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College English Test Band Four Part

Ⅱ

Listening Comprehension

Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news

report,

you

will

hear

two

or

three

questions.

Both

the

news

report

and

the

questions

will

be

spoken

only

once.

After you

hear

a

question,

you

must

choose

the

best

answer

from

the

four

choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a

single line through the centre.

News Report One

New

York

State

plans

to

shut

off

the

thundering

waters

of

Niagara

Falls

—

gain.

At

least,

the

American side of the falls. This

folks'

lives.

The

New

York

State

parks

system

wants

to

turn

off

the

falls

on

the

American

side

sometime

in

the

next

two

to

three

years

to

replace

two

115-year-old

stone

bridges

that

allow

pedestrians, park vehicles and utilities access to Goat Island. The American side of the falls were

shut off in 1969 to study the buildup of rock at the base of the falls. When that happened, people

came from all over the world to see the falls turned off. People are curious by nature. They want

to see what's underneath. In fact, those who first came to have a look did see something. They

found millions of coins on the bottom.

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

1. Why does New York State want to turn off Niagara Falls?

2. What did people find when Niagara Falls were shut off in 1969?

News Report Two

The Tunisian government said Monday that 45 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a

town

near

the

border

with

Libya.

The

Interior

and

Defense

ministries

said

that

the

Tunisian

government has closed its two border crossings with Libya because of the attack. The Tunisian

military has sent reinforcements and helicopters to the area, and authorities have been hunting

several attackers who were still at large. The violence came amid increasing international concern

about

Islamic

State

extremists

in

Libya.

Officials

of

the

Tunisian

government

are

especially

worried after dozens of tourists were killed in the attacks in Tunisia last year. Defense Minister

Farhat

Horchani

said

last

week

that

German

and

American

security

experts

were

expected

to

come to help Tunisia devise a new electronic video supervision system on its border with Libya.

Tunisia

was

targeted

last

year

by

three

attacks

that

left

70

people

dead

and

were

claimed

by

Islamic State.

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

3. What did the Tunisian government do after the gunmen's attack?

4. What were German and American security experts expected to do in Tunisia?

News Report Three

Three

university

students

in

Santiago,

Chile,

have

developed

a

plant-powered

device

to

charge

their mobile phones. The three engineering students got the idea for the device while sitting in

their school's courtyard. Their invention is a small biological circuit they call E-Kaia.

[05:02.76]It

captures

the

energy

which

plants

produce

during

photosynthesis

—

a

process

of

converting sunlight into energy. A plant uses only a small part of the energy produced by that

process. The rest goes into the soil. E-Kaia collects that energy. The device plugs into the ground

and

then

into

a

mobile

phone.

The

E-Kaia

solved

two

problems

for

the

engineering

students.

They needed an idea for a class project. They also needed an outlet to plug in their phones. One

of the student inventors, Camila Rupcich, says the device changes the energy released from the

plant into low-level power to charge phones. The E-Kaia is able to fully recharge a mobile phone

in less than two hours.

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

5. What did the three university students invent?

6. When did they get the idea for the invention?

7. What does the speaker say about the invention?

Section

B

Directions:

In

this

section,

you

will

hear

two long

conversations.

At

the end

of

each

conversation,

you

will

hear

four

questions.

Both

the

conversation

and

the

questions

will

be

spoken

only

once.

After you

hear

a

question,

you

must

choose

the

best

answer

from

the

four

choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a

single line through the centre.

Conversation One

M: Good morning. What can I do for you?

W: Good morning. Could I talk to Jeffry Harding please?

M: Speaking.

W: Hello, Jeff. It's Helen. I got your message on the answering machine. What's the problem?

M: Oh, Helen. Well, it's the Grimsby plant again, I'm afraid. The robots on Line 3 have gone wrong.

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