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2019
年
12
月大学英语四级考试真题（第一套）
Part I
Writing
(30 minutes)
Directions:
For this part,
you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay
commenting
on the saying
“
Listening is more important
than talking
.” You can cite
examples
to
illustrate
the
importance
of
paying
attention
to
others’
opinions.
You
should
write
at
least
120
words,
but
no
more
than
180
words.
Part II
Listening
Comprehension
(25
minutes)
Section A
Direction
: 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 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 1 and 2 will be based on the
following news item
.
1. A) Dismissing employees
without giving advance notice.
B)
Checking employees’ online private
messages at work.
C)
Monitoring employees’ performance on
weekends.
D) Closing
employees’ social media during work
hours.
2. A)
He
did well in handling his clients’
queries.
B) He created a
private account for his fiancé
e.
C) He won the case against his employer
recently.
D) He was fired because of
breaking company rules.
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the
following news item.
3. A)
It is widely used in Kenya.
B) It has
been increasing in value.
C) It makes
poo
r people’s life easier.
D) It lowers the buying power of the
rich.
4. A) It is a non-profit group
located in Nairobi, Kenya.
B) It works
hard on replacing the national currency system.
C) It introduced a community currency
to a village in Kenya.
D) It makes a
series of investigations on trade and jobs in
Kenya.
Questions 5 and 6 will be based on the
following news item.
5. A) Several
states declared an economic emergency.
B) Many women are too old to get
pregnant.
C) Some babies were born with
brain defects.
D) Birth rates have
fallen down greatly.
6. A)
10
B) 29
C) 2,400
D) 3,100
7. A) A mosquito-
borne virus.
B) A severe chest
infection.
C) The shortage of medicine.
D) Bacteria from Latin America.
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.
Conversation One
Questions 8
to 11 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
8. A) It is used by
more people than English.
B) It is more difficult to learn than
English.
C) It
will be as commonly used as English.
D) It will eventually
become a world language.
9. A) Its
popularity with the common people.
B) The effect of the
Industrial Revolution.
C) The influence of the British Empire.
D) Its loan
words from many languages.
10. A) It
has a growing number of newly coined words.
B)
It includes a lot of words from other languages.
C)
It is the largest among all languages in the
world.
D) It can be easily picked up by
overseas travelers.
11. A)
The English grammar is quite easy.
B) It is
greatly influenced by French.
C) It could be
pronounced easily.
D) It is attractive to
England beginners.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
12. A) To place an order.
B) To apply for
a job.
C) To return some goods.
D) To make a
complaint.
13. A) He works on a part-
time basis for the company.
B) He has not
worked in the sales department for long.
C)
He is not familiar with the exact details of the
goods.
D) He has become somewhat impatient
with the woman.
14. A) It is not his
responsibility.
B) It will be free for
large orders.
C) It depends on a number of factors.
D)
It costs
￡
15 more for express
delivery.
15. A) Make inquiries with
some other companies.
B) Report the information
to her superior.
C) Pay a visit to the
saleswoman in charge.
D) Ring back when she comes
to a decision.
Section C
Directions:
In this section, you will hear three
passage. At the end of each passage,
you will hear some 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.
Passage
One
Questions 16 to 18 are
based on the passage you have just
heard.
16. A) No one knows
for sure when they came into being.
B) No one knows
exactly where they were first made.
C) No one knows
for what purpose they were invented.
D) No one knows
what they will look like in the future.
17. A) Measure the speed of wind.
B)
Give warnings of danger.
C) Pass on secret messages.
D)
Carry ropes across rivers.
18. A) To
find out the strength of silk for kites.
B)
To test the effects of the lightning rod.
C)
To prove that lightning is electricity.
D)
To protect houses against lightning.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
19. A) She was born with a talent for
languages.
B) She was tainted to be an
interpreter.
C) She can speak several languages.
D)
She enjoys teaching languages.
20. A)
They want to learn as many foreign languages as
possible.
B) They have an intense interest in
cross-cultural interactions.
C) They acquire
an immunity to culture shock.
