2016年12月英语四级听力真题第1套-新闻报道2

2016年12月英语四级听力真题第1套-新闻报道2

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【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 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
3. A) They lost contact with the emergency department.
B) They were trapped in an underground elevator.
C) They were injured by suddenly falling rocks.
D) They sent calls for help via a portable radio.
4. A) They tried hard to repair the elevator.
B) They released the details of the accident.
C) They sent supplies to keep the miners warm.
D) They provided the miners with food and water.

二、听力原文:

News Report 2

Rescue efforts were underway Thursday morning for 17 miners who were stuck in an elevator below ground at a Cargill rock salt mine near Lansing, New York, according to Marcia Lynch. Public information officer with Tompkins County’s emergency response department, emergency workers have made contact with the miners via a radio. And they all appear to be uninjured, said Jessica Verfuss, the emergency department’s assistant director.  

Crews have managed to provide heat packs and blankets to the miners so that they can keep warm during the rescue operation, Verfuss said. Details about what led to the workers’ being trapped in the elevator went immediately available. The mine, along New York’s Cayuga Lake, processes salt used for road treatment. It produces about 2 million tons of salt that is shipped to more than 1,500 places in the northeastern United States, the rock salt mine is one of three operated by Cargill with the other two in Louisiana and Ohio. 

Q3. What does the news report say about the salt miners?

Q4.What did the rescue team do?

答案:

3. B.They were trapped in an underground elevator.
4. C.They sent supplies to keep the miners warm.

【翻译】

周四上午,在纽约州兰辛附近的嘉吉岩盐矿中,有17名矿工被困在了地下电梯,救援工作正在进行当中。

这是汤普金斯县紧急情况部门一位名叫玛西亚·林奇的公共信息官员透露的。

据该急救部门的助理局长杰西卡·韦弗斯表示,紧急救援人员已经通过无线电与矿工取得了联系,应该没有人员受伤。

韦弗斯称,救援人员已经想办法为受困矿工提供了保暖带和毛毯,好让矿工可以在救援期间保持温暖。

而导致矿工困在地下电梯的细节并未及时给出。

在纽约卡尤加湖附近的这座盐矿,是为道路处理所需的盐进行加工的。

其产出的200万吨盐会运往美国东北部1500余个地区。该岩盐矿是嘉吉公司开采的三个岩盐矿中的一个,另外两个则位于路易斯安那州及俄亥俄州。


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 关于这些盐矿工,这则新闻报道描述了什么?

问题4 救援部队做了什么?

【答案】

3. B.They were trapped in an underground elevator.
4. C.They sent supplies to keep the miners warm.

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用户评论
  • runningsy

    Details about what led to the workers’ being trapped in the elevator went immediately available. 这句话错了吧

    听友378026961 回复 @runningsy: 应该是weren't immediately available

  • 听友411612919

    day1

  • 启文启裕

    emergency workers have made contact with the miners via a radio. 这句文稿也不对吧,好像是had many contacts