2019年12月英语四级真题第二套(含听力原文)_外语学习-英语听力.pdf

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1、2019 年 12 月英语四级真题第二套(含听力原文）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 Listening Comprehension(25 min

2、utes)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)

3、,C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with 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 aga

4、inst male nurses.D)The number of male nurses has gone down.2.A)Cultural bias.B)Inadequate pay.C)Educational system.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.B)He lost his way on a beach.C)He was almost drowned.D)He enjoyed s

5、wimming 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.B)It broke

6、into an office room.C)It escaped from a local zoo.D)It climbed 25 storeys at one go.6.A)Send it back to the zoo.B)Release it into the wild.C)Return it to its owner.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 beca

7、me 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 qu

8、estion,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.B)She received a b

9、onus unexpectedly.C She received her first monthly salary.D)She got a pay raise for her performance.9.A)Several years ago.B)Two decades ago.-欢迎下载 2 C)Right after graduation.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

10、it in a bank.D)He treated his parents to a nice meal.11.A)Buy some professional clothes.B)Budget her salary carefully.C)Join her colleagues for gym exercise.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 m

11、ake.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 pa

12、rents 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 career

13、s 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 fro

14、m 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 proble

15、ms.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)E

16、xpose 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

17、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

18、true romantic love.C)They help humans in 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.B)A rare animal.C)A historical site.D)A precious stone.23.A)Measuring it.B)Preserving it.C)Dating it.D)Identifying it.24.A)The s

19、ite 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.有关和睦的大家庭曾非常令人美慕过去四代同堂并不少见由于这个传统许多年轻人婚后继续与父母同住今天这个传统正在改变随着住房条件的改善越来越多年轻夫妇选择与父母分开住但他们之间的联系依然很密切许多老年人仍然帮 迎下载欢迎下载-欢迎下载 3 25.A)Search for similar fossils e

20、lsewhere.B)Ask the university to reward Jude.C)Conduct a more detailed search.D)Seek additional funds for the search.Part 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

21、 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 t

22、he 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 viruses 27 on airplanes.Researchers found th

23、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 findings.Media reports have not necessarily

24、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,litter was known about the risks of getting 31 infected

25、 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 wit

26、h flu,as well as those sitting one row in front of or behind this individual,had about an 80 person chance of getting sick.But other passengers were 35 safe from infection.They had a less than 3 percent chance of catching the flu.Section B Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage w

27、ith 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

28、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 doesnt 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 da

29、y.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 th

30、e night,”explains diet specialist A)accurate F)explorations K)slim B)conclusion G)flights L)spread C)directly H)largely M)summit D)either I)nearby N)vividly E)evaluate J)respond O)venerable 有关和睦的大家庭曾非常令人美慕过去四代同堂并不少见由于这个传统许多年轻人婚后继续与父母同住今天这个传统正在改变随着住房条件的改善越来越多年轻夫妇选择与父母分开住但他们之间的联系依然很密切许多老年人仍然帮 迎下载欢迎下载-

31、欢迎下载 4 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 theres widespread disagreeme nt over whether breakfast should keep its top spot in the hierarchy of meals.There have been concerns around the sugar content

32、 of cereal and the food industrys involvement in pro-breakfast research and even one claim from an academic that breakfast is“dangerous”.C Whats 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-skipp

33、ing)has been its links to obesity.Scientists have different theories as to why theres a relationship between the two.In one US study that analyzed 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

34、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 fiber and nutrients.D But as with any study of this kind,it was unclear if that w

35、as 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-week weight loss program.All had the same number of calories over the day,but half had breakfast,while the other half did not.

36、What they found was that it wasnt breakfast itself that caused the participants to lose weight:it was changing their normal routine.E If breakfast alone isnt a guarantee of wei ght loss,why is there a link between obesity and skipping breakfast?Alexandra Johnstone,professor of appetite research at t

37、he 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

38、choose to habitually have health-enhancing behaviors such as not smoking and regula r exercise,”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 the argument that breakfast influenc

39、es 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 weigh

40、t.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 men,and a 20%higher risk of type 2 diabetes i

41、n women.One reason may be breakfasts nutritional value partly because cereal is fortified with vitamins.In one study on the breakfast habits of 1,600 young people in the UK,researchers found that the fiber and micronutrient intake was better in those who had breakfast regularly.There have been simil

42、ar 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 th

43、e reviews researchers,Mary Beth Spitznagel,says there is“reasonable”evidence break fast 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

44、says.“And no studies found that eating breakfast was bad for concentration.”I Whats most important,some argue,is what we eat for breakfast.High-protein breakfasts have been found particularly effective in reducing food and consumption later in the day,according to research by the 有关和睦的大家庭曾非常令人美慕过去四代

45、同堂并不少见由于这个传统许多年轻人婚后继续与父母同住今天这个传统正在改变随着住房条件的改善越来越多年轻夫妇选择与父母分开住但他们之间的联系依然很密切许多老年人仍然帮 迎下载欢迎下载-欢迎下载 5 Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.While cereal remains a firm favorite among breakfast consumers in the UK and US,a recent investigation into the sugar content of“a

46、dult”breakfast cereals found that some cereals contain more than three quarters of the recommended daily amount of free sugars in each portion,and sugar was the second or third highest ingredient in cereals.J But some research suggests if were going to eat sugary foods,its best to do it early.One re

47、 cruited 200 obese adults to take part in a 16-week-long diet,where half added dessert to their breakfast,and half didnt.Those who added dessert lost an average of 40 pounds more however,the study was unable to show the long-term effects.A review of 54 studies found that there is no consensus yet on

48、 what type of breakfast is healthier,and concluded that the type of breakfast doesnt matter as much as simply eating something.K While theres no conclusive evidence on exactly what we should be eating and when,the consensus is that we should listen to our own bodies and eat when were hungry.“Breakfa

49、st is most important for people who are hungry when they wake up,”Johnstone says.Every body starts the day differently and those individual differences need to be researched more closely,Spitznagel says.“A balanced breakfast is really helpful,but getting regular meals throughout the day is more impo

50、rtant to leave blood sugar stable through the day,which helps control weight and hunger levels,”says El der,“Breakfast isnt the only meal we should be getting right.”36.According to one professor,obesity is related to a lack of basic awareness of nutrition and health.37.Some scientists claim that pe