2020年09月英语四级真题第1套.docx

2020年9月四级真题（第1套）Part I Wri血g(30 minutes)Directions For tuis part, you are哑wed30mi疝tes; i,o wril,ea九蕊sa'Jl'giionlinOlibraries. You ca九 start your essay with the sentence" Onl切e lib八汀ies are becoming increas切gly popu如”.You sho血write at妞st逻words but'no more tha卫堕words.Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)Section ADirections In this section, you will hear three news rE卯rts. At the end of each news report, you willheartwo or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken oni,y oce. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answerfrom the four choices marked A), B), C) a叫D). Then mark the correspo 戒 ing letter on A 印 werS 妇 et 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are b邸ed on the news report you have just heard.1. A) Ship traffic in the Atlantic.8) Wann cUITents 1 n the ocean.2. A) They need to be taken seriously.B) They have a huge effect on fishery.C) Exhaust from cars in Europe.D) Particles emitted by power plants.C) They might be causing trouble to air flights.D) They may be-iifecting the world's climate.Questions 3 and 4 are b邸ed on the news report you have iHHheard.3. A)To appeal for higherwages.8) To demand better health care.4. A) It had already taken strong action.B) It would put customers'needs first.C) To call foi-apermanent security guard.D) To dismiss-te bad.tempered supervisor.C) It would talce the让appeal. seriously.D) It was see陆起help fronr'the police.Questions 5 to 7 are b邸ed on the news rejuk you have just'heard.5. A) The road was flooded.C) The road w蕊frozen with snow.8) The road was blocked.D) The road was covered with spilledgas.6. A) A truck plunged into a pool of liquid chocolate.B) The heavy snow made driving very difficult.C) The truck driver dozed off while driving.D) A truck hit a barrier and overturned.7. A) It was a long tiine before the cleanup was酝ished.B) It was a hard 啦 k to remove the spilled substance.C) It was fortunate that no passenger got injured.D) It was difficult to contact the manufacturer.Section BDirections In this section, you will hear two wng conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.枷 you heara question, you must 功dose the best answer from the four ciJUices marked A), B)f C) a 双t D). Then ma ri the corresponding let 阮 on A 四 wer SAeet 1 with a single line through the cent诧Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) She wanted to save for anew phone.C) She could enjoy discounts with cash.8) She found it much safer to use cash. D) She had been cheated using phone apps.9. A) They can save a lot more time and trouble.B) They find it less difficult to make purchases.C) 'Ibey derive greater pleasure from buying things.D) They are less aware of the value of their money.10. A) More valuable items.8) More non-essential things.11. A) It can improve shopping efficiency.B) It is altering the way of shopping.C) Everyday necessities.D) Electronic devices.C) It may lead to excessive spending.D)It appeals more to younger people.Questions 12 to 15 缸based on the convention you have just heard.12. A) He wanted to order some wooden furniture.B) He had to change the furniture delivery tiine.C) He had a problem with the furniture delivered.D) He wanted the furniture store to give him a refund.13. A) Send the furniture baik to the store.8) Describe the furniture he received.14. A) Correct their m0H±e.B)血prove their service.15. A) She recommended a new style.B) She offered somegifttothe*man.C) Collect the furniture he ordered.D) Buy another brand of furniture.C) Apologize to his w廿e.D) Give the money back.C) She apologized to the man once more.D) She checked all the items with the man.Section CDirections In this section, you will hear th花e passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both女口 passage and力Jquestions will be spoken。讥y once. A拓严hear a question, you must choose the best answerfrom the four choices marked A)f B), C) and a). Then man t如correspo叫ing比tter on Answer Sfl/uet 1 with a sing阳ine through the cent龙Questions 16 to 18 are b鲍ed on the passage you have just heard.C) Sharing with others.D) Donating to charity.C) Things that occupy little space.D) Things that cost a lot of money.16. A) Reading booksof wisdom.8) Tidying up one's home.17. A) Things that make one happy.8) ThingsthatarebecomEBrare.18. A) It joined the city's dean-upcampaign.B) It sold as many as fifty boxes of books.C) It received an incredibly large number of donated books.D) It did little business because of the unusual cold weather.Questions 19 to 21 are b邸ed on the passage you have just heard.19. A) Give free meals to the homeless.8) Provide shelter for the homeless.20. A) Strengthen co-operation.8) Promote understanding.21. A) Spreading news of his deeds.B) Writing him thank-you notes.C) Help the vulnerable to cook lunches.D) Call for change