2019年12月英语四级真题及答案第三套

1、2019年12月英语四级真题及答案第三套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 study in China. Please recommend a university to him. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part Listening Comprehension(25

2、 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 ma

3、rked A), B), 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

4、discrimination against 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 almos

5、t drowned.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 b

6、ecame an online star. B) It broke 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 mu

7、ch higher than a cat.C)The raccoon became as famous as some politicians.D)The raccoon did something no politician could.Section BDirections: 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 w

8、ill 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

9、got a well-paying job in a bank. B) She received a bonus 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.C)Right after graduation.D)Just last month.10.A) He sent a small check to his parents. B) He took a few of

10、 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.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 h

11、ave 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

12、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) T

13、hey need to save enough money for it.C)They havent started their careers yet.D)They havent won their parents approval.Section CDirections: 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 spok

14、en 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 informat

15、ion 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 ones mind.D)Travelin

16、g 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 relat

17、ionships 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) Th

18、ey 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 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 h

19、istorical site. D) A precious stone.23.A) Measuring it. B) Preserving it.C)Dating it.D)Identifying it.24.A) The site should have been protected. B) The boys 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

20、 elsewhere. 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 ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of

21、 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 th

22、e words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Millions of people travel by plane every single day. If youre planning on being one of them soon, you might not be looking forward to the 26feeling air travel often leaves you with. Besides the airport crowds an

23、d stress, traveling at such a high altitude has real effects on the body. Although the pressure of the cabin is 27to prevent altitude sickness, you could still 28 sleepiness or a headache. The lower oxygen pressure found in an aircraft cabin is 29to that at 6,000 to 8,000 feet of altitude. A drop in

24、 oxygen pressure can cause headaches in certain 30. To prevent headaches, drink plenty of water, and avoid alcohol and coffee.Airplane food might not really be as tasteless as you 31thought. The air you breathe in a plane dries out your mouth and nose, which can affect your sense of taste. Perceptio

25、n of sweet and salty foods dropped by almost 30 percent in a simulation of air travel. However, you can make your taste buds active by drinking water. A dry mouth may 32taste sensitivity, but taste is restored with fluids.Although in-flightinfections 33in dry environments like airplanes, your risk o

26、f getting sick from an airplane is actually low because of the air 34 used. Unless youre sitting next to someone who is coughing or sneezing, you shouldnt worry too much about getting sick. However, bacteria has been shown to live on cabin surfaces, so wash your hands 35.A) adjustedF)frequentlyK)red

27、uceB) channelsG)individualsL)renovatedC)equivalentH) originallyM) smoothD)experience I) particularN)thriveE) filtersJ) primarilyO)unpleasantSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to each statement contains information given in one of the pa

28、ragraphs. 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.A SouthKoreanCityDesigned for the Future Takes on a Life of Its OwnA G

29、etting around a city is one thingand then theres the matter of getting from one city to another. One vision of the perfect city of the future: a place that offers easy access to air travel.In 2011, a University of North Carolina business professor named John Kasarda published a book called Aerotropo

30、lis: The Way Well Live Next. Kasarda says future cities should be built intentionally around or near airports. The idea, as he has put it, is to offer businesses “rapid, long-distance connectivity on a massive scale.”B“The 18th century really was a waterborne century, the 19th century a rail century

31、, the 20th century a highway, car, truck centuryand the 21st century will increasingly be an aviation century, as the globe becomes increasingly connected by air,”Kasarda says. Songdo, a city built from scratch in South Korea, is one of Kasardas prime examples. It has existed for just a few years.“F

32、rom the get-go, it was designed on the basis of connectivity and competitiveness,”says Kasada. “The government built the bridge directly from the airport to the Songdo International Business District. And the surface infrastructure was built in tandem with the new airport.”C Songdo is a stones throw

33、 from South Koreas IncheonAirport, its main international hub. But it takes a lot more than a nearby airport to be a city of the future. Just building a place as an “international business district” doesnt mean it will become one. Park Yeon Soo conceived this city of the future back in 1986. He cons

34、iders Songdo his baby. “I am a visionary,” he says. Thirty years after he imagined the city, Parks baby is close to 70 percent built, with 36.000 people living in the business district and 90,000 residents in greater Songdo. Its about an hour outside Seoul, built on reclaimed tidal flats along the Y

35、ellow Sea, Theres a Coast Guard building and a tall trade tower, as well as a park, golf course and university.D) Chances are youve actually seen this place. Songdo appears in the most famous music video ever to come out of South Korea. “Gangnam Style” refers to the fashionable Gangnam district in S

36、eoul. But some of the video was filmed in Songdo.”I dont know if you remember, there was a scene in a subway station. That was not Gangnam. That was actually Songdo,” says Jung Won Son, a professor of urban development at Londons Bartlett School of Planning, “Part of the reason to shoot there is tha

