2020年7月英语四级参考答案含听力材料来源(听力部分)

1. News Report
News report 1

parts of Scotland covered by the orange alert to avoid travel on Wednesday, ' this is what he
said to us. The orange warning may be raised to red in some areas. That is a warning for snow
that has never been seen since the modern system came into place in Scotland. The orange
warning has been extended until 6 p.m. on Thursday. Trains, planes and ferries are also likely
to be affected, with wind chill that could see parts of Britain feeling as cold as -15℃. The head
of road policing said, 'I would urge drivers to take extra care on the roads for their journeys.
Drivers should make sure they are prepared for their journey with warm clothing, food and
drink, sufficient fuel and a charged mobile phone. There could be significant traffic delays, so
please start to plan your journey now to consider if you really need to travel on conditions of
this …

Question 1: What were people at parts of Scotland advised to do?

定位句：(1) The transport minister advise people in parts of Scotland covered by the orange
alert to avoid travel on Wednesday.

Question 2: What did the head of road policing urge drivers to do?

定位句： (2)The head of road policing said, I would urge drivers to take extra care on the
roads for their journeys. Drivers should make sure they're prepared for their journey with
warm clothing, food and drink, sufficient fuel and a charged mobile phone.

◆【解读】

两题均为细节题，考察了动词原形的动宾短语，由于在选项 形式上较为相似，增加了一定的
难度。在预判和听音过程中，注意留心时态的转变，即“新闻事件发生后 ”尚未产生的动作（措
施、建议、目的等），做题时应重点关注动词及宾语的搭配及动词的同义替换。此 外，以上
两题的动作发出者一为“people”，二为“drivers”，在预判时可通过选项中的 关键词进行主语
（信号词）的定位推断。

短篇新闻2：罗马尼亚湿地

News Report 2

Romania's wetlands are coming back to life, thanks to help from local communities, the World
Wildlife Fund and funding from the European Union. Roughly 2,224 acres of the picturesque
Danube Delta – home to 300 species of birds – have filled with wildlife. The land has been
connected to the network of lakes and streams in the area. 'A lot of birds have migrated to
the area and one doesn't need to travel long hours anymore or go to other lakes to watch
the birds, ' says Ion Meuta, Deputy Mayor of Mahmudia. The area around Mahmudia, which
is a UNESCO World Heritage site, is the third-most biodiverse in the world, after Australia's

Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands. Groups used earth- moving equipment to
restore the waterways. Government officials proposed to protect the area's endangered wild
fish by issuing a fishing ban over the next decade.

3. What is the news report mainly about?

定位句：Romania's wetlands are coming back to life, thanks to help from local communities,
the World Wildlife Fund and funding from the European Union.

4. What did government's officials propose to do to protect the endangered fish?

定位句：Government officials proposed to protect the area's endangered wild fish by issuing
a fishing ban over the next decade.

◆【解读】

前一题为主旨题。听力新闻中但凡出现主旨题，定位均在前 两句。在预判时，需要留意对比
选项中各个不同的主语和专有名词，由于本题选项较长，且为完整句子， 听音时要保证视听
一致划词的精确度，同时避免由于World Wildlife Fund和European Union等专有名词在复
现比例中的干扰。

第二 题为细节题，此处的issue在理解或替换上可能稍有难度，注意预判时结合时态来定位。
另外，de cade一词在往年真题中出现过替换，要注意分辨。

短篇新闻3： Scott Dunn

News Report 3

Scott Dunn, recently awoke from a medically-induced sleep he'd been in after a car accident.
He was heartbroken after realizing he'd missed his high school graduation. His classmates
decided to give him a second chance. It was just a month ago that East Juniata High School
seniors met in the school's auditorium for graduation. And last week, they did it again. Scott's
car accident was on May 22nd, just 3 days before the ceremony.
the hospital and asking mom, 'What day it was', she told me it was the 28th.
at her and said, ‘I missed my Scott's
mom Karen and said that everybody wants to do something special for him. Students wore
their caps and gowns and sat in the front of the auditorium. Scott's parents, Karen and Scott
Senior, sat front and center. After brief speeches, Scott's name was called, only Scott's name.
He walked across the stage as the audience cheered. A graduation for one.
Scott said.
are behind me.

Question 5: What happened to Scot a month ago?

定位句：It was just a month ago that East Juniata High School seniors met in the school's
auditorium for graduation.

Question 6: What did Scot ask about when he regained consciousness?

定位句：

Question 7: Why was Scot speechless at the graduation ceremony?

定位句：I'm speechless to know that so many people are behind me.

