2022年12月四级第2套听力原文及答案解析

News Report 1.

新闻报道1。

The World Pipe Band Championships will take place in Glasgow on Saturday.

世界风笛乐队锦标赛将于周六在格拉斯哥举行。

Over 120 of the world's best pipe bands will compete at the championships.

超过120支世界顶尖的风笛乐队将在锦标赛上竞争。

Over 4,000 pipers and drummers are expected to descend on the city for the annual event.

预计超过4000名风笛手和鼓手将涌入该市参加这一年度活动。

It will take place at the St.

它将在圣

James Playing Fields in Glasgow on Saturday, 18 May, from 10 a.

詹姆斯运动场在格拉斯哥，于5月18日星期六，从上午10

m.

点

until 7 p.

直到下午7

m.

点

The event is free.

该活动免费。

Also, a free shuttle bus will run between the event car parks and the competition site.

此外，免费班车将在活动停车场和比赛场地之间运行。

Shuttle buses will run every 15 minutes from 8 a.

班车将每15分钟运行一次，从上午8

m.

点

until 8 p.

直到下午8

m.

点

Glasgow City Council says it is estimated to bring £300,000 to the local economy.

格拉斯哥市议会表示，预计该活动将为当地经济带来30万英镑。

The first World Pipe Band Championships were held in Edinburgh in 1947.

第一届世界风笛乐队锦标赛于1947年在爱丁堡举行。

The event first took place in Glasgow in 1948.

该活动于1948年首次在格拉斯哥举行。

It has been held regularly in Glasgow since 1986.

自1986年以来，它定期在格拉斯哥举行。

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. What event will take place in Glasgow?

问题1。什么活动将在格拉斯哥举行？

Question 2. What does Glasgow City Council say the event will do?

问题2。格拉斯哥市议会说该活动将做什么？

News Report 2.

新闻报道2。

Summer doesn't begin for two more days, but scientists are already sounding the alarm about dangerous ice melts going on right now in Greenland.

距离夏天开始还有两天，但科学家们已经对格陵兰岛目前正在进行的危险冰融发出警报。

The vast island usually locks away enough fresh water in its ice sheet, which, if melted, can raise global sea levels by 6 meters.

这个广阔的岛屿通常在其冰盖中封存足够的淡水，如果融化，可使全球海平面上升6米。

And research shows that in recent years its ice has melted faster than ever before.

研究表明，近年来其冰融化速度比以往任何时候都快。

This month, as temperatures in northwestern Greenland approach all-time highs, researchers are encountering unusual, surprising levels of melting ice in the region.

本月，随着格陵兰西北部的气温接近历史最高水平，研究人员在该地区遇到了异常、令人惊讶的冰融化程度。

The most significant concern here is how early this is all happening.

这里最令人担忧的是这一切发生得如此之早。

Greenland experiences annual ice melt and growth cycles, but this year the melting season began in early May.

格陵兰经历年度冰融化和增长周期，但今年的融化季节在五月初就开始了。

That's a month earlier than normal and something that's happened only once before in the historical record, in 2016.

这比正常时间早了一个月，在历史记录中只发生过一次，即2016年。

That means that not only is the ice melting very fast, it has more time to melt this summer than it would in a normal climate system.

这意味着冰不仅融化得非常快，而且今年夏天它有比正常气候系统下更多的时间来融化。

Longer melt seasons like this one seem to lead to much greater contributions to sea level rise than in previous decades.

像这样的更长融化季节似乎比过去几十年对海平面上升的贡献大得多。

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 is scientists' warning in the news report?

问题3。新闻报道中科学家的警告是什么？

Question 4. What do we learn about this year's ice melting season in Greenland?

问题4。关于今年格陵兰的冰融化季节，我们了解到什么？

News Report 3.

新闻报道3。

Bundles containing thousands of pounds in cash keep turning up on the streets of Blackhall Colliery in northern England, according to police.

