2016年12月英语四级听力原文（沪江网校版）
2016年12月17日全国大学英语四级考试已结束，本次考试为多题多卷，本站第一时间收集整理不同版本试题，供考生参考：
Section A
A 16th century castle in Scotland is close to collapsing after lumps of soils were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations.
On Sunday, the castle’s owner John Gordon, 76, was forced to move out his property after the River Dee swept away about 60 feet of land, leaving the castle dangerous close to the river. According to the Scottish Daily Record.
Abergeldie castle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland was built by Sir Alexander Gordon of Midmar who later became the Earl of Huntly.
The castle which is located on 11,700 acres was leased to members of the royal family between 1848 and 1970, including King Edward VII and George V.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued more than 35 flood warnings covering several regions, as Scotland continues to clean up the after Storm Frank hit the country last Wednesday.
“This means that rivers will rise more slowly, but then stay high for much longer.” the environmental agency said.
Q1. Why did John Gordon move out of Abergeldie castle?
Q2. What happened in Scotland last Wednesday?
Section A - 2
Rescue efforts were underway Thursday morning for 17 miners who were stuck in an elevator below ground at a Cargill rock salt mine near Lansing, New York, according to Marcia Lynch.
Public information officer with Tompkins County’s emergency response department,
emergency workers have made contact with the miners via a radio. And they all appear to be uninjured, said Jessica Verfuss, the emergency department’s assistant director.
Crews have managed to provide heat packs and blankets to the miners so that they can keep warm during the rescue operation, Verfuss said.
甘肃高考录取查询Details about what led to the workers’ being trapped in the elevator went immediately available.
The mine, along New York’s Cayuga Lake, processes salt used for road treatment. It produces about 2 million tons of salt that is shipped to more than 1,500 places in the northeastern United States, the rock salt mine is one of three operated by Cargill with the other two in Louisiana and Ohio.
Q3. What does the news report say about the salt miners?
Q4.What did the rescue team do?
Section A - 3
The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it is considering closing about 3,700 post offices over the next year because of falling revenues.
Facing an $8.3 billion budget deficit this year, closing post officers is one of several proposals the Postal Service has put forth recently to cut costs. 过了国家线就一定能上研究生吗
面对今年83亿美元的财政赤字，关闭邮政官员是邮政部门最近提出的降低成本的几项建议之一。
Last week, for example, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe announced plans to stop mail delivery on Saturdays, a move he says could save $3 billion annually.
例如，上周，邮政局长帕特纳多赫宣布计划在周六停止邮递，他表示每年可节省30亿美元。
“We are losing revenue as we speak,” Donahoe said. “We do not want taxpayer money.
We want to be self-sufficient. So like any other business you have to make choices.”
我们想要自给自足。 所以和其他业务一样，你必须做出选择。“
Dean Granholm the vice president for delivery and post office operations said the first waves of closings would begin this fall.
交付和邮局业务副总裁迪恩格兰霍姆说，第一波关闭将于今年秋季开始。
He estimated that about 3,000 postmasters, 500 station managers and between 500 and 1,000 postal clerks could lose their jobs.
2017研究生国家分数线他估计大约有3000名邮政局长，500名电台管理人员和500至1000名邮政职员可能会失去工作。
Q5.What is the U.S. Postal Service planning to do?
Q6.What measure has been planned to save costs?
Q7.What will happen when the proposed measure come into effect?
Conversation 1
A: Mrs. Hampton, we've got trouble in the press room this morning.
汉普太太，今天早上我们在新闻室遇到了麻烦。
B: Oh dear. What about?
噢亲爱的。 关于什么
A: One of the press operators arrived an hour and a half late.
100种福字图片2021其中一名新闻工作者迟到了一个半小时
B: But that's a straightforward affair. He will simply lose part of his pay. That's why we have a clock-in system.
但这是一个简单的事情。 他只会失去部分工资。 这就是为什么我们有一个时钟输入系统。
ppkao考试资料网搜题A: But the point is the man was clocked-in at 8 o'clock. We have John standing by the time clock, and he swears he saw nothing irregular.
但重要的是，这个男人在8点钟钟入场。 约翰站在时钟旁边，他发誓他没有看到任何不规则的东西。
B: Is John reliable?
约翰是否可靠
A: Yes, he is. That's why we chose him for the job.
2020公务员贵州省考试题库及答案恩，他是。 这就是为什么我们选择了他来做这份工作
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