2017年12月英语四级听力答案解析：试卷一短篇新闻（新东方版）
News report 1
Q1: Who did Edison raise money for?
答案：B. Her little brother.
解析：细节题。重点听人物，运用听力技巧中的开头原则，直接解决问题，选出答案。
Q2: How did Edison raise money?
答案：C. By selling lemonade and pictures.
解析：细节题。重点听行为动作，按照顺序原则及视听一致原则解题，两次提及答案内容。
News report 2
Q3: What was France’s purpose of constructing the Wattway?
答案：C. Providing clean energy to five million people.
解析：细节题。开头原则，听到goal这个单词确定核心内容。
Q4:What is special about the solar panels used in the Wattway?
答案：B. They can be laid right on top of existing highways.
解析：细节题。顺序原则，后半部分，视听一致，答案确定。
News report 3
Q5: What has is made difficult to survey lions in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia?
答案：A. Endless fighting in the region.
解析：细节题。开头原则，视听一致原则。出现了continuous fighting in the region…与选项信息一致，确定答案。
Q6: What was the main purpose of the research?
答案：D. To find evidence of the existence of the “lost lions”.
解析：细节题。目的题，按照顺序中段听到了the discovery of the lost lions内容，以及catch images… / identify lions’tracks，确定答案。
Q7: What did the researchers find in the national park?
答案：B. Lions’tracks.
解析：细节题。视听一致原则，依据identify lions’tracks，确定答案。
