2020年9月大学英语四级试题及参考答案《最新版》

1、2020 年 9 月大学英语四级试题及参 考答案完整版Part I Writing (30 rninutes)（请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行昕力考试）Directions:For this partyou are allowed 30 minutes to write an a sho口easy on onlinediction刽i es.Youcan start your essay ,vith thesentenc“e Onlinedictionariesare becorning increasinglypopular”.Youshoul d write at least

2、 120 Vor d s but no more than 180 ,vords.Dir巳ctions:For this partyou are allowed 30 rninutes to write an a short easy on the use ofPowerPoint(PPT) in class.You can st盯 t your essay明th thesentenc“e The use of Power-Point isbecoming increasingly popular in class”.You should , vrite at least 120 ,vords

3、 but no 1nore than 180 words.Directions:For this partyou are allowed 30 minutes to write an a short easy on online libraries.Youcan start youressay with thesentenc“e Online libraries are becoming increasingly popular”.Yousho uld write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening

4、Comprehension(30 rninutes)Section ADirections:In this sectionyou will hear three news repo口s.At the end of each news reportyou will hear two or thre巳questio ns.Both the n巳ws report and questions will b巳spoken only one巳.After yotl hear quest阳D).Tt】en mark th巳corre吕pondil巳tter on Answer Sheet I with a

5、 single line throug h the ce附 e.注意此部分试题请在答题卡 i 上作答。Questions I to 2 are baxxxxsed on the new report you have just heard. I.A) Warm currents in th巳oceanB) Ship traffic in the AtlanticC) Particles e1nitted by power plantsD) Exhaust fro1n cars in Europe 2.A) They need to be taken seriouslyB) They have

6、a huge effect on fisheryC) They may be affecting the,vorlds climateD) They might be caus川g trouble to air fl咯i h tsQ uestions 3 to 4 are baxxxxsed on the new report you have just heard. 3.A) To appeal for higher wagesB) To demand better health careC) To dismiss the bad-te1npered supervisorD) To call

7、 for a permanent secur町guard 4.A)It was seeking help fro1n the police.B) It would put ct时1ne：”needsfirstC) It had already taken strong actionD) It would take their appeal seriouslyQuestions 5 to 7 are baxxxxsed on the new report you have just heard. 5.A) The road was blockedB) The road was floodedC)

8、 The road was frozen with snowD) The road was covered with spilled gas6.A)A truck hit a barr阳 and overturnedB) The truck driver dozed o仔while drivingC) The heary snow rnade driving very difficultD) A truck plung 巳 d into a pool of I 咐 id choco late 7.A)It was fo川litB) It wasa hard task to rernove th

9、巳spill巳d substanceC) It was a long tim巳 beforethe clear】up was臼nishedD) It was difficult to contact the manufacture r.Sec tion BDirections:Inthis sectionyou will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversationyou will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will be sp

10、oken only once.After you hear a questionyou rnust choose the best answer frorn the fourchoices marked A)B) C)anD).Tt】en mark th巳corre吕pondil巳tter on Answer Sheet I W灿 a si鸣le lirQu巳s tions 8 to 11 are baxxxxs巳d on th巳conversation you hav巳just h巳ard. 8.A) she found it rnuch safer to us巳cas hB) S h巳 c

11、ould 巳njoy discounts with castlC) Sh巳 wa，t】ed to sav巳 for a new phoneD) Sh巳bad been cheated usi,9.A) Th巳y d巳riv巳geater pleasure fron】buying things.B) They are l巳ss aware of the value of their money.C) They find it lessd 仔，cult to make purchases.D) T h巳y can save a lot rnore tin 10.A)More vall胁 l巳ite

12、mB) Electronic devices.C) Everyday necessities.D) More non-esse 川 al thingsI I.A)It ,nay lead to excess附spend吨B) It is alteringthe way of shopping.C) It can improve shoppingefficiency.D) It appeals ,nore to younger people.Questions 12 to 15 ar巳 baxxxxsed on th巳co】v巳rsation you hav巳 just h巳ard, . 12.

