2017年6月英语四级听力真题第1套-新闻报道3

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News report three

【5】A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas, Scientists identified 20 of the 1-metre-long snakes during two trips to the Caribbean islands. The second trip was made in October last year.【6】One of the creatures made a dramatic appearance by moving onto the head of a team leader as he slept.【7】The snake has been named Silver Boa because it is metal-colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree. The team was led by Dr. Graham Reynolds from Harvard University. The scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples. Commenting on the find，snake expert Robert Henderson from the Milwaukee Museum of Natural History said, “Worldwide new species of frogs are being discovered and described quite regularly. New species of snakes, however, are much rarer.”

5.What is the news report mainly about?

6.What do we learn about the scientific team leader?

7.How did the newly discovered creature get its name?

5. A.The discovery of a new species of snake
6. C.A snake crawled onto his head in his sleep
7. D.From its colour

【翻译】

在巴哈马群岛的一个偏僻小岛上发现了一种新的蛇类。

科学家们在前往加勒比岛的两次勘察中，都认出了20条这种一米长的蛇。

第二次勘察是在去年的十月。

其中一条蛇出现的方式非常戏剧化：它在领队睡觉的时候爬到了他的头上。

这条蛇被命名为银蟒，因为它呈金属色，并且第一个被发现的标本当时正在爬一棵银色棕榈树。

这个团队由来自哈佛大学的格雷汉姆·雷诺带领，

这位科学家在对组织样品进行了一次基因分析后证实，这种蛇是之前所不为人知的一个种类。

来自自然历史博物馆的蛇类专家罗伯特·亨德森对这个发现评价说：

“在世界范围内，经常会现新种类的青蛙。

然而新种类的蛇则要稀有的多。”

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.这篇新闻的主要内容是什么？

问题6.关于这个科学团队的领队，我们获知了什么？

问题7. 这个最新发现的生物是如何得名的？