据警方称，在英格兰北部的Blackhall Colliery街道上不断发现装有数千英镑现金的包裹。

Residents of the village have been coming across bundles of 20-pound notes, usually worth 2 ,000 pounds, in the former mining village in County Durham.

在County Durham的前采矿村庄，居民们不断发现成捆的20英镑纸币，通常价值2,000英镑。

The latest discovery was on Monday, meaning four of these cash bundles have been handed in this year, and 13 since 2014.

最新发现是在周一，这意味着今年已有四捆现金上交，自2014年以来共有13捆。

The bundles are usually left in plain sight and have been scattered across the small coastal village.

这些包裹通常被放在显眼处，并散布在这个小型沿海村庄各处。

The owner has two weeks to collect the cash, which is then returned to the finder if not claimed, according to Peter Lee Police.

据Peter Lee警方称，所有者有两周时间认领现金，如果无人认领，则归还给发现者。

A Durham police spokesperson said the money has been returned to the lucky finders in all cases except yesterday.

Durham警方发言人表示，在所有案件中，除了昨天外，钱都已归还给幸运的发现者。

Policeman John Forster said in a statement, the circumstances remain a mystery, so we would welcome any information that will help us get to the bottom of these random incidents.

警官John Forster在声明中表示，情况仍是个谜，因此我们欢迎任何有助于我们查明这些随机事件真相的信息。

He told The Northern Echo, it isn't an affluent part of the world, so for them to find cash of that amount and instantly think about taking it to the police stations shows the community spirit there is.

他告诉The Northern Echo，这里并非富裕地区，因此他们发现如此大额的现金并立即想到送到警察局，这显示了当地社区的精神。

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

问题5至7基于你刚听到的新闻报道。

Question 5. What happened on the streets of Blackhall Colliery?

问题5. Blackhall Colliery的街道上发生了什么？

Question 6. What did the local police do with the money, if not claimed, in two weeks?

问题6. 如果两周内无人认领，当地警方如何处理这笔钱？

Question 7. What did the policeman John Forster say about the villagers?

问题7. 警官John Forster对村民们说了什么？

Conversation 1.

对话一。

F: It's your birthday next week.

下周是你的生日。

F: What have you got planned?

你有什么计划吗？

M: I'm not sure.

我不确定。

M: I often feel strange on my birthday.

我在生日那天常常感到奇怪。

M: It's like my brain decides to have a crisis.

就好像我的大脑决定要经历一场危机。

F: It's not entirely unusual to feel anxious or sad around your birthday.

在生日前后感到焦虑或悲伤并非完全不寻常。

F: Birthdays can tap into a lot of things people worry about, including their achievements in life, in the past decade, or their accomplishments of the past year.

生日能触动人们担忧的许多事情，包括他们一生中的成就、过去十年的成就或过去一年的成绩。

F: Many begin to search for the meaning of their existence, leading to behaviors such as ending or starting a relationship, or plans like starting a vigorous diet or fitness program.

许多人开始寻找他们存在的意义，这导致了一些行为，比如结束或开始一段关系，或者计划如开始严格的节食或健身计划。

M: I have wonderful friends, and I love celebrating their birthdays, but I don't like being the center of attention, receiving gifts, and having a fuss made.

我有很棒的朋友，我喜欢庆祝他们的生日，但我不喜欢成为关注的焦点、收到礼物和被大惊小怪。

M: It seems to trigger a type of social anxiety.

这似乎触发了一种社交焦虑。

M: I think social media, too, can intensify things as birthdays now play out more publicly.

我认为社交媒体也会加剧这种情况，因为生日现在更公开地展现。

M: Birthday reminders can be helpful, but I kind of worry I won't be able to drum up my own day and show it to look as exciting as it is supposed to be.

生日提醒可能有帮助，但我有点担心我无法鼓起自己的日子，并让它看起来像预期的那样令人兴奋。

F: Well, to deal with the birthday blues, you should not isolate yourself.

那么，要应对生日忧郁，你不应该孤立自己。

F: It's best to gradually face your birthday with people you trust.

