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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 1Part II Tape Script of Listening ComprehensionSection 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). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.US President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead.The city’s water became contaminated after a change in supplier in 2014. Corrosive water leached lead from old pipes into the water supply. The emergency declaration will unlock $5m (￡3.5m) in federal funding.Earlier in the week, Governor Rick Snyder had sought a disaster declaration and requested $31m from the federal government. But reports in Michigan said Mr. Obama denied that request, as such declarations are only made for natural disasters.In October, testing revealed increased lead levels in water supplies and in children’s blood. Lead exposure can cause learning disabilities and behavioural problems in children. Before then, residents had complained of discoloured water, bad smells and headaches and rashes from using the water from the city’s new supplier.(/news/world-us-canada1. What is the news report mainly about?【答案】B) Water pollution with lead in Flint of Michigan2. Why did President Obama reject the governor’s declarations?【答案】C) Because the declarations were only used for natural disasters.New Words and ExpressionsNews Report One1. Flint弗林特市(美国密歇根州城市)2. Michigan[?mi?iɡ?n]（美国）密歇根州3. contaminate[k?n?t?m?ne?t]污染，损害4. corrosive[k??r??s?v]?腐蚀性的5. leach[li:t?]过滤6. unlock[??n?l?k]?开启7. discoloured[d?s?k?l?d]变色的8. rash[r??]?皮疹Difficult SentencesNews Report One【译文】紧急公告将开启500万美元（合350万英镑）