1: College English Test, Band 4, Part 2, Listening
(大学英语四级考试第二部分听力)
2: Comprehension, Section A, Directions.
(理解，A 部分，说明。)
3: In this section, you will hear three news
(在本部分中，您将听到三则新闻)
4: reports.
(報告。)
5: At the end of each news report, you
(在每篇新闻报道结束时，你)
6: will hear two or three questions.
(将会听到两三个问题。)
7: Both the news report and the questions will
(新闻报道和问题都将)
8: be spoken only once.
(只说一次。)
9: After you hear a question, you must choose
(听完问题后你必须选择)
10: the best answer from the four choices marked
(标记的四个选项中的最佳答案)
11: A, B, C, and D.
(A、B、C 和 D。)
12: Then, mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet
(然后在答题纸上标记相应的字母)
13: 1 with a single line through the center.
(1 一条线穿过中心。)
14: News Report 1.
(新闻报道1.)
15: Automakers and tech companies are working hard to
(汽车制造商和科技公司正在努力)
16: offer the first true self-driving car.
(提供第一辆真正的自动驾驶汽车。)
17: But 75% of drivers say they wouldn't
(但 75% 的司机表示不会)
18: feel safe in such a vehicle.
(在这样的车辆中感到安全。)
19: Still, 60% of drivers would like to
(尽管如此，60% 的司机还是愿意)
20: get some kind of self-driving feature, such
(获得某种自动驾驶功能，例如)
21: as automatic braking or self-parking, the next
(自动刹车或自动停车，下一个)
22: time they buy a new car.
(他们买新车的时候。)
23: The attitudes are published in a new AAA
(这些态度发表在新的 AAA 上)
24: survey of 1,800 drivers.
(对 1,800 名司机进行的调查。)
25: Advocates of self-driving cars argue they would
(自动驾驶汽车的支持者认为，他们会)
26: be safer than in cars driven by humans
(比人类驾驶的汽车更安全)
27: because they wouldn't get distracted or drive when
(因为他们不会分心或开车时)
28: tired.
(疲劳的。)
29: But those surveyed by AAA say they trust
(但接受 AAA 调查的人表示，他们相信)
30: their own driving skills.
(他们自己的驾驶技术。)
31: Many feel the technology is too new and
(许多人认为技术太新，)
32: unproven.
(未经证实。)
33: John Nielsen, AAA's Managing Director of Automotive Engineering
(John Nielsen，AAA 汽车工程总经理)
34: and Repair, said tests suggest drivers may be
(和维修部门表示，测试表明司机可能)
35: overestimating their own abilities.
(高估了自己的能力。)
36: He also believes they will be more likely
(他还认为他们更有可能)
37: to trust self-driving cars as they become
(相信自动驾驶汽车)
38: more familiar with features such as automatic braking
(更熟悉自动刹车等功能)
39: or parking.
(或停车。)
40: He estimated that the comfort level will increase
(他估计舒适度将会增加)
41: considerably in 5 to 10 years.
(5 至 10 年后将显著增加。)
42: Questions 1 and 2 are based on the
(问题 1 和问题 2 基于)
43: news report you have just heard.
(您刚刚听到的新闻报道。)
44: Question 1.
(问题 1.)
45: What is the finding of the AAA survey?
(AAA 调查的结果是什么？)
46: Question 2.
(问题2.)
47: What does John Nielsen say about self-driving
(约翰·尼尔森对自动驾驶有何看法)
48: cars?
(汽车？)
49: News Report 2.
(新闻报道2.)
50: One dog has been killed and multiple dogs
(一只狗被杀，多只狗被杀)
51: have been injured by a snowmobile driver in
(被雪地摩托车司机撞伤)
52: what appears to be an intentional attack on
(这似乎是一次故意袭击)
53: competitors in the Iditarod race in Alaska.
(阿拉斯加爱迪塔罗德狗拉雪橇竞赛的参赛者。)
54: Ali Zirkle was the first to report an
(Ali Zirkle 是第一个报告)
55: attack.
