今天小编给大家带来了英语四级新闻听力的相关练习，希望对大家的英语听力有所帮助。

1.

A.Governmentsincreasesocialmediausetoinfluenceelections.

B.Socialmediacompaniesusebotsandfalseaccountstoinfluenceelections.

C.Hackersusedisinformationandpropagandatoinfluenceelections.

D.Presidentialcandidatesusedisinformationandpropagandatohurtopponents.

2.

AAtleast38.

B.Atleast65.

C.Atleast40.

D.Atleast30.

听力文本

Arightsgroupreportsthatgovernmentsandindividualshavesoughttoinfluenceelectionsonlinein26of30nationalelectionsitstudied.FreedomHousereleasedthereportaboutonlineinfluenceonMonday–onedaybeforeelectionsinmanypartsoftheUnitedStates.Thenewreportwarnsthatinternet-basedelectioninterferencehasbecomeanimportantmethodforthoseseekingtoattackdemocracy.Itfoundthatdisinformationandpropagandawerethemostpopulartoolsusedtoinfluenceelections.FreedomHousestudiedhowdomesticgovernmentshavetriedtoinfluencetheircitizens.Itsaidthatsuchindividualsoftenworkwithpopularmediapersonalitiesandbusinessleaders.Someofthoseseekingtoinfluenceelectionshaddevelopedmethodstodefeateffortsbytechnologycompaniestofightfalseormisleadinginformation,thereportsaid.ThereportnotedthatonlinedisinformationwaswidelyusedduringseveralpoliticaleventsintheUnitedStates,suchasthe2018elections.AnotherexamplewastheU.S.SenatehearingsforSupremeCourtnomineeBrettKavanaugh.FreedomHousenotedariseinthenumberofgovernmentsusingbotsandfalseaccountstoshapeonlineopinionsandhurtopponents.Suchbehaviorwasnotedin38outof65countriesthatthereportdiscussed.Socialmediawasalsobeingincreasinglyusedtowatchcitizens.Thereportsaidatleast40countrieshavesetuphigh-levelsocialmediamonitoringprograms.

Question1:What’sthemainideaofthisnewsreport?

Question2:Accordingtothenewsreport,howmanycountrieshavesetuphigh-levelsocialmediamonitoringprograms?

重点词汇

1.interference:anoccasionwhensomeonetriestointerfereinasituation干涉，干预

2.disinformation:falseinformationspreadinordertodeceivepeople假信息，假情报

3.propaganda:information,ideas,opinions,orimages,oftenonlygivingonepartofanargument,thatarebroadcast,published,orinsomeotherwayspreadwiththeintentionofinfluencingpeople'sopinions宣传；鼓吹

4.hearing:anofficialmeetingthatisheldtocollectthefactsaboutaneventorproblem听证会；意见听取会

5.nominee:someonewhohasbeennominatedforsomething被提名者

6.bot:acomputerprogramthatworksautomatically,especiallyonethatsearchesforandfindsinformationontheinternet（能自动执行特定任务的）网上机器人程序（尤指在互联网上搜索信息）

7.opponent:apersonwhodisagreeswithsomethingandspeaksagainstitortriestochangeit反对者