2019年12月14号四级听力解析第二套（新东方在线）

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

16. What kind of ability do analytical skills refer to in thepassage?

17. What does the passage say is an entertaining way ofenhancing one's analytical skills?

18. What else does the speaker advice people to do to improvetheir analytical skills?

Passage Two

There's an endless amountof scientific data proving that dogs can develop strong bonds with theirowners. People aren't kidding when they say they love their dog or their dogloves them,(19) but were rather ignorant about the nature of therelationships that form between dogs.

In an effort to understandthe matter further, I spoke with doctors Mark Beckhoff a researcher and formerprofessor of animal behavior. The-doctors response to the question of whetheror not dogs can fall in love like humans do was a straight “Of course!” (20) Hewent on to say that if love is defined as a long term commitment meaningdogs seek one another out when they’re apart, they're happy when they'rereunited, they protect one another, they feed one another, they raise theirchildren together.(20) Then, of course, dogs love each other.

Now our furry friends don'treally experience romantic love, like in the movies, but they can form deep andlasting bands with their fellow dogs as well as humans.

(21) In fact, evidenceshows almost dogs stay with one partner their whole lives. In actuality,love between dogs can be even more intimate than human relationships.

When they interact, theyaren’t afraid to smell each other and will express themselves clearly andhonestly, Once again, it seems we have a lot to learn from dogs.

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

19. What does the passage say we don't know much about?

20. What does Dr. Mark Beckhoff say about dogs?

21. What does the speaker say about most dogs?

Passage Three

A piece of history has beenfound thanks to a boy tripping on a rare, 1.2-million-year-old animal fossil.In November 2016, Jude Sparks, now 10, was on an outing with his family neartheir New Mexico home, (22) when he tripped over what he thought was a cowbone. (23) Now, researchers at New Mexico State University preservingthis discovery, which was identified as an ancient elephant-like animal.Kyle Sparks, father of Jude, said he let his son decide what to do with thefossil.

So Jude reached out toPeter Houde, a professor at new Mexico State University who had experience withthe same type of fossil in the past. The next day Houde came out to see thefossil for himself. (24) Houde told ABC News that he was quite excited aboutthe find. It was fortunate that the family didn't try to dig up the fossilbecause that could destroy the specimen; they did the right thing bycalling someone who would know what to do. "It's great for the community,because now everybody can appreciate it," he added.

Houde and his fellowfaculty members dug up the fossil in late May. (25) They hope to return tothe site with geologists for an additional search as there could before fossilsnear the site. Jude and his family had been invited by the researchers tosee the fossil being preserved at the university.

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

22. What did the boy Jude Sparks think he had discovered?

23. What are the researchers at New Mexico State Universitydoing with the boy's discovery?

24. What did professor Peter Houde say when interviewed byABC News?

25. What do the researchers plan to do?

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