(攻击。)
56: A snowmobile driver had repeatedly attempted to harm
(一名雪地摩托车司机曾多次试图伤害)
57: her and her team and one of Zirkle's
(她和她的团队以及 Zirkle 的)
58: dogs had received a non-life-threatening injury.
(狗受的伤没有生命危险。)
59: Zirkle reported the attack when she arrived in
(Zirkle 到达后报告了这次袭击)
60: Nulato, Alaska in the early hours of the
(阿拉斯加州努拉托，凌晨)
61: morning.
(早晨。)
62: Then, Jeff King, a four-time champion, reported
(然后，四届冠军杰夫·金报道)
63: a similar attack.
(类似的袭击。)
64: His team was hit by a snowmobile driver,
(他的队伍被一名雪地摩托车司机撞倒了，)
65: injuring several dogs and killing a three-year
(导致多只狗受伤，并杀死了一只三岁的)
66: -old male dog.
(- 老公狗。)
67: Reporter Zachariah Hughes says that neither King nor
(记者 Zachariah Hughes 说，无论是金还是)
68: Zirkle was injured.
(齐尔克尔受伤。)
69: Although this incident very much alters the race
(虽然这一事件极大地改变了比赛)
70: of the two participants competing for a win,
(在争夺冠军的两名参赛者中，)
71: both are going to continue on their way
(两者都将继续前行)
72: toward the finish line.
(冲向终点线。)
73: Alaska State Troopers released a statement saying they
(阿拉斯加州警发表声明称，他们)
74: have arrested Arnold Demoski, 26.
(逮捕了 26 岁的 Arnold Demoski。)
75: He faces trial on several charges.
(他面临多项指控的审判。)
76: Questions 3 and 4 are based on the
(问题 3 和问题 4 基于)
77: News Report you have just heard.
(您刚刚听到的新闻报道。)
78: Question 3.
(问题3.)
79: What is the News Report mainly about?
(新闻报道主要讲什么？)
80: Question 4.
(问题4.)
81: What do we learn about Jeff King?
(我们对杰夫·金了解多少？)
82: News Report 3.
(新闻报道3.)
83: A tour boat turned over off the coast
(一艘游船在海岸附近翻沉)
84: of Nicaragua, killing at least 13 people and
(尼加拉瓜，造成至少 13 人死亡，)
85: leaving more passengers missing, officials said.
(官员称，造成更多乘客失踪。)
86: The boat was carrying 32 people, 25 Costa
(该船载有 32 人，其中 25 人为哥斯达黎加人)
87: Ricans, 4 Americans and 3 Nicaraguans.
(哥斯达黎加人、4 名美国人和 3 名尼加拉瓜人。)
88: The 13 dead were all Costa Rican, the
(13 名死者均为哥斯达黎加人，)
89: Foreign Ministry said.
(外交部表示。)
90: The boat traveling between Nicaragua's Big Corn Island
(尼加拉瓜大玉米岛之间的船只)
91: and Little Corn Island turned over Saturday near
(小玉米岛于周六在)
92: the larger island.
(较大的岛屿。)
93: Some passengers remain missing, the Costa Rican Foreign
(一些乘客仍然失踪，哥斯达黎加外交部)
94: Ministry said, but did not specify how many.
(该部表示，但没有具体说明具体数量。)
95: A local radio said an unspecified number of
(当地一家电台称，有未指明数量的)
96: people were rescued, including the tour boat's owner,
(包括游船主人在内的人员获救，)
97: Hilario Blandin.
(希拉里奥·布兰丁。)
98: Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in
(尼加拉瓜海军当局禁止海上旅行)
99: the area because of bad weather and strong
(该地区由于恶劣天气和强)
100: winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.
(尽管有风，但游船仍然继续前行。)
101: Blandin, the boat's owner, has been arrested by
(船主布兰丁已被逮捕)
102: Nicaraguan authorities, the state-run news agency said.
