四六级

　　2019年英语四级考试时间是6月15日，四级听力这一部分，对很多考生来说是弱点，但是听力并不可怕，只要勤加练习，想必高分不是问题。为帮助考生在寒假期间做好备考，小编准备了四级听力短篇新闻的训练题，请参考：

　　听力文本:

　　A judge in the United States has ordered the release of Albert Woodfox, the last of the so-called "Angola Three" still in prison.Woodfox has been in solitary confinement for 43 years after the killing of a guard at theLouisiana State Penitentiary in 1972, Richard Hulls reports.Campaigners for the "Angola Three" have always maintained there was no physical evidence tolink them to the crime and all convictions have been overturned on numerous occasions.In his ruling, the judge said Albert Woodfox's poor health and the length of the time spent insolitary confinement had contributed to the decision to free him.No man in the U.S. has ever spent as much time in solitary confinement as he has.With the exception of a six-month period in a secure dormitory in 2008, Albert Woodfox hasspent all of the past 43 years incarcerated on his own.

　　听力问题：

　　Question 3.What is the news mainly about?

　　3.新闻的主要内容是什么?

　　Question 4.What is special about Woodfox compared with other prisoners in the U.S.?

　　4.伍德福克斯与美国其他囚犯有什么不同?

　　听力译文：

　　美国法官下令释放艾伯特·伍德福斯——“安哥拉三人党”中仍在监狱服刑的最后一位。1972年伍德福克斯在路易斯安娜州立监狱杀害一名狱警，被判处单独监禁，至今已服刑43年。理查德·何尔士报道。为“安哥拉三人党”抗议的人士坚称没有任何实证证明三人与命案有关，而且之前对三人的指控被多次推翻。法官在裁决中称，释放艾伯特·伍德福克斯的决定是基于他糟糕的健康状况和单独囚禁的时间做出的。他是美国被单独囚禁时间最长的犯人。在43年当中，艾伯特·伍德福克斯除了2008年在一间重监宿舍待了六个月之外，其他时间都是被单独监禁的。