2017年12月英语四级听力真题第1套-新闻报道3

【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：

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

5. A) The lack of clues about the species.

C) Endless fighting in the region.

B) Inadequate funding for research.

D) The hazards from the desert.

6. A) To observe the wildlife in the two national parks.

B) To study the habitat of lions in Sudan and Ethiopia.

C) To identify the reasons for the lions’ disappearance.

D) To find evidence of the existence of the “lost lions”.

7. A) Lions’ tracks.

C) Some camping facilities.

B) Lions walking.

D) Traps set by local hunters.

Lions have disappeared from much of Africa, but for the past few years scientists have wondered if the big cats were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia. Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys difficult. But scientists released a report Monday documenting with hard evidence the discovery of "lost lions." A team with Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, supported by a charity organization, spent two nights in November camping in a national park in northwest Ethiopia on the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The researchers set out six camera traps, capturing images of lions, and the identified lion tracks. The scientists concluded that lions are also likely to live in a neighboring national park across the border in Sudan. The International Union for Conservation of Nature had previously considered the area a "possible range" for the species, and local people had reported seeing lions in the area, but no one presented convincing evidence.

5: What has made it difficult to survey lions in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia?

6: What was the main purpose of the research?

7: What did the researchers find in the national park?

答案：

5. C) Endless fighting in the region.
6. D) To find evidence of the existence of the "lost lions".
7. A) Lions' tracks.

【听力翻译】

非洲大部分地区的狮子已经消失了，

但在过去的几年里，科学家们猜想这种大型猫科动物仍然存在于苏丹和埃塞俄比亚的偏远地区。

该地区持续不断的战争使调查工作变得困难。

但是，科学家们于周一发布了一份报告，该报告附有“消失的狮子”被发现的确凿证据。

在一个慈善组织的支持下，牛津大学野生动物保护研究单位的一个小组

于11月在埃塞俄比亚西北部的一个国家公园里露营两夜，该公园位于埃塞俄比亚与苏丹的边界。

调查者设置了6架隐蔽摄影机，用于捕捉狮子影像，他们发现了狮子踪迹。

科学家们得出结论称狮子可能生活在临近苏丹境内的国家公园中。

国际自然保护联盟此前曾认为该地区是该物种的“可能存在区域”，

当地居民也曾报告在该地区看到过狮子，但没有人提供过有说服力的证据。

请根据你刚刚听到的新闻报道回答问题5至问题7。

问题5：什么使得在苏丹和埃塞俄比亚的偏远地区难以开展对狮子的调查？

问题6：该项调查的主要目的是什么？

问题7：研究人员们在国家公园里发现了什么？

【听力答案】

5. C) Endless fighting in the region.
6. D) To find evidence of the existence of the "lost lions".
7. A) Lions' tracks.