英语四级真题及参考答案.docx

英语四级真题及参考答案.docx

《英语四级真题及参考答案.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《英语四级真题及参考答案.docx（24页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

英语四级真题及参考答案

2020年7月英语四级真题及参考答案【完整版】

听力部分

四级新闻部分

Newsreport1

...partsofScotlandcoveredbytheorangealerttoavoidtravelon

Wednesday，'thisiswhathesaidtous.Theorangewarningmayberaised

toredinsomeareas.Thatisawarningforsnowthathasneverbeenseen

sincethemodernsystemcameintoplaceinScotland.Theorange

warninghasbeenextendeduntil6p.m.onThursday.Trains，planesand

ferriesarealsolikelytobeaffected，withwindchillthatcouldseeparts

ofBritainfeelingascoldas-15℃.Theheadofroadpolicingsaid，'Iwould

urgedriverstotakeextracareontheroadsfortheirjourneys.Drivers

shouldmakesuretheyarepreparedfortheirjourneywithwarmclothing

foodanddrink，sufficientfuelandachargedmobilephone.Therecould

besignificanttrafficdelays，sopleasestarttoplanyourjourneynowto

considerifyoureallyneedtotravelonconditionsofthis...

Question1：

WhatwerepeopleatpartsofScotlandadvisedtodo?

Question2：

Whatdidtheheadofroadpolicingurgedriverstodo?

NewsReport2

Romania'swetlandsarecomingbacktolife，thankstohelpfromlocal

communities，theWorldWildlifeFundandfundingfromtheEuropean

Union.Roughly2，224acresofthepicturesqueDanubeDelta-hometo

300speciesofbirds-havefilledwithwildlife.Thelandhasbeen

connectedtothenetworkoflakesandstreamsinthearea.'Alotofbirds

havemigratedtotheareaandonedoesn'tneedtotravellonghours

anymoreorgotootherlakestowatchthebirds，'sayslonMeuta，Deputy

MayorofMahmudia.TheareaaroundMahmudia，whichisaUNESCO

WorldHeritagesite，isthethird-mostbiodiverseintheworld，after

Australia'sGreatBarrierReefandtheGalapagosIslands.Groupsused

earth-movingequipmenttorestorethewaterways.Governmentofficials

proposedtoprotectthearea'sendangeredwildfishbyissuingafishing

banoverthenextdecade.

3.Whatisthenewsreportmainlyabout?

4.Whatdidgovernment'sofficialsproposetodotoprotectthe

endangeredfish?

四级新闻-3

PartISectionA

ScottDunn，recentlyawokefromamedically-inducedsleephe'dbeenin

afteracaraccident.Hewasheartbrokenafterrealizinghe'dmissedhis

highschoolgraduation.Hisclassmatesdecidedtogivehimasecond

chance.ItwasjustamonthagothatEastJuniataHighSchoolseniorsmet

intheschool'sauditoriumforgraduation.Andlastweek，theydiditagain.

Scott'scaraccidentwasonMay22nd，just3daysbeforetheceremony."I

rememberwakingupinthehospitalandaskingmom，'Whatdayitwas'，

shetoldmeitwasthe28th."Hesaid，"Ilookedatherandsaid，

Tmissed

mygraduation."Theschool'sprincipalMr.Fausey，calledScott'smom

Karenandsaidthateverybodywantstodosomethingspecialforhim.

Studentsworetheircapsandgownsandsatinthefrontoftheauditorium.

Scott'sparents，KarenandScottSenior，satfrontandcenter.Afterbrief

speeches，Scott'snamewascalled，onlyScott'sname.Hewalkedacross

thestageastheaudiencecheered.Agraduationforone."'m

speechless，"Scottsaid.“ldon'tknowhowtoevenexplainit.I'm

speechlesstoknowthatsomanypeoplearebehindme."

Questions5-7arebasedonthenewsreportyouhavejustheard

Question5：

WhathappenedtoScotamonthago?

Question6：

WhatdidScotaskaboutwhenheregainedconsciousness?

Question7：

WhywasScotspeechlessatthegraduationceremony?

四级篇章-1Passageone

ThereisasayingthatgoessomethingalongthelinesofYoumustlove

yourselffirstbeforeyoucanlovesomeoneelse.'Similarly，Ipersonally

believethatyoumustbecomfortableandhappyinyourowncompany

beforeyoucantrulybeyourselfinthecompanyofothers.Thereisa

massivedifferencebetweenbeinglonelyandbeingalone.Lonelinessis

ahorriblefeeling.However，youdon'thavetoactuallybealonetofeel

thatway.Manytimes，I'vefeltlonelywhensurroundedbyabiggroup

ofpeople.Incontrast，beingalonecanactuallybeablessing，particularly，

whenyou'veactivelychosenit.Inmyexperience，beingboredandalone

isdangerousandcaneasilyleadtothefeelingofloneliness.Thetrickis

tobeactive.Getoutside，stretchyourlegs，dosomethingcultural，buy

yourselfsomethingtastytoeatorsomethingprettytowear.Youdon't

havetotakeanyoneelseintoconsiderationandcandowhateveryou

please.Spendingtimealonealsoallowsyoutomoreefficientlytakecare

ofproblems.Andthen，whenit'stimetobesocialandmeetupwith

yourfriends，youwillbefullythere，becauseyouwon'thavetoomuch

otherstufffloatingaroundinyourmind.Havingbeenaloneforabit，you

willalsoappreciateyourfriends'companymoreandchancesareyour

timespenttogetherwillbemoreworthwhile.

Question16：

Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutbeingalone?

