大学英语四级听力新题型难点突破 Practice Test 4 Part II 原文与详解3a.docxVIP

Practice Test 4Part II Tape Script of Listening Comprehension?Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.Most recently, representatives from nearly 200 nations gathered in Paris to fight climate change.Almost every country agreed to limit a rise in global temperatures. They agreed that the world should not get any warmer than 2 degrees Celsius above what it was in the mid-1700s. The agreement says 1.5 degrees is an even better target.This will require nations to reduce their greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide. Those gases are released from the burning of fossil fuels, like oil and gasoline, and they are blamed for raising the temperature of the planet.As the planet warms, ice melts at the north and south poles, the top and bottom of the planet. This can raise sea levels that flood low areas, like islands. Climate change also brings damaging storms, severe droughts and flooding, and widespread food and water shortages.The agreement is supported by the United States and China, the two biggest greenhouse gases polluters in the world.（162）1. What is the news report mainly about?【答案】B) Climate change agreement reached2. Which countries supported the agreement?【答案】C) the United States and China.New Words and ExpressionsNews Report One1.Celsius[‘selsi?s]摄氏的2. greenhouse gases二氧化碳、甲烷等导致温室效应的气体3. carbon dioxide[?kɑ:b?ndai??ksaid] 二氧化碳4. fossil [?f?sl] 化石Difficult SentencesNews Report One【译文】这些温室气体是石油和汽油等矿物燃料在燃烧过程中所排放的，被视为地球气温升高的罪魁祸首。【译文】气候变化也带来了破坏性的风暴、严重的干旱和洪水，以及大范围的食物和水源短缺。Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.International Perspectives