D) They would
like to live abroad permanently.
21. A)
She became an expert in horse racing.
B) She learned
to appreciate classical music.
C) She was able
to translate for a German sports judge.
D)
She got a chance to visit several European
countries.
22. A) Take part in a
cooking competition.
B) Taste the beef and give
her comment.
C) Teach vocabulary for food in
English.
D) Give cooking lessons on Western
food.
Passage
Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on
the passage you have just heard.
23. A) He had only a third-grade
education.
B) He once threatened to kill his
teacher.
C) He often helped his mother do
housework.
D) He grew up in a poor single-parent
family.
24. A) Careless.
B) Stupid.
C)
Brave.
D) Active.
25. A) Watch
educational TV programs only.
B) Write two
book reports a week.
C) Help with housework.
D)
Keep a diary.
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 center. You may not use
any of the words
in the bank more than
once.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on
the following passage.
Scholars
of
the
information
society
are
divided
over
whether
social
inequality
decreases or
increases in an information-based society.
However, they generally agree
with the
idea that inequality in the information society is
26
different from that of
an
industrial
society.
As
information
progresses
in
society,
the
cause
and
structural
nature of social
inequality changes as well.
It seems
that the information society
27
the quantity
of information available
to
the
members
of
a
society
by
revolutionizing
the
ways
of
using
and
exchanging
information. But such a view is a
28
analysis based on the quantity of
information
supplied by various forms
of the mass media. A different
29
is possible
when the
actual
amount
of
information
30
by
the
user
is
taken
into
account.
In
fact,
the
more
information
31
throughout
the
entire
society,
the
wider
the
gap
becomes
between “information haves” and
“information have
-mo
ts”,
leading to digital divide.
According to recent studies, digital
divide has been caused by three major
32
class,
sex,
and
generation.
In
terms
of
class,
digital
divide
exists
among
different
types of workers
and between the upper and middle classes and the
lower class. With
33
to sex, digital divide
exists between men and women. The greatest gap,
however,
is
between the
Net-generation,
34
with
personal
computers and the
Internet,
and
the
older generation,
35
to an industrial society.
A) accustomed
B) acquired
C) assembly
D) attribute
I) flows
J) fundamentally
K) interpretation
L) passive
E) champions
F) elements
G) expands
H) familiar
Section B
M)
regard
N) respectively
O)
superficial
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
question
by
marking
the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2.
Joy: A Subject Schools
Lack
Becoming educated should not
require giving up pleasure.
[A]
When
Jonathan
Swift
proposed,
in
1729,
that
the
people
of
Ireland
eat
their
children,
he
insisted
it
would
solve
three
problems
at
once:
feed
the
hungry
masses,
reduce
the
population
during
a
severe
depression,
and
stimulate
the
restaurant business. Even as a
satire
(
讽刺
), it seems disgusting
and shocking in
America with its child-
centered culture. But actually, the country is
closer to his
proposal than you might
think.
[B] If you spend
much time with educators and policy makers, you'll
hear a lot of the
following words:
“standards”
,
“results”
,
“skills”
,
“self
-
control”
,
“accountability”
,
and so on.
I have visited
some of the newer supposedly “effective” schools,
where
children
shout
slogans
in
order
to
learn
self-
control
or
must
stand
behind
their
desk when they can’t
sit still.
[C] A
look at what goes on in most classrooms these days
makes it abundantly clear
that when
people think about education, they are not
thinking about what it feels
like to be
a child, or what makes childhood an important and
valuable stage of life
in its own
right.
[D]
I’m
a
mother
of
three,
a
teacher,
and
a
developme
ntal
psychologist.
So
I
’
ve
watched
a
lot
of
children-talking,
playing,
arguing,
eating,
studying,
and
being
young.
Here’s
what
I’
ve
come
to
understand.
The
thing
that
sets
children
apart
from
adults
is
not
their
ignorance,
nor
their
lack
of
skills.
It’s
their
enormous
capacity for joy. Think of a 3-year-old
lost in the pleasures of finding out what he