最好逐渐与你信任的人一起面对你的生日。

F: That would help you learn self-acceptance, or that it's okay to be the focus.

这将帮助你学会自我接受，或者接受成为焦点是可以的。

M: Perhaps, or I could perceive my birthday as an opportunity to do something for others, like asking people to make a donation instead of buying a gift.

或许，或者我可以将我的生日视为为他人做点事情的机会，比如要求人们捐款而不是买礼物。

F: Exactly, or even simply see your birthday as an opportunity to bring people together, for them to have fun.

正是，或者甚至简单地将你的生日视为让人们聚在一起、让他们开心的机会。

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

问题8至11基于你刚刚听到的对话。

Question 8. How does the man often feel on his birthday?

问题8. 男士在生日那天常常感觉如何？

Question 9. What does the woman say many people tend to do on their birthday?

问题9. 女士说许多人在生日时倾向于做什么？

Question 10. What does the man say about birthday celebrations?

问题10. 男士对生日庆祝有什么看法？

Question 11. What does the woman suggest the man do about his birthday celebration at the end of the conversation?

问题11. 在对话结束时，女士建议男士如何庆祝生日？

Conversation 2.

对话2.

F: The metro was absolutely terrible this morning.

今天早上地铁糟糕透了。

M: Oh, was there a delay?

哦，是不是有延误？

F: No, but the train was so packed that I could barely move, and it was difficult to breathe, too.

没有，但列车挤得我几乎动弹不得，而且呼吸也很困难。

F: At every station, more people squeezed in, and I got pushed further and further inside.

每到一站，就有更多人挤进来，我被推得越来越往里。

F: When I got to my station, I could hardly get out.

到站时，我几乎下不了车。

F: Once I did get out, I was totally exhausted.

一旦下了车，我完全筋疲力尽。

M: That sounds like a nightmare.

听起来像一场噩梦。

M: Why didn't you take the bus?

你为什么不坐公交车？

F: The bus takes twice as long, and it's just as crowded.

公交车花的时间是两倍，而且同样拥挤。

M: Well, what's the alternative?

那么，有什么替代方案？

M: Haven't you got a car?

你没有车吗？

F: I've got a driver's license, but that's all.

我有驾照，但仅此而已。

F: I'm saving up to buy something reasonably small and cute, but it's still a bit expensive for me, and it'll take a while before I have enough money.

我正在攒钱买一辆小巧可爱的车，但对我来说还是有点贵，需要一段时间才能攒够钱。

M: Have you thought about getting an electric motorbike?

你考虑过买电动摩托车吗？

F: I considered that for maybe a minute, but honestly, I've just seen too many horrible accidents involving those dangerous monsters.

我考虑过大约一分钟，但老实说，我见过太多涉及那些危险怪物的可怕事故。

M: What about those popular share bikes?

那些流行的共享单车怎么样？

M: You could register to use one.

你可以注册使用一辆。

F: Yeah, that's a possibility.

是的，那是一个可能的选择。

F: There are always several of those bikes out in front of our apartment complex.

我们小区前总是有几辆那种自行车。

M: Or you could just walk to work.

或者你可以步行上班。

F: Well, it's five kilometers from home to the office, but you've given me a thought.

嗯，从家到办公室有五公里，但你给了我一个想法。

F: I could take a change of clothes and jog to work, but at this time of year, the air pollution is a real problem.

我可以带换洗衣服慢跑上班，但在这个季节，空气污染是个真正的问题。

M: Oh yeah, I didn't think of that.

哦，是的，我没考虑到那点。

M: Get a taxi if you really have to.

如果真有必要，就打车吧。

F: Well, that's an expensive way to get to work.

嗯，那是昂贵的上班方式。

M: Not if you use a ride-sharing app.

如果你用拼车应用就不会。

F: Good idea.

好主意。

F: I'll download one immediately.

我马上下载一个。

F: Thank you.

谢谢。

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

问题12至15基于你刚才听到的对话。

Question 12. What does the woman say about her subway ride?

