2015年12月英语四级听力暑期练习8

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    2015年6月的英语四六级考试已经告一段落，听力部分一直以来都是同学们考试时的难点，也是吐槽最多的部分。2015年12月份的四六级考试还离我们比较远，但是千里之行始于足下，没有积累很难有提升，想要早点为下半年的四六级考试做准备就来四六级考试网练习一下英语四级听力题吧。
　　

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听力材料：
　　The Women's World Cup final match between theU.S. and Japan set all kinds of records over theweekend. One record the historic match did not set:money.
　　The women's final was the most-watched soccer match ever, men's or women's, in UnitedStates history. Sunday's game averaged 25.4 million television viewers.
　　American Carli Lloyd became the first woman to score a "hat trick" in a final match. In otherwords, Lloyd scored three goals in the game. She also broke the record for the fastest threegoals scored in Women's World Cup history.
　　With seven total goals between the U.S. and Japan, the game was the highest-scoring final inWorld Cup history. The U.S. team set a record of its own, with five goals scored in the finalmatch.
　　Japan also set some World Cup records. Japanese midfielder Homare Sawa now shares therecord with Brazil's Formiga for playing in six of the seven Women's World Cups.
　　Despite record-breaking television audiences and historic plays, the U.S. women's team willreceive only $2 million for winning its third World Cup – the only women's team ever to do so.
　　In comparison, the German team walked away with $35 million when it won the Men's WorldCup last year.
　　It comes down to revenue.
　　In its 2014 financial report, FIFA stated that the Men's World Cup in Brazil made more than$4.8 billion from broadcasters, advertisers and ticket sales. The men received more than $570million in prize money last year in Brazil.
　　FIFA's prize money for the women's tournament in Canada this year was just $15 million.
　　American soccer player Megan Rapinoe said to the Associated Press, "I don't think $500 millionwould necessarily be a number that we're looking for in terms of the number of sponsors theybring in and world views and the amount of money the men's World Cup generates, butsomething more than ($15 million) would probably be appropriate."
　　With her record-setting performance in the final, Carli Lloyd received the Golden Ball, given tothe tournament's most valuable player. Experts believe that opportunities remain golden forLloyd, with the possibility of many sponsorship deals.
　　And with the U.S. Treasury Department looking for a woman to appear on the new $10 bill, U.S.Soccer Women's National Team sent out a Tweet suggesting some of their players:
　　"We've got an idea for a new $10 & $1. How about the best Women's Player andGoalkeeper in the World" The Twitter message was posted along with photos of Lloyd andgoalkeeper Hope Solo.