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2018年12月英语四级听力真题解析：新闻

新闻2

【原文】

Firefighters responded to a fireWednesday night at an abandoned mall in Heywood. 【3】The fire was reported at 9：26 pm at an old shopping center on MichiganAvenue near St Mary’s Church. Six fire engines, two trucks and two chiefsresponded to the scene. Crews had the fire under control in about 45 minutesand managed to contain the fire to its point of origin. There were some people inside the building when the fire broke outbut there were no reports of any injuries. Fire investigators have responded tothe scene but have not yet determined the cause of the fire. Firefighters willremain on the scene until later this morning to ensure that the fire doesn‘tstart up again. The shopping mall had not been in use since 2002. 【4】In 2014 City Hall developed a plan to knock down the building andreplace it with affordable housing. However, the plan was dropped due to lackof funds.

Question 3：What does the news item say about the fire?

【问题3】新闻关于火灾的内容说了什么?

【解析】本题通过浏览选项可以确定是意外事故新闻，确定第一题考察意外事故，定位文章前三句，火灾发生在教堂旁边的旧的超市中心，消防员在45分钟内控制了火灾和着火点。

Question4：What had City Hall planned to do?

【问题4】City Hall计划干什么?

【解析】答案定位在新闻结尾，比较容易解答定位词plan to do, knock down the building and replace it withaffordable housing计划拆掉建筑，新建房子。

2018年12月英语四级听力真题解析：对话

Conversation 2

M： And where is this?

F ：These photos are from the Taj Mahal in India. 【12】We went there about ten years ago for our honeymoon.

M： Was it romantic.

F： Yeah. The Taj Mahal was a very romantic place. The guide told usthere is a famous love story behind this building that all Indians learn inschool. I think it was during the 1600s and the princess at that time diedwhile giving birth to her 14th child. 【13】The Emperor loved theprincess so much and was so sad when she died that he ordered the palace to bebuilt for her in honor.

M： Wow ! That sounds very romantic. It looks amazing.

F： Yes it‘s gorgeous. It’s also larger in real life than it looks inthe photos. 【14】The building is very tall andthere are gardens in a wall around it all. It‘s all built in this white stoneand some walls of the building are decorated with jewels.

M ：It must have been very crowded when you were there.

F： Yes it‘s a very famous tourist destination. So there are thousandsof visitors every day.

M： Was the rest of India crowded?

F：Yes,【15】very crowded in many cities. Itwas sometimes so crowded that it was difficult to walk along the streetsespecially through busy markets. And there are so many cars. Traffic wasterrible but the people were friendly. The culture isamazing and we had a great time.

M：What about the food?

F： the Indian food is great. There are lots of different dishes to tryand every region has its own special food.

Question 12: For what purpose did the woman go to India?

【问题12】女人为什去印度：

【解析】第一题答案定位在对话的前两回合，女人去印度度蜜月。

Question 13: Why was the Taj Mahal built?

【问题13】泰姬陵建造的原因?

【解析】第二题定位在对话的第三回合，女人描述泰姬陵的历史，提到公主生孩子的时候去世了，国王为了纪念公主。

Question 14: What does the woman say about the Taj Mahal?

【问题14】女人描述泰姬陵说了什么?

【解析】第三题定位在对话的第四回合，基本视听一致，女人描述建筑的墙壁镶嵌宝石的特点。

Question 15: what is the woman‘s impression of Indiancities?

【问题15】女人对印度城市的特点?

【解析】第五题定位在对话结尾，并且有转折词女人对印度的印象是拥挤，但是人很好。