2018年12月英语四级考试听力真题及解析

　　2018下半年全国大学英语四六级考试于12月15日进行，新浪教育24小时全程关注，为你带来第一手四六级考试资讯。以下为英语四级听力真题及解析：

　　四级听力真题解析

　　第一篇新闻文章如下：

　　（1）A device that weighs less than one kilogram is part of a mission that will allow scientists to deliver fourth generation or 4G mobile coverage to the moon in 2019。 If successful， the tiny device will provide the moon with its first ever mobile phone network。 The lunar network will support high definition streaming of video and data between the moon and earth。 The network is part of a mission to the moon。 This is a project with the goal of landing the first privately paid for mission to the moon。 The 4G mission is set to launch from Cape Canaveral in the United States on a space X Falcon 9 rocket in 2019。 Mission to the moon intends to establish and test the first elements of a communications network on the moon。 The scientists working on the project opted to build a 4G rather than a fifth generation or 5G network。 （2）This is because fifth generation networks are still in testing and trial phases。 This means that a 5G network may not yet be stable enough to work on the moon’s surface。

　　第一句“2019年有一个不到一公斤重的设备，它可以使得科学家在月球使用4G网络。”这也就是新闻听力当中开篇的导语，也就是先说出重要的事儿。接下来，如果成功的话，月球上就有信号了，这个项目的目标就是落地私人登月任务。Cape Canaveral，这个词是卡拉维拉角，美国的一个空军基地，同时这个地方也是阿波罗发射的地方。

　　Falcon 9，是猎鹰9号，没听过没关系，文章继续往下走。注意rather than，转折，它说要用4G，而非5G，后面给了一个因果关系词，because，如果出现because，则为答案出处。因为5G依然在测试阶段，这就意味着5G信号在月表不太稳定，而4G稳定。

　　第二篇新闻文章如下：

　　（3）Firefighters responded to a fire Wednesday night at an abandoned mall in Heywood。 The fire was reported at 9：26 pm at an old shopping center on Michen Avenue near St。 Mary’s Church。 Six fire engines， two trucks and two chiefs responded to the scene。 Crews had the fire under control in about 45 minutes and managed to contain the fire to its point of origin。 There were some people inside the building when the fire broke out but there were no reports of any injuries。 Fire investigators have responded to the scene but have not yet determined the cause of the fire。 Firefighters will remain on the scene until later this morning to ensure that the fire doesn’t start 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 and replace it with affordable housing。 However the plan was dropped due to lack of funds。

　　新闻听力比较常见的就是发生了事故，原文说废弃的商场着火了。新闻听力把时间、地点、人物都交代清楚了。最后一句affordable housing，是保障性住房，政府把房子盖起来，低价租给民众，在2014年的时候计划把商场拆掉，做成公租房。

　　第三篇新闻文章如下：

　　（5）Potato chips in Japan are being sold for 6 times their normal price。 This is after the country’s main manufacturer stopped sales due to a potato shortage。 Storms and floods and its main potato growing region last year caused the worst harvest and more than 3 decades。 Local media reports suggest Calbee and its main rival Koike-ya are halting almost 50 products。

　　“We don’t know when we’ll be able to restart”， a company spokesman said。 Snack lovers are panic buying and many supermarket shelves are bare。 （6）Japanese laws limit the amount of imported potatoes that can be used in Japanese made products。 Japan says fear of disease is its main reason to block fresh imports。 It still only allows potatoes from selected US states。

　　This is only at certain times and on condition that they are processed at factories based near Japanese ports。

　　（7）But global warming has raised the possibility that domestic produce could be seriously affected by rare weather events more often。

　　这篇有关日本吃不起土豆，第一句日本薯片的价格是正常价格的6倍，due to，因果关系词，同时来自于文章的导语，是正确答案出处。再往下，fear of disease is its main reason to block fresh imports。，害怕疾病是阻止日本进口商品最主要原因。紧接着出现的reason符合因果关系处是答案的技巧。最后一句听见but，可以直接进行选择。

　　同学们半年前就做了今天的事情，“老师，我这回技巧不行了，我下回一定好好考，好好学。”大家可以把现在作为一个新的起点，把单音改好，连读学会，希望下次考试之后觉得自己全对，然后看过解析，发现果然全对，这是我们希望的结果。

　　最后祝大家就算考的不会，但蒙的全对。

　　来源：新东方在线