13、A)H巳wan】ted the fur 】iture stor巳 to giv巳hin】a refu【1B) H巳 had a probl巳m with th巳furniture delivered.C) He had tochange the furniture delivery time.D) He wanted to order sorne wooden furn山 re. 13.A) Send the furniture back to the store.B) Buy another brand of furniture.C) collect the furniture he ord

14、ered.D) Describe the furniture he received. 14.A)Improv巳 their serviceB) Apologize to his wifeC) Correct their mistakeD) G附the,noney back 15.A) She recomnB) S h巳 decided all th巳iterns with the maIlC) S h巳 offered some gift to th巳 manD) She apologized to the ,nan once ,nore Section CDirections:In thi

15、s sectionyou will hear three passages.At the end of each passageyou will hear fourquestions.Both the passage and the questions will bespok 巳 n only once.After you hear a questionyou rn ust choose the best answer frorn the four choices rnarked A) B) C)and D).Then mark thecorresponding lener on Answer

16、 Sheet I with a single line throug h th巳ce ntre. Questions 16 to 18 ar巳 baxxxxsed on the conversation you have just heard.16.A) Tidying up ones homeB) Readingbooks of wisdomC) Donating to charityD) Sharing with others17.A) Th 吨is that occupy little spaceB) Things that are beco,ning rareC) Things tha

17、t mak巳 one happyD) Things that cost a lot of money18.A) It did l旧le business because of the unusual cold weatherB) It received an incredib ly large nurnber of donated booksC) It sold as many as fifty boxes of booksD) It joined the citys clean-up campaQuestions 19 to 21 are baxxxxsed on the conversat

18、ion you have just heard. 19.A) Give free rneals to the hornelessB) Provide shelter for the homelessC) call for change in the local govemrnentD) Help the vulnerable to cook lunches 20.A)Prornote understandingB) Strengthen co-operationC) Follow hisexampleD) Wir 】 nati 21.A) SpreadirB) Sending him hand

19、-rnad巳bagsC) Following the example hesetsD) Writi 鸣 him thank-you notesQu巳s tions 22 to 25 ar巳 baxxxxsed on the passag巳 you have just heard 22.A) To install some audio equipnB) To t巳st th巳ir 巳yesight usir】g a pho n巳 appC) To send smartphone messagesD) To solve word search puzzles23.A) They could no

20、longer concentrate on their taskB) They could not goon until the ringing stoppedC) They grabb古d th巳 phon巳and called back right awayD) They asked th巳ir exp巳riment巳r to hu鸣 up th巳phone 24.A)A decliin sporst activisB) A rise in e1notional problernsC) A decline in acadernic perforrnanceD) A reductionin

21、the amount of sleep25.A)Ensure they havesufficient sleep every dayB) Realize the disruptiveeffects of technologyC) Takeeffecti、1e m巳asur巳，s to raise productiv ityD) PreI巳c t th巳ey巳sight of th巳 younger g巳nerati Section AHews Report 1ANASA satellite orbiting over Portugal took photographs that reveal

22、th巳effects of pollution from ships.Oneof the photos shows a thin film of clouds above the brilliant blu巳 of the North Atlantic, cut by white lines of thicker clouds that look like scars.NASA officials explained thosethicker clouds aresigns of ship trafficbelow. Q lWhen ships power their ways throug

23、h the ocean,theypump exhaust into the atmosphere,just ascars do.And those massivearnounts of particles cancaus巳clouds to forrn.Getenough of those particlesin one place,as frorn the exhaustof a ship,and theycan lead to the creation of new clouds easily visible fro1n space.”T hese clouds can be huge,

24、someof themstretch hundreds of kilomeet rs 企om end to e且d”NSAS offic川 s said. q2) Its likely that these sorts of clouds are having so1ne ef也ct on the global cli1nate,accordnig to NASA officials.Butscientists are且t yet sure ,vhat effect it has.Ql:What has caused the thick clouds in the photos takenby

25、 a NASA satellite?Q2:What do NASA officials think about the thick clouds? Hew Report 2Staff at asuburbansuperrnarket in Melbourne say they feel unsafe at work after security guards werere1noved.TI1si ca1ne after a series of physical attacks and verbal abuse by custorne rs.More than50 workers at thes

26、tore have signed a letter calling for a permanent securityguardfollowing a series of incidents,includinga customer threateningto attacka supervisor with a knife.”A security workerhad guarded thestor巳each night fro1n 7pm until 12a1nbut that had stopped suddenly on1,fonday”e mployeessaid.One Vorkers a

27、id an angry customerhad thIovn a chickenat his head after complainingabout how long she hadwaited to be served.Another worker said the lack of protectionat the store made her feel uncomfortableat work.Howeverthe spo kesn1anof the superrnarket said the store had taken strongaction in response to inci

28、dents，“ We havefound very fe,v instancesof badcusto1ner behavior at our store in the past year.Q3:Forwhat purposedid the staff at thesupermarket in Ne lbourn 巳 sign a letter? Q4:What did the spokes1nan of thesupermarket say,regarding thee1nployeesdemand? News report three5.drivers on their way to th

