有点疼，但我很高兴一切都解决了，我能帮上忙。’

People need to realize that bees are valuable, and they should be looked after.

人们需要认识到蜜蜂是宝贵的，它们应该被照顾。

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

问题 3 和 4 基于你刚刚听到的新闻报道。

Question 3. What do we learn about Tom Moses?

问题 3. 我们了解到汤姆·摩西的什么情况？

Question 4. What do we know about the bees on the back of the car?

问题 4. 关于汽车后部的蜜蜂，我们知道什么？

News Report 3.

新闻报道3。

A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas.

在巴哈马的一个偏远岛屿上发现了一种新的蛇类物种。

Scientists identified 20 of the 1-meter-long snakes during two trips to the Caribbean islands.

科学家们在两次前往加勒比群岛的旅行中识别出了20条这种1米长的蛇。

The second trip was made in October last year.

第二次旅行是在去年10月进行的。

One of the creatures made a dramatic appearance by moving onto the head of the team leader as he slept.

其中一只生物戏剧性地出现，它爬到了团队领队的头上，当时他正在睡觉。

The snake has been named Silver Boa because it is metal-colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree.

这种蛇被命名为银蟒，因为它呈金属色，且第一个发现的标本当时正在爬一棵银色的棕榈树。

The team was led by Dr.

该团队由博士领导。

Graham Reynolds from Harvard University.

来自哈佛大学的格雷厄姆·雷诺兹。

The scientists confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.

在进行了组织样本的基因分析后，科学家们确认这种蛇是一个先前未知的物种。

Commenting on the find, snake expert Robert Henderson from the Milwaukee Museum of Natural History said, Worldwide new species of frogs are being discovered and described quite regularly.

评论这一发现时，来自密尔沃基自然历史博物馆的蛇类专家罗伯特·亨德森说，全球范围内，新的蛙类物种正在被相当频繁地发现和描述。

New species of snakes, however, are much rarer.

然而，新的蛇类物种则稀少得多。

Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

问题5至7基于你刚刚听到的新闻报道。

Question 5. What is the news report mainly about?

问题5。新闻报道主要关于什么？

Question 6. What do we learn about the scientific team leader?

问题6。关于科学团队领队，我们了解到什么？

Question 7. How did the newly discovered creature get its name?

问题7。新发现的生物是如何得名的？

Conversation 1.

对话1。

F: Did you enjoy your stay with us, Mr.

您在我们这里住得愉快吗，先生？

F: Brown?

布朗先生？

M: Yes, very much.

是的，非常愉快。

M: I had a wonderful time here.

我在这里度过了美好的时光。

M: Now I'm going to the airport.

现在我要去机场。

M: My flight leaves in less than two hours.

我的航班不到两小时后起飞。

M: So could you tell me what's the quickest way to get there?

那么，您能告诉我去那里最快的方式吗？

F: Well, we can call a taxi for you.

嗯，我们可以为您叫一辆出租车。

F: We also have a free airport shuttle service.

我们还有免费的机场班车服务。

M: That sounds great.

听起来很棒。

M: But will the shuttle get me to the airport in time?

但班车能及时送我到机场吗？

F: Yes, it should.

是的，应该可以。

F: The next shuttle leaves in 15 minutes, and it takes some 25 minutes to get to the airport.

下一班车将在15分钟后出发，到机场大约需要25分钟。

M: Fantastic.

太好了。

M: I'll just wait in the lobby.

我就在大厅等。

M: Will you please let me know when it's leaving?

请您告诉我班车什么时候出发好吗？

F: Of course, sir.

当然，先生。

M: Now I would like to settle my minibar bill.

现在我想结算我的小酒吧账单。

M: How much is that?

多少钱？

F: Let's see.

让我看看。

F: It comes to $37.

总共37美元。

F: How would you like to pay for it?

您想怎么支付？

M: I'll pay with my credit card, thanks.

我用信用卡支付，谢谢。

M: But I'll need a receipt, so I can charge it to my company.

但我需要一张收据，以便向我的公司报销。

F: Absolutely.

当然可以。

F: Here you are, sir.

给您，先生。

F: If you like, you can leave your bags with the porter, and he can load them onto the shuttle for you when it arrives.

如果您愿意，可以把行李留给行李员，他会帮您在班车到达时把它们装上车。

M: That would be great.

那太好了。

M: Thank you.

谢谢。

F: Would you like to leave a comment on our web page when you have time?

您有时间时愿意在我们的网页上留下评论吗？

M: Sure.

当然。

M: I had a really good stay here, and I'd like to recommend your hotel to my friends and colleagues.

我在这里住得很愉快，我想向我的朋友和同事推荐你们的酒店。

F: That's very kind of you.

您真是太好了。

F: Thank you again for staying at Sheraton Hotel.

再次感谢您入住喜来登酒店。

Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

问题8到11基于你刚刚听到的对话。

Question 8. Why does the man ask about the quickest way to the airport?

问题8. 为什么这位男士询问去机场最快的方式？

Question 9. How is the man going to pay his bill?

问题9. 这位男士打算如何支付账单？

Question 10. What did the man ask the woman to do?

