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第二部分大学英语四级听力新题型原文与解析Practice Test 9Part II Tape Script of Listening Comprehension?Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.Scientists have been listening out for signals from intelligent civilizations on other worlds for decades, so far with no success. This new?initiative?is the most ambitious yet. It will survey ten times more of the sky than previous programs. And over the next ten years, radio telescopes will listen out for broadcasts from a million of the stars closest to the Earth.The scheme has the support of some of the world’s leading space researchers, including Professor Stephen Hawking, who says it’s now time to answer one of the biggest questions in science:“Somewhere in the cosmos, perhaps, intelligent life may be watching these lights of ours, aware of what they mean. Or do our lights wander alifeless cosmos — unseen beacons announcing that here, on one rock,the Universe discovered its existence? There is no bigger question. Its time to commit to finding the answer — to search for life beyond Earth.”Many scientists believe that there’s only a small chance of receiving a signal from aliens from outer space. But if we do, we’ll know that?humanity?is not alone in the universe.(Adapted from: /bbc/yingyu/201507html)1. Whyis the new initiative the mostambitious?【答案】D) Because it will survey ten times more of the sky than previous programs.2.What will the scientists useto look for alien life?【答案】A) Radio telescopes.New Words and ExpressionsNews Report One1. civilization[ ?siv?lai?zei?n ]文明，文化2. initiative[ i?ni??tiv ]新方案，倡议3. scheme[ ski:m ]计划4. cosmos[ ?k?zm?s ]宇宙5. beacon?[ ?bi:k?n ]灯塔6. alien[ ?eili?n ]外星人Difficult Se