下面小编跟大家一起了解英语四级新闻听力小技巧分享，希望对大家的学习有所帮助。
一、听力练习
1.
A. It will be the first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon.
B. it expects to launch the spacecraft named Peregrine in the summer of 2021 from Florida's Cape Canaveral.
C. The mission will bring technology and experiments to the moon to prepare for human flights by 2024.
D. The spacecraft will use the Vulcan rocket developed by an alliance between U.S. aerospace companies Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
2.
A. The United States.
B. Israel.
C. China.
D. India.
The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be an unmanned robotic lander. The aerospace company Astrobotic Technology told Reuters it expects to launch the spacecraft named Peregrine in the summer of 2021 from Florida's Cape Canaveral. The company said Peregrine will be the first American spacecraft to land on the moon since Apollo astronauts last touched down there in 1972. The mission will bring technology and experiments to the moon to prepare for human flights by 2024. The spacecraft will use the Vulcan rocket developed by an alliance between U.S. aerospace companies Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The Vulcan rocket was selected over the reusable rocket from SpaceX, a company owned by Elon Musk of carmaker Tesla. It is powered by engines from Blue Origin, a company started by Jeff Bezos of Amazon. Blue Origin also is working on a heavy-lift rocket. Astrobotic is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is one of nine companies chosen by the American space agency NASA to develop vehicles and technology to explore the lunar surface over the next ten years. As the U.S. prepares to return to the moon, other countries have launched their own missions to the moon. In January, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft successfully touched down on the far side of the moon. An Israeli robotic lander, however, crashed on its final descent in April. And India landed a Chandrayaan-2 rover in July. The vehicle is on its way to the moon's south pole, unexplored by any other nation.
Question 1: According to the news report, which of the following statements about the American space program is not correct?
Question 2: According to the news report, which of the following countries successfully touched down on the far side of the moon?
三、重点词汇
1. unmanned: used to refer to a spacecraft, or a place where military guards work, that has no people present to operate or be in charge of it （宇宙飞船或岗哨）无人的
2. aerospace: producing or operating aircraft or spacecraft 航空航天工业的；航空航天器制造的
3. alliance: a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims 结盟*（或团体），同盟*（或团体）
4. heavy-lift: A heavy-lift launch vehicle, HLV or HLLV, is an orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting between 20,000 to 50,000 kg (44,000 to 110,000 lb) to low Earth orbit (LEO) 重型起重机（升降机）；重（大）型空运（的）
5. descent: a movement down 下降，下落；下沉
四、背景知识
在人类登月50年后，美国航天局正紧锣密鼓地研制新一代重型火箭和“猎户座”飞船，计划2024年前再次将宇航员送上月球。Astrobotic Technology公司去年11月被选中与九家公司共同竞争价值26亿美元的合同，以开发小型太空飞行器和其他技术，以及未来10年内需要执行的20项探月任务。该公司选中了由波音和洛马公司合资组建的Vulcan公司展开合作，Vulcan将于2021年夏天在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角发射其Peregrine着陆器。这将是“火神”火箭的首次发射。这枚火箭将成为美国联合发射联盟对抗SpaceX等公司的中坚力量。根据美国*航空航天局(NASA)表示，此次任务使把技术和实验运送到月球，这将为2024年之前的宇航员旅行打下基础。虽然SpaceX已经用可重复使用的火箭技术削减了发射成本，但亚马逊公司旗下的蓝色起源公司(Blue Origin)也在研发一款重型助推火箭。蓝色起源公司的BE-4发动机将为Vulcan提供动力。事实上，许多其他*也正在关注月球。2019年1月，的一艘太空探测器成功地降落在月球的远端；以色列的无人驾驶着陆器“贝雷舍特”(Beresheet)在今年4月的后一次降落中坠毁；今年7月，印度向月球发射的“月船2号”。
五、参考答案
Question 1: A
Question 2: C
