英语四级新闻听力经验分享

　　下面小编跟大家一起了解英语四级新闻听力经验分享，希望对大家的学习有所帮助。
　　一、听力练习
　　1.
　　A. It is reported that there has been a 56-percent drop in deaths of children under 15.
　　B. It is reported that a baby or a pregnant woman still dies every 11 seconds somewhere in the world.
　　C. It is reported that deaths of pregnant women have dropped by more than a third.
　　D. It is reported that child deaths have decreased by almost half since the year 2000.
　　2.
　　A. 56 percent.
　　B. 80 percent.
　　C. 15 percent.
　　D. 14.2 percent.
　　二、听力文本
　　More women and newborns survive now than ever before, says a new United Nations report. But it also found that a baby or a pregnant woman still dies every 11 seconds somewhere in the world. The UN agencies UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) wrote the report. It says that child deaths have decreased by almost half since the year 2000. Deaths of pregnant women have dropped by more than a third. These reductions are mostly the result of wider availability of lower-cost, good quality health services. But the latest data also showed that 5.3 million children worldwide died in 2018 by the age of five. Almost half of those deaths happened before a baby turned one month. The data also showed more than 290,000 women died because of problems during pregnancy and childbirth in 2017. The data showed huge inequalities around the world. Women and young children in sub-Saharan Africa, for example, have a much higher risk of death than in other large areas. Levels of maternal deaths are nearly 50 times higher for women in sub-Saharan Africa than in wealthy countries. Babies born there are also 10 times more likely to die in their first month of life, the report found. The report did note improvements. Since 1990, there has been a 56-percent drop in deaths of children under 15, from 14.2 million a year to 6.2 million in 2018. Countries in eastern and southeastern Asia have made the most progress. Those areas have seen an 80 percent drop in the number of deaths among children under five.

　　Question 1: What’s the main idea of this news report?
　　Question 2: According to the news report, how much has the number of deaths among children under five dropped in countries in eastern and southeastern Asia since 1990?
　　三、重点词汇
　　1. availability: the fact that something can be bought, used, or reached, or how much it can be 可得性
　　2. maternal: behaving or feeling in the way that a mother does towards her child, especially in a kind, loving way 母亲的；母亲般的