29、e polish capital of Warsaw on Wednesday n1orning found the roadblocked by an unusualobstacle.Tons of liquid chocolatethat spilled onto the motorway, 6.a tn1ckcarrying the sweet load hit a road barrier and overturned,blocking two lanes.The cracked tank spilled a poo l of rapidly hardening chocolate,w

30、hich quickly covered the width of the road,whilethe driver was taken to hospital with a broken ar1nfi refigh ters struggled to re1nove a reported 12 tons of solid chocolate from the road.7.A representative 旬 r the firefighters told the local TV that re,noving the chocolate was worse than dealing wit

31、hsnow.After contacting the chocolate ,nanuf ac turer,the firefighters resorted to spray ing hot,pressurized water to get rid of the stickysubstance.Thelocal TV also noted that the cleanup spanned 1nore than a mile,because drivers simply dovethrough the chocola te after the crash,leaving a long choco

32、late trail.But despite the sticky s ituation, firefighters and policeattending to the cleanup were reportedly cheerful about the long task ahead.After all,who could be,nad about 12 tons of chocolate?QSWhatdid drivers on the 1notorway to Var saw find? Q6vVhat does the report say about the accident?Q7

33、vVhat are the firefighters representative tell the local TV? Section BConversation 1Nfan:L isa ,why did you pay for you meal with cash instead of the payment apps on your phone? vVoman:Well,Ive gone back to cash.I1n only using pa严nent apps if thats the only option. q8 Im II ing to save money for a n

34、e,v phoneand I find that using cash rather than pay,nent apps helps 1ne to save.11an:But how?Money is money， 阳 t it? Q l l I dont think it matters ,vhether you take it out t the bar】k arid put it into wallet,or simply II百nsfer 企om your battleacco unt tthe sellersbank account using an app.vVoman:Mo,I

35、 believe it does matter.Its a psychological phenomenon.Q9 I beli巳v巳W巳have less com cti buttons on our phone吕11an:You might have a poi时 ， since I stop carrying cas h around,and start to using my phone appsto pay,I may have developed a tendency to buy Q IOJ 1nore small or non-essen t山l iten】 Woman:Tha

36、ts highly possible,think about the an1ount of tim巳 we spend with our phones in ourhands,and all the things we do with our phones.It son1etimes seems that our phone is buying the product for usnot ourselves.如lan:So,cash is the pay,nent affects our ability to budget?vVoman:I believe so.If wespend a hu

37、ndred Yuan in cash,Ve rea li ze that ,ve dont have that hundred Yuan to spend on som巳 thing else.But if wespend in electronicall)vere less likely to 1nake that mental calculation., 1 tan:I s toppe d usingmy credit card because Im fond of spending exc.essively.Perhaps I should takethe sa,ne approach

38、of paying using 1ny phone. Woman:It s Orth considering.Q8:Why did the woman decide to go back to cash for payment?Q9:what happens when people use apps for pay,nent according to the woman? QlO:what might the ,nan tend to buy with pay,nent apps?Ql I:what does the man think of electronic pay,nen t? Sec

39、tion BConver sation2 售后服务退换货:Hello Mr.Brown.I was expecting your call.My secretary told me you were having sorne problems with the wooden table,is that right?M:No,no,the table is fine. Q12 The problern is the chairs. W：饨， the chairs, so,what exactly is the issue?11:Well,put 创rnpl y, q12 these are no

40、t the chairsmy wife and I selectedin your store last week.There must besorne confusion with our order.vV:Oh, I see.Im looking through my files no,v.AndI see that the delive1y Vas this morning.Is thatcorrect?M:Y巳s.vV: q 13 Do you rnind d巳scribing the chairs that wer巳d巳livered to your apa贝m巳t】M:Sur巳Th

41、ese have a flat back witha round top and are v巳ry heavy.They are light brown and look kind of cheap.The ones we ordered were dark brown to match the table.vV:Right.Ofcourse.It says here you purchased the Arlington table and four Milanochairs.As you said.There must be some co凶 ision V由the order.Im te

42、nibly sony. q14 We11 se nd a van tocollect those four and replace them with the Milano you purchased.Will tornoow 9 a.rn.be OR Me.Brown?M:Yes.That would be great.Thank you.vV:Good.Did everything else you ordere d frorn us arrive oK?11:Yes.I thinkso.Let me check.The rnir rorand two paintings are here

