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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.
Suppose you
have
two
options
upon
graduation:
one
is
to
work
in
a
state-owned
business
and
the
other
in
a
joint
venture.
You
are
to
make
a
choice
between the two. Write an essay to
explain the reasons for your choice.
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 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 are based
on the news report you have just heard.
1. A) It was dangerous to live in.
B) It was going to be
renovated.
C) He could no
longer pay the rent.
D) He had sold it
to the royal family.
2. A) A strike.
B) A storm.
C) A forest fire.
D) A
terrorist attack.
Questions
3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just
heard.
3. A) They lost contact with the
emergency department.
B) They were
trapped in an underground elevator.
C)
They were injured by suddenly falling rocks.
D) They sent calls for help via a
portable radio.
4. A) They tried hard
to repair the elevator.
B) They sent
supplies to keep the miners warm.
C)
They released the details of the accident.
D) They provided the miners with food
and water.
Questions 5 to 7
are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) Raise postage rates.
B) Improve its services.
C)
Close some of its post offices.
D)
Redesign delivery routes.
6. A)
Shortening business hours.
B) Closing
offices on holidays.
C) Computerizing
mail sorting processes.
D) Stopping
mail delivery on Saturdays.
7. A) A lot
of controversy will arise.
B) Many
people will begin to complain.
C)
Taxpayers will be very pleased.
D) Many post office staff will lose
their jobs.
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
conversations
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) He will lose part of his pay.
B) He will go through retraining.
C) He will be given a warning.
D) He will be kept from promotion.
9. A) He is always on time.
B) He is a trustworthy guy.
C) He is an experienced press operator.
D) He is on good terms with his
workmates.
10. A) She is a trade union
representative.
B) She is in charge of
public relations.
C) She is better at
handling such matters.
D) She is a
senior manager of the shop.
11. A) He
is always trying to stir up trouble.
B)
He is very close to the manager.
C) He
is skilled and experienced.
D) He is
always complaining about low wages.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
12.
A) Open.
B) Reserved.
C)
Friendly.
D) Selfish.
13. A)
They talk about the weather.
B) They
read a book.
C) They stay quiet.
D) They chat with fellow passengers.
14. A) She was always treated as a
foreigner.
B) She was never invited to
a colleague’s home.
C) She
was eager to visit an English castle.
D) She was unwilling to make friends
with workmates.
15. A) Houses are much
more quiet.
B) They want a garden of
their own.
C) They want to have more
space.
D) Houses provide more privacy.
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 will automatically be given
hiring priority.
B) They are likely to
get much higher pay.
C) They
don
’
t have to go through job
interviews.
D) They
don
’
t have much choice of
jobs.
17. A) Visit the school careers
service.
B) Look at school bulletin
boards.
C) Ask their professors for
help.
D) Go through campus newspapers.
18. A) Helping students find the books
and journals they need.
B) Helping
students arrange appointments with librarians.
C) Supervising study spaces to ensure a
quiet atmosphere.
D) Providing students
with information about the library.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
19. A) It
tastes better.
B) It may be sold at a
higher price.
C) It is easier to grow.
D) It can better survive extreme
weathers.
20. A) It is immune to
various diseases.
B) It can grow in
drier soil.
C) It will replace green
tea one day.
D) It is healthier than
green tea.
21. A) It does not have a
stable market.
B) It does not bring the
promised health benefits.
C) It has
made tea farmers’ life easier.
D) It has been well received by many
tea drinkers.
Questions 22
to 25 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
22. A) They need decorations to
show their status.
B) They decorate
their homes themselves.
C) They prefer
unique objects of high quality.
D) They
care more about environment.
23. A)
They were proud of their creations.
B)
They could only try to create at night.
C) They made great contributions to
society.
D) They focused on the quality
of their products.
24. A) Identify fake
crafts.
B) Make wise choices.
C) Design handicrafts themselves.
D) Learn the importance of creation.
25. A) To preserve the traditional
culture.
B) To attract foreign
investments.
C) To arouse public
interest in crafts.
D) To boost the
local economy.
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.
Many men and women have long bought
into the idea that there are “male” and
“female” brains, believing that
explains just about every difference between the
sexes.
A new study
26
that belief,
questioning whether brains really can be
distinguished
by gender.
In
the
study,
Tel
Aviv
University
researchers
27
for
sex
differences
throughout the
entire human brain. And what did they find? Not
much. Rather than
offer evidence for
28
brains as “male” or “female”, research
shows that brains fall
into a wide
range, with most people falling right in the
middle.
Daphna
Joel,
who
led
the
study,
said
her
research
found
that
while
there
are
some gender-based
29 , many different types
of brain can't always be distinguished
by gender.
While the
“average” male and “average” female brains were
30
different, you
couldn't tell
it by looking at individual brain scans. Only a
small
31
of people had
“all
-
male” or
“all
-
female”
characterist
ics.
Larry
Cahill,
an
American
neuroscientist
(
神经科学家
),
said
the
study
is
an
important
addition
to
a
growing
body
of
research
questioning
32
beliefs
about
gender and brain function. But he
cautioned against concluding from this study that
all brains are the same,
33
of gender.
“
T
here’s
a
mountain
o
f
evidence
34
the
importance
of
sex
influences
at
all
levels of brain
function,
” he told
The
Seattle Times
.
If anything, he said, the study
35
that gender plays a very important role
in
the brain
—“even when we
are not clear exactly how”.
A) abnormal
B) applied
C) briefly
D) categorizing
E) challenges
F)
figure
G)
percentage
H) proving
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
question
by
marking
the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2.
I) regardless
J) searched
K) similarities
L) slightly
M) suggests
N) tastes
O) traditional
Can Burglars Jam Your Wireless Security
System?
[A] Any product that promises
to protect your home deserves careful examination.
So
it
isn’t
surprising
that
you’ll
find
plenty
of
strong
opinions
about
the
potential
vulnerabilities of
popular home-security systems.
[B] The most likely type of
burglary
(
入室盗窃
) by far is the
unsophisticated crime
of
opportunity,
usually
involving
a
broken
window
or
some
forced
entry.
According
to
the
FBI,
crimes
like
these
accounted
for
roughly
two-thirds
of
all
household
burglaries
in
the
U.S.
in
2019.
The
wide
majority
of
the
rest
were
illegal,
unforced
entries
that
resulted
from
something
like
a
window
being
left
open.
The odds of a criminal using technical means to
bypass a security system
are so small
that the FBI doesn’t even track those
statistics.
[C]
One
of
the
main
theoretical
home-security
concerns
is
whether
or
not
a
given
system
is
vulnerable
to
being
blocked
from
working
altogether.
With
wired
setups, the fear is
that a
burglar
(
入室盗贼
) might be
able to shut your system
down
simply
by
cutting
the
right
cable.
With
a
wireless
setup,
you
stick