新题型大学英语四级考试新闻听力补充试卷十二套（36篇）第一部分 四级听力新题型调整阐明自6月考试起，全国大学英语四、六级考试委员会将对四级考试旳听力试题作局部调整详细见下表：试卷构造测试内容题量 测试形式分值比例考试时间听力理解短对话8段///旧：30分钟新：25分钟短篇新闻3段7选择题（四选一）7% (每题1分)长对话2段8选择题（四选一）8% (每题1分)短文理解3段10选择题（四选一）20%(每题2分)短文听写1段///调整内容阐明如下： 1．取消短对话 2．取消短文听写3． 新增短篇新闻（3段） 第二部分 新闻听力十二套（36篇） Model Test OneSection ADirections:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will heartwo 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 centre.Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) More than 5 million. B) More than 10 million. C) More than 25 million. D) More than 30 million.2. A) To help identify where infectious diseases are developing.B) To help small and medium size businesses grow.C) To help improve public services.D) To help two climate change programs.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) About 4.12 million units were sold.B) They declined to their lowest level.C) There was a decline of 10% than that in July.D) They indicated a start of rise in August.4. A) They are much stronger than their expectations.B) They might reach to 4.25 million units per year.C) They will be out of control on next month’s report.D) They indicate the housing industry has recovered.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.5. A) Britain has decided to restrict bankers’ bonuses.B) Britain has decided to raise bankers’ salary. C) Britain has decided to curb bankers’ salary. D) Britain has decided to raise bankers’ bonuses.6. A) Those employees whose payments was over $ 4000. B) Those employees whose payments was $ 40000. C) Those employees whose payments was over $ 40000. D) Those employees whose payments was $ 4000.7. A) Most of it would be paid in money. C) Some of it would be paid in shares. B) Most of it would be paid in shares. D) Some of it would be paid in money.Model Test TwoSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) 18000. B) 80000. C) 60000. D) 16000.2. A) Meet the miners’ original demand. C) Improve the miners’ working conditions. B) Offer more benefits to poor black miners. D) Offer a 10% pay rise.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) Chances of guessing the correct lotto numbers. B) Rossi’s dreams about winning the lotto. C) People’s madness for lotto games in Italy. D) Foreigners’ visit to Italy for the lotto drawings.4. A) A huge amount of money. C) A free tour in Europe. B) Free flights to Italy. D) Tickets for the lotto games.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.5. A) Stopping renewing an agreement. C) Renewing an agreement. B) Blocking an agreement. D) Blocking the renewal of a contract.6. A) It provided sufficient privacy safeguards. C) It provided insufficient safeguards. B) It cannot protect privacy sufficiently. D) It failed to safeguard people’s interests7. A) The Swift Money Transfer System. C) The Lisbon Treaty. B) The Brussels Treaty. D) The Swift System.Model Test ThreeSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) It did not reach analysts’ expectations. C) It hinted a decline of Ford’s net income.B) It was a favorable news for the automaker. D) It spurred a rise for Ford’s share price.2. A) There are small losses in North America. B) Prices should be raised in European market. C) Another product line should be set up in Europe. D) Earnings continued to be good in North America.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) The development of French engineering firms. B) Working and living condition in the city of Dijon. C) The environmentally-friendly building in France. D) A tour of the landmark buildings in France.4. A) Metal skirt. B) Solar panel. C) Sun shield. D) Sandwich.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.5. A) The International Space Station. C) The Baikonur Cosmodrome. B) The Siberia Vessel. D) The Progress 45.6. A) On Sunday. B) On Monday. C) On Tuesday. D) On Wednesday7. A) At 4:02 p.m. B) At 4:11 p.m. C) At 4:20 p.m. D) At 6:11 p.m.Model Test FourSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) They made more efforts to find more new cases.B) They tried to prevent the disease out of the capital.C) They held a public movement on hygiene information.D) They boosted the accuracy and promptness of their report.2. A) It’s the first time that ingestion disease has broken out in Haiti.B) The death rate of ingestion disease is too high.C) Death number will keep increasing for a long time. D) Ingestion disease could join other local diseases in Haiti.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item3. A) The children of the international diplomatic corps.B) The program of International Baccalaureate schools.C) The school district in the suburb of Detroit, Michigan.D) “Mother Earth” class in IB elementary schools.4. A) Subject areas are separated. C) “Mother Earth” class covers math.B) Classes are held in the open air, D) Teachers prepare classes together.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item5. A) White ash. C) Poison gas.B) High temperature water. D) Hurricane.6. A) Less than 10. B) About 20. C) About 120. D) More than 750.7. A) They have found too many dead bodies. B) They want to persuade people to move away.C) They don’t know what might happen next.D) They need space to carry out the research.Model Test FiveSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) The Angeles National Forest. C) The tools used in fire fighting. B) The fire fighting in Los Angeles. D) The protection of Mount Wilson.2. A) Tractors and hand tools. C) The slightly higher humidity.B) Helicopters and airplanes. D) The 20-kilometer fire lines.