in the local government.C) Win national supportFollow his example.C) Following the example he sets.D) Sending him hand-made bags.Questions 22 to 25 are b鲍ed on the passage you have just heard.22. A) To solve word search puzzles.B) To send smartphone messages.C) To test their eyesight using a phone app.D) To install some audio equipment in a lab.23. A) They couLd not go on untiL the ringing stopped.B) They could no longer concentrate on their task.C) They grabbed the phone and called back right away.D) They asked their experimenter to hang up the phone.24. A) A n sem emotional problems.C) A reduction in the amount of sleep.8) A decLine in sports activities.D) A decline*m acadeRMc performance.25. A) Protect the eyesight of the younger generation.B) Take effective measures to raise productivity.C) Realize the disruptive effects of technology.D) Ensure they have sufficient sleep every day.Part mReading Comprehension (40 nunutes)Section AAirections In th访section, there仿a passage with砌勋nks. fiou are required toselect one wo讯for each bfcbnkfrom a 肪t of choices given in a word ba咄following the passage. Read the p£isage through carefully before making your choices. Each c力口ice in the bank仿 identified by a LetiJn-. Pie呢 mark the corresponding letter for each i妇on Answer S阮et 2 with asingle line through the centre. You may 彻t use any of the words in the banktnore than once.There're three main types of financial stress people encounter. The first type is apparent in people being stressed about the阜叩s and downs of investment markets-actually not so much the ups, but 27 the dow阻 These people are usually unable or unprepared to endure the long haul.The next common type of financial stress is that caused by debt. In a塾一percen而e ofc0es of debt-induced financial stress, credit cards and loans w出be a central element. Often there'Ll be a car loan and perhaps a mortgage, but credit cards often seem to be the gateway to debt-reLated financial difficulties for many.The third type of stress and一旦the least known is inherited financial stress, which is the most destructive. It is experienced by those who have grown up in households where their parents regularly30 and fought about money. Money therefore becomes a stressful topic, and so the thought of sitting down and planning is an unattractive 31.Those suffering inherited financial anxietyBto follow one of two patterns. Either they put their head in the sand theyexamining their financial statements, budgeting, addiscussing financial matters with those closest to them. Aternatively, they would go to the other-34- , and micro-analyze everything, to the point of complete 35. They're convinced that whatever decision they make will be the wrong one.I) normalJ) possiblyK) propositionL) rebelledM) s组tementN) tend 0) traditionalA) appearanceB) arguedC) avoidD) considerableE) definitelyF) extremeG) inactionH) incrediblySection BDirections In this section, you are going t,o read a passage with ten statements attached tfo it. fiach statement contains i 可 ormation given in one of the paragraphs, fidentify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once, fiach pafiagraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on A邱印er Sheet 2.Doctor's orders Let children just playA） Imagine a drug that could enhance a child's creativity and critical thinking. Imagine that this drug were simple to make, safie to talce, and could be had for free. The nation's leading pediatricians(儿医生)say this miracle compound exists. In a new clinical report, they are urging doctors to prescribe it liberally to the children in their care.B） "This may seem old-fashioned, but there are skills to be learned when Jdds aren't told what to do," said Dr. Michael Yogman, a Harvard Medical School pediatrician who led the drafting of the call to arms. Whether it's rough physical play, outdoor play or pretend play, kids derive important lessons from the chance to make things up as they gof he said.C） The advice, issued Monday by the Aerican Academy of Pediatrics, may come as a shock to some parents. After spending years fretting (烦恼)over which toys to buy, whichapps to download and which skilbbuilding programs to send their kids to after school, letting tUem simply play-or better yet, playing with them-could seem like a step backward. The pediatricians insistthat it's not. The academy's guidance does not include specific recommendations for 让 e dosing of play. Instead, it asks doctors to advise parents before their babies turn two that play is essential to healthy development.D） "Play is not silly behavior, " the academy's report declares. It fosters children's creativity, cooperation, and problem-solving skills-all of which are critical for a 21st-century workforce. When parents engage in playwith their children, it builds a wall against the harmful effects