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1、 启用前大学英语四级考试COLLEGE ENGLISH TESTBand 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。 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。 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. 所有题目必须在答题卡上规定位

2、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： 未正确填写（涂）个人信息， 错贴、 不贴、 毁损条形码粘贴条。未按规定翻阅试题

3、册、 提前阅读试题、 提前或在收答题卡期间作答。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】 Listening ComprehensionPart II(25 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 n

4、ews report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answerfrom 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 1 and 2 are based on the news report y

5、ou ltave just heard.1. A) The number ofmale nurses has gone down.B) There is discrimination against male nurses.C) There is a growing shortage of medical personnelD) The number of nurses has dropped to a record low.2. A) Working conditions.B) Educational system.C) Inadequate pay.D) Cultural bias.Que

6、stions 3 and 4are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) He fell out of a lifeboat.B) He was almostdrowned.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 beach is a good place to watch the tide.C) The emergency s

7、ervices are efficient.D) The beach is a popular tourist resort.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.C) It escaped from alocal zoo.D) It became an online star.5. A) It climbed 25 storeys at one goB) It broke into an office room.C) Send it back to the zoo.D) Give it a phys

8、ical checkup.6. A) Release it into the wild.B) Return it to its owner.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 became as famous as some politicians.Section BDirections : In this sec

9、tion, 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wer J,-om the four choices marked A) ,B), C) and D).through the centre.Then

10、 mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single lineQuestions 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 received her fi订st monthly salary.D) She got a pay raise for her performance9.

11、A) Two decades ago.B) Several years ago.C) Just last month.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) He i1mnediately deposited it in a bank.11. A) Join her colleagues for gym exercise.B)

12、Visit her former university campus.C) Buy some professional clothes.D) Budget her salary carefullyQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) He has just too many things to attend to.B) He has been overworked recently.C) He has a difficult decision to make.D) He has j

13、ust quarreled with his g订lfriendC) Thir次twice before makmg the decision.D) Seek advice from his family and advisor.13. A) Tum to his girl和end for assistance.B) Give priority to thirlgs more urgent.4 2 14. A) His girlfriend does not support his decisionB) He is not particularly keen on the job offere

14、d.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 to save enough money for it.D) They havent won their parents approvalSection CDirections: In this sect

15、ion, 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 from the four choices marked A) ,B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding le

16、tter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you havejust heard.16. A) Expressing ideas and opinions freely.B) Enriching social and intellectual lives.C) Acquiring info1mation and professional knowledgeD) Using information to understand and

17、 solve problems.17. A) Traveling to different places in the world.B) Playing games that challenge ones mind.C) Improving mind-reading strateg比SD) Reading classic scientific literature.18. A) Participate in debates or discussions.B) Expose themselves to different cultures.C) Discard personal biases a

18、nd prejudicesD) Give others freedom to express themselves.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you havejust heard.19. A) Why dogs can be faithful friends of humans.B) The nature of relationships between dogs.C) The reason a great many people love dogs.D) How dogs feel about their bonds with h

19、umans.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 love just like humans.21. A) They stay with one partner for life.B) They have their ownjoys and sorrows.C) They experience true roma

20、ntic 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.B) A historical site.C) A cow bone.D) A precious stone.23. A) Dating it.B) Preserving it.C) Measuring it.D) Identifying it.24. A) The channel needs to interview the boy.

21、B) The boy should have called an expert.C) The boys family had acted conectlyD) The site should have been protected.25. A) Conduct a more detailed search.B) Ask the university to reward Jude.C) Search for similar fossils elsewhere.D) Seek additional funds for the search.Part IIIReading Comprehension

22、(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 choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefitlly before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is ident

23、ified by a Letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 witha single Line through the centre. You may not use any of the worcls in the bank more than once.4 4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,

24、 you of a new study that looked at how respiratory (呼吸道）are unlikely to get sick. That is the26V订uses27on airplanes. Researchers found that 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 catchin

25、g the illness. All other passengers had only a very 28chance of getting sick,according to the fmdings. Media reports have not necessarily presented29information about therisk of getting infected on an ailJlane in小e past. Therefore, 由ese new findings should help a叩lane 30to catching resp订atory infect

26、ions w扣le traveling by air. passengers to feel lessPrior to the new study, little was known about the risks of getting31infected by commonresp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 different33in

27、the U.S. during the fluseason. The researchers found that passengers sitting within two seats on34side of a personinfected with the flu, as well as those sitting one row in front of or behind this individual, had aboutan 80 percent chance of getting sick. But other passengers werea less than 3 perce

28、nt chance of catching the flu. 35safe from infection. They hadA)B)C)D)E)F)G)H)accurate conclusion directly either evaluate explorations flights largely I) J)K)L) nearby respond slim spread M) sumn 订 tN) 0)vividly vulnerableSection BDirect10ns: In tIus section , you are going to read a passage with t

29、en statements attached to it. Each statement conta沁呻rmation given in one of the paragraplis. Identify the paragraph from 呻ch 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 Answe

30、r Sheet 2. Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day?A Along with old classics like ca订ots give you night vision 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

31、of us grow up believing that s如pping 4 5 happens not only by means of collaborative development, review and testing, but also 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

32、 due to students renting or buying used print textbooks. But this can be chalked up to the excessively high cost of the订books 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

33、 they may not be as dynamic as an iPad, textbooks are not passive or lifeless. For example, over the centuries, they have 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 st

34、udents are asked to use the订individual experience to come up with answers to general questions. Todays psychology texts, for 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

35、 textbooks come in layers, something like an onion. For an active learner, engaging with a textbook can be an interactive 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 passage say about open educational resources? A) They contribute to teaching as much as to learning B) They dont profit as much