问题10. 这位男士请这位女士做什么？

Question 11. What favor does the woman ask of the man?

问题11. 这位女士请这位男士帮什么忙？

Conversation 2.

对话二。

M: You know, Ben's given up making those terrible faces he used to make.

你知道，本已经不再做他过去常做的那些鬼脸了。

M: The other day, he came home from school almost in tears.

前几天，他从学校回来，几乎要哭了。

M: His teacher said if he went on like that, his face would get stuck when the wind changed.

他的老师说，如果他继续那样，风向改变时他的脸会卡住。

F: And he believed her?

他相信她的话吗？

M: Yeah, he's only a little boy.

是的，他只是个小男孩。

M: Don't you remember all those things we used to believe when we were little?

你不记得我们小时候相信的那些事情吗？

M: I remember my Aunt Mary used to say, If you swallow a cherry stone, a tree will grow out of your mouth.

我记得我的玛丽阿姨过去常说，如果你吞下樱桃核，一棵树会从你的嘴里长出来。

M: And I'm still terrified today, sort of subconsciously, you know, if I swallow one by mistake.

而且今天我仍然感到害怕，有点潜意识地，你知道，如果我不小心吞下一颗。

F: Yeah, I suppose you're right.

是的，我想你是对的。

F: The one that used to get me was that swans could break your leg with a blow of the wing.

过去让我害怕的是，天鹅可以用翅膀一击打断你的腿。

M: They can, can't they?

它们能，不是吗？

F: I always thought they could.

我一直以为它们能。

M: No, they're not that strong.

不，它们没有那么强壮。

M: But there's another one even more terrifying, that is, if you put a postage stamp on upside down, you'll go to prison.

但还有一个更可怕的，那就是，如果你把邮票贴倒了，你会进监狱。

F: No, never heard of that.

不，从没听说过。

F: But my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing.

但我的祖母对那种事情很恐怖。

F: For example, she would say you'll get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie.

例如，她会说如果你撒谎，你的舌头上会长一个斑点。

F: If you eat stale bread, your hair will curl.

如果你吃陈面包，你的头发会变卷。

M: And here's one more.

还有一个。

M: We went on a camping trip once in Italy, and my wife spent the whole time worrying about bats getting into her hair.

我们有一次在意大利去露营旅行，我妻子整个时间都在担心蝙蝠会钻进她的头发里。

M: She said her grandmother reckoned you had to shave your head to get it out.

她说她的祖母认为你必须剃光头才能把它弄出来。

M: My wife was really terrified.

我妻子真的很害怕。

F: Silly, isn't it?

傻，不是吗？

M: But that's how some parents try to keep their kids from doing the wrong thing or getting into trouble.

但这就是一些父母试图阻止孩子做错事或陷入麻烦的方式。

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

问题12到15基于你刚才听到的对话。

Question 12. What does the man say about Ben?

问题12。男人说了什么关于本的事？

Question 13. What did Aunt Mary used to do when the man was a child?

问题13。玛丽阿姨在男人小时候常做什么？

Question 14. What does the woman believe swans could do?

问题14。女人相信天鹅能做什么？

Question 15. What did the grandmother of the man's wife say?

问题15。男人的妻子的祖母说了什么？

Passage 1.

段落1。

People were coming out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you rarely felt anything was possible.

人们正从一种近乎维多利亚式的正式态度中走出来，你很少感觉到任何事情都是可能的。

Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars, where you met friends and spent the evening.

与人见面是当时最流行的事，你去咖啡馆，在那里遇见朋友并度过夜晚。

The cinema, the theater, all that was very exciting, with new things coming out.

电影院、剧院，这一切都非常令人兴奋，新事物层出不穷。

In fact, we seemed to be out all the time.

事实上，我们似乎总是外出。

I don't really remember working.

我不太记得工作过。

Of course, I was a student.

当然，我是个学生。

Or sitting around at home very much.

或者很少在家闲坐。

That just wasn't where the scene was.

那根本不是当时的场景所在。

Even eating.

甚至吃东西。

It was the first time ordinary people started going out to eat.

这是普通人第一次开始外出就餐。

We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking.

我们开始对食物变得大胆尝试，但我们对与人见面比对吃喝更感兴趣。

And dress.

还有穿着。

Yes, that was the revolution.

是的，那就是革命。

I mean, girls went around in really short skirts and wore flowers in their hair, and men were in jeans and could wear their hair long too.

我的意思是，女孩们穿着非常短的裙子，头上戴着花，男人们穿着牛仔裤，也可以留长发。

It was a wonderful period.

那是一个美好的时期。

It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back.

就像生活在一个你从未想象过的时代，而且那个时代再也没有回来过。

We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter, and there was plenty of opportunity to do whatever you felt like doing.

我们没有多少钱，但这无关紧要，而且有充足的机会去做任何你想做的事。

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题16到18基于你刚才听到的段落。

Question 16. What does the speaker say was the most popular thing to do at that time?

问题16。说话者说当时最流行的事情是什么？

Question 17. What do we learn about the speaker?

问题17。我们了解到了关于说话者的什么信息？

Question 18. What does the speaker say about life in the 1960s?

