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[00:00:07.669]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.考试说明：在这一部分，你将听到三篇新闻报道。每篇新闻的结尾，会有两到三个问题。新闻和问题都只读一遍。听到问题后从A 、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。然后在答案纸1上相应的字母中间划上横线。

[00:00:37.920]News report 1新闻报道1[00:00:39.010]Kelly Swishern, an Arkansas woman, escaped injury and managed to safely stop her car after a four-foot long rat snake came out from under her car seat and slithered across her feet as she was driving down the highway.一个叫Kelly Swishern的阿肯色州女子，当她驾车驶下高速公路的时候，有一条四英尺长的鼠蛇从她的车座下钻了出来，幸运的是她没有受到任何伤害并设法安全地停下了车。[00:00:56.820]Rat snakes aren't poisonous or a threat to people generally.鼠蛇是无毒的，通常不会对人造成威胁。[00:01:01.170]But the woman says the snake she encountered Thursday terrified her out of her wits.但是这位女士说上周四遇到的蛇让她魂飞胆破。[00:01:07.609]"It was rough with big scales," said Swisher,Swisher说："这条蛇很粗，还有很大的鳞片"，[00:01:10.989]who was on her way to pick up her friend at the airport when it happened.当她在驶往机场接朋友的路上发生了这样的事情。[00:01:15.719]"I don't know whether I had my hands on the steering wheel or not."我都记不得我的手是否在方向盘上了。[00:01:20.059]I am not the most flexible person in the world,我不是个身体很灵活的人，[00:01:23.370]but I can guarantee my knees were up next to my ears".但我能确保把自己的膝盖抬到耳朵"。[00:01:28.039]She said the snake first slipped back under the seat and she hoped it would stay there until she was able to get out of the high way and stop.她说那条蛇先回到了座位底下，她希望它会一直在那里，直到她能驶离高速公路，让车停下来。[00:01:37.129]"That didn't work out," she said.她说："并没有效果。"[00:01:39.500]"Here he comes, and he wound up in my back seat before I could finally get off the road, stop and get out of the car"."它过来了，在我最终驶离公路并下车前，它在我的后座上停了下来。"[00:01:47.840]She called for help and Washington County animal control officers came and captured the snake.她求助了呼救，华盛顿郡动物控制人员来捉住了那条蛇。

[00:01:55.659]Questions 1 to 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.根据你刚听到的新闻报道，回答问题1和问题2。[00:02:00.980]Question 1: How did Kelly Swisher feel when she first came across the rat snake?问题1：当Kelly Swisher刚发现那条鼠蛇的时候，她有什么反应？[00:02:21.750]Question 2: What does the report say about the snake?问题2：报道中是如何描述鼠蛇的？

[00:02:41.090]News Report 2新闻报道2[00:02:43.870]Fast food, it turns out, isn't quite as fast as it used to be.事实证明，快餐并不像以前那么快了。[00:02:48.569]A new study finds that McDonald's posted its slowest drive-through times since this survey was first conducted 15 years ago.一项新的研究表明，自从15年前首次开展这项调查以来，麦当劳发布了最慢的取餐时间。[00:02:58.150]At McDonald's, customers will spend on average 3 minutes and 9 seconds from the time they place their orders until they receive their food.在麦当劳，从消费者订餐到他们领取食物的平均时间为3分9秒。[00:03:08.509]That's about 10 seconds more than the industry average and a lot slower than a decade ago, according to the study,研究显示，比行业平均值慢了10秒，甚至比十年前更慢了，[00:03:16.490]which was commissioned by QSR, an industry trade publication.该研究是由一家叫QSR的行业贸易出版社开展的。[00:03:22.189]And McDonald's wasn't alone in slowing down.并不只有麦当劳一家变慢了。[00:03:25.599]Other chains also saw their drive-through performance slow down.其它连锁店也意识到它们的快捷服务速度降低了。[00:03:30.030]Among the reasons for the slower service: Today there are more choices on the menu, and the products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare.服务较慢的原因之一：如今菜单中的选择更多了，产品更复杂，需要更长的时间准备。[00:03:41.020]Speed, of course, is essential to the drive-through experience, and drive throughs are hugely important to chains such as McDonald', Burger King Taco Bell.速度当然是快捷服务的必要因素，对于麦当劳、汉堡王和塔可钟这样的连锁店来说，快捷是尤为重要的。[00:03:53.079]"Usually the drive-through accounts for 60 to 70 percent of all business that goes through a fast-food restaurant," notes Sam Oches, editor of QSR.QSR的编辑Sam Oches说"通常情况下，行业60%到70%的直通业务为快餐厅。"[00:04:06.039]Of course, consumer also want their orders prepared correctly and on that score, Oches says, "accuracy is still really high".当然，消费者也希望他们点餐的食物要正确的，是他们要的，Oches说："准确性依然很高。"

[00:04:16.860]Questions 3 to 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.根据你刚听到的新闻报道，回答问题3和问题4。[00:04:22.219]Question 3: What is the news report mainly about?问题3：新闻主要报道了什么内容？[00:04:41.460]Question 4: What has slowed down McDonald's drive-through service?问题4：什么因素是降低麦当劳的快捷服务的原因？

[00:05:02.819]News Report 3新闻报道3[00:05:04.500]The first private mission outside of Earth's orbit is closer than many of us think.在地球轨道以外的首个私营任务比许多人想象的要更快到来。[00:05:10.170]U.S. government officials are set to approve a mission by privately-held space company Moon Express to travel outside of Earth's orbit in late 2017.美国政府官员在2017年底批准了一项私营航天公司Moon Express将在地球轨道外遨游的任务[00:05:21.899]Moon Express's mission involves plans to land a suitcase-sized package of scientific equipment on the moon for ongoing exploration and commercial development.Moon Express的任务包括在月球上放一个手提箱大小的科学仪器，用于持续的勘探和商业开发。[00:05:35.899]The decision involved months of lobbying and coordinated conversations between a number of federal agencies.该决定由多个联邦机构经过数月的游说和协调对话下完成的。[00:05:44.509]Under international treaties, the U.S. is responsible for the cargo of both public and private spacecraft.根据国际条约，美国对公共和私人的航天器的货物负责。[00:05:53.300]This makes commercial space travel a complex legal issue not just domestically, but abroad.这使得商业太空航线成为了一个复杂的法律问题，不仅是在国内，也是在国外。[00:06:00.879]A Moon Express representative declined to comment on the story, but noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal.Moon Express的一个代表拒绝就此事发表评论，但指出了该公司对此提案非常乐观。[00:06:11.110]Moon Express is not the only company seeking for the right to travel to outer space.Moon Express不是唯一一个为得到穿梭太空权利而努力的公司。[00:06:16.859]Elon Musk's Space X aims to send an unmanned aircraft to Mars by 2018.Elon Musk的太空X计划在2018年发射一个无人飞行器到火星。

[00:06:24.899]Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.根据你刚听到的新闻报道，回答问题5到问题7。[00:06:30.509]Question 5: What is the news report mainly about?问题5：新闻报道的主要内容是什么？[00:06:49.829]Question 6: What is Moon Express planning to do?问题6：Moon Express计划做什么？[00:07:09.120]Question 7: What does Moon Express think of its mission?问题7：Moon Express对他们的任务是什么态度？