37、t its new and nice.”E The city was supposed to be a hub for global companies, with employees from all over the world. But hats not how it has turned out. Songdos reputation is as a futuristic ghost town. But the reality is more complicated. A bridge with big, light-blue loops leads into the business

38、 district. In the center of the main road, theres a long line of flags of the world. On the corner, theres a Starbucks and a 7-Elevenall of the international brands that you see all over the world nowadays.F The city is not empty. There are mothers pushing strollers, old women with walkerseven in th

39、e middle of the day, when its 90 degrees out. Byun Young-Jin chairs the Songdo real estate association and started selling property here when the first phase of the city opened in 2005. He says demand has boomed in the past couple of years. Most of his clients are Korean. In fact, the developer says

40、, 99 percent of the homes here are sold to Koreans. Young families move here because the schools are great. And thats the problem: Songdo has become a popular Korean citymore popular as a residential area than a business one. Its not yet the futuristic international business hub that planners imagin

41、ed. “Its a great place to live. And its becoming a great place to work,” says Scott Summers, the vice president of Gale International, the developer of the city. The floor-to-ceiling windows of his companys offices overlook Songdo Central Park, with a canal full of kayaks and paddle boats. Shimmerin

42、g glass towers line the canals edge.G“Whats happened is, because we focused on creating that quality of life first, which enabled the residents to live here, what has probably missed the mark is for companies to locate here,” he says. “There needs to be strong economic incentives.” The city is still

43、 unfinished, and it feels a bit like a theme park. It doesnt feel all that futuristic. Theres a high-tech underground trash disposal system. Buildings are environmentally friendly. Everybodys television set is connected to a system that streams personalized language or exercise classes.H But Star Tr

44、ek this is not. And to some of the residents, Songdo feels hollow. “Im, like, in prison for weekdays. Thats what we call it in the workplace,” says a woman in her 20s. She doesnt want to use her name for fear of being fired from her job. She goes back to Seoul every weekend. “I say Im prison-breakin

45、g on Friday nights.” But she has to make the prison break in her own car. Theres no high-speed train connecting Songdo to Seoul, just over 20 miles away.I The man who first imagined Songdo feels frustrated, too. Park says he built South Korea a luxury vehicle, “like Mercedes or BMW. Its a good car n

46、ow. But were waiting for a good driver to accelerate.”But there are lots of other good cars out there, too. The world is dotted with futuristic, high-tech cities trying to attract the biggest international companiesJ Songdos backers contend that its still early, and business space is filling upabout

47、 70 percent of finished offices are now occupied. Brent Ryan, who teaches urban design at MIT, says Songdo proves a universal principle. “There have been a lot of utopian cities in history. And the reason we dont know about a lot of them is that a lot of them have vanished entirely.” In other words,

48、 when it comes to citiesor anything elseit is hard to predict the future.36. Songdos popularity lies more in its quality of life than its business attraction.37. The man who conceives Songdo feels disappointed because it has fallen short of his expectations.38. A scene in a popular South Korean musi

49、c video was shot in Songdo.39. Songdo still lacks the financial stimulus for businesses to set up shop there.40. Airplanes will increasingly become the chief means of transportation, according to a professor.41. Songdo has ended up different from the city it was supposed to be.42. Some of the people

50、 who work in Songdo complain about boredom in the workplace.43. A business professor says that a future city should have easy access to international transportation.44. Acording to an urban design professor, it is difficult for city designers to foresee what happen in the future.45. Park Yeon So. Wh

51、o envisioned Songdo, feels a parental connection with the city.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and ma

52、rk the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.The fifth largest city in the US passed a significant soda tax proposal that will levy 1.5 cents per liquid ounce on distributors.Philadelphias new mea

53、sure was approved by a 13 to 4 city council vote. It sets a new bar for similar initiatives across the county. It is proof that taxes on sugary drinks can win substantial support outside super-liberal areas. Until now, the only city to successfully pass and implement a soda tax was Berkeley, Califor

54、nia, in 2014.The tax will apply to regular and diet sodas, as well as other drinks with added sugar, such as Gatorade and iced teas. Its expected to raise $410 million over the next five years, most of which will go toward funding a universal pre-kindergarten program for the city.While the city coun

55、cil vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.“The tax passed today unfairly singles out beveragesincluding low- and no-calorie choices,” said Lauren Kane, spokeswoman for t

56、he American Beverage Association. “But most importantly, it is against the law. So we will side with the majority of the people of Philadelphia who oppose this tax and take legal action to stop it.”An industry backed anti-tax campaign has spent at least $4 million on advertisements. The ads criticiz

57、ed the measure. characterizing it as a“grocery tax.”Public health groups applauded the approved tax as a step toward fixing certain lasting health issues that plague Americans. “The move to recapture a small part of the profits from an industry that pushes a product that contributes to diabetes, obesity and heart disease in poorer communities in order to reinvest in those communities will sure be inspirational to many other places,” said Jim Krieger, executive director of Healthy Food America. “Indeed, we are already hearing from some of them. Its not just Berkeley anymore.”Si