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) It is the new health care law. C) It is the new federal budget law.B) It is the short-term spending law. D) It is the federal operation law.4. A) It will increase the government’s economic burden.B) It will lead to a partial shutdown of the US government.C) It will give rise to a clash between the two major political parties. D) It will oblige people to buy insurance policies unwillingly.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.5. A) The country’s big labor union. C) The country’s big business.B) The country’s big government. D) The country’s big police.6. A) They blocked the traffic. C) They clashed with community groups. B) They occupied New York. D) They controlled too much wealth.7. A) It has now spread to other Asian cities. B) The protesters have camped in New York’s cultural district. C) Members of labor unions joined the movement on Wednesday. D) The protesters represent the wealthiest 99% of Americans.Model Test SixSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) South Africa’s multiracial history. B) Musical New Year’s tradition in South Africa. C) Southeast Asia slaves in Cape Town. D) Cape Town’s mixed race or “colored” residents.2. A) The dockworkers. C) The Dutch colonists. B) European minstrels. D) Cape Town’s residents.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) Monitoring all banks in the country. C) Providing advice to the President. B) Ensuring a safe economic policy. D) Offering enough money to the government.4. A) She once taught at Berkeley University. B) She got tenure at Harvard University. C) She has a Nobel Prize in Economic Theory. D) She has been working in the Federal Reserve for over 10 years.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.5. A) To deal with labor unrest in the country. B) To worsen the relationship between police and protesters. C) To suppress the legal protests. D) To protect the garment factory workers.6. A) In two industrial complexes. C) In the garment factories of Chittagong. B) In the southern Bangladesh. D) In the capital Dhaka.7. A) It will worsen the relationship between workers and security forces. B) It will worsen the relationship between workers and factory owners. C) It will worsen the relationship between union leaders and legitimate protesters. D) It will worsen the relationship between government and protesters.Model Test SevenSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) Energy and power shortage in Kenya. B) Emergency measures for the livestock in Kenya. C) Rockefeller Foundation’s assistance in Kenya. D) Kenya’s emergency plan on food and water shortage.2. A) The local communities. C) The civil society. B) The army. D) The power company.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) When he was skating in the French Alps. C) When he was skiing in the French Alps. B) When he was skating in the German Alps. D) When he was skiing in the German Alps.4. A) He is now in a hospital in Moutiers. B) He is having a psychological test now. C) He has an English friend who is a trauma specialist. D) He was taken to a local hospital by helicopter.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item5. A) They were between Christians and Muslims. B) They were between local people and Muslims. C) They were between local people and Christians. D) They were between local army and Muslims.6. A) It is a large commercial area to the north. C) It was burnt to the ground. B) It was under military control. D) There were no debris and smoldering fires.7. A) At least 100. B) 100. C) At least 1000. D) 1000.Model Test EightSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item1. A) Offering services to help people stop smoking.B) Raising taxes.C) Warning people about the dangers of tobacco.D) Enforcing bans on tobacco advertising.2. A) More than 5 million. B) More than 8 million. C) More than l billion. D) More than 10 billionQuestions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item3. A) The discovery of voice recording. C) Les Paul’s musical experience and death.B) The development of guitar and popular music. D) Les Paul’s own radio show in Chicago.4. A) When he was 10 years old. C) When he was a host in Chicago.B) When he was 13 years old. D) When he was at a local restaurant.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.5. A) Sleeping. B) Holding a meeting. C) Indulging themselves. D) Quarrelling.6. A) Soldiers. B) Teachers. C) Lawyers. D) Businessmen.7. A) Fire. C) Body bomb.B) Mobile phone signals. D) Light.Model Test NineSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) The fire erupted in southern Australia. B) There may be more victims. C) The entire towns have been lost, D) The temperatures have reached 57 degrees Celsius.2. A) 108. B) 47. C) Up to 400. D) Dozens of.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) It is set to expire on December 31. C) It created 10 jobs. B) It raised the unemployment rate. D) It made middle class families benefited.4. A) When unemployment rate dropped. C) When he made his weekly address.B) Before Congress went home for the holidays. D) Before private sectors created more jobs.