adj. 灵活的;易弯曲的;柔韧的;易被说服的
7. Offend [??fend]
vt. 触怒;得罪，冒犯;使反感令人不适; vi. 犯规，触犯
8. crawl [kr?:l]
vi. 爬行;缓慢行进;巴结;
n. 缓慢的爬行;〈美俚〉跳舞，自由式游泳;养鱼（龟）池
9. scale [skeil]
n. 规模;比例（尺）;鱼鳞;级别; vt. 测量;攀登;刮去?的鳞片; vi. 衡量;攀登;（鳞屑）脱落;生水垢
Questions 1 to 2 are based on the new reportyou have just heard.
1. How did Kelly Swisher feel when she first came across the rat snake?
1. A) Annoyed. C) Confused.
B)Scared. D) Offended.
【答案】B
【解析】 本题为细节题，由【 1】But the woman says the snake she encountered Thursday terrified her out of her wits. 可知：但是这位女士说，在星期四那天她偶然遇到那只蛇，吓得她失去了理智，因此，本题的正确选项为B项。
2. What does the report say about the snake?
2. A)It crawled over the woman?s hands.
B)It wound up on the steering wheel. C)It was killed by the police on the spot. D)It was covered with large scales. 【答案】D
【解析】 本题为细节题，由【2】 It was rough with big scales,可知：蛇身上布满了粗躁的鳞片， scales是鳞片的意思，因此，本题的正确选项为D项，A选项：它爬上了女士的手上，文中没有提及，故排除；B选项：它将爬上方向盘上，文中说的是它在后排的座椅上，故排除；C选项：蛇当场被警察打死，文中说的是蛇被动物管理员带走了，故排除；。
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【听力原文】
News Report Two
【3】Fast food, as it turns out, isn?t quite as fast as it used to be. A new study finds that McDonald?s posted its slowest drive-through times since this survey was first conducted fifteen years ago. At McDonald?s, customers were spent on average three minutes and nine seconds from the time they placed their orders until they received their food. That?s about ten seconds more than the industry average and a lot slower than a decade ago, according to the study which was commissioned by QSR, an industry trade publication. And McDonald?s wasn?t alone in slowing down. Other chains also saw their drive-through performance slowing down. 【4】Among the reasons for the slower service, today there are more choices on the menu, and the products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare. Speed, of course, is essential to the drive-through experience, and drive-throughs are hugely important to chains such as McDonald?s, Burger King, and Taco Bell. Usually, the drive-through accounts for sixty to seventy percent of all business that goes through a fast food restaurant, notes Sam Ochers, editor of QSR. Of course, consumers also want their orders prepared correctly and on that score, Ochers says, accuracy is still really high.
【杀掉拦路虎】 1. conduct [ k?n?d?kt] vt.& vi. 引导;带领;控制;传导; vt. 组织;安排;实施;执行; adj. 指挥，带领，护送;
vi. （在乐队里）当指挥;（在公共电汽车或火
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车上）当售票员;指路n. 举止;行为;管理（方式）;实施（方式）
2. commission [k??mi??n]
n. 委员会，委员;[商]佣金，手续费;任命，委任;
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委任状;
vt. 委任，授予;使服役;使（船）服役
3. publication [?p?bli?kei??n] n. 出版;出版物;公布;发表
4. chain [t?ein]
n. 链子，链条;连锁，连续;拘束;连锁店或旅馆系列的事物;
vt. 用铁链锁住;监禁，束缚
5. accuracy [??kjur?si] n. 精确（性），准确（性）
6. satisfaction [?s?tis?f?k??n]
n. 满足，满意，舒服;妥善处理;（债务的）清偿;（伤害的）赔偿
7. efficiency [i?fi??nsi]
n. 效率，效能;实力，能力;[物]性能;功效
Questions 3 to 4 are based on the new report you have just heard.
3. What is the news report mainly about?
3. A) A study of the fast-food service.
B) Fast food customer satisfaction. C) McDonald?s new business strategies. D) Competition in the fast-food industry. 【答案】A
【解析】 本题为主旨题，一般新闻的主旨句在文章的开头第一句，由【3】Fast food, as it turns
out, isn?t quite as fast as it used to be.可知：结果表明快餐，并没有像原来那样快速了，由此
可以推断出，这篇新闻研究的对象是快餐服务，因此，本题的正确选项为A项。
4. What has slowed down McDonald?s drive-through service?
4. A) Customers' higher demands.
B)The inefficiency of employees. C) Increased variety of products. D) The rising number of customers. 【答案】C
【解析】 本题为细节题，由【4】Among the reasons for the slower service, today there are
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more choices on the menu, and the products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare. 可知：在服务变慢的众多原因当中，一个主要的问题就是现在菜单上有了更
多的选择，产品本身也变得越来越复杂，需要更长的时间来准备；C选项：产品种类的增加；是对上文的同义转换，因此，本题的正确选项为C项；A选项：顾客更高的要求；文中没有提及，故排除。
【听力原文】
News Report Three
The first private mission outside of earth orbit is closer than many of us think. 【5】U.S. government officials outset to approve a mission by privately held space company, Moon Express, to travel outside of earth orbit in late 2017. 【6】Moon Express?s mission involves plans to land a suitcase-size package of scientific equipment on the moon for ongoing exploration on commercial development. The decision involved amounts of lobbying and coordinative conversations between a number of federal agencies. On the international treaties, the U.S. is responsible for the cargo of both public and private space craft. This makes commercial space travel a complex legal issue not just domestically but abroad. A Moon Express representative declined to comment on the story, 【7】 but noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal. Moon Express is not the only company seeking for the right to travel to outer space. Elon Musk?s Space X aims to send an unmanned aircraft to Mars by 2018.
【杀掉拦路虎】 1. orbit [??:bit]
n. 轨道;势力范围;眼眶;（人生的）旅程，生活过程;
vt.& vi. 在?轨道上运行，环绕轨道运行;
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vi. 盘旋;绕轨道运行; vt. 绕轨道而行;进入轨道
2. outset [?autset]
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