43、.The 队 .vocoffee tables are also here.And thesofa.Yes.We havent noticed anything else wrong or rnissing.But if w 巳do,ve llcertainly let you know.vV:OK.Great.Once again. Q15 I1nsony for the confusion and trouble catised. Q12:vVhy did the ,nan call the woman?Q13:vVhat did the woman ask the man to do?Q

44、14:vVhat did the woman prornise todo for the man?Q15:vVhat did th巳 womandoat the end of the conversatio？n 一The wornan apologized ag ain. Section BPassage IDo you have too much stuff?Are youd缸 e Ve s ay it、“1dy可Say hello ta T T s ho,v calle“d TidyingU,pvith Marie kond 。”A home improvementshow baxxxxs

45、ed on her widely popular book The LifeChanging Magic of Tidying Uup.In the show,Marie Kondo acts as a tiny garbage fairy for essy people,visiting their houses to share the w也sdo 1nof th“e KonMari”me! h od.This method is simple in theorybut can be endlessly cornplex in practice.You divide all the stu

46、ff in your house-all of it-into several ca tegories,and then examin巳each item-all of thern-to see if it sparks joy.If it does,youke巳p it.If it doesnt,you thank it,andneatly discard it.So,is the TV showinspiring people to tidy陀、up？日rsthand accountsseern to indicate a small wave of people bringing pil

47、es of donation bags to used good stores.Onestore receivedthousands of bags of used possessionsin one day.January is usuallythe sts l o, vseason for donation仿古cause its co ld and people dont want to bother.But not this January.Peopleseerned determined to clean up their hornes.One used bookstore recei

48、ved a months worth of books in donationsin a week when a man gave over 50 boxes of books frorn his home.It seems M创刊s T T sho,v is having a big impact after allQl 6：.hat is Mail它 Kondos rv sho,v about?Q17.Vhat things can be kept in ones home,according to Maire Kondo? Q18.What do we learnabout one us

49、ed bookstore this January?Passage 2At just twelv巳years old,Mike Hannon is m灿cing a di仔erence in his com1nuntiy-on巳lunch at atim“e. tvlikes Lunches of Love”h as fed1nore than 2000 of the to，悦s 1nost vulnerableresidents.tvlike delivers meals to the homeless“. Its like a ,vay to give people joy,1naybes

50、parksorne thing in them thatcanchange them”Miketold WBZ-TV.The mayor of Mikes to咄咄 feels that Mike is a great conununity lead 时 ， especially in such times of so rnuch negative news.While his father co1n1nented on howproud he was of his son,yet Mike m口气lookingfor praisebut kindness inreturn.He hopes

51、his active charitywill influence others tospread positiveactions in their own towrnsJ vfike includes a handwritten message coumtry.To date,his online page to raise funds hasbrought in more than44000 dollars and counting, raising rnore than 17000 dollars in just one day, with the hope of many famous

52、actors and others.People from all over the county aresending special handcraft bags to help the young 1nan with his mission to help those川 need.Many are hopingthesi1nple active kindness spreads.Mike is see1n巳d as the hope for the future of the townthe country andthe world.Q19:.Vhat does Mike Hannon

53、do to help people in his town? Q20:vVhat does Mike hope others will do?Q21:How are people all over the country respondingto what Mike isdoing? Section cPassage3In a recent study carried out by psychologistson the disnrptive effects of smart phonestwogroups of college students were given word-search

54、puzzles.The first group was told tocomplete the puzzles with its participantssn1artphones in their line ofsight.Thesecond groupho,vevenvas tld that thephones would interferewith the equipment in the experimen t and would need be moved away from the testingarea.Midway thro ugh the second groups solvi

55、ng of the puzzlesthe experi1nent called one of the phones and let it ring for a while before hanging up.Many of the students in thatgroup were unable tofocus fro1n then on,b古coining anxious and perforrning more poorly than the firstgroup.l附巳 of electronics has also been known to lead to a decline in

56、 human interactions.Rather than havingreal-life conversations ,rnany express e1notionsand engage in deepconversations through social rnedia sites.Many students use their phones and corn putersduring class for non-acade1nic activities,which leads to poor grades.Perhaps the most drainatic impact is th

57、e reduction in amount of sleep,which lead to poor health and weight gain.Technology is a great tool.However,its imp ortant to recognize its dowmside.sLackof sleepreductionof product ivity,and weight gain are only a few.If we are not careful about all these 1nincl proble1ns right nowthe eff巳c t on the future generation is going to be 1nuch bigger.Q22 Whatwere the college students in both groups required to do in thestudy?Q23 What do we learnabout many of the studentsin the second test group after the phone ring? Q24 According to the passagewhat is the most dra