2018年12月英语四级听力真题.docxVIP

-- -- 2018 年 12 月大学英语四级考试 英语四级听力真题（全） ： News 1 A device that weighs less than one kilogram is part of a mission that will allow scientists to deliver fourth generation or 4G mobile coverage to the moon in 2019 。 If successful ， the tiny device will provide the moon with its first ever mobile phone network 。 The lunar network will support high definition streaming of video and data between the moon and earth 。 The network is part of a mission to the moon 。 This is a project with the goal of landing the first privately paid for mission to the moon 。 The 4G mission is set to launch from Cape Canaveral in the United States on a space X Falcon 9 rocket in 2019 。 Mission to the moon intends to establish and test the first elements of a communications network on the moon 。 The scientists working on the project opted to build a 4G rather than a fifth generation or 5G network 。 This is because fifth generation networks are still in testing and trial phases 。 This means that a 5G network may not yet be stable enough to work on the moon ‘ s surface Question 1 ： What are scientists planning to do ？ Question 2 ： Why did scientists choose to set up a 4G network in their mission ？ News 2 It ‘ s responded to a fire Wednesday night at an abandoned mall in Heywood 。 The fire was reported at 9 26 pm at an old shopping center on Michigan Avenue near  ： St 。  Mary  ’s Church  。 Six fire engines  ， two trucks and two chiefs responded to the scene 。 Crews had the fire under control in about 45 minutes and managed to contain the fire to its point of origin 。 There were some people inside the building when the fire broke out but there were no reports of any injuries 。 Fire investigators have responded to the scene but have not yet determined the cause of the fire  。  Firefighters will remain on the scene until later this morning to ensure that the fire doesn  ‘ t start up again  。 The shopping mall had not been in use since 2002  。  In 2014 City Hall developed a plan to kno