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1 Section A
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2 Section B
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3 Section C
News report 1
【主题分类】新闻听力：国家问题（法国旅游业面临的问题）
【高级表达】
Huge declines in tourism 旅游业的大幅下滑
Safety concerns 安全顾虑
Terror attacks 恐怖袭击
In the past decade 在过去的十年里
Go through an industrial disaster 经受一场产业灾难
【关键句型】
1. Safety concerns have been one of the biggest reasons why the country has lost over half a billion in revenue already in the first six months of 2016. 2016年上半年收入损失超过5亿美元，一个最重要的原因是安全顾虑。
2. Besides violence, workers’ strikes and heavy floods are said to have also been why international tourists have stayed away. 除了暴力事件，工人罢工和严重洪灾据称也是国际游客避开法国的原因。
3. The country is the No.1 tourist destination in the world, and tourism is extremely important to the French economy. 法国是世界第一大旅游胜地，旅游业对法国经济至关重要。
【听力原文】
France is facing potentially more than $1 billion in lost revenue this year due to huge declines in tourism.
Safety concerns have been one of the biggest reasons why the country has lost over half a billion in revenue already in the first six monthsof 2016. The terror attacks in Paris last November were called Europe’s worst in the past decade. Besides violence, workers’ strikes and heavy floods are said to have also been why international tourists have stayed away.
So far in the Paris region, there’s been a 46% decline in Japanese visitors, 35% fewer Russians and 27% fewer Italians. American travelers seem the least affected. Their numbers have only dropped by roughly 5%.
According to the French government, the country is the No.1 tourist destination in the world, and tourism is extremely important to the French economy. The sector represents roughly 9% of its GDP. The head of Paris Tourism Board said, “It’s time to realize that the tourism sector is going through an industrial disaster.”
Q1. What accounts most for the huge declines in tourism in France?
【参考答案】B
【答案解析】根据录音可知，对安全的担忧一直是造成法国在 2016 年上半年财政收入损失超过五亿美元的最大原因之一。B 选项“安全担忧”符合题意。
Q2. What do we learn from the report about tourism in France?
【参考答案】D
【答案解析】根据录音可知，据法国政府所表示，法国是世界上第一大旅游目的地，旅游业对法国的经济极其重要。D 选项“在法国经济中起着重要的作用”符合题意。
News report 2
【主题分类】新闻听力：事件（南极考察站生死营救）
【高级表达】
A daring rescue mission 一项英勇的营救任务
A 3,000 miles round-trip 往返3000英里的旅程
Be flown to 被空运到……
A medical facility 一家医疗机构
A hostile environment 一种恶劣环境
【关键句型】
1. A small plane with two sick US workers arrived safely in Chile late Wednesday after leaving Antarctica in a daring rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station. 一架小型飞机在南极考察站执行了一项英勇的营救任务后，飞离南极洲，于上周三晚搭载两名患病的美国工作者安全抵达智利。
2. Normally planes don’t go to the polar post from February to October because of the dangers of flying in the pitch — dark and cold. 飞机通常不会在二月至十月间飞赴南极驻地，因为在极端黑暗和寒冷中飞行非常危险。
3. If you’re not careful, it’ll come round and bite you. 如果你不小心，它就会降临并吞噬你。
【听力原文】
A small plane with two sick US workers arrived safely in Chile late Wednesday after leaving Antarctica in a daring rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station.
After making a stop for a few hours at a British station on the edge ofAntarctica, the two workers were flown to the southernmost Chilean city ofPunta Arenas. In a chaotic two days of flying, the rescue team flew 3,000 milesround-trip from the British station Rothera to pick up the workers at the USAmundsen-Scott station at the South Pole.
“The two patients aboard will be transported to a medical facility that can provide a level of care that is not available at Amundsen-Scott”, says a spokesperson.
Normally planes don’t go to the polar post from February to Octoberbecause of the dangers of flying in the pitch — dark and cold. “Antarctica creates a hostile environment,” says the operations director for the British Antarctic Survey. “If you’re not careful, it’ll come round and bite you.”
Q3. What was the small plane’s mission to Antarctica?
【参考答案】C
【答案解析】根据录音可知，一架载有两名患病的美国工作者的小型飞机于周三晚些时候安全抵达智利，这架飞机从南极洲一个偏远的科考站出发，执行一项救援任务。C 选项符合题意。
Q4. What makes flying to Antarctica dangerous from February to October?
【参考答案】A
【答案解析】根据录音可知，由于黑暗和寒冷，通常在二月到十月期间不会有飞机飞往南极点。A 选项符合题意。
News report 3
【主题分类】新闻听力：生活（用直升机拔牙）
【高级表达】
Remove his son’s loose tooth 拔掉他儿子一颗松动的牙齿
Full-sized commercial helicopter 全尺寸商用直升机
Playful venture 顽皮冒险的
Launch the helicopter into the air 启动直升机并升入空中
Remote control helicopters 遥控直升机
【关键句型】
1. A pilot from Virginia removed his son’s loose tooth using a helicopter. 佛吉尼亚一名飞行员用直升机为他儿子拔掉了一颗松动的牙齿。
2. The father of four posted a video clip of his playful venture on Facebook, advising parents to do fun and creative stuff with their kids. 这位四个孩子的父亲在脸书上发布了这个顽皮冒险的视频片段，建议父母们与孩子一起做有趣且有创意的事情。
3. At the end of the video, Mr. Rahim assures watchers that the circumstances were safe, and that he has 13 years of helicopter flying experience behind him. 视频结尾，Rahim向观众保证，这一情形很安全，他自己有13年的直升机驾驶经验。
【听力原文】
A pilot fromVirginia removed his son’s loose tooth using a helicopter. Rick Rahim, fromVirginia, flies helicopters for a living, and when his seven-year-old son’s tooth became loose, he did not waste time by tying it to a door handle.
Instead, Mr.Rahim tied one end of a string around his son's tooth and the other end to his full-sized commercial helicopter. The father of four posted a video clip of his playful venture on Facebook, advising parents to do fun and creative stuff with their kids. The video shows him launching the helicopter into the air and flying just far enough to successfully remove the loose tooth.
At the end of the video, Mr. Rahim assures watchers that the circumstances were safe, and that he has 13 years of helicopter flying experience behind him. “You’ve got to do everything safe in life, and that’s what I did today.” he said.
Mr. Rahim later said that although some parents have used remote control helicopters to pull teeth before, he might be the first to use a full-sized aircraft, as he can’t find evidence that it has been done before.
Q5. How did Rick Rahim remove his son’s loose tooth?
【参考答案】D
【答案解析】根据录音可知，弗吉尼亚的一位飞行员用一架直升机把他儿子松动的牙齿拔了下来。在牙齿松动后，该飞行员没有浪费时间把儿子的牙齿系在门把手上，而是将绳子的一端系在儿子的牙齿上，另一端系在他的全尺寸商业直升机上。D 选项符合题意。
Q6. What does the news report say about Rick Rahim?
【参考答案】B
【答案解析】根据录音可知，拉希姆先生向有 13 年的直升机驾驶经验。B 选项符合题意。
Q7. What did Rick Rahim advise parents to do with their kids?
【参考答案】C
【答案解析】根据录音可知，这位有着四个孩子的父亲建议父母们和孩子一起做一些有趣又有创意的事情。C 选项符合题意。
