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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：公共设施建设
【高级表达】
1. turned off 关闭
2. the thundering waters 发出雷鸣般响声的水域
3. pedestrian 行人
4. access to 进入，接近
5. at the base of the falls 在瀑布的底部
6. on the American side 在美国一侧的
【关键句型】
1. This “once in a lifetime” event actually may take place twice.
一生一次的事情可能会发生两次。
2. The New York State parks system wants to turn off the falls on the American side ...
纽约州公园管理部门想关闭美国一侧的瀑布......
3. People are curious by nature.人天生好奇。
【听力原文】
New York State plans to shut off the thundering waters of Niagara Falls, again, at least, the American side of the falls. This“once in a lifetime” event actually may take place twice in some folks’ lives.The New York State parks system wants to turn off the falls on the American side sometime in the next two to three years to replace two 115-year-old stone bridges that allow pedestrians, park vehicles and utilities access to Goat Island. The American side of the falls was shut off in 1969 to study the build-up the rock at the base of the falls. When that happened, people came from all over the world to see the falls turned off. People are curious by nature. They want to see what’s underneath. In fact, those who first came to have a look did see something. They found millions of coins on the bottom.
【答案解析】
Q1. Why does New York State want to turn off Niagara Falls?
选B. 为什么纽约州要关闭尼亚加拉瀑布？听力材料一开始就告诉我们纽约州要关闭尼亚加拉瀑布，由此我们可以预期下面就会谈到关闭瀑布的原因。下文明确说明New York State parks system wants to turn off the falls ... to replace two 115-year-old stone bridges... 关闭瀑布的直接目的是更换两座古老的石桥。原因直接给出。A足游客好奇心，C的意是说为了游客能够参观公羊岛，D是改善该州的公共服务，这三项在材料中均未涉及。
Q2. What did people find when Niagara Falls were shut off in l969?
选D。文中最后一句说 “They found millions of coins at the bottom.” 其实听到coins答案就已经出来了。其它干扰项文中没有提及。
News Report 2
【主题分类】新闻听力：新闻报道
【高级表达】
1. the Interior and Defense ministries内政部和国防部
2. reinforcements 增援部队
3. at large 未被捕的，详尽的
4. electronic video-supervision system 电子监控系统
5. target v. 把... 作为目标
【关键句型】
1. And authorities have been hunting... 当局一直在追捕
2. American security experts were expected to come to help Tunisia devise...
人们预计美国安全专家会帮助突尼斯设计... ...
结构：sb. be expected to do sth. 预计某人会做某事
3. left 70 people dead 造成70人死亡。
结构：leave sb. + 形容词/分词/介词短语 使某人处于某种状态。
【听力原文】
Tunisian government said Monday that 45 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a town near the border with Libya. The Interior and Defense ministries said that the Tunisian government has closed its two border crossings with Libya because of the attack. The Tunisian Military has sent reinforcements and helicopters to the area. And authorities have been hunting several attackers who were still at large. The violence came amid increasing international concern about Islamic state extremists in Libya. Officials of the Tunisian government are especially worried after dozens of tourists were killed in an attack in Tunisia last year. Defense Minister Farhat Horchani said last week that German and American security experts were expected to come to help Tunisia devise a new electronic video-supervision system on its border with Libya. Tunisia was targeted last year by three attacks that left 70 people dead and were claimed by Islamic State.
【答案解析】
Q3. What did Tunisian government do after gunmen’s attack?
C．短文一开始就说突尼斯政府宣布持枪者袭击了突叙边境的一个小城，45人在袭击中丧生，我们可以预测到接下来突政府对此会采取措施，接下来有关当局宣布“ ...Tunisian government has closed its two border crossings with Libya.”, 意思是突尼斯支付关闭了与利比亚两国边境，答案几乎直接给出，意思和选项C重合。其它三项均为干扰项，材料中未涉及。
Q4. What were German and American security experts expected to do in Tunisia?
D. 原文中说德美要建 “a new electronic video -supervision system”,就是一种电子监视系统，和D选项意思吻合。 A是建议突尼斯人如何采取安全措施，B追查实施恐怖袭击的组织，C为突尼斯政府训练合格的安全人员，这些在文中没有提及。
News Report 3
【主题分类】新闻听力：发明创造
【高级表达】
1. a plant-powered device 植物能源设备
2. charge 充电
3. biological circuit 生物电路
4. photosynthesis光合作用
【关键句型】
1. converting sunlight into energy 把阳光转变为能量
convert...into... 把...... 转变为......
2. The device changes the energy released from the plant. 这一装置把植物释放的能量进行转换.
3. The device plugs into the ground ... 把这个装置插入泥土里...... plug into插入
【听力原文】
Three university students in Santiago Chile have developed a plant-powered device to charge their mobile phones. The three engineering students got the idea for the device while sitting in their school’s courtyard. Their invention is a small biological circuit they call E-Kaia. It captures the energy which plants produce during photosynthesis, a process of converting sunlight into energy. A plant uses only a small part of the energy produced by that process. The rest goes into the soil. E-Kaia collects that energy. The device plugs into the ground and then into a mobile phone. The E-Kaia solves two problems for the engineering students. They needed an idea for a class project. They also needed an outlet to plug in their phones. One of the student inventors, Camila Rupcich, says the device changes the energy released from the plant
into low-level power to charge phones. The E-Kaia is able to fully recharge a mobile phone in less than two hours.
【答案解析】
Q5. What did three university students invent?
选C。这三名学生“ have developed plant-powered device to charge mobile phones.” 中的device to charge mobile phones就是C答案中的 mobile phone charger。选项A是指环保电池。尽管学生们发明的是植物提供能量的充电器也是环保的，但不是电池而是充电器。B选项是节能手机，显然不符合材料内容；D是有助于植物吸收太阳光的装置，这项是主要干扰项。文中明确说明他们发明的装置是获取植物在光合作用中产生的能量，这个过程是把阳光转变为能量，并不是D说的帮助植物吸收能量。
Q6. When did they get the idea for the invention?
选A。文中说他们 “ got the idea for the device while sitting in their school's courtyard.” 他们坐在学校的操场上的时候有了发明这个装置的想法。答案基本上是直接给出的，很容易与其它干扰项辨别。
Q7. what does the speaker say about the invention?
选D。发明者之一Camila Rupcich说，“the device changes the energy released from the plant into low-level power to charge phone.”中我们可以知道这一装置把植物释放的能量转化为弱能量给手机充电，这是它的作用方式和D表达的意思一致。A它增加了人们对手机的使用，B它加快了光合作用的过程，C它使人们更加容易接受手机，这三项在文中都没有提及。