◆【解读】

第一题为主旨题，借助人称代词的定位，此题不难通过选项中的He和 过去时态来猜测，提
问为发生在男性身上过去的事，主要听男性出场时间。此外，选项中的high school graduation
一词不容易出现替换，因而可以作为定位词。

第二题为细节题，选项均为疑问词开头，由于疑问词依旧不容易出现替换，此题听到疑问词
即可定位， 然后判断其余成分的对应关系。

第三题考查了同义替换，由于选项的各个成分差异较大，此 题听到选项中任何一个成分，均
可以直接验证剩余部分是否复现或有被替换。本体的难点在于对behi nd一词的理解。

2. Long Conversation

长对话1：在家办公

Conversation 1

M：How do you like your new flexible work in arrangement? Do you enjoy working from
home?

W：Yes and no, I find an isolation challenging at times, apart from my mother, not too many
people I know, have time for phone chat during working hour. I tried the library but found I
wasn’t really keen on working there.

M：No, neither would I. I find the library a bit too quiet. I’d lack inspiration or stimulation,
which would be counter-productive to getting a lot of work done.

W：I found the same thing. So, lately, I’ve been going out to Cafes occasionally, I love the
noise, the people, the busyness of a Café, the sense of being out in the world.

M: Coffee shops seem to have affectively become off spaces for so many people in this digital
age. Though I’m not sure how Café owners feel about it - having so many people who go to

that places to work rather than drink and eat.

W：Yes, some people seem to spend a lot of time there and not order much. The most
annoying one for Café owners must truly be those, usually only two of them, who occupy a
table for six with their laptops and paperwork.

M：They should sit at a table for two, not the table for six. Some obviously stay so long, they
need to plug the laptops into a power adapter. I nearly tripped over someone’s computer
electrical lead the other day in my local café.

W：It’s a double-edged sword, no doubt about that, for a Café owner. While remote workers
help to keep the café full in quiet times, they can take up valuable table space and busy period.

8. What does the woman say is the disadvantage of working from home?

定位句：I find an isolation challenging at times, apart from my mother, not too many people
I know, have time for phone chat during working hour.

9. What does the man say is counter-productive to getting work done in the library?

定位句： I find the library a bit too quiet. I’d lack inspiration or stimulation, which would be
counter-productive to getting a lot of work done.

10. What does the woman like about doing one’s work in a café?

定位句：
I love the noise, the people, the busyness of a Café, the sense of being out in the world.

11. What is most annoying for café owners according to the woman?

定位句：
some people seem to spend a lot of time there and not order much. The most annoying one
for Café owners must truly be those, usually only two of them, who occupy a table for six with
their laptops and paperwork.

长对话2：离职

Conversation 2

W: I’m going to start working for another job. I can’t see myself getting an opportunity to
progress on my company anytime in the near future. And I really think my skills and abilities
deserve a higher salary.

M: You are not going to quit, are you?

W: I’m thinking I might as well. Then I can devote more time and energy to find me a better
position at another company.

M: But you’ve been in your present company less than two years, haven’t you? This would be
the third time you’ve left your job in the last five years. If you do several jobs in a relatively
short span of time, perspective employers might see that you lack loyalty. That could make
them worry and reluctant to employ you.

W: Unfortunately, loyalty doesn’t pay. Even if I get a promotion at my company, it’s likely to
be less sizeable than if I were to get a job elsewhere. And even if I get a promotion, I’m not
guaranteed to get a raise. I had that experience at another company I worked up.

M: They want you to take on more work and responsibility but for the same amount of money?

W: More or less, yes. The way I see it, through having different jobs, I’ve got a lot of experience,
and different jobs and in different industries.

M: But potential employers might worry about that experience is not deep, or thorough
enough.

W: Perhaps, but I feel pretty confident that I can sell myself. You know what they say, fortune
favors the brave.

Q12: What makes the woman think about changing her job?

定位句：
I can’t see myself getting an opportunity to progress on my company anytime in the near
future.

Q13: What does the man say about people who keep changing their jobs?

定位句：
If you do several jobs in a relatively short span of time, perspective employers might see that
you lack loyalty. That could make them worry and reluctant to employ you.

Q14: What does the woman say would happen even if she got promoted in her current
company?

定位句：
Even if I get a promotion at my company, it’s likely to be less sizeable than if I were to get a
job elsewhere. And even if I get a promotion, I’m not guaranteed to get a raise.

Q15: What benefit has the woman gain from changing her jobs frequently?

定位句：
through having different jobs, I’ve got a lot of experience, and different jobs and in different
industries.

3. Passage
听力篇章1：孤独感
Passage one

There is a saying that goes something along the lines of ‘You must love yourself first before
you can love someone else.’ Similarly, I personally believe that you must be comfortable and
happy in your own company before you can truly be yourself in the company of others. There
is a massive difference between being lonely and being alone. Loneliness is a horrible feeling.
However, you don’t have to actually be alone to feel that way. Many times, I’ve felt lonely
when surrounded by a big group of people. In contrast, being alone can actually be a blessing,
particularly, when you’ve actively chosen it. In my experience, being bored and alone is
dangerous and can easily lead to the feeling of loneliness. The trick is to be active. Get outside,
stretch your legs, do something cultural, buy yourself something tasty to eat or something
pretty to wear. You don’t have to take anyone else into consideration and can do whatever
you please. Spending time alone also allows you to more efficiently take care of problems.
And then, when it’s time to be social and meet up with your friends, you will be fully there,
because you won’t have too much other stuff floating around in your mind. Having been
alone for a bit, you will also appreciate your friends’ company more and chances are your
time spent together will be more worthwhile.