(尼加拉瓜当局、国家通讯社报道称。)
103: Both he and a crew member are being
(他和一名机组人员均)
104: investigated for unintentional murder and exposing people to
(因无意谋杀和让人们接触)
105: danger, according to police.
(警方表示，这很危险。)
106: Questions 5 to 7 are based on the
(问题 5 至 7 基于)
107: news report you have just heard.
(您刚刚听到的新闻报道。)
108: Question 5.
(问题5.)
109: What happened to the tour boat sailing off
(游船起航时发生了什么)
110: the Nicaraguan coast?
(尼加拉瓜海岸？)
111: Question 6.
(问题6.)
112: How many people was the boat carrying?
(这艘船载了多少人？)
113: Question 7.
(问题7.)
114: What do we know about the owner of
(我们对)
115: the boat?
(船？)
116: Section B.
(B 部分。)
117: Directions.
(方向。)
118: In this section, you will hear two long
(在本节中，你将听到两个长)
119: conversations.
(对话。)
120: At the end of each conversation, you will
(每次对话结束时，你将)
121: hear four questions.
(听四个问题。)
122: Both the conversation and the questions will be
(对话和问题都将)
123: spoken only once.
(只讲过一次。)
124: After you hear a question, you must choose
(听完问题后你必须选择)
125: the best answer from the four choices marked
(标记的四个选项中的最佳答案)
126: A, B, C, and D.
(A、B、C 和 D。)
127: Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet
(然后在答题纸上标记相应的字母)
128: 1 with a single line through the center.
(1 一条线穿过中心。)
129: Conversation 1.
(对话 1。)
130: Hi, Susan.
(嗨苏珊)
131: You're looking very smart today.
(你今天看上去很聪明。)
132: I always look smart, James.
(我看上去总是很聪明，詹姆斯。)
133: Actually, I'm on my way to a job
(事实上，我正在去上班的路上)
134: interview.
(面试。)
135: What job?
(什么工作？)
136: Oh, you mean for the summer holidays?
(哦，你是指暑假吗？)
137: Yeah.
(是的。)
138: There's only two weeks to go.
(只剩两周了。)
139: I've got a second interview with that big
(我还有第二次面试)
140: foreign accountancy firm in the city center.
(市中心的一家外资会计师事务所。)
141: You know the one.
(你知道那个。)
142: That's fantastic.
(太棒了。)
143: The work is just helping out with data
(这项工作只是帮助提供数据)
144: input, you know.
(输入，你知道。)
145: But the pay isn't too bad.
(但薪资还不错。)
146: It might suit you, too.
(它也许也适合你。)
147: I know they have at least two temporary
(我知道他们至少有两个临时)
148: positions available.
(有空缺职位。)
149: And I don't think they have anyone else
(我不认为他们还有其他人)
150: yet.
(然而。)
151: Hmm.
(唔。)
152: If they take you on, tell them you
(如果他们录用你，告诉他们你)
153: know a friend who'd be really good, too.
(我认识一位也非常好的朋友。)
154: I really need the money and the experience
(我确实需要钱和经验)
155: would look good on my resume.
(会使我的简历看起来更好。)
156: Maybe we'll be working together.
(也许我们可以一起工作。)
157: The dream team.
(梦之队。)
158: Okay.
(好的。)
159: Will do.
(会做。)
160: If the boss likes me, I'll mention it.
(如果老板喜欢我，我就会提这件事。)
161: It'll be good to have someone around who
(身边有一个人会很好)
162: I know.
(我知道。)
163: I'll phone you afterwards, but perhaps you should
(稍后我会给你打电话，但也许你应该)
164: put in an application anyway.
(无论如何都要提出申请。)
165: Thanks, Susan.
(谢谢，苏珊。)
166: That's great.
(那太棒了。)
167: Listen, do you want a lift to the
(听着，你想搭车去)
168: city?
(城市？)
169: I have my dad's car today and nothing
(我今天有我爸爸的车，什么也没有)
170: else to do this morning.
