2018年6月英语四级听力真题第2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：

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 
3. A) A study of the fast-food service. 
B) Fast food customer satisfaction. 
C) McDonald's new business strategies. 
D) Competition in the fast-food industry. 
4. A) Customers' higher demands. 
B) The inefficiency of employees. 
C) Increased variety of products. 
D) The rising number of customers. 

二、听力原文

News Report Two

（3）Fast food, it turns out, isn’t quite as fast as it used to be. A new study finds that MacDonald’s posted its slowest drives-through times since this survey was first conducted fifteen years ago. As MacDonald’s, customers will spend on

average three minutes and nine seconds from the time they placed their orders until they received their food. That’s about ten seconds more  than the  industry average--and a  lot slower than a decade ago, according to the  study, which  was commissioned by QSR, an industry trade publication. And MacDonald’s wasn’t alone in slowing down: Other chains also saw their drive-through performance slow down. （4）Among the reasons for the slower service, today there are more choices on the menu, and the products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare. Speed, of course, is essential to the

drive-through experience. And drive-throughs are hugely important to chains, such as MacDonald’s, Burger King and Taco Bell.  “Usually  the  drive-through  accounts  for  sixty  to  seventy  percent  of  all  business  that  goes  through  a  fast-food restaurant,” notes Sam Ochers, editor of QSR. Of course, consumers also want their orders prepared correctly and on that score, Ochers says, “accuracy is still really high.”

3. A） A study of the fast-food service.
4. C） Increased variety of products.

【翻译】

事实证明，快餐并不如过去那样快了。

一项新的研究发现，麦当劳发布了自15年前首次进行这项调查以来最慢的“免下车”时间。

麦当劳的顾客从下单到收到食物的平均时间为3分9秒。

这比行业平均时间多出10秒——由行业刊物《QSR》委托进行的研究表明，这比十年前慢了很多。

麦当劳并不是唯一一家减速的：其他的连锁店“免下车”时间也减短了。

服务变慢的原因有：如今菜单上的选择更多；产品本身更复杂，需要更长时间准备。

诚然，速度对于“免下车”体验是很重要的。

“免下车”对于像麦当劳、汉堡王以及塔可钟这样的连锁店来说又是重中之重。

“通常，快餐店的免下车业务占快餐店所有业务的60%到70%，”《QSR》的编辑萨姆·奥什说道。

当然，顾客也希望订单准备正确，在这一点上，奥什说，“准确度仍然很高。”

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: 这则报道的主要内容是什么？

问题4: 是什么降低了麦当劳的“免下车”服务速度？