2023年3月英语四级听力真题 短文2

Passage 2

短文2

Kate, a 6-year-old girl, helped her brother wash windows to get a reward promised by her mother-a purple doll that she wanted.

凯特是一个6岁的女孩，她帮助哥哥洗窗户，得到了母亲承诺的奖励——一个她想要的紫色玩偶。

She watched her mother order the doll online.

她看着妈妈在网上订购娃娃。

The next day, Kate asked if she could check the shipping status, so her mom clicked on the webpage and then walked out of the room.

第二天，凯特问她是否可以查看发货状态，所以她的妈妈点击了网页，然后走出了房间。

Kate saw that her doll would be arriving the next afternoon,

凯特看到她的娃娃第二天下午就要到了，

but then she noticed something else-suggestions about other dolls and toys she could order.

但后来她注意到了一些关于她可以订购的其他玩偶和玩具的其他建议。

15 minutes and a few clicks later, with more than $350 worth of dolls in her cart, Kate placed the order and ran off to play.

15分钟后，点击几下，她的购物车里有价值350多美元的玩偶，凯特下了订单，就跑去玩了。

The next day while checking on another online order, her mother noticed the long list of dolls on the way.

第二天，在查看另一个网上订单时，她的母亲注意到路上有一长串玩偶。

She was able to cancel two of them, but it was too late to cancel the rest.

她可以取消其中两个，但已经太晚了，无法取消其余的。

She told her daughter that they were going to be returned.

她告诉女儿，他们将被归还。

When the packages arrived, Kate wanted to open them, but her parents said no.

包裹到达时，凯特想打开包裹，但她的父母拒绝了。

Instead of sending back the dolls, her father suggested giving them to the local children's hospital.

她的父亲建议把娃娃送到当地的儿童医院，而不是寄回去。

So the next week, Kate's family loaded up their car and took all the dolls to the playroom at the children's hospital.

因此，第二周，凯特的家人把车装好，把所有的娃娃都带到了儿童医院的游戏室。

Kate was depressed at first, but then she sat with some girl-patients and they opened up all the boxes together laughing and playing.

凯特一开始很沮丧，但后来她和一些女病人坐在一起，她们一起笑着玩着打开了所有的盒子。

She had a lot of fun and learned a really good lesson.

她玩得很开心，学到了一堂非常好的课。

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题19到21是根据你刚才听到的短文提出的。

19. How did Kate earn the reward from her mother?

19.凯特是如何从她母亲那里获得奖励的？

20. What did Kate do after her mother left the room?

20.凯特妈妈离开房间后她做了什么？

21. What did Kate's family do after the packages arrived?

21.包裹到达后，凯特的家人做了什么？

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