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.5. A) Top industrial countries met in the US for world finance. B) Developing economies met in the US for a summit on finance. C) G20 leaders met in the US for a summit on future world culture. D) Developing and top industrial economies met in the US for a summit on finance.6. A) 5 billion. B) 50 billion. C) 500 billion. D) 5000 billion.7. A) When to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis. B) When to inject money without harming a recovery. C) How to withdraw that support without harming a recovery. D) How to inject money without harming a recovery.Model Test TenSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) On the first Monday in November. C) On the first Monday in December. B) On the first Tuesday in November. D) On the first Tuesday in December.2. A) Frans Baleni. B) Ken Cuccinelli. C) Terry McAuliffe. D) Chris Christie.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) The general US economic activity. C) The lower savings rate in America. B) Consumer spending in US economy. D) The government’s effort on economy.4. A) The lower savings rate in four years. C) Special payments by the government. B) The spending boost by Americans, D) PNC Financial Services Group’s support.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.5. A) Labor Department officials. C) Lawmakers. B) Civilians. D) The army.6. A) 0.3%. B) 3%. C) 9.7%. D) 10%.7. A) Negative. B) Positive. C) Hopeless. D) Enlightening.Model Test ElevenSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item1. A) The women’s marathon at the historic Brandenburg Gate.B) The final day of the Championships competition.C) Nick Symmonds’ win of the 800-meter semifinal heat.D) The final of the men’s four-by-400-meter relay.2．A)3． B)4． C)7． D)8．Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item3. A) It might hinder people from going shopping. C) It might be harmful to some people’s health.B) It could cause serious traffic accident. D) It could add more holiday atmosphere.4. A) In the middle of winter. C) During Christmas.B) Just before Christmas. D) After the Christmas holiday.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item5, A) Japan. C) The United States,B) South Korea. D) Australia.6. A) Trade imbalances. C) Regional disputes.B) Unstable currency values. D) New members’ applications.7. A) 9. B) 19. C) 20. D) 21.8.Model Test TwelveSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) The election in Kenya. C) The diplomatic relations with other country. B) The economy and democracy. D) The peace in the country.2. A) About 30. B) More than 300. C) Around 3000. D) More than 5000.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) Positive. B) Reluctant. C) Optimistic. D) Careless.4. A) 400 million dollars and 100 military experts. C) 140 million dollars and 100 military experts. B) 140 million dollars and 500 soldiers. D) 400 million dollars and 500 soldiers.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.5. A) Negotiations between developing and industrialized countries. B) A struggle to reach a new global agreement on climate change. C) The deadlock of United Nations climate talks. D) A list of demands by developing nations.6. A) It’s a global agreement on climate change. B) It expired at the end of last month. C) It fell into deadlock and continued into the second round. D) The United Nations climate talks have made a replacement for it.7. A) Crafting a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol. B) Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. C) Stopping industrial emissions of greenhouse gases. D) Coping with the effects of climate change respectively.第三部分 答案解析及听力原文Model Test OneSection AQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. The Internet search engine company called Google has announced (1) it will give more than twenty-five million dollars in money and investments to help the poor. The money will be spent over the next five to ten years in several areas, including poverty reduction and private business development. Aleem Walji works for Google.org-the part of the company that gives money to good causes. He spoke to us from San Francisco. California. He said (2) the first project to receive money will help identify where infectious diseases are developing. In Southeast Asia and Africa, for example. Google. org will work with partners to strengthen early warning systems and take action against growing health threats.1. How much money will Google spend in helping the poor?C)【精析】由句(1)可知，Google会拿出2500多万美金以现金和投资旳形式协助贫困人群。
2. What is the first project of the Google.org Company intended to do?A)【精析】由句(2)可知，第一种资金援助项目用于协助确定传染病散播旳区域Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item. (3) Existing home sales climbed for the second month in a row in September, fueling some hope that a housing recovery is underway. Sales of previously owned homes rose 10% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.53 million units last month, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday. That was up from a 4.12 million rate in August. The report came in much stronger than expective. (4) Economists had forecast sales to edge up to an annual rate of 4.25 million units, according to consensus estimates 市场平均预估from Briefing. com. The gains of the past two months were welcome news, after home sales sank 27% to their lowest level in 15 years in July. While some economists say a housing recovery is underway, a foreclosure丧失抵押品赎回权 moratorium暂停 in October may have a negative impact on next month’s report.3. What can be concluded from existing home sales in August?D)【精析】由句(3)可知，现存房屋销售在9月份保持持续两个月旳增长势头，由此可推知，销售量于8月份开始增长。
4. What did the economists think about the sales?B)【精析】由句(4)可知，经济学家们预测销售会渐渐升至年均425万套Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item. (5) Brit。