2019年度12月英语四级真命题第二套(答案解析在最后一页).pdf

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1、， 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、 答题卡的印刷质晕， 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l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

2、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、

3、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、 折叠或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 更多学习资料请关注 微信公众号【精习】 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

4、 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

5、 1 and 2 are based on the news report you ltave just heard. 1. A) The number of male nurses has gone down. B) There is discrimination against male nurses. C) There is a growing shortage of medical personnel D) The number of nurses has dropped to a record low. 2. A) Working conditions.C) Inadequate p

6、ay. B) Educational system.D) Cultural bias. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) He fell out of a lifeboat. B) He was almost drowned. C) He lost his way on a beach. D) He enjoyed swimming in the sea. 4. A) The lifeboats patrol the area round the clock. B) The bea

7、ch is a good place to watch the tide. C) The emergency services are efficient. D) The beach is a popular tourist resort. Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. A) It climbed 25 storeys at one go B) It broke into an office room. 6. A) Release it into the wild. B) Return

8、 it to its owner. C) It escaped from a local zoo. D) It became an online star. C) Send it back to the zoo. D) Give it a physical checkup. 4 1 7. A) A raccoon can perform acts no human can. B) A raccoon can climb much higher than a cat. C) The raccoon did something no politician could. D) The raccoon

9、 became as famous as some politicians. Section B Directions : In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the e叫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 a瓜we

10、rJ,-om 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 received a bonus unexpectedly. B) She got a well-paying job in a bank. C) She

11、received her fi订st monthly salary. D) She got a pay raise for her performance 9. A) Two decades ago.C) Just last month. B) Several years ago.D) Right after graduation. 10. A) He sent a small check to his parents. B) He treated his parents to a nice meal. C) He took a few of his friends to a gym. D)

12、He i1mnediately deposited it in a bank. 11. A) Join her colleagues for gym exercise.C) Buy some professional clothes. B) Visit her former university campus.D) Budget her salary carefully Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. A) He has just too many things to atten

13、d to. B) He has been overworked recently. C) He has a difficult decision to make. D) He has just quarreled with his g订lfriend 13. A) Tum to his girl和end for assistance.C) Thir次twice before makmg the decision. B) Give priority to thirlgs more urgent.D) Seek advice from his family and advisor. 4 2 14.

14、 A) His girlfriend does not support his decision B) He is not particularly keen on the job offered. C) He lacks the money for his doctoral program. D) His parents and advisor have different opinions. 15. A) They need titne to make preparations. B) They havent started their careers yet. C) They need

15、to save enough money for it. D) They havent 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 m

16、ust 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) Expressing ideas and opinions freely. B) Enriching social

17、and intellectual lives. C) Acquiring info1mation and professional knowledge D) Using information to understand and solve problems. 17. A) Traveling to different places in the world. B) Playing games that challenge ones mind. C) Improving mind-reading strateg比S D) Reading classic scientific literatur

18、e. 18. A) Participate in debates or discussions. B) Expose themselves to different cultures. C) Discard personal biases and prejudices D) Give others freedom to express themselves. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. A) Why dogs can be faithful friends of humans. B)

19、The nature of relationships between dogs. C) The reason a great many people love dogs. D) How dogs feel about their bonds with humans. 4 3 20. A) They behave like other animals in many ways. B) They have an unusual sense of responsibility. C) They can respond to humansquestions. D) They can fall in

20、love just like humans. 21. A) They stay with one partner for life. B) They have their own joys and sorrows. C) They experience true romantic love. D) They help humans in various ways. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22. A) A rare animal.C) A cow bone. B) A historical

21、 site.D) A precious stone. 23. A) Dating it.C) Measuring it. B) Preserving it.D) Identifying it. 24. A) The channel needs to interview the boy. B) The boy should have called an expert. C) The boys family had acted conectly D) The site should have been protected. 25. A) Conduct a more detailed search

22、. B) Ask the university to reward Jude. C) Search for similar fossils elsewhere. 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 l

23、ist of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefitlly 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 an

24、y of the worcls in the bank more than 4 4 once. 更多学习资料请关注 微信公众号【精习】 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） V订uses27 on airplanes. Researchers found th

25、at 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 fmdings. Media reports have not necessari

26、ly presented 29 information about the risk of getting infected on an ailJlane in小e past. Therefore, 由ese new findings should help a叩lane passengers to feel less 30 to catching resp订atory infections w扣le traveling by air. Prior to the new study, little was known about the risks of getting 31 infected

27、 by common resp订atory viruses, such as小e flu or common cold, on an airplane, the researchers said. So, to 32小e 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

28、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)accurateI)nearby B)conclusionJ)respond C)directlyK)slim

29、 D)either L) spread E) evaluateM) sumn订t F)explorationsN)vividly G)flights0)vulnerable H)largely Section B Direct10ns: In I t us section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement conta沁呻rmation given in one of the paragraplis. Identify the paragraph from 呻ch

30、 the information is心rived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questi01is 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 ca订ots give you night visi

31、on and Santa doesnt bring toys to 画behaving 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 s如pping 4 5 happens not only by means of collaborative development, review and testing, but a

32、lso at conferences where faculty regularly decide on their textbooks and curricula for the coming year. It is true that textbook publishers have recently reported losses, largely due to students renting or buying used print textbooks. But this can be chalked up to the excessively high cost of the订bo

33、oks which has increased over 1,000 percent since 1977. A restructuring of the textbook industry may well be in order. But this does not mean the end of the textbook itself. While they may not be as dynamic as an iPad, textbooks are not passive or lifeless. For example, over the centuries, they have

34、simulated (模拟） dialogues in a number of ways. From 1800 to the present day, textbooks have done this by posing questions for students to answer inductively (归纳性 地）. That means students are asked to use the订individual experience to come up with answers to general questions. Todays psychology texts, f

35、or example, ask: How much of your personality do you think you inherited? while ones in physics say: How can you predict where the ball you tossed will land? Experts observe that textbooks come in layers, something like an onion. For an active learner, engaging with a textbook can be an interactive

36、experience: Readers proceed at their own pace. They customize their books by engaging with different layers and linkages. Highlighting, Post-It notes, dog-ears and other techniques allow for fu1ther customization that students value in print books over digital forms of books. 46. What does the passa

37、ge say about open educational resources? A) They contribute to teaching as much as to learning B) They dont profit as much as traditional textbooks do. C) They cant connect professors and students as textbooks do. D) They compete fiercely for customers with textbook producers. 4 7. What is the main

38、cause of the publishers losses? A) Failure to meet student need. C) Emergence of e-books. B) Industry restructuring. D) Falling sales. 48. What does the textbook industry need to do? A) Reform its structures. B) Cut its retail prices. C) Find replacements for printed textbooks. D) Change its busines

39、s strategy periodically 49. What are students expected to do in the learning process? A) Think carefully before answering each question B) Ask questions based on the订own understanding. C) Answer questions using the订personal experience. D) Give answers showing the订respective personality 4 9 更多学习资料请关注

40、 微信公众号【精习】 未得到监考教师指令前，不得翻阅该试题册！ Part I Writing (30 minutes) （请千正式开考后半小时内完成该部分五之后将进行听力考试） 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. 请用黑色签字笔在答题卡l指定区域内作答作文题，在试题册上的作答无效！ 请认真填写以下信息： 1佳考证号： I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 姓名： 错填、未填以上信息，按违规处理！ 更多学习资料请关注 微信公众号【精习】