2019年12月英语四级真题第一套(卷一)

2019

年

12

月全国 大学生英语四级考试第一套（卷一）

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.

Part

Ⅱ

Listening Comprehension

(25 minutes)

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), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding

letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.

Questions l 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.

B) It found its way back to the park

’

s zoo.

C) It became a great attraction for tourists.

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.

D) It is staring an online exhibition.

4. A) A collection of bird fossils from Australia.

B) Photographs of certain rare fossil exhibits.

C) Some ancient wall paintings from Australia.

D) Pictures by winners of a wildlife photo contest.

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.

D) Play with children.

6. A) They are especially intelligent.

B) They are children

’

s favorite.

C) They are quite easy to tame.

D) They are clean and pretty.

7. A) Children may be harmed by the rooks.

B) Children may be tempted to drop litter.

C) Children may contract bird diseases.

D) Children may overfeed the rooks.

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), 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) It will be produced at Harvard University.

B) It will be hosted by famous professors.

C) It will cover different areas of science.

D) It will focus on recent scientific discoveries.

9. A) It will be more futuristic.

B) It will be more systematic.

C) It will be more entertaining.

D) It will be easier to understand.

10. A) People interested in science.

B) Youngsters eager to explore.

C) Children in their early teens.

D) Students majoring in science.

11. A) Offer professional advice.

B) Provide financial support.

C) Help promote it on the Internet.

D) Make episodes for its first season.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. A) Unsure.

B) Helpless.

C) Concerned.

D) Dissatisfied.

13. A) He is too concerned with being perfect.

B) He loses heart when faced with setbacks.

C) He is too ambitious in achieving goals.

D) He takes on projects beyond his ability.

14. A) Embarrassed.

B) Unconcerned.

C) Miserable.

D) Resentful.

15. A) Try to be optimistic whatever happens.

B) Compare his present with his past only.

C) Always learn from others

’

achievements.

D) Treat others the way he would be treated.

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.

B) They are more likely to succeed in the humanities.

C) They are more likely to become engineers.

D) They have greater potential to be leaders.

17. A) Praise girls who like to speak up frequently.

B) Encourage girls to solve problems on their own.

C) Insist that boys and girls work together more.

D) Respond more positively to boys

’

comments.

18. A) Offer personalized teaching materials.

B) Provide a variety of optional courses.

C) Place great emphasis on test scores.

D) Pay extra attention to top students.

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.

B) The rain is usually very light.

C) They have got used to the rain.

D) The rain comes mostly at night.

21. A) It has a lot of places for entertainment.

B) It has never seen thunder and lighting.

C) It has fewer cloudy days than any other coastal city.

D) It has mild weather both in summer and in winter.

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 staining 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.

C) Have a hot shower.

B) About two days.

D) About four weeks.

B) Drink plenty of water.

D) Take pain- killers..

Part

Ⅲ

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 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

.

Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

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. It

’

s the safe, sane thing to do, right? The bottle is

27

, and the label says

“

pure water

”

, but maybe what

’

s inside is not so

28

. Would you still be drinking it if you knew that more

than 90 percent of all bottled water sold around the world

29

microplastics?

That

’

s the conclusion of a recently

30

study, which analyzed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in nine

countries,

31

an average of 325 plastic particles per liter of water. These microplastics included a

32

commonly known as PET and are 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

organization. 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

Coco-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 Organization has now

launched a review into the

35

health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.

A) adequate

F) instant

K) released

B) admiring

G) liquid

L) revealing

C) contains

H) modified

M) sealed

D) defending

I) natural

N) solves

E) evidence

J) potential

O) substance

Section B

Directions

:

In this section, you are going to read a passage with 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 Answer Sheet 2.

The Quiet Heroism of Mail Delivery

[A] On Wednesday, a polar wind brought bitter cold to the Midwest. Overnight, Chicago reached a low of 21

degrees Fahrenheit below zero, making it slightly colder than Antarctica, 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 have been canceled.

[B]

Even

the

United

States

Postal

Service

(USPS)

suspended

mail

delivery

temporarily.

“

Due

to

this

arctic

outbreak and concerns for the safety of USPS employees,

”

USPS announced Wednesday morning,

“

the Postal

Service is suspending delivery Jan. 30 in the following 3-digit ZIP Code locations.

”

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

V

ann

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

’

s infrastructure, disrupting systems for 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 caught footage of a USPS worker,

Trevor Smith, driving through burned homes in that familiar white van, collecting mail in an affected area. The

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

fulfilling

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.

“

I followed my route like I normally do,

”

Smith told a reporter.

“

As I

’

d come across a

box that was up but with no house, I checked, and there was mail

—

outgoing mail

—

in it. And so we picked

those up and carried on.

”

[E]

USPS

has

sophisticated

emergency

plans

for

natural

disasters.

Across

the

country,

285

emergency-management

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

’

s top priority is ensuring that employees are safe. Then it evaluates the health of infrastructure, 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, couriers 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 other 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

—

anything from postcards to Social

Security checks to medicine. Spokespeople from both USPS and UPS told me all mail is important. But some

mail can be extremely sensitive and timely. According to data released in January 2017, 56 percent of bills are

paid online, which means that just under half of payments still rely on delivery services to be completed.

[H]

It

can

be

hard

to

identify

which

parcels

are

carrying

crucial

items

such

as

Social

Security

checks,

but

USPS

and

UPS

try

their

best

to

prioritize

sensitive

material.

They

will

coordinate

with

the

Social

Security

Administration

to

make

sure

that

Social

Security

checks

reach

the

right

people

in

a

timely

fashion.

After

Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael last fall, USPS worked with state and local election boards to make

sure that absentee ballots were available and received on time.

[I] Mail companies are logistics companies, which puts them in a special position to help when disaster strikes.