2021年12月英语四级考试真题-听力短篇新闻（第二套）

2021年12月英语四级考试真题-听力短篇新闻（第二套）

　　【Section A】

　　News Report 1

(1) United Airlines has apologized for mistakenly shipping an American family's pet dog thousands of miles in the wrong direction to Japan. The dog owner’s beloved 10-year-old dog named Buddy took an unexpected 16-hour flight to Tokyo following a mix up by the airline. The dog owner’s family are currently in the process of moving. They were meant to be reunited with the pet in their new home city in Texas. But when they arrived at the United Airlines cargo facility in the Southern U.S. state, they found a stranger's dog waiting in Buddy’s place.

(1) Both of the dogs had been sent to the wrong destinations on connecting flights from Denver with Buddy mistakenly being sent to Japan instead. Buddy was given a physical checkup when he arrived at Tokyo's International airport. The dog was then sent back to the U.S. on a private chartered jet. “I am so glad he is alive and coming home soon,” said the relieved dog owner. “An error occurred during the connections in Denver. We have notified our customers that their pets arrived safely. (2) We will arrange to return the pets to them as soon as possible,” a spokesperson of united airlines said.

Question 1. What does the news report say about United Airlines?

问美联航发生了什么，其实就是在问新闻主题，材料开头和中段均有提及宠物狗被送到了错误的地方，答案内容是材料原文。

Question 2. What did the spokesperson for United Airlines say they would do after the incident?

问发言人说事件之后美联航会做什么，考察人物接受采访的内容，在材料最后出现，答案中correct their mistake是对材料的简单概括。

News Report 2

Officials at Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona are celebrating the birth of a baby elephant. Zoo officials say the baby was born on Monday. It is a female and she weighs nearly 130 kilograms. (3) Samba, her mother is a 30-year-old African Elephant. The pregnancy lasted 22 months. Officials describe the baby elephant as healthy, standing and nursing. The baby hasn't been given a name yet. Samba has given birth before. Zoo officials said during this pregnancy, she was closely monitored through physical exams and blood tests.

Doctor Sue Targalski is the Zoo’s director of zoological operations. (4) She said the elephant's birth went smoothly and that there were no complications. The new baby expands the zoos elephant herd to six that includes the baby's parents, a sister, a brother and an adult female.

Question 3. What do we learn about the mother elephant Samba?

问大象妈妈的情况，考察细节信息，在新闻主要内容大象宝宝出生的介绍之后出现，答案是材料原句。

Question 4. What does the report say about the birth of the new baby elephant?

问大象宝宝出生时的情况，考察细节信息，在材料中段人物接受采访时所说的内容中出现，答案是材料原文。

News Report 3

3 years ago, a couple was enjoying a meal at a beach restaurant. (5) The restaurant was built on a wooden structure above the sea water. During the meal, the man's wedding ring slipped off his finger. It fell through the wooden floorboards, apparently lost forever.

(6) Recently, the restaurant manager Ryan Krivoy decided to replace the wooden deck. And he found an old gold coin, some $100 bills and a silver wedding ring while replacing the deck. (7) The restaurant's waitress Sasha Formica posted a picture of the ring on Facebook. The post was shared about 5,000 times. 3 days later, the happy wife called to claim the ring. She even texted pictures of her and her husband eating there in 2017 as proof. The restaurant mailed the ring back to the happy couple. Meanwhile, Krivoy discovered that the gold coin was very rare. It was from 1855 and worth as much as $2,000.

Question 5. What do we learn about the restaurant?

考察新闻主题出现之前的背景细节信息介绍，在材料开头出现，答案是材料原文。

Question 6. What did the restaurant manager decide to do recently?

考察按时间线叙述的新闻上近期发生的事情，在材料中段出现，答案是材料原句信息。

Question 7. What did the waitress do about the recovered ring?

考察细节信息，在新闻中段出现，答案在Facebook上发了照片是材料原句。