(今天早上还有什么事要做。)
171: Sure.
(当然。)
172: Thanks, James.
(谢谢，詹姆斯。)
173: Let's go, then.
(那我们走吧。)
174: The car's over there.
(车子就在那边。)
175: By the way, how's your knowledge of accountancy?
(顺便问一下，你对会计的了解怎么样？)
176: The interviewer may ask you about it.
(面试官可能会问你这个问题。)
177: No problem.
(没问题。)
178: I think I can survive.
(我认为我能活下来。)
179: I might just have to review a few
(我可能只需要回顾一下)
180: accountancy terms.
(会计术语。)
181: Maybe you can give me a practice interview
(也许你可以给我一次模拟面试)
182: first.
(第一的。)
183: Of course.
(当然。)
184: Let's go, then.
(那我们走吧。)
185: Don't want to be late.
(我不想迟到。)
186: Question 10.
(问题 10.)
187: Why does James want the job in that
(为什么詹姆斯想从事这项工作)
188: company?
(公司？)
189: Question 11.
(问题 11.)
190: What does James say he will have to
(詹姆斯说他必须)
191: do to prepare for the interview?
(面试要做什么准备？)
192: Conversation 2.
(对话 2。)
193: There is new data out today that confirms
(今天有新数据证实)
194: that many Americans are not good at math.
(许多美国人不擅长数学。)
195: And when it comes to everyday technology skills,
(说到日常科技技能，)
196: we are dead last when compared to other
(我们与其他公司相比垫底)
197: developed countries.
(发达国家。)
198: Here's Gabriel Emanuel of National Public Radio.
(请听美国全国公共广播电台的加布里埃尔·伊曼纽尔的报道。)
199: Let's start with the bad news that Americans
(让我们先从美国人的坏消息开始)
200: are terrible at technology skills.
(技术技能很差。)
201: Using e-mail, naming a file on a
(使用电子邮件，在)
202: computer, using a link on a web page,
(计算机，使用网页上的链接，)
203: or just texting someone.
(或者只是给某人发短信。)
204: No country scored below the U.S. Only
(没有一个国家的得分低于美国 只有)
205: one country.
(一个国家。)
206: Poland performed as poorly as we did.
(波兰的表现和我们一样糟糕。)
207: Who came out the first?
(谁先出来的？)
208: Japan did the best, and then Finland.
(日本表现最好，其次是芬兰。)
209: If you look at data about reading and
(如果你看看关于阅读和)
210: math, you'll notice something interesting.
(数学，你会注意到一些有趣的事情。)
211: Young adults who went to college or graduate
(上过大学或毕业的年轻人)
212: school were doing pretty well.
(学校表现相当不错。)
213: In literacy, they were actually doing better than
(在读写能力方面，他们实际上比)
214: their peers in other countries.
(其他国家的同行。)
215: So that's a bit of good news.
(这是个好消息。)
216: But when you look at Americans who have
(但当你看看那些)
217: a high school diploma, they look a lot
(高中文凭，他们看起来很多)
218: like other countries' high school dropouts.
(就像其他国家的高中辍学生一样。)
219: We have a lot of work to do.
(我们还有很多工作要做。)
220: That is especially true when it comes to
(尤其是当)
221: math.
(数学。)
222: You go to the store, and there's a
(你去商店，那里有一个)
223: sale.
(销售。)
224: Buy one, get the second one half off.
(买一件，第二件半价。)
225: You decide to buy two.
(您决定购买两件。)
226: How much do you pay?
(你付多少钱？)
227: You mean high school graduates can't do this
(你的意思是高中毕业生做不到这一点)
228: task in general?
(一般任务？)
229: You're right.
(你说得对。)
230: What does that tell us about our education
(这对我们的教育有何启示)
231: system?
(系统？)
232: Well, it tells us that we need to
(嗯，它告诉我们需要)
233: think about the preparedness of our students as
(想想我们的学生是否做好了准备)
234: they are leaving high school.
(他们即将离开高中。)
235: Right.
