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1、News Report 1A 16th century castle in Scotland is close to collapsing after lumps of soil were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations. On Sunday, the castles owner John Gordon, 76, was forced to move out of his property after the River Dee swept away about 60 feet of land, leaving the ca
2、stle dangerously 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
3、 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 after Storm Frank hit the country last Wednesday. This means that rivers will rise more slowly
4、, but then stay high for much longer, the environmental agency said.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.Question 1.Why did John Gordon move out of the Abergeldie Castle?Question 2.What happened in Scotland last Wednesday?在洪水将大量土地冲走、对地基造成威胁之后，苏格兰一座16世纪的城堡接近倒塌。根据苏格兰每日纪事报
5、报道，在迪河的河水冲走了大约60英尺的土地，导致城堡离河太近，十分危险之后，该城堡的主人、76岁的约翰戈登于周日被迫搬离。位于阿伯丁郡的阿伯杰尔迪城堡，是由亚历山大戈登爵士、也就是之后的亨特利伯爵建造的。这座城堡占地约11700英亩，在1848年至1970年出租给了包括爱德华七世、乔治五世在内的皇室家族的成员。自法兰克风暴于上周三袭击苏格兰后，苏格兰环境保护署已经发布了超过35次覆盖多个地区的洪水警报。该环境保护署表示：“这意味着河水上涨将会变慢，但之后会持续居高很长时间。”请根据你刚刚听到的新闻报道回答问题1和问题2。问题1：为什么约翰戈登从阿伯杰尔迪城堡搬出？问题2：上周三，苏格兰发生了什
6、么？News Report 2Rescue 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 Countys Emergency Response Department. Emergency workers have
7、made contact with the miners via a radio, and they all appear to be uninjured, said Jessica Verfuss, the emergency departments 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. Details about w
8、hat led to the workers being trapped in the elevator werent immediately available. The mine, along New Yorks 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 i
9、s one of three operated by Cargill with the other two in Louisiana and Ohio.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.Question 3. What does the news report say about the salt miners?Question 4. What did the rescue team do?周四上午，在纽约州兰辛附近的嘉吉岩盐矿中，有17名矿工被困在了地下电梯，救援工作正在进行当中。这是汤普金斯
10、县紧急情况部门一位名叫玛西亚林奇的公共信息官员透露的。据该急救部门的助理局长杰西卡韦弗斯表示，紧急救援人员已经通过无线电与矿工取得了联系，应该没有人员受伤。韦弗斯称，救援人员已经想办法为受困矿工提供了保暖带和毛毯，好让矿工可以在救援期间保持温暖。而导致矿工困在地下电梯的细节并未及时给出。在纽约卡尤加湖附近的这座盐矿，是为道路处理所需的盐进行加工的。其产出的200万吨盐会运往美国东北部1500余个地区。该岩盐矿是嘉吉公司开采的三个岩盐矿中的一个，另外两个则位于路易斯安那州及俄亥俄州。请根据你刚刚听到的新闻报道回答问题3和问题4。问题3 关于这些盐矿工，这则新闻报道描述了什么？问题4 救援部队做了
11、什么？News Report 3The 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 offices is one of several proposals the Postal Service has put forth recently t
12、o cut costs.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.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 busine
13、ss, you have to make choices. Dean Granholm, the vice president for delivery and post office operations, said the first waves of closings would begin this fall. He estimated that about 3,000 postmasters, 500 station managers and between 500 and 1,000 postal clerks could lose their jobs.Questions 5 t
14、o 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.Question 5. What is the U.S. Postal Service planning to do?Question 6. What measure has been planned to save costs?Question 7. What will happen when the proposed measure come into effect?美国邮政总局今日宣布，由于收入减少，他们正考虑在明年关闭约3700个邮局。面对今年83亿美元的预算赤字，关闭邮局这一做法
15、是邮政总局为精简开支所提出的若干建议中的一条。比如就在上周，邮政总局局长帕特多诺霍宣布，他们计划停止周六的邮件派送服务，这一措施每年可节省30亿美元。多诺霍说道：“就像我们所讲的，我们的收入正在减少。我们不想要纳税人的钱。我们要自给自足。因此，像其他行业一样，你必须做出选择。”邮政总局运营和递送业务的副总裁迪恩格兰霍姆表示，第一波邮局关闭工作将在今年秋天开始。他预计会有大约3000名邮政局长、500名站长以及500到1000名邮政人员失业。请根据你刚刚听到的新闻报道回答问题5至问题7。问题5 美国邮政总局正在计划做什么？问题6 为了节省开支，计划实行什么方法？问题7 当提议的方法生效时会发生什
16、么？News report 4New York State plans to shut off the thundering waters of Niagara Falls again. At least, the American side of the falls. This once in a lifetime event actually may take place twice in some folks lives. The New York State parks system wants to turn off the falls on the American side sometime in the next two to three years to replace two 115-year-old stone bridges that allow pedestrians, park ve