of all kinds of stress, including poverty, the academy says. In the pediatricians'view, essentially every lifie skill that's valued in adults can be built up with play. " Collaboration, negotiation, decisionmaking, creativity, leadership, and increased physical activity are just some of the skills and benefits children gain through play," they wrote. The pediatricians'appeal comes as Jdds are being squeezed by increasing academic demands at school and the constant invasion of digital media.E） The trends have been a long time com邱.Between 1981 and 1997, detailed time-use studies showed that the time children spent at play declined by 25 percent. Since the adoption of sweeping education refonns in 2001, public schools have steadily increased the amount of time devoted to preparing for（第1套） standardized tests. The focus on academic "skills and drills" has cut deeply into recess （课H附值） and other time for free play.F） By 2009, a study of Los Angeles kindergarten classrooms found that five-year-olds were so burdened with academic requirements that they were down to an average ofjust 19 minutes per day of "choice time," when they were peRMitted to play freely with blocks, toysorotherchildren.OneinfiourLos Angeles teachers reported there was no time at all for "free play," Increased academic pressures have left 30 percent of U.S. kindergarten classes without any recess. Such findings prompted the American Academy of Pediatrics to issue a policy statement in 2013 on the "crucial role of recess in school."Pediatricians aren't the only ones who have noticed. In a report titled "Crisis in the Kindergarten," a group of educators, health professionals and child advocates called the loss of play in early childhood "a tragedy, both for the children themselves and for our nation and the world." Kids in play-based kindergartens "end up equally good or better at reading and other intellectual skills, and they are more likely to become wellsted healthy people," the Alliance for Childhood said in 2009. Indeed, new research demonstrates why playing with blocks might have been time better spent, Yogman said. The trial assessed the effectiveness ofan early mathematics intervention （干 预）aimed at preschoolers. The results showed almost no gains in math achievement.G） Another playtime thief the gro咖g proportion of kids' time spent in front of screens and digital devices, even among preschoolers. Last year, Common Sense Media reported that children up through age eight spent an average of two ho叩 and 19 minutes in front of screens each day, including an average of 42 minutes a day forthose under two. This increase of digital use comes with rising risks of obesity, sleep deprivation and cognitive （认知的）f language and social- emotional delays, the American Academy of Pediatrics warned in 2016.H） "I respect that parents have busy lives and it's easy to hand a child an iPhone," Yogman said, "But there's a cost to that. For young children, it's much too passive. And kids really learn better when they're actively engaged and have to really discover things."The decline of play is a special hazard for the roughly lin5 children in the United States who live in poverty. These 14 m血on children most urgently need to develop the ilience （韧劲）that is cultivated with play. Instead, Yogman said, they arqportionately affected by some of the trends that are making play scarce academic pressures at schools that need to improve test scores, outside play areas that are limited or unsafe, and parents who lack the time or energy to share in playtime.I） Yogman also worries about the pressures that squeeze playtime for more血luent kids. "The notion that as parents we need to schedule every minute of their time is not doing them a great selVice," he said. Even welLme邸吨paren岱may be " robbing them of the opportunity to have that joy of discovery and curiositythe opportunity to fmd things out on their own."Play may not be a hard sell to kids. But UCLA pediatrician Carlos Lerner admowledged that the pediatricians' new prescription may meet with s砌ticism （怀疑）from parents, who are anxious for advice on how to give their kids a leg up in the world. They should welcome the simplicity of the me部呜e, Lerner said. "It's liberating to be able to offer them this advice that you spending time with your child and letting him play is one of the most valuable things you can do," he said. "It doesn't have to involve spending a lot of money or time, or joining a parenting group. It's something we can offer that's achievable. Theyjust don't recognize it right now as particularly valuable."36. Increased use of digital devices steals away children's playtime.37. Since the beginning of this century, an increasing amount of time has been shifted in public schoolsfrom recess to academic activities.38. It has been acknowledged