2016年6月英語四級聽力考試中，新添加了短篇新聞。相對的，四級聽力的難度也有所增加。但是再難的題目也禁不住多多的練習!以下是yjbys網小編整理的關於英語四級聽力短篇新聞練習題，供大家備考。
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on thefollowing news item.
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is likely to close many of its stores.
is known for the quality of its goods.
remains competitive in the recession.
will expand its online retail business.
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nd its business beyond groceries.
25,000 of its current employees.
its DVD publishing business.
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.
do we learn about Woolworths from the news report?
did Woolworths attempt to do recently?
短篇新聞
伍爾沃斯曾是英國高街上最著名的品牌之一，是一家百年老字號，然而其全部800餘家門店不得不在公司做出請來管理者的決定之後關閉，這是在以象徵性的1英鎊的價格出售業務失敗之後發生的。
該公司負債累累。公司破產的直接原因是英國的經濟衰退，人均消費水平下降。然而，多年來這家企業風波不斷。一直以普通商品價格低廉著稱的伍爾沃斯，現在已經陷入到了與規模更大的超市及新一代網絡零售商進行競爭的困境當中。
伍爾沃斯旗下的25000名員工將會面臨失業的危機。一些尚在盈利的.如DVD出版業務得以存活。
3.可以從文中瞭解到關於伍爾沃斯的什麼信息?
4.伍爾沃斯最近採取了什麼舉措?
參考答案：
【小題3】A
【小題4】D
習題解析：
【小題3】新聞開頭部分提到，伍爾沃斯是英國高街最著名的品牌之一，已經營百年，它企圖以象徵性的1英鎊賣掉其業務，但沒有成功，於是該公司做出了請來公司管理者的決定，爲此，其 800 多家分店中有許多很可能關張。由此可知，伍爾沃斯有可能關掉其多家分店，故本題選 A。
【小題4】新聞開頭提到，after an attempt to sell the business for a token 1 failed，即該企業試圖以象徵性的1英鎊賣掉其業務沒有成功，這和問題中的 attempt to do 相吻合，故可知，以1美元出售其業務是該公司最近的一種嘗試，故本題答案爲 D。
