2021年12月英语四级听力真题第1套-新闻2

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1、听力选项：

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 
3. A) She weighs 130 kilograms
B) She has had babies before.
C) She was brought from Africa.
D) She has a big family of six
4. A) It took 22 hours.
B) It had some complications.
C) It was smooth.
D) It was monitored by Dr.Sue Tygielski
2、听力原文和解析翻译：(点击图片放大看原文）

Officials at Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona, are celebrating the birth of a baby elephant Zoo officials say the baby was born on Monday.
It is a female, and she weighs nearly 130 kilograms.
Semba, her mother, is a 30-year-old African elephant.
The pregnancy lasted 22 months.
Officials described the baby elephant as "healthy, standing and nursing."
The baby hasn't been given a name yet.
Semba has given birth before.
Zoo officials said during this pregnancy, she was closely monitored through physical exams and blood tests.
Dr. Sue Tygielski is the zoo's director of zoological operations.
She said the elephant's birth went smoothly and that there were no complications.
The new baby expands the zoo's elephant herd to six.
That includes the baby's parents, a sister, a brother, and an adult female.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
Question 3: What do we learn about the mother elephant Semba?
Question 4: What dose the report say about the birth of the new baby elephant?
亚利桑那州图森市雷德公园动物园的官员们正在庆祝一头小象的出生。动物园官员说，小象在星期一出生。
它是一头雌性小象，体重将近130公斤。
她的母亲森巴是一头30岁的非洲象。
森巴的妊娠期持续了22个月。
官员们称，这头小象“非常健康，能站立，哺乳喂养”。
还没有给她起名字。
森巴以前生育过。
动物园的官员们说，在这次怀孕期间，她的健康状况通过体检和血液测试受到了密切的监测。
苏·泰吉斯基医生是该动物园的动物手术部门的负责人。
她说，小象的出生很顺利，没有出现任何并发症。
小象出生后，动物园的象群扩大到了6只。
其中包括小象的父母、姐姐、哥哥和一头成年雌象。
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：关于象妈妈森巴，我们可以得知什么？
问题4：关于小象的出生，报道中说了什么？

3、答案解析：（图片格式点击放大）

B C