2016年6月英语四级听力：新闻听力模拟题

全国大学英语四、六级考试委员会自2016年6月考试起将对四级考试的听力试题作局部调整。

四级听力部分总占比35%，短篇新闻的分值占比为7%。

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
1.
A. Most flights are delayed due to bad weather.
B. All US airline controllers are not on duty.
C. Most flights are punctual now.
D. Air travel in Washington got back on track.

2.
A. The lawmakers didn't help them.
B. They took unpaid leave.
C. They are forced by wage reduction.
D. The government blamed them.

（注：此篇为样题，仅做参考）

听力原文：

News

Most flights were on schedule, as US air travel got back to normal. This came after a week of growing passenger frustration and airline delays caused by not having enough air traffic controllers on duty. Lawmakers in Washington moved swiftly to solve the problem - and reduce the effect of mandatory spending cuts which had forced 15-hundred air traffic controllers a day to take unpaid leave.
Transportation officials say the shift in funding also will keep 149 air-control towers at smaller airports open. Despite the move restoring full strength to the nation's air traffic control system, both political parties in Congress continue to blame each other for the forced spending cuts.

Q1. What do we know about US air travel?
Q2. What is the direct reason caused air traffic controllers not enough?