(正确的。)
236: And schools, employers, in fact, we all need
(学校、雇主，事实上，我们都需要)
237: to do something about it.
(并采取一些措施。)
238: Thank you, Gabriel.
(谢谢你，加布里埃尔。)
239: Questions 12 to 15 are based on the
(问题 12 至 15 基于)
240: conversation you have just heard.
(您刚才听到的对话。)
241: Question 12.
(问题 12.)
242: What does the man say about Americans?
(这位男士对美国人有何评价？)
243: Question 13.
(问题 13.)
244: Who performed the best in technology skills, according
(根据)
245: to the man?
(对那个男人来说？)
246: Question 14.
(问题 14.)
247: In what aspect did American college students perform
(美国大学生在哪些方面表现)
248: well?
(出色地？)
249: Question 15.
(问题 15.)
250: What do we learn from the conversation about
(我们从以下对话中学到了什么)
251: American high school education?
(美国高中教育？)
252: Section C.
(C 部分。)
253: Directions.
(方向。)
254: In this section, you will hear three passages.
(在这一部分中，您将听到三段文字。)
255: At the end of each passage, you will
(在每篇文章的结尾，你将)
256: hear three or four questions.
(听到三到四个问题。)
257: Both the passage and the questions will be
(文章和问题都将)
258: spoken only once.
(只讲过一次。)
259: After you hear a question, you must choose
(听完问题后你必须选择)
260: the best answer from the four choices marked
(标记的四个选项中的最佳答案)
261: A, B, C, and D.
(A、B、C 和 D。)
262: Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet
(然后在答题纸上标记相应的字母)
263: 1 with a single line through the center.
(1 一条线穿过中心。)
264: Passage 1.
(段落1。)
265: Wild carrots probably evolved with the other flowering
(野胡萝卜可能与其他开花植物一起进化)
266: plants about 360 million years ago.
(大约3.6亿年前的植物。)
267: Like apples, carrots are native to Central Asia.
(与苹果一样，胡萝卜原产于中亚。)
268: That's why horses, which also come from Central
(这就是为什么马，也来自中央)
269: Asia, like both apples and carrots so much.
(亚洲既喜欢苹果，也喜欢胡萝卜。)
270: With wild carrots, the roots are white, small,
(野胡萝卜的根是白色的，很小，)
271: and skinny, so you'd have to pick a
(又瘦又胖，所以你必须选择一个)
272: lot of wild carrots to get enough to
(很多野胡萝卜，足以)
273: eat.
(吃。)
274: Doctors used carrot seeds and roots as medicine
(医生用胡萝卜种子和根作为药物)
275: on the theory that foods that taste bad
(理论上，味道不好的食物)
276: must be good for you.
(对你来说一定有好处。)
277: Around 800 AD, people in Central Asia managed
(公元 800 年左右，中亚人民)
278: to develop a new kind of carrot, a
(开发一种新型胡萝卜，一种)
279: purple carrot, that attracted more interest from international
(紫色胡萝卜，引起了国际上更多的关注)
280: traders.
(交易者。)
281: Then, in the late 1500s, food scientists in
(随后，在 16 世纪末，)
282: the Netherlands cultivated large, straight, sweet, red carrots
(荷兰种植了又大又直又甜的红色胡萝卜)
283: like the ones we eat today.
(就像我们今天吃的一样。)
284: But people still mostly fed carrots to horses,
(但人们仍然主要用胡萝卜喂马，)
285: donkeys, and pigs, and didn't eat them themselves.
(驴、猪，自己却不吃它们。)
286: In the 1600s, people in China used carrots
(17 世纪，中国人用胡萝卜)
287: as medicine, but they also ate carrots boiled
(作为药物，但他们也吃煮熟的胡萝卜)
288: in soup.
