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2019
年
12
月四级真题
(第
1
套
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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 teach
English in China. Please recommend a city to him.
You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
PartH
Section A
Listening Comprehension
(25 minutes)
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), C) and 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 you have just heard.
1.
A) Many facilities were destroyed by a wandering cow.
B)
A wandering cow knocked down one of its fences.
C)
Some tourists were injured by a wandering cow.
D)
A wandering cow was captured by the police.
2.
A) It was shot to death by a police officer.
C) It became a great attraction for tourists.
B) It found its way back to the park's zoo
D) It was sent to the animal control department.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. A) It is the largest of its kind.
B) It is going to be expanded.
C) It is displaying more fossil specimens.
4. A) A collection of bird fossils from Australia.
D) It is starting an online exhibition.
B) Photographs of certain rare fossil exhibits.
D) Pictures by winners of a wildlife photo contest.
C) Some ancient wall paintings from Australia.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) Pick up trash.
B) Amuse visitors.
C) Deliver messages.
6. A) They are especially intelligent.
C) They are quite easy to tame.
7. A) Children may be hanned by the rooks.
D) Play with children.
B) They are children's favorite.
D) They are clean and pretty.
B) Children may be tempted to drop litter.
D) Children may overfeed the rooks.
C) Children may contract bird diseases.
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 question, you must choose the best
answer from the four choices marked A), B), CJand 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) It will be produced at Harvard University.
C) It will cover different areas of science.
9. A) It will be more futuristic.
C) It will be more entertaining.
10. A) People interested in science.
C) Children in their early teens.
11. A) Offer professional advice.
B) It will be hosted by famous professors.
D) It will focus on recent scientific discoveries.
B) It will be more systematic.
D) It will be easier to understand.
B) Youngsters eager to explore.
D) Students majoring in science.
B) Provide financial support.
D) Make episodes for its first season.
D) Dissatisfied.
C) Help promote it on the Internet.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) Unsure.
B) Helpless.
C) Concerned.
13.A)He is too concerned with being perfect.
C)He is too ambitious in achieving goals
14. A) Embarrassed.
B) Unconcerned.
B)He loses heart when faced with setbacks.
D)He takes on projects beyond his ability.
C) Miserable
D) Resentful.
15.A
)
Try to be optimistic whatever happens.
B) Compare his present with his past only.
D) Treat others the way he would be treated.
C) Always learn from others
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achievements.
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 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) They have a stronger sense of social responsibility.
C) They are more likely to become engineers.
17. A) Praise girls who like to speak up frequently.
C) Insist that boys and girls work together more.
18.A) Offer personalized teaching materials.
B) They are more likely to succeed in the humanities.
D) They have greater potential to be leaders.
B) Encourage girls to solve problems on their own.
D) Respond more positively to boys comments.
B) Provide a variety of optional courses
D) Pay extra attention to top students.
C) Place great emphasis on test scores.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) It often rains cats and dogs.
B) It seldom rains in summer time.
C) It does not rain as much as people think.
D) It is one of the most rainy cities in the US.
20. A) They drive most of the time.
C) They have got used to the rain.
B)
The rain is usually very light.
D)
The rain comes mostly at night
C)
21.
A) It has a lot of places for entertainment.
summer and in winter.
It has fewer cloudy days than any other coastal city. D) It has mild weather both in
B)
It has never seen thunder and lightning.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22.
A) It occurs when people are doing a repetitive activity.
B)
It results from exerting one's muscles continuously
C)
It happens when people engage in an uncommon activity.
D) It comes from straining one's muscles in an unusual way.
23.
A) Blood flow and body heat increase in the affected area.
B)
Body movements in the affected area become difficult.
C)
They begin to make repairs immediately.
D)
They gradually become fragmented.
24.
A) About one week.
C) About ten days.
25.
A) Apply muscle creams.
D)
About four weeks.
B)
Drink plenty of water.
D) Take pain-killers.
Reading Comprehension
(40 minutes)
B) About two days.
C)
Have a hot shower.
Part III
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 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 the bank more than once.
