2019年12月英语四级听力真题原文及答案：短篇新闻1

News report 1

1）New York City police captured a cow on the loose in Prospect Park on Tuesday after the animal became an attraction for tourists while walking along the streets and enjoying the park facilities. The confused creature and camera-holding humans stared at each other through a fence for several minutes. At other times the cow wandered around the 526 acre park and the artificial grass field normally used for human sporting events. Officers use soccer goals to fence the animal in. However, the cow then moved through one of the nets knocking down a police officer in the process. Police eventually trapped the cow between two vehicles parked on either side of a baseball field’s bench area. An officer then shot an arrow to put it to sleep. Then officers waited for the drug to take effect. After it fell asleep they loaded the cow into a horse trailer. It was not clear where the cow came from or how it got lost. 2）Police turned it over to the animal control department after they caught it.

一头奶牛于周二出现在公园里，警察最终抓住了它并将其送还至动物管理局。

Q1: What happened in New York's Prospect Park on Tuesday?

A) Many facilities were destroyed by a wandering cow

B) A wandering cow knocked down one of its fences

C) Some tourists were injured by a wandering cow.

D) A wandering cow was captured by the police.

Q2: What do we learn about the cow from the end of the news report?

A) It was shot to death by a police officer

B) It found its way back to the park's zoo

C) It became a great attraction for tourists

D) It was sent to the animal control department.