2021年12月英语四级考试真题-听力短篇新闻（第一套）

　　【Section A】

　　News Report 1

(1) A 22-year-old Chinese woman who suffered from a persistent cough was shocked to learn that she had a piece of chicken bone lodged in her lung. The unnamed woman from the province of Shandong started to have coughing problems when she was 7 or 8 years old. For 14 years she made numerous hospital visits. However, no doctor could identify any problem. Her uncontrollable coughing was a mystery. (2) Finally, the woman got a full body scan at a hospital in the city of Qingdao. This special medical procedure revealed she had a chicken bone stuck in her lung. Doctors performed surgery and removed the bone. The simple procedure went smoothly and the woman has recovered fully. With the bone finally removed from her lung, the woman is very happy that she no longer suffers from that annoying cough.

Question 1. What was the woman's problem？

问女士遇到的麻烦其实就是对新闻主题的考察，答案在新闻开头出现，答案中cough all the time是对persis cough的同义表述。

Question 2. How was the woman's problem eventually solved？

问女士的问题最终怎么解决的，考察材料的细节信息，答案在材料finally之后，通过外科手术取出了卡着的骨头。题干用eventually进行了替换。

News Report 2

(3) A white sheep named Prickles that ran away from an Australian farm during the 2013 bush fires recently returned to home. According to farmer Alice Gray, Prickles was only a lamb when she ran away. The bush fires that hit the area back then destroyed a large part of her family's massive property. They thought Prickles had died in the fire, but instead, the young sheep escaped into a 200-acre forest near the farm. (4) Once the fires were over, the family had to fix the damage done to the farm. As it was such a large property, this included rebuilding about 50 kilometers of fencing. It was this huge fencing that prevented Prickles from finding her way back. Over the years the family spotted her a few times. They even recorded her with cameras installed to monitor dear activity while they knew Prickles was alive, they couldn't find her and never expected her to return by herself. 7 years later, they were proven wrong.

Question 3. What does the news report say about the white sheep Prickle？

问白色的绵羊发生了什么就是问新闻主题，答案在材料开头和中段均有出现，跑进了附近的森林。

Question 4. What did the family do after the bush fires？

问火灾之后这个家庭做了什么，考察材料细节，在中段出现，重新围了藩篱。正确答案和原文基本一致。

News Report 3

(5) Tons of gold have fallen out of the sky in Russia after a cargo plane malfunctioned in mid-air this morning. The aircraft was carrying￡265 million worth of gold and diamonds when the door flew open, sending the precious metal back to earth. According to the official news agency, Russian authorities have recovered more than 170 gold bars weighing 20 kilograms each. The plane was traveling from Yakutsk Airport in a major diamond producing region to the city Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. (6) However, the aircraft made an emergency landing in Magan after it began losing some of its valuable cargo. Reports suggest, some bars of gold was scattered up to 15 miles away from the airport. 9 tons of gold on plane AN-12 belonged to a gold mine company. Police have sealed off the runway and said it is unclear if it was an accident on attempted robbery. (7) Technical engineers who works on the plane prior to take off are reportedly going to be questioned by the police.

Question 5. What is the news report mainly about?

问新闻主要内容，在材料开头给出，飞机上的黄金掉出来了，答案内容对原文做了简单概括。

Question 6. What did the aircraft do when the incident happened？

问事故发生后飞机做了什么，在材料中间转折考点之后出现，答案内容是材料原文。

Question 7. What does the news report say about the technical engineers who worked on the plane before take off？

问飞机上的机械师在起飞前会做什么，考察细节信息，在材料最后出现，答案内容是材料结尾的原文信息。