2021年12月英语四级听力真题第2套-短文1

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1、听力选项：

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) Owners' personalities affect their cats' behaviour and wellbeing.
B) Parents' personalities can affect the personalities of their children.
C) Parents and cat owners alike experience high levels of anxiety.
D) More and more people are treating pet cats like their children.
17. A) Give their pets behavioural training.
B) Provide their pets with the best care.
C) Know their pets' feelings and desires.
D) Interact with their pets in novel ways.
18. A) More convincing explanation. C) Collection of more data.
B) More extensive sampling. D) Fmther investigation.

2、听力原文和解析翻译：

A new study carried out by the University of Lincoln has found a link between the personalities of cat owners and the behaviour and wellbeing of their cats.
The findings suggest that just as a parent's personality can affect the personality of a child, the same is true for a cat and its owner.
Owners defined as individuals with high levels of anxiety, fear, anger, depression, and loneliness were more likely to have cats with behavioural issues.
Such cats displayed more aggressive and anxious behavioural styles as well as more stress-related sickness.
They were also more likely to have an ongoing medical condition and be overweight.
The research also found that mentally well-adjusted owners had calmer, happier and healthier cats.
The researchers explained that many owners regard their pets as a family member and form close social bonds with them.
The majority of owners want to provide the best care for their pets and it is therefore possible that pets could be affected by the way their owners interact with and manage them.
The study highlights an important relationship between our personalities and the wellbeing of our pets.
Further research is needed to investigate the causal nature of this relationship, and to look at how owners' personalities are directly influencing their pets' behaviour and wellbeing.
It is possible that the wellbeing of pets is driven by the underlying nature of the owner, not simply by their conscious decisions and behaviours.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Question 16: What do we learn from the new study by University of Lincoln?
Question 17: What does the passage say most pet owners want to do?
Question 18: What does the passage say is still needed to understand the effects of owners' personalities on their pets?
林肯大学进行的一项新研究发现，猫主人的性格与猫的行为和健康之间存在关联。
研究结果表明，就像父母的性格会影响孩子的性格一样，猫和它的主人之间也是如此。
那些被确定为重度焦虑、恐惧、愤怒、抑郁和孤独的人养的猫更有可能存在行为问题。
这类猫表现出更具攻击性、更加焦虑的行为模式，还会患上更多与压力有关的疾病。
它们也更有可能有持续的病症和超重。
研究还发现，心理方面适应良好的主人养的猫更平静、更快乐、更健康。
研究人员解释说，许多主人把他们的宠物视为家庭成员，并与它们形成了亲密的社会关系。
大多数主人都想为自己的宠物提供最好的照料，因此，宠物可能会受到主人与其互动以及主人管理它们的方式的影响。
这项研完强调了我们的性格和我们宠物的健康之间的重要关系。
需要进一步的研究来调查这一关系的因果本质，还要调查主人的性格是如何直接影响其宠物的行为和健康的。
宠物的健康可能是由主人潜在的性格决定的，而不仅仅是取决于他们有意识的决定和行为。
请根据你刚刚听到的文章回答问题16到问题18。
问题16：我们从林肯大学的新研究中了解到了什么？
问题17：文章称，大多数宠物主人想做什么？
问题18：文章称，要理解主人的性格对宠物的影响还需要什么？