问题12. 关于她的地铁之旅，女士说了什么？

Question 13. Why hasn't the woman got her own car?

问题13. 为什么女士没有自己的车？

Question 14. What does the woman say about electric motorbikes?

问题14. 关于电动摩托车，女士说了什么？

Question 15. How is the woman going to get to work?

问题15. 女士打算怎么去上班？

Passage 1.

篇章1。

Steve Miller began his career in IT back in the late 1980s.

史蒂夫·米勒在20世纪80年代末开始了他的IT职业生涯。

Being a deaf person in tech required a huge amount of effort and organization.

作为科技领域的聋人需要大量的努力和组织。

Because there was no email or text message service, everything had to be done face-to-face or by telephone.

由于没有电子邮件或短信服务，所有事情都必须面对面或通过电话完成。

Communicating in meetings was very difficult.

在会议中交流非常困难。

He needed a sign language interpreter for every meeting, but it was a huge effort to coordinate.

他每次会议都需要手语翻译，但协调起来非常费力。

These days, although challenges still remain, it's a good time to be a deaf person in tech, says Miller.

米勒说，如今，尽管挑战仍然存在，但对于科技领域的聋人来说，这是一个好时机。

Big advances in speech recognition technology have enabled communication tools to turn live speech into text in real time on your smartphone or laptop, and sign language into text as well.

语音识别技术的重大进步使得通信工具能够在你的智能手机或笔记本电脑上实时将现场语音转换为文本，也能将手语转换为文本。

New tech, coupled with improvements in hearing aid technology and medical advances, means that Miller is able to focus far more on his work.

新技术，加上助听器技术和医疗进步的改进，意味着米勒能够更专注于他的工作。

He has benefited to a great extent from a tiny hearing device in his ear.

他在很大程度上受益于耳朵里一个微小的听力设备。

It gives him a degree of hearing, and he can use a variety of communication methods depending on the situation.

它给了他一定的听力，并且他可以根据情况使用多种沟通方式。

He can employ lip reading and have meetings via video instead of on the phone.

他可以使用唇读，并通过视频而不是电话参加会议。

These things have made a huge difference.

这些事情带来了巨大的变化。

He no longer has to worry about whether or not he can understand.

他不再担心自己是否能理解。

He can just concentrate on how interesting the meeting might be and what he needs to get out of it in order to progress.

他只需要专注于会议可能有多有趣，以及他为了进步需要从中获得什么。

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

问题16到18基于你刚刚听到的篇章。

Question 16. What do we learn about Steve Miller?

问题16. 我们了解史蒂夫·米勒的什么？

Question 17. What does Miller say is making things better for people like him?

问题17. 米勒说是什么让像他这样的人情况变好？

Question 18. In what way can Miller benefit from attending meetings via video?

问题18. 米勒如何从通过视频参加会议中受益？

Passage 2.

第二篇。

Color is now spreading through our homes.

色彩正在我们的家中蔓延。

Up staircases, across wood frames and ceilings, filling in neutral spaces.

沿着楼梯，穿过木框架和天花板，填充中性空间。

According to one interior designer, when people return home, they want to see colors that cheer them up and give them a hug.

据一位室内设计师说，当人们回到家时，他们希望看到能让他们振奋并给予拥抱的色彩。

Pure white walls simply don't do that.

纯白的墙壁根本做不到这一点。

They don't look after you.

它们不会照顾你。

Another interior designer commented that certain combinations can key into something on a deeper level, transporting you to a different moment in time.

另一位室内设计师评论说，某些组合可以在更深层次上引发共鸣，将你带到不同的时间点。

That's the power of color.

这就是色彩的力量。

If you were thinking to try color on some of your neutral walls, the advice is refreshingly simple.

如果你想在一些中性墙上尝试色彩，建议非常简单明了。

Choose a color you actually like.

选择一种你真正喜欢的颜色。

Don't go for a color because it's in fashion or you've seen it in a magazine.

