2019年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)
COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST
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大学英语四级考试试卷真题4.考试期间在非听力考试时间佩戴耳机。
Part I Writing(30minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed30minutes to write a letter to a foreign friend who wants to teach English in China. Please recommend a city to him. You should write at least120words but no more than180words.
PartⅡListening Comprehension(25minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and then questions will be spoken only once. After
you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)
and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a single line through the
centre.
Questions l and2are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. A) Many facilities were destroyed by a wandering cow.
B) A wandering cow knocked down one of its fences.
C) Some tourists were injured by a wandering cow.
D) A wandering cow was captured by the police.
2. A) It was shot to death by a police officer. B) It found its way back to the park’s zoo.
C) It became a great attraction for tourists. D) It was sent to the animal control department.
Questions3and4are based on the news report you have just heard.
3.A)It is the largest of its kind.B)It is going to be expanded.
C)It is displaying more fossil specimens.D)It is staring an online exhibition.
4.A) A collection of bird fossils from Australia.
B)Photographs of certain rare fossil exhibits.
C)Some ancient wall paintings from Australia.
D)Pictures by winners of a wildlife photo contest.
Questions5to7are based on the news report you have just heard.
5.A)Pick up trash.B)Amuse visitors.
C)Deliver messages.D)Play with children.
6.A)They are especially intelligent.B)They are children’s favorite.
C)They are quite easy to tame.D)They are clean and pretty.
7.A)Children may be harmed by the rooks.B)Children may be tempted to drop litter.
C)Children may contract bird diseases.D)Children may overfeed the rooks.
Section B
Directions:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a single line through the centre.
Questions8to11are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A)It will be produced at Harvard University.
B)It will be hosted by famous professors.
C)It will cover different areas of science.
D)It will focus on recent scientific discoveries.
9. A) It will be more futuristic.
B)It will be more systematic.
C)It will be more entertaining.
D)It will be easier to understand.
10. A)People interested in science.
B)Youngsters eager to explore.
C)Children in their early teens.
D)Students majoring in science.
11. A)Offer professional advice.B)Provide financial support.
C)Help promote it on the Internet.D)Make episodes for its first season.
Questions12to15are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A)Unsure.B)Helpless.
C)Concerned.D)Dissatisfied.
13. A)He is too concerned with being perfect.
B)He loses heart when faced with setbacks.
C)He is too ambitious in achieving goals.
D)He takes on projects beyond his ability.
14.A)Embarrassed.B)Unconcerned.
C)Miserable.D)Resentful.
15.A)Try to be optimistic whatever happens.
B)Compare his present with his past only.
C)Always learn from others’achievements.
D)Treat others the way he would be treated.
Section C
Directions: In this section,you will hear three passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear three or four questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a single line through the centre.
Questions16to18are based on the passage you have just heard.
16.A)They have a stronger sense of social responsibility.
B)They are more likely to succeed in the humanities.
C)They are more likely to become engineers.
D)They have greater potential to be leaders.
17.A)Praise girls who like to speak up frequently.
B)Encourage girls to solve problems on their own.
C)Insist that boys and girls work together more.
D)Respond more positively to boys’comments.
18.A)Offer personalized teaching materials.B)Provide a variety of optional courses.
C)Place great emphasis on test scores.D)Pay extra attention to top students. Questions19to21are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.A)It often rains cats and dogs.
B)It seldom rains in summer time.
C)It does not rain as much as people think.
D)It is one of the most rainy cities in the US.
20.A)They drive most of the time.B)The rain is usually very light.
C)They have got used to the rain.D)The rain comes mostly at night.
21.A)It has a lot of places for entertainment.
B)It has never seen thunder and lighting.
C)It has fewer cloudy days than any other coastal city.
D)It has mild weather both in summer and in winter.
PartⅢReading Comprehension(40minutes)Section A Directions : In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions26to35are based on the following passage.
When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water? Imagine you are wandering about on a Thai island or26the ruins of Angkor. It’s hot so you grab a bottle of water from a local vendor. It’s the safe, sane thing to do, right? The bottle is27and the label says“pure water”, but maybe what’ s inside is not so28,Would you still be drinking it if you knew that more than90per cent of all bottled water sold around the world29microplastics?
That’s the conclusion of a recently30study, which analyzed259bottles from11brands sold in nine countries,31an average of325plastic particles per liter of water. These microplastics included a 32commonly known as PET and are widely used in the manufacture of clothing and food and33 containers. The study was conducted at the State University of New York on behalf of Orb Media, a journalism organization. About a million bottles are bought every minute, not only by thirsty tourists but also by many of the2.1billion worldwide who live with unsafe drinking water.
Confronted with this34, several bottled-water manufacturers including Nestle and Coco-Cola undertook their own studies using the same methodology . These studies showed that their water did contain microplastics, but far less than the Orb study suggested. Regardless, the World Health Organization has now launched a review into the35health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.
Section B
Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet.
2.The Quiet Heroism of Mail Delivery
[A]On Wednesday,a polar wind brought bitter cold to the Midwest.Overnight,Chicago reached a low of21degrees Fahrenheit below zero, making it slightly colder than Antarctica(南极洲), Alaska, and the North Pole. Wind chills were64degrees below zero in Park Rapids, Minnesota, and45 degrees below zero in Buffalo, North Dakota, according to the National Weather Service. Schools, restaurants, and businesses closed, and more than1,000flights have been canceled.
[B] Even the United States Postal Service (USPS) suspended mail delivery temporarily. “Due to this arctic outbreak and concerns for the safety of USPS employees, “USPS”announced Wednesday morning, “the Postal Service is suspending delivery Jan. 30in the following3-digit ZIP Code locations.” Twelve regions were listed as unsafe on Wednesday; on Thursday, eight remained.
[C] As global surface temperatures increase, so does the likelihood of extreme weather. In2018alone, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, mudslides, and other natural disasters cost at least $49billion in the United States. As my colleague Vann Newkirk reported, Puerto Rico is still confronting economic and structural destruction and resource scarcity from2017’s Hurricane Maria. Natural disasters can wreck a community’s infrastructure, disrupting systems for months or years. Some services, however, remind us that life will eventually return, in some form, to normal.
[D] Days after the deadly2017wildfires in Santa Rosa, California, a drone(无人机) caught footage (连续镜头) of a USPS worker, Trevor Smith, driving through burned homes in that familiar white van, collecting mail in an affected area. The video is striking: The operation is familiar, but the scene looks like the end of the world. According to Rae Ann Haight, the program manager for the national-preparedness office at USPS, Smith was fulfilling a request made by some of the home owners to pick up any mail that was left untouched. For Smith, this was just another day on the job. “I followed my route like I normally do,”Smith told a reporter. “As I’d come across a box that was up but with no house, I checked, and there was mail—outgoing mail—in it. And so we picked those up and carried on.”
[E] USPS has sophisticated emergency plans for natural disasters. Across the country, 285emergency-
management teams are devoted to crisis control. These teams are trained annually using a framework known as the three Ps: people, property, product. After mail service stops due to weather, the agency’s top priority is ensuring that employees are safe. Then it evaluates the health of infrastructure, such as the roads that mail carriers drive on. Finally, it decides when and how to re - open operations. If the destruction is extreme, mail addressed to the area will get sent elsewhere. In response to Hurricane Katrina in2005, USPS redirected incoming New Orleans mail to existing mail facilities in Houston. Mail that was already processed in New Orleans facilities was moved to an upper floor so it would be protected from water damage.
[F] As soon as it’s safe enough to be outside, couriers start distributing accumulated mail on the still- accessible routes. USPS urges those without standing addresses to file change-of-address forms with their