Question 16: What does the speaker say about being alone?

定位句： In contrast, being alone can actually be a blessing, particularly when you’ve actively
chosen it.

Question 17: What does the speaker say how to reduce one’s feeling of loneliness?

定位句： The trick is to be active, get outside, stretch your legs, do something cultural, buy
yourself something tasty to eat or something pretty to wear. You don’t have to take anyone
else into consideration and can do whatever you’re pleased.

Question 18: What is an advantage of spending one’s time alone?

定位句： Spending time alone also allows you to more efficiently take care of problems. And
then, when it’s time to be social and meet up with your friends, you will be fully there, because
you won’t have too much other stuff floating around in your mind. Having been alone for a
bit, you will also appreciate your friends’ company more, and chances are, your time spent
together will be more worthwhile.

Passage Two

When I turned twelve, I worked summers at my father’s small brick cleaning business. I
remember the harsh acid smell of the cleaning solution, and the scraping sound of stiff iron
brushes against rough brick. It was tempting to have your job just finish. But anybody who
worked for Thomas Kahoon had to meet his standards, and that include of me. If I messed
up, he made me stay late until I got it right.

My father wasn’t been me. He demanded the same at himself. Every brick he cleaned on the
house stood out like a red jewel in a white setting. It was his signature.

In 1970, when I was twenty, I got married. I moved out my parent s modest place into a
housing project.

Drugs and gang violent were just beginning to plague the projects.

Some of my friend went to jail. Some were killed. My wife Verllen, was 18, and nobody gave
our marriage a chance. But we believed in each other. And our faith made us strong.

When we married, I worked as a stock clerk at Southwest Super Food. It was hard, tedious
work. Each Friday night a truck came, with cases of food that had to be unloaded, priced and
placed on shelves.

Most of stock clerks try to get Friday night off. But I was always ready to work. By Saturday
morning, all the kinds and drawers in my aisle would place with a label facing smartly out, like
a line of soldiers on review. That was my signature. I took pride in a job nobody wanted.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Question 19. What do we learn about the speaker’s father?

定位句：If I messed up, he made me stay late until I got it right. My father wasn't being mean.
He demanded the same of himself. Every brick he cleaned on a house stood out like a red
jewel in a white setting. It was his signature.

Question 20. What does the speak say about the housing project?

定位句：In 1970, when I was 20, I got married and moved out of my parent's modest place
into a housing project. Drugs and gang violence were just beginning to plague the projects.

Question 21. What do we learn about the speaker as a stock clerk?

定位句：When we married I worked as a stock clerk at southwest super foods. It was hard
tedious work.

Passage Three

Watching more than 3 hours of television a day doubles memory loss in older people, a new
study of more than 3,000 adults suggests. Scientist at University College London used
memory and fluency tests on the same group of people 6 years apart. They found that those
who watched on average less than 3 hours television a day showed a decline ever round 4 to
5 percent, while those who tended to watch more than 3 hours a day declined by an average
of 8 to 10 percent. The research team say they believe the alert but passive nature of television
watching maybe creating stress on the mind, which contributes to memory decline.

Older people who watch more television are also less likely to undertake activities knowing
to preserve mental functioning, such as reading or interactive screen base pursuits, such as
using the internet or playing video games. The researchers say that television viewing maybe
a risk factor for all Alzheimer’s disease, but more researches needed to establish a link.

While watching television may have educational benefits and relaxation benefits, the
researchers advise that adults over the age of 50 should try and ensure that television viewing
is balanced with other contrasting activities. If you’re concerned that the amount of television
you’re watching could have a negative impact on your health, you should eliminate the
amount of TV watch each day and undertake some healthy hobbies.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Question22. By what means does scientist at University College London measure memory lost?

定位句： Scientists at University College London used memory and fluency tests on the same
group of people 6 years apart.

Question23. What contributed to memory decline in the participants?

定位句： The research team say they believe the nature of television
watching maybe creating stress on the mind which contributes to memory decline.

Question24. What did the researchers say about their finding concerning the link between TV
viewing and xxx this disease?

定位句： The researchers say that television viewing maybe a risk factor for Alzheimer's
disease, but more research is needed to establish a link.

Question25. What do the researchers suggest older people do?

定位句： The researchers advise that adults over the age of 50 should try and ensure that
television viewing is balanced with other contrasting activities. If you're concerned that the

amount of television you're watching could have a negative impact on your health you should
limit the amount of TV you watch each day and undertake some healthy hobbies.