2021年12月英语四级真题 第1套

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Directions: 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 centre.

United Airlines has apologized for mistakenly shipping an American family's pet dog thousands of miles in the wrong direction to Japan. The dog owner's beloved 10-year-old dog named Buddy took an unexpected 16-hour flight to Tokyo following a mix-up by the airline.
The dog owner's family are currently in the process of moving. They were meant to be reunited with the pet in their new home city in Texas. But when they arrived at the United Airlines cargo facility in the southern U.S. state, they found a stranger's dog waiting in Buddy's place. [1] Both of the dogs had been sent to the wrong destinations on connecting flights from Denver, with Buddy mistakenly being sent to Japan instead. Buddy was given a physical checkup when he arrived at Tokyo's International Airport. The dog was then sent back to the U.S. on a private charter jet. “I'm so glad he's alive and coming home soon,” said the relieved dog owner.
“An error occurred during the connections in Denver. We have notified our customers that their pets arrived safely. [2] We will arrange to return the pets to them as soon as possible,” a spokesperson of United Airlines said.

美国联合航空公司错将一家美国人的宠物狗运到了数千英里外错误方向的日本，该公司现已为此事道歉。由于航空公司的失误，宠物狗主人这条10岁的名叫巴迪的爱犬出人意料地乘坐了16个小时的飞机去了东京。
狗主人的全家目前正在搬迁。他们本应该在得克萨斯州新安家的城市与宠物团聚。但当他们到达这个美国南部州的联合航空公司货运站时，发现一条陌生人的狗正在巴迪的位置等着。[1] 这两条狗都是在丹佛转机时被送往了错误的目的地，而巴迪被错误地送到了日本。巴迪在抵达东京国际机场时接受了一次体检。它随后坐私人包机被送回美国。狗主人如释重负地说：“我很高兴它还活着，而且很快就能回家了。
美国联合航空公司的一位发言人说：“丹佛的转机过程出了差错。我们已通知顾客，他们的宠物已安全抵达。[2] 我们将尽快安排将宠物送还给他们。

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Officials at Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona, are celebrating the birth of a baby elephant. Zoo officials say the baby was born on Monday. It is a female, and she weighs nearly 130 kilograms. Semba, her mother, is a 30-year-old African elephant. The pregnancy lasted 22 months. Officials described the baby elephant as “healthy, standing and nursing.” The baby hasn't been given a name yet.
[3] Semba has given birth before. Zoo officials said during this pregnancy, she was closely monitored through physical exams and blood tests. Dr. Sue Tygielski is the zoo's director of zoological operations. [4] She said the elephant's birth went smoothly and that there were no complications.
The new baby expands the zoo's elephant herd to six. That includes the baby's parents, a sister, a brother, and an adult female.

亚利桑那州图森市雷德公园动物园的官员们正在庆祝一头小象的出生。动物园官员说，小象在星期一出生，雌性，体重将近130公斤。她的母亲森巴是一头30岁的非洲象。森巴的妊娠期持续了22个月。官员们称，这头小象“非常健康，能站立，哺乳喂养”，还没有给她起名字。
[3] 森巴以前生育过。动物园的官员们说，在这次怀孕期间，她的健康状况通过体检和血液测试受到了密切的监测。苏·泰吉斯基医生是该动物园的动物手术部门的负责人。[4] 她说，小象的出生很顺利，没有出现任何并发症。
小象出生后，动物园的象群扩大到了6只。其中包括小象的父母、姐姐、哥哥和一头成年雌象。

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Three years ago, a couple was enjoying a meal at a beach restaurant. [5] The restaurant was built on a wooden structure above the sea water. During the meal, the man's wedding ring slipped off his finger. It fell through the wooden floorboards, apparently lost forever.
[6] Recently, the restaurant manager Ryan Krivoy decided to replace the wooden deck, and he found an old gold coin, some $100 bills and a silver wedding ring while replacing the deck. [7] The restaurant's waitress Sasha Formica posted a picture of the ring on Facebook. The post was shared about 5,000 times. Three days later, the happy wife called to claim the ring. She even texted pictures of her and her husband eating there in 2017 as proof. The restaurant mailed the ring back to the happy couple.
Meanwhile, Krivoy discovered that the gold coin was very rare. It was from 1855 and worth as much as $2,000.

三年前，一对夫妇在一家海滩餐厅用餐。[5] 这家餐厅建在海面上方的一座木制结构上。就餐时，男士的结婚戒指从手指上滑落。戒指从木地板上掉了下去，很明显再也找不到了。
[6] 最近，餐厅经理瑞安，克里奥伊决定更换木地板，他在更换地板时发现了一枚旧金币、一些百元美金大钞和一枚银质结婚戒指。[7] 餐厅女服务员萨莎·福米卡在脸书上发布了这枚戒指的照片。这个帖子被转发了大约5000次。三天后，那位开心的妻子打电话来认领戒指。她甚至发来了她和丈夫2017年在餐厅吃饭时的照片作为证据。餐厅将戒指寄还给了这对开心的夫妇。
与此同时，克里奥伊发现那枚金币很稀有，是1855年的，价值高达2000美元。

Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.