(在汤里。)
289: The red color was popular for Chinese New
(红色是中国新年的流行颜色)
290: Year celebrations, but carrots got their biggest boost
(庆祝新年，胡萝卜成为最大热销商品)
291: during the two world wars, when food shortages
(两次世界大战期间，粮食短缺)
292: forced people to eat them, and governments told
(强迫人们吃它们，政府告诉)
293: everyone how healthy carrots were.
(大家看看胡萝卜有多健康。)
294: Today, cooler countries grow most of the world's
(如今，世界上大部分的)
295: carrots.
(胡萝卜。)
296: Machines do most of the planting and picking,
(机器完成大部分种植和采摘工作，)
297: and carrots are easy to store and ship,
(胡萝卜易于储存和运输，)
298: so they are cheap almost everywhere.
(所以它们几乎在任何地方都很便宜。)
299: Questions 16 to 18 are based on the
(问题 16 至 18 基于)
300: passage you have just heard.
(您刚刚听到的段落。)
301: Question 16.
(问题 16.)
302: What do we learn from the talk about
(我们从中学到什么)
303: wild carrots?
(野胡萝卜？)
304: Question 17.
(问题 17.)
305: What does the speaker say about carrots in
(演讲者在文章中如何谈论胡萝卜？)
306: the late 1500s?
(1500 年代晚期？)
307: Question 18.
(问题 18.)
308: Why did people turn to carrots for food
(为什么人们选择胡萝卜作为食物)
309: during the two world wars?
(在两次世界大战期间？)
310: Passage 2.
(段落2。)
311: Catherine loved Facebook.
(凯瑟琳喜欢 Facebook。)
312: With Facebook, she could stay connected with her
(有了 Facebook，她可以和她的)
313: family, no matter how far away they were.
(家人，无论他们离我们有多远。)
314: She could see their photos and read their
(她可以看到他们的照片，阅读他们的)
315: status updates.
(状态更新。)
316: With Facebook, she could keep her relatives up
(有了 Facebook，她就能与亲戚保持联系)
317: to date on what she was doing.
(了解她在做什么。)
318: Another thing Catherine loved about Facebook was that
(凯瑟琳喜欢 Facebook 的另一个原因是)
319: she didn't have to think about time zones
(她不需要考虑时区)
320: when updating family.
(更新家庭时。)
321: Whenever she called her parents or other relatives,
(每当她打电话给父母或其他亲戚时，)
322: she always had to think about the time
(她总是要考虑时间)
323: difference, so that she wouldn't wake someone up
(差异，这样她就不会吵醒别人)
324: or call when she knew they were at
(或者当她知道他们在的时候打电话)
325: church.
(教会。)
326: Facebook was so convenient.
(Facebook 太方便了。)
327: When Catherine joined Facebook, some of her classmates
(当凯瑟琳加入 Facebook 时，她的一些同学)
328: at high school started to add her as
(在高中开始添加她为)
329: a friend.
(一个朋友。)
330: At first, this didn't bother her.
(起初，这并没有困扰她。)
331: She loved learning about the success of people
(她喜欢了解人们的成功)
332: she knew when she was just a teenager.
(当她还是十几岁的时候她就知道了。)
333: She loved finding out people were getting married,
(她喜欢发现人们结婚了，)
334: having babies, and traveling.
(生孩子和旅行。)
335: Soon, however, Catherine found herself comparing herself with
(然而很快，凯瑟琳就发现自己在和)
336: the people she was reading about on Facebook.
(她在 Facebook 上读到的人物。)
337: It began to make her feel bad that
(她开始感到难过)
338: some people seemed to be doing so much
(有些人似乎做了很多)
339: better than she was.
(比她更好。)
340: She was also spending a lot of time
(她也花了很多时间)
341: on Facebook.
(在Facebook上。)
342: It took a lot of time and energy
(花费了很多时间和精力)
343: to keep up with everyone's status updates.
(跟上每个人的状态更新。)
344: Catherine started to think.
(凯瑟琳开始思考。)
345: She looked at the list of over 500
(她看着 500 多人的名单)
346: friends she had on Facebook and realized some
(她在 Facebook 上结识了一些朋友，)
347: of them were not really friends at all.
