2016英语四级听力新题型短篇新闻模拟(第3套)

　　Questions 3 and 4 will be based on thefollowing news item.

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　　A.It is likely to close many of its stores.

　　B.It is known for the quality of its goods.

　　C.It remains competitive in the recession.

　　D.It will expand its online retail business.

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　　A.Expand its business beyond groceries.

　　B.Fire 25,000 of its current employees.

　　C.Cut its DVD publishing business.

　　D.Sell its business for one pound.

　　News Item Two

　　Woolworths is one of the best known names on theBritish High Street. It's been in business nearly acentury. (3) Many of its 800 stores are likely to closefollowing the company's decision to call inadministrators (4) after an attempt to sell thebusiness for a token 1 failed.

　　The company has huge debts. The immediate cause for the collapse has been Britain's slidetoward recession, which has cut into consumer spending. However, the business had been introuble for years. Known for low-priced general goods, Woolworths has struggled in the face ofcompetition from supermarkets expanding beyond groceries and a new generation of Internetretailers.

　　Many of the store group's 25,000 employees are likely to lose their jobs. Some profitableareas such as the DVD publishing business will survive.

　　3.What do we learn about Woolworths from the news report?

　　4.What did Woolworths attempt to do recently?

　　短篇新闻(二)

　　伍尔沃斯曾是英国高街上最著名的品牌之一，是一家百年老字号，然而其全部800余家门店不得不在公司做出请来管理者的决定之后关闭，这是在以象征性的1英镑的价格出售业务失败之后发生的。

　　该公司负债累累。公司破产的直接原因是英国的经济衰退，人均消费水平下降。然而，多年来这家企业风波不断。一直以普通商品价格低廉著称的伍尔沃斯，现在已经陷入到了与规模更大的超市及新一代网络零售商进行竞争的困境当中。

　　伍尔沃斯旗下的25000名员工将会面临失业的危机。一些尚在盈利的如DVD出版业务得以存活。

　　3.可以从文中了解到关于伍尔沃斯的什么信息?

　　4.伍尔沃斯最近采取了什么举措?

　　参考答案：

　　【小题3】A

　　【小题4】D

　　习题解析：

　　【小题3】新闻开头部分提到，伍尔沃斯是英国高街最著名的品牌之一，已经营百年，它企图以象征性的1英镑卖掉其业务，但没有成功，于是该公司做出了请来公司管理者的决定，为此，其 800 多家分店中有许多很可能关张。由此可知，伍尔沃斯有可能关掉其多家分店，故本题选 A。

　　【小题4】新闻开头提到，after an attempt to sell the business for a token 1 failed，即该企业试图以象征性的1英镑卖掉其业务没有成功，这和问题中的 attempt to do 相吻合，故可知，以1美元出售其业务是该公司最近的一种尝试，故本题答案为 D。