2016年6月英语四级听力真题第2套-新闻报道3

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听力试题、听力原文、答案：

一、听力试题：

Drections: Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

Question 5

A) Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.

B) Set a limit to the production of their cigarettes.

C) Take steps to reduce nicotine in their products.

D) Study the effects of nicotine on young smokers.

Question 6

A) The biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.

B) Big tobacco companies were frank with their customers about the hazards of smoking.

C) Brands which contain higher nicotine content were found to be much more popular.

D) Tobacco companies refused to discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products.

Question 7

A) They promised to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes.

B) They have not fully realized the harmful effect of nicotine.

C) They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.

D) They will pay more attention to the quality of their products.

二、听力原文

News Report Three
Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results. The Department of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures and then draws its conclusions. 116 brands were looked at for this study. 92 were found to have higher nicotine yield than they did 6 years previously. The biggest increases tended to be in brands that were popular with young smokers. That worries the department because of the addicted nature of nicotine. Stan Glance, a professor of medicine in San Francisco explains why: “The amount of nicotine that’s delivered in every cigarette is 10 percent higher than it was 6 years ago, which means that it’s easier to get hooked and harder to quit. The big tobacco companies have always insisted that they are frank with their customers about the dangers of smoking and provide them with enough detail to make an informed decision. However, none of them were prepared to comment on this study or discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products.”
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. What do tobacco companies have to do under the law in Massachusetts?
6. What do we learn from the study by the Department of Public Health in Boston?
7. What do we learn from the news report about the big tobacco companies?

三、答案

5. A)Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.
6. A)The biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.
7. C)They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.

【翻译】

马萨诸塞州法律规定，烟草公司必须测量并公布其各类香烟中的尼古丁含量。

波士顿公共卫生部会收集并仔细审查这些数据，最终进行总结。

接受审查的香烟品牌共有116个。

其中有92个品牌香烟中尼古丁含量高于6年前。

而增福最大的是受年轻人喜欢的品牌。

这令卫生部感到不安，因为尼古丁是一种能让人上瘾的物质。

旧金山的医学教授斯坦德·格兰斯解释了原因：

“现在产出香烟中尼古丁的含量相较六年前增长了10%，

这就意味着人们会更容易上瘾，戒烟也会更加困难。

那些大的烟草公司一直以来宣称他们对抽烟的危害一直坦诚布公，并为顾客提供了足够信息，让他们在知情的情况下做出购买决定。

然而却没有一家公司准备对这一调查作出评论，或者针对他们产品中具体的尼古丁含量进行讨论。

请根据你刚听到的内容回答问题5-7。

问题5：马萨储塞州法律对烟草公司做出了什么规定？

问题6：从波士顿公共卫生部的研究中我们可以知道什么？

问题7：从这则新闻报道中我们对大烟草公司有哪些了解？