(他们之间根本就不是真正的朋友。)
348: Questions 19 to 21 are based on the
(问题 19 至 21 基于)
349: passage you have just heard.
(您刚刚听到的段落。)
350: Question 19.
(问题 19.)
351: What was one particular convenience Catherine loved about
(凯瑟琳最喜欢哪一项便利服务)
352: Facebook?
(Facebook？)
353: Question 20.
(问题 20.)
354: How did Catherine feel when her classmates added
(当凯瑟琳的同学补充说)
355: her as a Facebook friend?
(她是 Facebook 好友吗？)
356: Question 21.
(问题 21.)
357: What made Catherine feel bad about herself later
(是什么让凯瑟琳后来对自己感到失望)
358: on?
(在？)
359: Passage 3.
(段落3。)
360: Do you know where a mule comes from?
(你知道骡子是从哪里来的吗？)
361: It is the child of a donkey and
(它是驴子的孩子，)
362: a horse.
(一匹马。)
363: Mules have strong muscles like horses, but they
(骡子拥有和马一样强壮的肌肉，但它们)
364: eat less, can work longer, and are gentler
(吃得更少，可以工作更长时间，而且更温和)
365: like donkeys.
(像驴子一样。)
366: George Washington was the first person in the
(乔治·华盛顿是第一个)
367: United States to own mules.
(美国拥有骡子。)
368: He had heard that mules made good farm
(他听说骡子能使农作物长得更好)
369: animals, and he contacted the U.S. ambassador
(动物，并联系了美国大使)
370: in Spain to ask about them.
(在西班牙询问他们的情况。)
371: In 1785, King Charles III of Spain sent
(1785 年，西班牙国王查理三世派遣)
372: Washington a male donkey as a gift.
(华盛顿一头公驴作为礼物。)
373: That male donkey became the father of the
(那头公驴成了)
374: mule industry in the U.S. Every April,
(美国的骡子产业每年四月，)
375: Maury County holds a Mule Day celebration.
(莫里县举办骡子日庆祝活动。)
376: Held in Columbia, Tennessee, Mule Day had its
(在田纳西州哥伦比亚举行的骡子节)
377: beginning as Breeders' Day in the 1840s.
(始于 19 世纪 40 年代的育马者日。)
378: Farmers and farm animal breeders would bring their
(农民和农场动物饲养者将带来他们的)
379: animals to market every April to show, buy,
(每年四月将动物运到市场上展示、购买，)
380: and trade.
(和贸易。)
381: This was an important business before the days
(这是以前一项重要的业务)
382: of tractors, when many families made a living
(拖拉机，当时许多家庭靠它谋生)
383: from farming, and mules were used as work
(从事农业，而骡子则被用来做工作)
384: animals.
(动物。)
385: Eventually, tractors began to replace mules, making them
(最终，拖拉机开始取代骡子，使它们)
386: less in demand.
(需求减少。)
387: A parade was added to Mule Day in
(骡子节增加了游行活动)
388: 1934 to attract more people.
(1934 年，以吸引更多的人。)
389: Over the years, other activities have been added,
(多年来，还增加了其他活动，)
390: and today, more than 200,000 people show
(今天，有超过 20 万人参加了)
391: up each year to watch and participate.
(每年都会来观看和参与。)
392: If you visit during Mule Day celebrations, you
(如果你在骡子日庆祝活动期间来访，你)
393: might see mule driving contests, square dances, horse
(可能会看到赶骡比赛、广场舞、马术)
394: shows, or even tree-cutting competitions.
(表演，甚至是砍树比赛。)
395: Questions 22 to 25 are based on the
(问题 22 至 25 基于)
396: passage you have just heard.
(您刚刚听到的段落。)
397: Question 22.
(问题 22.)
398: Question 23.
(问题 23.)
399: Question 24.
(问题 24.)
400: Question 25.
(问题 25.)
401: This is the end of Listening Comprehension.
(听力理解到此结束。)