2018年6月英语四级听力真题第2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) International treaties regarding space travel programs. 
B) Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration. 
C) U.S. government's approval of private space missions. 
D) Competition among public and private space companies. 
6. A) Deliver scientific equipment to the moon. 
B) Approve a new mission to travel into outer space.
C) Work with federal agencies on space programs. 
D) Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars. 
7. A) It is significant. 
B) It is promising. 
C) It is unpredictable. 
D) It is unprofitable. 

News Report Three

（5）The first private mission outside of Earth’s orbit is closed to many of our think. U.S. government officials are set to approve a mission by privately-held space company Moon Express to travel outside of Earth’s orbit in late 2017. （6） Moon Express’s  mission  involves  plans  to  land  a  suitcase-sized  package  of  scientific  equipment  on  the  moon  for  ongoingexploration  and  commercial  development.  The  decision  involved  months  of    and  coordinated  conversations between a number of factual agencies. Under international treaties, the U.S. is responsible for the cargo of both public and

private spacecraft. This makes commercial space travel a complex legal issue not just domestically, but abroad. （7）A Moon Express representative declined to comment on the story but noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal.

Moon Express is not the only company seeking for the rights to travel to outerspace. Elon Musk’s space X aims to send an unmanned aircraft to Mars by 2018.

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

5. What is the news report mainly about？

6. What is Moon Express planning to do？

7. What does Moon Express think of its mission？

三、答案

5. C） U.S. government's approval of private space missions.
6. A） Deliver scientific equipment to the moon.
7. B） It is promising.

【翻译】

地球轨道之外的第一个私人任务比我们大多数人想象得还要近。

美国政府官员将于2017年底批准月球捷运私营太空公司在地球轨道外进行一项任务。

月球捷运公司计划将一套手提箱大小的科学设备送上月球，用于正在进行的探索和商业开发。

这一决定涉及到几个月的游说和一些联邦机构之间的协调对话。

根据国际条约，美国负责公共和私人航天器的运输。

这使得商业太空旅行不仅在国内，而且在国外成为一个复杂的法律问题。

月球捷运公司的一名代理人拒绝就此事置评，但指出该公司对自己的提议非常乐观。

月球捷运公司并不是唯一一家寻求外太空旅行权利的公司。

埃隆·马斯克的美国太空探索技术公司计划在2018年之前将一架无人驾驶飞机送上火星。

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：这则新闻报道主要讲的是什么？

问题6：月球捷运公司计划做什么？

问题7：月球捷运公司如何看待自己的任务的？