大学英语四级真题第2套4.docx

1、大学英语四级真题第2套42019年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第二套）Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay onhow to best handle the relationship between teachers and students. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehensi

2、on (25 minutes) Section ADirections: 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 choi

3、ces marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1.A) It tries to entertain its audience.B)It tries to look into the distance.C)It wants to catch people s attenti

4、on.D)It has got one of its limbs injured.2.A) It was spotted by animal protection officials.B)Its videos were posted on social media.C)It was filmed by a local television reporter.D)Its picture won a photography prize.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A) The distan

5、ce travelled.B)The incidence of road accidents.C)The spending on gas.D)The number of people travelling.4.A) Fewer people are commuting.B)Gas consumption is soaring.C)Job growth is slowing down.D)Rush-hour traffic is worsening.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A) He

6、told a stranger the sad story about himself.B)He helped a stranger to carry groceries to his car.C)He went up to a stranger and pulled at his sleeves.D)He washed a stranger s car in return for some food.6.A) He ordered a lot of food for his family.B)He gave him a job at his own company.C)He raised a

7、 large sum of money for him.D)He offered him a scholarship for college.7.A) He works hard to support his family.B)He is an excellent student at school.C)He is very good at making up stories.D)He has been disabled since boyhood.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversation

8、s. At the end of each conversation you will hear four questions. Both the conversations and the question-s 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 1with a s

9、ingle line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.A) Attended an economics lecture.B)Taken a walk on Charles Street.C)Had a drink at Queen Victoria.D)Had dinner at a new restaurant.9.A) Treat a college friend to dinner.B)Make preparations for a semin

10、ar.C)Attend his brother s birthday party.D)Visit some of his high school friends.10.A) Gather statistics for his lecture.B)Throw a surprise birthday party.C)Meet with Jonathan s friends on the weekend.D)Join him in his brother s birthday celebration.11.A) By car. C) By taxi.Questions 12 to 15 are ba

11、sed on the conversation you have just heard.12.A) Taking a vacation abroad.B)Reviewing for his last exam.C)Saving enough money for a rainy day.D)Finding a better way to earn money.13.A) Preparing for his final exams.B)Negotiating with his boss for a raise.C)Working part time as a waiter.D)Helping th

12、e woman with her courses.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 you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choice

13、s 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) She went to the same university as her mother.B)She worked as a nurse in the First World War.C)She won the Nobel

14、 Prize two times.D)She was also a Nobel Prize winner.17.A) She fought bravely in a series of military operations.B)She developed X-ray facilities for military hospitals.C)She helped to set up several military hospitals.D)She made donations to save wounded soldiers.18.A) Both died of blood cancer. C)

15、 Both won military medals.B)Both fought in World War I. D) Both married their assistants.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A) They were the first settlers in Europe.B)They were the conquerors of Norway.C)They discovered Iceland in the ninth century.D)They settled on

16、a small island north of England.20.A) It was some five hundred miles west of Norway.B)It was covered with green most time of the year.C)It was the Vikings most important discovery.D)It was a rocky mass of land covered with ice.21.A) The Vikings ocean explorationsC. ) The Vikings vereyday life.B)The

17、making of European nations. D) The Europeans Arctic discoveries.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A) Work hard for a better life.B)Make mistakes now and then.C)Dream about the future.D)Save against a rainy day.23.A) Teach foreign languages for the rest of his life.B)

18、 Change what he has for his past imaginary world.C)Exchange his two-story house for a beach cottage.D)Dwell on the dreams he had dreamed when young.24.A) Criminal law. C) Oriental architecture.B) City planning. D) International business.25.A) Dream and make plans.B) Take things easy in life.C)Be con

19、tent with what you have.D)Enjoy whatever you are doing.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 blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the

20、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 base

21、d on the following passage.We all know there exists great void (空白)in the public educational system whe n it comes to 26 to STEM (Scie nee. Tech no logy, Engin eeri ng. Mathematics), One educator named Dori Roberts decided to do something to change this system. Dori taught high school engin eeri ng

22、for 11 years. She no ticed there was a real void in quality STEM education at all 27 of the public educational system. She said, “I started Engineering for kids (EFK) after noticing a real lack of math, scienee and engineering programs to 28 my own kids in. ”She decided to start an after school prog

23、ram where children 29 in STEM-based competitio ns. The club grew quickly and whe n it reached 180 members and the kids in the program won several state 30 . She decided to devote all her time to cultivati ng an d 31 it. The global bus in ess EFK was born.Dori bega n operati ng EFK out of her Virg in

24、ia home, which she the n expa nded to 32_recreation centers. Today, the EFK program 33 over 144 branches in 32 states within the United States and in 21 countries. Sales have doubled from $5 millio n in 2019 to $10 millio n in 2019, with 25 new bran ches pla nned for 2019. The EFK website states, “

25、Our n ation is34ot e no ugh engin eers. Our philosophy is toin spire kids at a young age to un dersta nd that engin eeri ng is a great35 . ”A) attractedI)feed ingB) careerJ) graduat ingC) champi on shipsK) in terestD) degreesL) levelsE) develop ingM) localF) en rollN) operatesG) exposureO) participa

26、tedH) feasibleSection 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 the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more tha n on ce. Each

27、paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the question by marking the corresp onding letter on Answer Sheet 2Why arent you curious about what happened?A“You suspendedray rice after our video,”a reporter from TMZ challenged National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell the other day. “Why didn

28、t you have the curiosity to go to the casino （赌场） yourself?”The implication of the question is that a more curious.BThe accusation of incuriosity is one that we hear often, carrying the suggestion that there is something wrong with not wanting to search out the truth. “I have been bothered for a lon

29、g time about the curious lack of curiosity, sa”id a Democratic member of the New Jersey legislature back in July, referring to an insufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an associate to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who chose not to ask hard questions about the George Washington Bridge

30、 traffic scandal “Isn t the mainstream media the least curious about what happenewdr?ote conservative writer Jennifer Rubin earlier this year referring to the attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.CThe implication, in each case is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of curiosity is a problem

31、 are such accusations simply efforts to score political points for ones party? Or is here something of particular value about curiosity in and of itself.DThe journalist Ian Leslie, in his new and enjoyable book Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on I,t insists that the answer to

32、 that last question is yes. Leslie argues that curiosity is a much-overlooked human virtue, crucial to our success, and that we are losing it.EWe are suffering. He writes from a “serendipity deficit”. The word “serendipity” was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter from a tale of three princes who were always making discoveries by accident, of things they were not in search of. Leslie worries th