不要因为一种颜色流行或你在杂志上见过就选择它。

If you're wary of full color, test your tolerance with smaller spaces, such as the inside of a cupboard or a bright window frame.

如果你对全色有顾虑，可以在较小的空间测试你的容忍度，比如橱柜内部或明亮的窗框。

If it gives you joy every time you open the cupboard, you can start to take it further.

如果每次打开橱柜都给你带来快乐，你可以开始进一步扩大使用。

One can also paint the wooden frameworks the same color as the walls, helping the rooms look bigger.

你也可以将木框架涂成与墙壁相同的颜色，使房间看起来更大。

In the kitchen, painting the overhead cupboards and the walls in the same color can make it feel more spacious, while painting the kitchen counters a bold color can make everything feel more open and lighter.

在厨房，将吊柜和墙壁涂成相同的颜色可以使空间感觉更宽敞，而将厨房台面涂成大胆的颜色可以让一切感觉更开放和明亮。

Additionally, a painted ceiling is a magical thing without being too obvious and can affect how the space feels as well.

此外，一个涂了色的天花板是一件神奇的事情，既不显眼，又能影响空间的感觉。

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

问题19到21基于你刚刚听到的段落。

Question 19. What do people want upon returning home, according to the passage?

问题19. 根据段落，人们回到家时想要什么？

Question 20. What does the passage say people should avoid doing in home decoration?

问题20. 段落说在家庭装饰中人们应该避免做什么？

Question 21. What can one do to make a room look bigger?

问题21. 如何使房间看起来更大？

Passage 3.

段落3.

Parents often hear that reading to their children is critical for supporting development and the message is getting through to them.

父母经常听说，给孩子朗读对支持发展至关重要，并且这个信息正在被他们所理解。

In fact, in the United States, a little over half of children between the ages of three and five were read to every day in 2007, and 83% of children in that age group in the same country were read to three or more times per week in 2012.

事实上，在美国，2007年略超过一半的3至5岁儿童每天被朗读，2012年该年龄组83%的儿童每周被朗读三次或更多次。

This is good news because reading to young children helps their language and brain development.

这是一个好消息，因为给幼儿朗读有助于他们的语言和大脑发育。

In fact, recent research has found that both the quality and quantity of shared book reading in infancy predicted later childhood vocabulary and reading skills.

事实上，最近的研究发现，婴儿期共同阅读的质量和数量都能预测后期的童年词汇量和阅读技能。

In other words, the more time parents spend reading, the greater the developmental benefits in their four-year-old children.

换句话说，父母花在阅读上的时间越多，对他们四岁孩子的发展益处就越大。

This is an important finding, but does it matter what books parents read?

这是一个重要发现，但父母读什么书重要吗？

A new study has investigated this question.

一项新研究调查了这个问题。

It followed infants across the second six months of life and found that when parents showed babies books that had faces or objects with specific labels, they learned more.

它追踪了婴儿出生后的第二个六个月，发现当父母给婴儿看有面部或物体的书，并带有特定标签时，婴儿学到的更多。

This is in contrast to books that did not name images or books that had the same label under each image.

这与那些未命名图像或每张图像下都有相同标签的书形成对比。

Books that named different characters also promoted greater learning.

命名不同角色的书也促进了更多的学习。

So what does this mean for parents?

那么这对父母意味着什么？

Not all books are created equal, so parents need to choose the books they share with their children with great care.

并非所有书籍都一样，所以父母需要非常仔细地选择与孩子分享的书籍。

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

问题22至25基于你刚才听到的段落。

Question 22. What does the passage say parents increasingly understand?

问题22. 段落中说父母越来越理解什么？

Question 23. What can predict children's reading skills according to recent research?

问题23. 根据最近的研究，什么可以预测儿童的阅读技能？

Question 24. What kind of books are said to help babies learn more?

问题24. 据说什么书能帮助婴儿学到更多？

Question 25. What are parents advised to do at the end of the passage? That's the end of Listening Comprehension.

问题25. 在段落的最后，建议父母做什么？听力理解到此结束。