2018年6月英语四级听力真题第1套-新闻报道2

【真题完整试卷在”公-重-浩“：超能资料库】

听力试题、听力原文、答案：

一、听力试题：

3. 

A) People were concerned about the number of bees.
B) Several cases of Zika disease had been identified.
C) Two million bees were infected with disease.
D) Zika virus had destroyed some bee farms.

4. 

A) It apologized to its customers.
B) It was forced to kill its bees.
C) It lost a huge stock of bees.
D) It lost 2.5 million dollars.

Millions of bees have died in South Carolina during aerial insect-spraying operations that were carried out to combat the Zika virus.

The insect spraying over the weekend left more than 2 million bees dead on the spot in Dorchester County, South Carolina,

where four travel-related cases of Zika disease have been confirmed in the area.

Most of the deaths came from Flowertown Bee Farm, a company in Summerville that sells bees and honey products.

Juanita Stanley who owns the company said the farm "looks like it's been destroyed."

The farm lost about 2.5 million bees.

Dorchester County officials apologized for the accidental mass killing of bees.

Dorchester County is aware that some beekeepers in the area that was sprayed on Sunday lost their bee colonies.

County manager Jason Ward said in a statement, "I'm not pleased that so many bees were killed."

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

3. Why was spraying operations carried out in Dorchester County?

4. What does the news reports say about Flower Town Bee farm?

三、答案：

3. B) Several cases of Zika disease had been identified.
4. C) It lost a huge stock of bees.

【翻译】

在进行针对寨卡病毒的空中昆虫喷洒操作期间，数百万蜜蜂在南卡罗来纳州死亡。

周末喷洒的昆虫使得南卡罗来纳州多尔切斯特县的蜜蜂死亡超过200万只蜜蜂，

该地区已确认了四例与寨卡病有关的旅行相关病例。

大部分死亡来自花镇蜜蜂农场，这是一家位于萨默维尔的公司，出售蜜蜂和蜂蜜产品。

该公司拥有该公司的Juanita Stanley说，农场看起来已经被摧毁。

该农场失去了约250万只蜜蜂。

多切斯特县官员为意外大规模杀死蜜蜂而道歉。

多切斯特县知道，周日喷洒的该地区的一些养蜂人失去了他们的蜂群。

该县负责人杰森沃德在一份声明中说：我不高兴这么多蜜蜂被杀死。

请根据你刚刚听到的新闻报道回答问题3和问题4。

问题3: 为什么在多尔切斯特县进行喷涂操作？

问题4: 新闻报道对花卉养蜂场有何看法？

【答案】

3. B) Several cases of Zika disease had been identified.
4. C) It lost a huge stock of bees.