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2019
年
12
月四级
真题（第一套）
Part I Writing
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
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) 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 starting 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 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.
B) About
two days.
C)
About ten days.
D) About four weeks.
25.
A) Apply muscle creams.
B) Drink plenty of
water.
C) Have a
hot shower.
D)
Take
pain
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killers.
Part III Reading
Comprehension
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
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the ruins of Angkor. It’s hot so you
grab a bottle of water from a local
vendor. It’s the safe thing to do, right? The
bottle is
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,
and the label
says “pure water”. But maybe what’s inside is not
so
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. Would
you
still be
drinking it if you knew that
more than 90 percent of all bottled water sold
around the world
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microplastics?
That’s the conclusion of a recently
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study, which analysed 259
bottles from 11 brands sold
in
nine
countries,
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an
average
of
325
plastic
particles
per
litre
of
water.
These
microplastics included
a
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commonly known
as PET and widely used in the manufacture
of clothing and food and
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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
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,
several
bottled
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water
manufacturers
including
Nestle
and
Coca
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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
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health risks of drinking
water
from plastic bottles.