2019年12月四级真题第2套.docx

淘宝店铺：光速考研工作室 机密*启用前 大 学 英 语 四 级 考 试 COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST —Band Four— (2019年12月第2套) 试 题 册 敬 告 考 生 一、在答题前，请认真完成以下内容: 1. 请检查试题册背面条形码粘贴条、答题卡的印刷质量，如有问题及时向监考员反映，确认无误后完成以下两点要求。 2. 请将试题册背面条形码粘贴条揭下后粘贴在答题卡1的条形码粘贴框内，并将姓名和准考证号填写在试题册背面相应位置。 3. 请在答题卡1和答题卡2指定位置用黑色签字笔填写准考证号、姓名和学校名称，并用HB-2B铅笔将对应准考证号的信息点涂黑。 二、在考试过程中，请注意以下内容: 1. 所有题目必须在答题卡上规定位置作答，在试题册上或答题卡上非规定位置的作答一律无效。 2. 请在规定时间内在答题卡指定位置依次完成作文、听力、阅读、翻译各部分考试，作答作文期间不得翻阅该试题册。听力录音播放完毕后，请立即停止作答，监考员将立即收回答题卡1，得到监考员指令后方可继续作答。 3. 作文题内容印在试题册背面，作文题及其他主观题必须用黑色签字笔在答题卡指定区域内作答。 4. 选择题均为单选题，错选、不选或多选将不得分，作答时必须使用HB-2B铅笔在答题卡上相应位置填涂，修改时须用橡皮擦净。 三、以下情况按违规处理: 1. 未正确填写(涂)个人信息，错贴、不贴、毁损条形码粘贴条。 2. 未按规定翻阅试题册、提前阅读试题、提前或在收答题卡期间作答。 3. 未用所规定的笔作答、折叠成毁损答题卡导致无法评卷。 4. 考试期间在非听力考试时间佩戴耳机。 全国大学英语四、六级考试委员会 Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to a foreign friend who wants to learn Chinese. Please recommend a place to him. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) 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 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 Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. A) The number of nurses has dropped to a record low. B) There is a growing shortage of medical personnel. C) There is discrimination against male nurses. D) The number of male nurses has gone down. 2. A) Cultural bias. C) Educational system. B) Inadequate pay. D) Working conditions. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) He fell out of a lifeboat. C) He was almost drowned. B) He lost his way on a beach. D) He enjoyed swimming in the sea. 4. A) The beach is a popular tourist resort. B) The emergency services are efficient. C) The beach is a good place to watch the tide. D) The lifeboats patrol the area round the clock. Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. A) It became an online star. C) It escaped from a local zoo. B) It broke into an office room. D) It climbed 25 storeys at one go. 6. A) Send it back to the zoo. C) Return it to its owner. B) Release it into the wild. D) Give it a physical checkup. 7. A) A raccoon can perform acts no human can. B) A raccoon can climb much higher than a cat. C) The raccoon became as famous as some politicians. D) The raccoon did something no politician could. 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 Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. A) She got a well-paying job in a bank. C) She received her first monthly salary. B) She received a bonus unexpectedly. D) She got a pay raise for her performance. 9. A) Several years ago. C) Right after graduation. B) Two decades ago. D) Just last month. 10. A) He sent a small check to his parents. B) He took a few of his friends to a gym. C) He immediately deposited it in a bank. D) He treated his parents to a nice meal. 11. A) Buy some professional clothes. C) Join her colleagues for gym exercise. B) Budget her salary carefully. D) Visit her former university campus. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. A) He has a difficult decision to make. B) He has been overworked recently. C) He has just quarreled with his girlfriend. D) He has just too many things to attend to. 13. A) Give priority to things more urgent. B) Turn to his girlfriend for assistance. C) Think twice before making the decision. D) Seek advice from his family and advisor. 14. A) His parents and advisor have different opinions. B) He is not particularly keen on the job offered. C) He lacks the money for his doctoral program. D) His girlfriend does not support his decision. 15. A) They need time to make preparations. B) They need to save enough money for it. C) They haven’t started their careers yet. D) They haven’t won their parents’ approval. 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 Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. A) Acquiring information and professional knowledge. B) Using information to understand and solve problems. C) Enriching social and intellectual lives. D) Expressing ideas and opinions freely. 17. A) Improving mind-reading strategies. B) Reading classic scientific literature. C) Playing games that challenge one’s mind. D) Traveling to different places in the world. 18. A) Give others freedom to express themselves. B) Expose themselves to different cultures. C) Discard personal biases and prejudices. D) Participate in debates or discussions. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. A) The nature of relationships between dogs. B) The reason a great many people love dogs. C) Why dogs can be faithful friends of humans. D) How dogs feel about their bonds with humans. 20. A) They have an unusual sense of responsibility. B) They can respond to humans' questions. C) They can fall in love just like humans. D)They behave like other animals in many ways. 21. A) They have their own joys and sorrows. B) They experience true romantic love. C) They help humans m various ways. D) They stay with one partner for life. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22. A) A cow bone. C) A historical site. B) A rare animal. D) A precious stone. 23. A) Measuring it. C) Dating it. B) Preserving it. D) Identifying it. 24. A) The site should have been protected. B) The boy’s family had acted correctly. C) The boy should have called an expert. D) The channel needs to interview the boy. 25. A) Search for similar fossils elsewhere. B) Ask the university to reward Jude. C) Conduct a more detailed search. D) Seek additional funds for the search. Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) 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 Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. Finally, some good news about airplane travel. If you are on a plane with a sick passenger, you are unlikely to get sick. That is the 26 of a new study that looked at how respiratory (呼吸道）viruses 27 on airplanes. Researchers found that only people who were seated in the same row as a passenger with the flu, for example—or one row in front of or behind that individual—had a high risk of catching the illness. All other passengers had only a very 28 chance of getting sick, according to the findings. Media reports have not necessarily presented 29 information about the risk of getting infected on an airplane in the past. Therefore, these new findings should help airplane passengers to feel less 30 to catching respiratory infections while traveling by air. Prior to the new study, little was known about the risks of getting 31 infected by common respiratory viruses, such as the flu or common cold, on an airplane, the researchers said. So, to 32 the risks of infection, the study team flew on 10 different 33 in the U.S. during the flu season. The researchers found that passengers sitting within two seats on 34 side of a person infected with the flu, as well as those sitting one row in front of or behind this individual, had about an 80 percent chance of getting sick. But other passengers were 35 safe from infection. They had a less than 3 percent chance of catching the flu. A) accurate I) nearby B) conclusion J) respond C) directly K) slim D) either L) spread E) evaluate M) summit F) explorations N) vividly G) flights O) vulnerable H) largely 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. Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day? A) Along with old classics like “carrots give you night vision” and “Santa doesn’t bring toys to misbehaving children”, one of the most well-worn phrases of tired parents everywhere is that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Many of us grow up believing that skipping breakfast is a serious mistake, even if only two thirds of adults in the UK eat breakfast regularly, according to the British Dietetic Association, and around three-quarters of Americans. B) “The body uses a lot of energy stores for growth and repair through the night,” explains diet specialist Sarah Elder. “Eating a balanced breakfast helps to up our energy, as well as make up for protein and calcium used throughout the night.” But there’s widespread disagreement over whether breakfast should keep its top spot in the hierarchy (等级）of meals. There have been concerns around the sugar content of cereal and the food industry’s involvement in pro-breakfast research—and even one claim from an academic that breakfast is “dangerous”. C) What’s the reality? Is breakfast a necessary start to the day or a marketing tactic by cereal companies? The most researched aspect of breakfast (and breakfast-skipping) has been its links to obesity. Scientists have different theories as to why there’s a relationship between the two. In one US study that analysed the health data of 50,000 people over seven years, researchers found that those who made breakfast the largest meal of the day were more likely to have a lower body mass index (BMI) than those who ate a large lunch or dinner. The researchers argued that breakfast helps reduce daily calorie intake and improve the quality of our diet—since breakfast foods are often higher in fibre and nutrients. D) But as with any study of this kind, it was unclear if that was the cause—or if breakfast-skippers were just more likely to be overweight to begin with. To find out, researchers designed a study in which 52 obese women took part in a 12-weck weight loss programme. All had the same number of calories over the day, but half had breakfast, while the other half did not. What they found was that it wasn’t breakfast itself that caused the participants to lose weight: it was changing their normal routine. E) If breakfast alone isn’t a guarantee of weight loss, why is there a link between obesity and breakfastskipping? Alexandra Johnstone, professor of appetite research at the University of Aberdeen, argues that it may simply be because breakfast-skippers have been found to be less knowledgeable about nutrition and health. “There are a lot of studies on the relationship between breakfast eating and possible health outcomes, but this may be because those who eat breakfast choose to habitually have health-enhancing behaviours such as regular exercise and not smoking,” she says. F) A 2016 review of 10 studies looking into the relationship between breakfast and weight management concluded there is “limited evidence” supporting or refuting (反驳）the argument that breakfast influences weight or food intake, and more evidence is required before breakfast recommendations can be used to help prevent obesity. G) Researchers from the University of Surrey and University of Aberdeen are halfway through research looking into the mechanisms behind how the time we eat influences body weight. Early findings suggest that a bigger breakfast is beneficial to weight control. Breakfast has been found to affect more than just weight. Skipping breakfast has been associated with a 27% increased risk of heart disease, a 21% higher risk of type 2 diabetes in men, and a 20% higher risk of type 2 diabetes in women. One reason may be breakfast’s nutritional value partly because cereal is fortified (增加营养价值）with vitamins. In one study on the breakfast habits of 1,600 young people in the UK, researchers found that the fibre and micronutrient intake was better in those who had breakfast regularly. There have been similar findings in Australia, Brazil, Canada and the US. H) Breakfast is also associated with improved brain function, including concentration and language use. A review of 54 studies found that eating breakfast can improve memory, though the effects on other brain functions were inconclusive. However, one of the review’s researchers, Mary Beth Spitznagel, says there is “reasonable” evidence breakfast does improve concentration—there just needs to be more research. “Looking at studies that tested concentration the number of studies showing a benefit was exactly the same as the number that found no benefit,” she says. “And no studies found that eating breakfast was bad for concentration.” I) What’s most important, some argue, is what we eat for breakfast. High-protein breakfasts have been found particularly effective in reducing the Ionging for food and consumption later in the day, according to research by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. While cereal remains a firm favourite among breakfast consumers in the UK and US, a recent investigation into the sugar content of ‘adult’ breakfast cereals found that some cereals contain more than three-quarters of the recommended daily amount of free sugars in each