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12月大学英语四级考试英语四级听力真题(全): News1 Adevicethatweighslessthanonekilogramispartofamissionthatwillallowscientiststodeliverfourthgenerationor4Gmobilecoveragetothemoonin。essful,work。workwillsupporthighdefinitionstreamingofvideoanddatabetweenthemoonandearth。workispartofamissiontothemoon。Thisisaprojectwiththegoaloflandingthefirstprivatelypaidformissiontothemoon。The4GmissionissettolaunchfromCapeCanaveralintheUnitedStatesonaspaceXFalcon9rocketin。workonthemoon。work。worksarestillintestingandtrialphases。workmaynotyetbestableenoughtoworkonthemoon‘ssurface Question1:Whatarescientistsplanningtodo? Question2:workintheirmission? News2 It‘srespondedtoafireWednesdaynightatanabandonedmallinHeywood。Thefirewasreportedat9:26pmatanoldshoppingcenteronMichiganAvenuenearSt。Mary’sChurch。Sixfireengines,twotrucksandtwochiefsrespondedtothescene。Crewshadthefireundercontrolinabout45minutesandmanagedtocontainthefiretoitspointoforigin。Thereweresomepeopleinsidethebuildingwhenthefirebrokeoutbuttherewerenoreportsofanyinjuries。Fireinvestigatorshaverespondedtothescenebuthavenotyetdeterminedthecauseofthefire。Firefighterswillremainonthesceneuntillaterthismorningtoensurethatthefiredoesn‘tstartupagain。Theshoppingmallhadnotbeeninusesince。InCityHalldevelopedaplantoknockdownthebuildingandreplaceitwithaffordablehousing。Howevertheplanwasdroppedduetolackoffunds。 Question3:Whatdoesthenewsitemsayaboutthefire? Question4:WhathadCityHallplannedtodo? News3 PotatochipsinJapanarebeingsoldfor6Xtheirnormalprice。Thisisafterthecountry‘smainmanufacturerstoppedsalesduetoapotatoshortage。Stormsandfloodsanditsmainpotatogrowingregionlastyearcausedtheworstharvestandmorethan3decades。LocalmediareportssuggestCalbeeanditsmainrivalKoike-yaarehaltingalmost50products。“Wedon‘tknowwhenwe’llbeabletorestart”,acompanyspokesmansaid。Snackloversarepanicbuyingandmanysupermarketshelvesarebare。JapaneselawslimittheamountofimportedpotatoesthatcanbeusedinJapanesemadeproducts。Japansaysfearofdiseaseisitsmainreasontoblockfreshimports。Itstillonlyallowspotatoesfro