When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water? Imagine you are wandering about
on a Thai island or 26 the ruins of Angkor. It's hot so you grab a bottle of water from a local vendor. Ifs the safe thing to do, right? The bottle
is 27 , and the label says
percent of all bottled water sold around the world 29 microplastics ?
That
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s the conclusion of a recently 30 study, which analysed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in nine countries, 31 an average of 325
plastic particles per litre of water. These microplastics included a 32 commonly known as PET and widely used in the manufacture of clothing
and food and 33 containers. The study was conducted at the State University of New York on behalf of Orb Media, a journalism organisation.
About a million bottles are bought every minute, not only by thirsty tourists but also by many of the 2.1 billion worldwide who live with
unsafe drinking water.
Confronted with this 34 , several bottled-water manufacturers including Nestle and Coca-Cola undertook their own studies using the
same methodology. These studies showed that their water did contain microplastics, but far less than the Orb study suggested. Regardless,
the World Health Organisation has launched a review into the 35 health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.
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Section B
Directions:
In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. 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 Answer Sheet 2.
The quiet heroism of mail delivery
[A]
On Wednesday, a polar wind brought bitter cold to the ght, Chicago reached a low of 21 degrees
Fahrenheit below zero, making it slightly colder than Antarctica
(
南极洲
)
，
Alaska, and the North Pole. Wind chills were 64
degrees below zero in Park Rapids, Minnesota and 45 degrees below zero in Buffalo, North Dakota, according to the National
Weather Service. Schools, restaurants, and businesses closed, and more than 1,000 flights were canceled.
[B]
Even the United States Postal Service (USPS) suspended mail delivery.
fbr the safety of USPS employees,
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USPS announced Wednesday morning, “the Postal Service is suspending delivery Jan.
30 in some 3-digit ZIP Code locations?
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Twelve regions were listed as unsafe on Wednesday, on Thursday, eight remained.
[C]
As
global
surface
temperatures
increase,
so
does the
likelihood
of
extreme
weather.
In 2018
alone,
wildfires,
volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, mudslides, and other natural disasters cost at least $$49 billion in the United States. As my
colleague Vann Newkirk reported, Puerto Rico is still confronting economic and structural destruction and resource scarcity
from 2017's Hurricane Maria. Natural disasters can wreck a community
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s infrastructure, disrupting systems fbr months or
years. Some services, however, remind us that life will eventually return, in some form, to normal.
[D]
Days after the deadly 2017 wildfires in Santa Rosa, California, a
drone (
A) caught
(
连续
镜头
)
of a USPS worker,
Trevor Smith, driving through burned homes in that familiar white van, collecting mail
in an affected video is striking: The operation is familiar, but the scene looks like the end of the world. According
to Rae Ann Haight, the program manager for the national-preparedness office at USPS, Smith was fillfilling a request made
by some of the home owners to pick up any mail that was left untouched. For Smith, this was just another day on the job.
followed my route like I normally do,
,
and there was mail
—
utgoing mail
—
in it. And so we picked those up and carried on.
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°
[E]
USPS has sophisticated emergency plans fbr natural disasters. Across the country, 285 emergencymanagement
teams are devoted to crisis control. These teams are trained annually using a framework known as the three Ps:people, property,
product. After mail service stops due to weather, the agency
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s top priority is ensuring that employees are it evaluates
the health of mfrastructure, such as the roads that mail carriers drive on. Finally, it decides when and how to re-open operations.
If the destruction is extreme, mail addressed to the area will get sent elsewhere. In response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005,
USPS redirected incoming New Orleans mail to existing mail facilities in Houston. Mail that was already processed in New
Orleans facilities was moved to an upper floor so it would be protected from water damage.
[F]
As soon as it's safe enough to be outside,
冷
(
邮递员
)
start distributing accumulated mail on the
still- accessible routes. USPS urges those without standing addresses to file change-of-address forms with their new location.
After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, mail facilities were set up in dozens of locations across the country in the two weeks that
USPS was unable to provide street delivery.
[G]
Every day, USPS processes, on average, 493.4 million pieces of mail
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anything from postcards to Social Security
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