四六级

　　自2016年起，英语四级听力改革，将考试题型改为：3篇短新闻、2篇长对话和3篇短文。小编将为大家提供新题型的模拟练习题，这是四级听力新题型模拟题第7套短新闻2，希望能更好地帮助大家进行2017年6月英语四级备考。

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　　Questions 3 and 4 will be based on thefollowing news item.

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　　A.To set up a moon colony by 2020.

　　B.To send astronauts back to the moon by 2020.

　　C.To continue the current shuttle missions till 2020.

　　D.To create more jobs for NASA till 2020.

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　　A.There were more important space missions.

　　B.The space agency lacked technology for the programme.

　　C.The current shuttle missions would continue.

　　D.Congress failed to pass President Obama's budget.

　　News Item Two

　　American astronauts will not return to the moon as planned if U.S. Congress passes President Obama's proposed budget. Obama's budget which aims to cut funding in certain areas while increasing money used to create jobs——would cancel NASA's Constellation programme. (3) The programme has sought to send astronauts back to the moon by 2020. NASA's programme also intended to study the idea of establishing a moon colony. The programme was set to follow the U.S. space agency's shuttle missions, which are due to end in September. (4) On its website, the White House Budget Office says the programme to send astronauts to the moon is behind schedule, over budget and overall less important than other space investments. "Using abroad range of criteria, an independent review panel determined that even if fully funded, NASA's programme to repeat many of the achievements of the Apollo era 50 years later, was the least attractive approach to space exploration as compared to potential alternatives." the site says.

　　3.What did NASA's Constellation Programme originally plan to do?

　　4.What would be the main reason if the programme is cancelled?

　　参考答案：

　　【小题3】B

　　【小题4】A

　　习题解析：

　　【小题3】新闻中提到 The programme has sought to send astronauts back to the moon by 2020，指出这一计划打算在 2020 年让宇航员重返月球，故选 B。新闻里虽然也提到 NASA's programme also intended to study the idea of establishing a moon colony.但指的是 NASA 打算研究在月球建立殖民地的设想，而不是真的在 2020 年前建立一个殖民地，故排除干扰项 A。

　　【小题4】本题考查“星座月球登陆计划”可能被取消的主要原因。新闻后半部分提到 On its website, the White House Budget Office says the programme to send astronauts to the moon is behind schedule, over budget and overall less important than other space investments.指出该计划已经滞后、超预算，且整体来说也没有其他太空投资重要，选项 A)符合原文，故选 A。选项 B新闻未提及，选项 C和 D和新闻内容不符，均排除。

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