英语四级真题及答案共一套.docx

1、英语四级真题及答案共一套2020年7月大学英语四级考试真题（全1套1）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the use of translation apps. You can start your essay with the sentence The use of translation apps is becoming increasingly popular You should write at least 120 words but not more than 180

2、 words.Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the encl 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 mark

3、ed 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. Watch the weather forecast. B. Evacuate the area with the orange alert.C. Avoid travel on Wednesday. D. Prepare enou

4、gh food and drink.2.A. Pay more attention to the roads. B. Stay at a safer place.C. Bring more mobile phones. D. Take a train home.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A. There is only one ecosystem in Europe.B.Romanas wetlands thrive again.C.The wildlife in Romania i

5、snt well protected.D.There are 200 species of birds in Romanias wetlands.4.A. Block the waterways. B. Restore the fishing ban.C. Use monitoring equipment. D. Prohibit fishing in the next 10 years.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.1 2020年由于疫情原因，原来的6月份四六级考试被拆分成了 7月的一次和9

6、月份的一次。7月份的考试只有一套试题，9月份考 试有两套试题。Section Bonce.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 After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from t

7、he four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then inark 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.B. Quiet atmosphere.D. Longer working hours.B. Its too quiet.D. It lacks he material he needs.B.

8、 The coffee it provides.D. The comfortable working condition.A. Her childrens disruption.C.A sense of isolation.9.A. It doesn9t offer coffee.C.It doesnt have free Wi-Fi.10.A. The sense of being out in the world.C.The coffee table.11.A. People dont order anything.B.People bring their laptops and pape

9、rwork.C.People occupy valuable table space in quiet times.D.People of two occupy a table for six.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A. She is not satisfied with the salary.B.She is not capable of thejob.C.She often works overtime.D.Shes received a job offer from

10、another company.13.A. They may be considered as less loyal.B.They wont get the promotion opportunities.C.They should take more responsibility at work.D.They will be given hiring priority.14.B. She might not get a pay rise.D. She might not gain more experience.B. Confidence.D. Opportunity.A. She migh

11、t have to do extra work every day.C. She might not get enough vacation.15.A. Experience.C. Fortune.Section CDirections: 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

12、 you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A)9 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. Its a horrible feeling. B. It can be

13、a blessing.C. Its boring and dangerous. D. Its the most comfortable state.17.A. To be active. B. To meet up with your friends.C. To travel abroad. D. To seek advice from others.18.A. Il provides a chance for people to think deeply.B.It makes us treasure the time.C.It enables onlC to identify true fr

14、iends.D.It helps us take care of problems more efficiently.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A. He is a harsh person. B. He is mean to others.C. He is very demanding in his work. D. He usually works very late.20.A. He moved out and divorced. B. It was plagued by drug

15、s and gang violence.C. He lived there for 20 years. D. His parents would move into his new house.21.A. He was only responsible for unloading food.B.He had lo sign his name on every label.C.It was a hard and tedious job.D.He was required to work al Friday night.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the pas

16、sage you have just heard.22.A. By recording the time people spend on TV B. By tracking peoples living habits.C. By using memory and fluency tests. D. By scanning peoples brains.23.A. Watching television for hours. B. Playing video games.C. Reading books and magazines. D. Surfing the Internet.24.A. T

17、elevision viewing may be a potential factor for Alzheimer disease.B.Alzheimer s patients tend to watch television more than 3 hours a day.C.Some research has confirmed the link between them.D.Television watching is beneficial to Alzheimer 9s patients.25.A. Watch television no more than 3 hours each

18、day.B.Balance television viewing with other contrasting activities.C.Watch some educational TV programs.D.Take more physical exercise.Part III Reading Comprehension （40 minutes）Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blan

19、k from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before inaking 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 niay

20、 not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” Those were the words uttered by pioneering British scientist Rosalind Franklin, who firmly believed that the pursuit of science sh

21、ould be 26 to all.As a woman working in the first half of the 20th century, Franklins contributions to some of the greatest scientific discoveries of our time including the structure of DNA一were sadly 27 in her lifetime.More than 60 years after Franklins death, we are 28 living in a different world,

22、 where women play an important part in every ec/ze/o（阶层）of our society not least in science, innovation, higher education and research. UK universities are world leaders when it comes to advancing and 29 gender equality.In the past decade, we have seen a 3() increase in England in the number of wome

23、n accepted on to full-time undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem subjects). And in the last academic year, women 31 for more than half of all Stem postgraduates at UK universities.Data shows us the 32 to success gets harder for women to climb the further up they g

24、o. Although women make up the majority of undergraduates in our universities, just under half of academic staff are female. At 33 levels, only a quarter of professors are women, and black women make up less than 2% of all female academic staff.There are also stark differences in pay across grades. T

25、he gender pay gap based on median salaries across the sector in 2016-2017 was 13.7%, 34 there is still some way to go to ensure women arerising through the ranks to higher grade positions and being paid 35 .A. accessibleI. nominationB. accountedJ. overlookedC. adaptationK. promotingD. appropriatelyL

26、. seniorE. considerableM. submissionF. effectiveN. suggestingG. ladderO. thankfullyH. misreadSection BDirections: 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

27、 the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph nu)re than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.How to Eat WellA)Why do so many Americans cat tons of processed food, the stuff that is correctly called junk (垃

28、圾) and should really carry warning labels?B)Its not because fresh ingredients are hard to come by. Supermarkets offer more variety than ever, and there are over four times as many farmers markets in the US as there were 20 years ago. Nor is it for lack of available information. There are plenty of r

29、ecipes (食谱),how-to videos and cooking classes available to anyone who has a computer, smartphone or television. If anything, the information is overwhelming.C)And yet we arent cooking. If you cat three meals a day and behave like most Americans, you probably get at least a third of your daily calori

30、es (卡路里)outside the home. Nearly two-thirds of us grab fast food once a week, and we gel almost 25% of our daily calories from snacks. So were eating out or taking in, and we dont sit down or we do, but we hurry.D)Shouldnt preparing and consuming food be a source of comfort, pride, health, well-bein

31、g, relaxation, sociability? Something that connects us to other humans? Why would we want to outsource (夕卜包) this basic task, especially when outsourcing it is so harmful?E)When I talk about cooking, Im not talking about creating elaborate dinner parties or three-day science projects. Im talking abo

32、ut simple, easy, everyday meals. My mission is lo encourage green hands and those lacking time or money to feed themselves. That means we need modest, realistic expectations, and we need to teach people to cook food thats good enough to share with family and friends.F)Perhaps a return to real cooking neednt be far off. A recent Harris poll revealed that 79% of Americans say they enjoy cooking and