Question17：

Whatdoesthespeakersayhowtoreduceone'sfeelingof

loneliness?

Question18：

Whatisanadvantageofspendingone'stimealone?

四级篇章-2

Whenturnedtwelve，Iworkedsummersatmyfather'ssmallbrick

cleaningbusiness.Iremembertheharshacidsmellofthecleaning

solution，andthescrapingsoundofstiffironbrushesagainstroughbrick.

Itwastemptingtohaveyourjobjustfinish.Butanybodywhoworked

forThomasKahoonhadtomeethisstandards，andthatincludeofme.If

Imessedup，hemademestaylateuntilgotitright.

Myfatherwasn'tbeenme.Hedemandedthesameathimself.Every

brickhecleanedonthehousestoodoutlikearedjewelinawhitesetting.

Itwashissignature.

In1970，whenⅠwastwenty，Ⅰgotmarried.Imovedoutmyparent's

modestplaceintoahousingproject.

Drugsandgangviolentwerejustbeginningtoplaguetheprojects.

Someofmyfriendwenttojail.Somewerekilled.MywifeVerllen，was18，

andnobodygaveourmarriageachance.Butwebelievedineachother.

Andourfaithmadeusstrong.

Whenwemarried，IworkedasastockclerkatSouthwestSuperFood.It

washard，tediouswork.EachFridaynightatruckcame，withcasesoffood

thathadtobeunloaded，pricedandplacedonshelves.

MostofstockclerkstrytogetFridaynightoff.ButIwasalwaysreadyto

work.BySaturdaymorning，allthekindsanddrawersinmyaislewould

placewithalabelfacingsmartlyout，likealineofsoldiersonreview.That

wasmysignature.Itookprideinajobnobodywanted.

19.Whatdowelearnaboutthespeaker'sfather?

20.Whatdoesthespeaksayaboutthehousingproject?

21.Whatdowelearnaboutthespeakerasastockclerk?

四级篇章-3

Watchingmorethan3hoursoftelevisionadaydoublesmemory

lossinolderpeople，anewstudyofmorethan3，000adultssuggests.

ScientistatUniversityCollegeLondonusedmemoryandfluencytestson

thesamegroupofpeople6yearsapart.Theyfoundthatthosewho

watchedonaveragelessthan3hourstelevisionadayshowedadecline

everround4to5percent，whilethosewhotendedtowatchmorethan3

hoursadaydeclinedbyanaverageof8to10percent.Theresearchteam

saytheybelievethealertbutpassivenatureoftelevisionwatchingmaybe

creatingstressonthemind，whichcontributestomemorydecline.

Olderpeoplewhowatchmoretelevisionarealsolesslikelyto

undertakeactivitiesknowingtopreservementalfunctioning，suchas

readingorinteractivescreenbasepursuits，suchasusingtheinternetor

playingvideogames.Theresearcherssaythattelevisionviewingmaybe

ariskfactorforallAlzheimer’sdisease，butmoreresearchesneededto

establishalink.

Whilewatchingtelevisionmayhaveeducationalbenefitsand

relaxationbenefits，theresearchersadvisethatadultsovertheageof50

shouldtryandensurethattelevisionviewingisbalancedwithother

contrastingactivities.Ifyou'reconcernedthattheamountoftelevision

you'rewatchingcouldhaveanegativeimpactonyourhealth，you

shouldeliminatetheamountofTVwatcheachdayandundertakesome

healthyhobbies.

问题：

22.BywhatmeansdoesscientistatUniversityCollegeLondonmeasure

memorylost?

23.Whatcontributedtomemorydeclineintheparticipants?

24.Whatdidtheresearcherssayabouttheirfindingconcerningthelink

betweenTVviewingandxxxthisdisease?

25.Whatdotheresearcherssuggestolderpeopledo?

四级长对话-1

Conversation1

M：

Howdoyoulikeyournewflexibleworkinarrangement?

Doyouenjoy

workingfromhome?

W：

Yesandno，lfindanisolationchallengingattimes，apartfrommy

mother，nottoomanypeopleIknow，havetimeforphonechatduring

workinghour.ItriedthelibrarybutfoundIwasn'treallykeenon

workingthere.

M：

No，neitherwouldI.Ifindthelibraryabittooquiet.I'dlack

inspirationorstimulation，whichwouldbecounter-productivetogetting

alotofworkdone.

W：

Ifoundthesamething.So，lately，I'vebeengoingouttoCafes

occasionally，Ilovethenoise，thepeople，thebusynessofaCafe，the

senseofbeingoutintheworld.

M：

Coffeeshopsseemtohaveaffectivelybecomeoffspacesforsomany

peopleinthisdigitalage.ThoughI'mnotsurehowCafeownersfeel

aboutit-havingsomanypeoplewhogotothatplacestoworkrather

thandrinkandeat.

W：

Yes，somepeopleseemtospendalotoftimethereandnotorder

much.ThemostannoyingoneforCafeownersmusttrulybethose，

usuallyonlytwoofthem，whooccupyatableforsixwiththeirlaptops

andpaperwork.

M：

Theyshouldsitatatablefortwo，notthetableforsix.Someobviously

staysolong，theyneedtoplugthelaptopsintoapoweradapter.Inearly

trippedoversomeone'scomputerelectricalleadtheotherdayinmy

localcafe

W：

It'sadouble-edgedsword，nodoubtaboutthat，foraCafeowner.

Whileremoteworkershelptokeepthecafefullinquiettimes，they

cantakeupvaluabletablespaceandbusyperiod.

Questions

8.Whatdoesthewomansayisthedisadvantageofworkingfromhome?

9.Whatdoesthemansayiscoun