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　　下面小编跟大家一起了解英语四级新闻听力分享，希望对大家的学习有所帮助。
　　1.
　　A. The computer network of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
　　B. The computer network of a contractor of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
　　C. The computer network of U.S. airport system.
　　D. The computer network of U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
　　2.
　　A. When travelers in vehicles entered and left the United States at a single land border.
　　B. When travelers checked in at the hotels.
　　C. When travelers checked in at the airport.
　　D. When travelers applied for the passport.
　　二、听力文本
　　Internet hackers have stolen tens of thousands of pictures of travelers and vehicles collected at the United States border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, officials confirmed the attack on Monday. The agency said the photographs were stolen from the computer network of a contractor that captures the images for the government. The agency believes that the incident involved the photographs of fewer than 100,000 people. Images were taken of travelers in vehicles entering and leaving the United States at a single land border crossing over one-and-a-half months. The images also included license plates of vehicles crossing the border. The CBP said in a statement that it learned of the cyberattack on May 31.
　　The agency said the government contractor violated CBP policies by copying the pictures to the company's computer network. Officials said only the contracting company's network was hit in the cyberattack. The CBP's computer systems remained safe. Civil liberties groUPS have expressed concern at the general lack of rules covering license plate-reading cameras and image collection by government agencies and law enforcement. Critics say the technology carries the risk of abuses when the private information of citizens is widely shared among agencies or stolen in cyberattacks.
　　Question 1: According to the news report, where were the photographs stolen from?
　　Question 2: According to the news report, when were the stolen photographs taken?
　　三、重点词汇
　　1. hacker: someone who hacks into other people's computer systems 黑客，非法侵入他人计算机者
　　2. contractor: a person or company that arranges to supply materials or workers for building or for moving goods 承包人；承包商；承包方；订约人
　　3. license plate: a sign on a road vehicle that shows its registration number 牌照，号码牌
　　4. law enforcement: the activity of making certain that the laws of an area are obeyed 执法
　　5. cyberattack: an illegal attempt to harm someone's computer system or the information on it, using the internet （由黑客发起的）网络攻击
　　四、背景知识
　　美国海关和边境保护局（U.S. Customs and Border Protection，简称CBP）今天证实，黑客窃取了其中一家分包商电脑中赴美游客照片和车辆牌照等信息。据报道，该分包商违反美国海关和边境保护局政策，在没有CBP的授权的情况下，将CBP收集的车牌图像和旅行者图像副本转移到该分包商的公司网络。美国海关和边境保护局维护着所有旅行者进入美国的图像数据库。该数据库包括护照头像，以及从车牌读卡器获取的图像，适用于所有穿越美国边境的汽车。
　　五、参考答案
　　Question 1: B
　　Question 2: A