问题18。说话者说20世纪60年代的生活怎么样？

Passage 2.

第二段。

Dogs, man's best friends, have a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners.

狗，人类最好的朋友，对处理生气的主人有一个明确的策略。

They look away.

它们会移开视线。

New research shows that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans.

新研究表明，狗会限制与生气的人的眼神接触。

The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to calm humans down.

科学家们认为，这可能是为了试图让人平静下来。

This behavior may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.

这种行为可能是进化而来的，因为狗逐渐学会了通过避免与人类冲突而获益。

To conduct the tests, the University of Helsinki researchers trained 31 dogs to rest in front of a video screen.

为了进行测试，赫尔辛基大学的研究人员训练了31只狗在视频屏幕前休息。

Facial photos of dogs and humans were displayed on the screen for 1.

狗和人类的面部照片在屏幕上显示1。

5 seconds.

5秒。

They showed threatening, pleasant, and neutral expressions.

它们展示了威胁性、愉快和中性的表情。

Nearby cameras trapped the dogs' eye movements.

附近的摄像头捕捉了狗的眼睛运动。

Dogs in the study looked most at the eyes of humans and other dogs to sense their emotions.

研究中的狗主要看人类和其他狗的眼睛来感知它们的情绪。

When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions.

当狗看生气的狗的表情时，它们的眼睛更多地停留在嘴巴上，可能是为了解读威胁性的表情。

And when looking at angry humans, they tended to turn away their gaze.

而当看生气的人时，它们倾向于移开视线。

Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace.

狗可能学会了检测来自人类的威胁信号，并通过试图和解来回应。

According to researcher Sani Sompi, avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs develop better bonds with humans.

根据研究人员萨尼·桑皮，避免冲突可能帮助狗与人类建立更好的关系。

The researchers also note that dogs scan faces as a whole to sense how people are feeling, instead of focusing on a given feature.

研究人员还指出，狗会整体扫描面部来感知人们的感受，而不是专注于特定特征。

They suggest this indicates that dogs aren't sensing emotions from a single feature, but piecing together information from all facial features, just as humans do.

他们认为这表明狗不是从单一特征感知情绪，而是像人类一样从所有面部特征拼凑信息。

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题19到21基于你刚刚听到的文章。

Question 19. What do dogs do when facing angry humans, according to new research?

问题19. 根据新研究，当面对生气的人时，狗会做什么？

Question 20. What does a dog do when it sees the expressions of angry dogs?

问题20. 当狗看到生气的狗的表情时，它会做什么？

Question 21. How does a dog sense people's feelings?

问题21. 狗如何感知人们的感受？

Passage 3.

段落3。

Winter in many places is very cold.

许多地方的冬天非常寒冷。

There is lots of snow around and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals.

周围有很多雪，地面结冰，这会使动物的生活变得困难。

People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt.

寒冷地方的人们住在温暖的房子里，并且已经学会了适应。

What do animals do?

动物们怎么做呢？

There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter.

动物们在冬天生存寒冷的三种主要方式。

Sleep, adapt, or migrate.

睡眠、适应或迁徙。

Some animals, such as bears, frogs, and snakes, sleep all winter.

一些动物，如熊、青蛙和蛇，整个冬天都在睡觉。

They sleep very deeply and need little or no food.

它们睡得很深，需要很少或不需要食物。

While sleeping, their body temperature drops and their heartbeat slows down.

睡觉时，它们的体温下降，心跳减慢。

To prepare for this before winter, these animals eat extra food to become fat, which gives them the energy they need while they sleep.

为了在冬天前为此做准备，这些动物吃额外的食物来变胖，这为它们在睡觉时提供了所需的能量。

Other animals adapt, for example, by staying active in winter.

其他动物适应，例如，在冬天保持活跃。

It is often hard for them to find food, so some animals, such as mice, collect extra food before winter and hide it.

它们通常很难找到食物，所以一些动物，如老鼠，在冬天前收集额外的食物并隐藏起来。

When winter comes, they return to the hiding places to eat the food.

当冬天来临时，它们回到隐藏处吃食物。

Some animals grow thicker fur or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.

一些动物长出更厚的皮毛，或住在树洞或地下以保持温暖。

Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place for the winter, where they can find more food.

一些鸟类通过飞往更温暖的地方过冬来迁徙，在那里它们能找到更多食物。

Some fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world all the way to the distant south.

一些飞很长的距离，包括一种鸟从世界遥远的北方一直飞到遥远的南方。

Some birds fly in groups for safety, while others fly alone.

一些鸟类成群飞行以保安全，而其他鸟类独自飞行。

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题22至25基于你刚刚听到的段落。

Question 22. What does the speaker say about animals in winter?

问题22。演讲者关于动物在冬天说了什么？

Question 23. What do we learn about animals that sleep through winter?

问题23。我们了解到关于动物整个冬天睡觉的什么信息？

Question 24. How do animals, like mice, adapt to the severe winter?

问题24。动物，如老鼠，如何适应严寒的冬天？

Question 25. Why do some birds fly in groups when migrating, according to the speaker?

问题25。根据演讲者，为什么一些鸟类在迁徙时成群飞行？