2017秋大学英语(1-2)B级月考1试卷Amp3听力文稿子.pdf

Tapescript of Model Test 2 Section A News Report One Got a smart phone? Never lose your hotel key, or even have to stop at the registration desk again. That ’thes vision of a hotel chain that plans to send digital keys to guests ’ phonevia an app instead of making them check in and get the traditional plastic swipe cards. [1]Arriving guests could get around the front desk and go straight to their rooms. Starwood Hotels Resorts,which owns more than 1,150 hotels in nearly 100 countries, [2]plans to install the system in the next three months at two of its hotels in the U.S.A. If all goes well, the company says it could have the feature in all of its hotels by next year. A spokeswoman said the app will initially be compatible with recent iPhone models and newer Android phones. The app will use Bluetooth technology to unlock the room with a tap. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. What is the main advantage of the digital key? 2. How many hotels will have the system in the next three months? News Report Two A British man accused of planning his wife ’murders while they were honeymooning in South Africa has lost a High Court appeal to block his being sent back to Britain until he is fit to [3]The judges ruled that Shrien Dewani can be sent back as long as the South African government pledges to return him to the United Kingdom should he ultimately prove unfit to be tried. Dewani’s lawyers had urged that he should not be sent back while he was unfit to stand trial. He is being treated for a depressive illness. His legal team can appeal the decision at the Supreme Court. [4]Dewani is accused of hiring a crew of criminals to kill his wife, AnniDewani, during a taxi ride in Cape Town last November, just over two weeks after their wedding. Questions 3 and 4