1、2019年12月大学英语四级考试真题及参考答案完整版(第一套)Part I Writing (25minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to a foreign friend who wants to study. Please recommend a university to him. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part Listening Comprehension (
2、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 choices m
3、arked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions I and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1 A) Many facilities were destroyed by a wandering cowB) A wandering cow knocked down one of its fencesC) Some touris
4、ts were injured by a wandering cow.D)A wandering cow was captured by the police2. A) It was shot to death by a police officer.B) It found its way back to the parks zooC)It became a great attraction for touristsD) It was sent to the animal control department.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news re
5、port you have just heard3. A) It is the largest of its kindB) It is going to be expanded.C) It is displaying more fossil specimensD) It is staring an online exhibition.4. A ) A collection of bird fossils from Australia.B) Photographs of certain rare fossil exhibitsC) Some ancient wall paintings from
6、 AustraliaD) Pictures by winners of a wildlife photo contest.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard5A) Pick up trash B) Amuse visitorsC) Deliver messagesD) Play with children6. A) They are especially intelligentB)They are childrens favoriteD)They are clean and pretty7. A)
7、Children may be harmed by the rooksB) Children may be tempted to drop litter.C) Children may contract bird diseasesD)Children may overfeed the rooksSection BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conv
8、ersation 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
9、have just heard8. A) It will be produced at Harvard UniversityB) It will be hosted by famous professorsC)It will cover different areas of scienceD) It will focus on recent scientific discoveries9. A) It will be more futuristicB) It will be more systematicC) It will be more entertainingD) It will be
10、easier to understand.10. A) People interested in science.B) Youngsters eager to exploreC) Children in their early teens11. A) Offer professional adviceB) 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 conversatio
11、n you have just heard.12. A) UnsureB) Helpless.C) ConcernedD) Dissatisfied.13. A) He is too concerned with being perfect.B) He loses heart when faced with setbacksC)He is too ambitious in achieving goalsD)He takes on projects beyond his ability14.A) EmbarrassedB) UnconcernedC) MiserableD)Resentful15
12、.A) Try to be optimistic whatever happensB) Compare his present with his past onC) Always learn from others achievementsD) Treat others the way he would be treatedSection CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Bo
13、th 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
14、you have just heard.16. A) They have a stronger sense of social responsibilityB) They are more likely to succeed in the humanities.C) They are more likely to becomeD)They have greater potential to be leaders17. A) Praise girls who like to speak up frequentlyB) Encourage girls to solve problems on th
15、eir ownC)Insist that boys and girls work together moreD) Respond more positively to boys comments.18. A) Offer personalized teaching materials.B) Provide a variety of optional coursesPlace great emphasis on test scoresD) Pay extra attention to top studentsQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage
16、you have just heard.19. A) It often rains cats and dogsB) It seldom rains in summer timeC) It does not rain as much as people think.D) It is one of the most rainy cities in the US20. A) They drive most of the timeB) The rain is usually very light.C)They have got used to the rainD)The rain comes most
17、ly at night.21. A ) It has a lot of places for entertainment.B) It has never seen thunder and lightingC)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
18、 are doing a repetitive activityB) It results from exerting ones muscles continuouslyC) It happens when people engage in an uncommon activity.D) It comes from staining ones muscles in an unusual way23. A) Blood flow and body heat increase in the affected area.B) Body movements in the affected area b
19、ecome difficult.C) They begin to make repairs immediatelyD)They gradually become fragmented24. A) About one week.B) About two daysC)About ten daysD)About four weeks25. A) Apply muscle creams.B) Drink plenty of waterC) Have a hot showerD) Take pain-killersPart Reading comprehension (40minutes)Directi
20、ons: 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 mar
21、k the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Finally, some good news about airplane travel. If you are on a plane with a sick passenger. You are u
22、nlikely to get sick. That is the 26 of a new study that looked at how respiratory （呼吸道）viruses 27 on airplanes. Researchers found that only people who were seated in individual had a high risk of catching the illness. All other passengers had only a very 28 chance of getting sick according to the fi
23、ndings. Media reports have not necessarily presented. 29 information about the risk of getting infected on an airplane in the past. Therefore, these new findings should help airplane passengers to feel less 30 to catching respiratory infections while traveling by air. Prior to the new study. litter
24、was known about the risks of getting 31 infected by common respiratory viruses, such as the flu or common cold, on an airplane, the researchers said. So, to 32 the risks of infection, the study team flew on 10 different 33 in the Us. 34 side of a person infected with flu, as well as those sitting on
25、e roe in font of or behind this individual, had about an 80 person chance of getting sick. But other passengers were 35 safe from infection.They had a less than 3 percent chance of catching the flu.A) accurateB) conclusion C) directlyD)eitherE) evaluateF) explorationsG) flightsH) largelyI）NearbyJ) r
26、espondK）SlimL) spreadN) vividlyO) vulnerableSection 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 par
27、agraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2A South Korean city designed for the future takes on a life of its ownA) Getting around a city is one thing -and then theres the matter of getting from one city to
28、 another One vision of the perfect city of the future: a place that offers easy access to air travel. In 2011, a University of North Carolina business professor named John Kasarda published a book called Aerotropolis: The Way Well Live Next. Kasarda says future cities should be built intentionally a
29、round or near airports. The idea, as he has put it, is to offer businesses rapid long-distance connectivity on a massive scale.B)The 18th century really was a waterbome （水运的)century, the 19th century a rail century. the 20th century a highway, car, truck century and the 21st century will increasingl
30、y be an aviation century, as the globe becomes increasingly connected by air, Kasarda says Songdo, a city built from scratch in South Korea, is one of Kasardas prime examples. It has existed for just few years. From the get-go, it was designed on the basis of connectivity and competitiveness，“ says
31、Kasada. The government built the bridge directly from the airport to Songdo international business district. And the surface infrastructure was built in tandem with the new airport.”C) Songdo is a stones throw from South Koreas Incheon Airport, its main international hub(枢纽). But it takes a lot more
32、 than a nearby airport to be a city of the future. Just building a place as an international business district doesnt mean it will become one. Park Yeon Soo conceived (构想) this city of the future back in 1986. He considers Songdo his baby. I am a visionary, he says. Thirty years after he imagined th
33、e city, Parks baby is close to 70 percent built, with 36.000 people living in the business district and 90,000 residents in greater Songdo. Its about an hour outside Seoul, built on reclaimed tidal flats along the Yellow Sea, There s a coast Guard building and a tall trade tower, as well as a park,
34、golf course and university .D) Chances are you ve actually seen this place. Songdo appears in the most famous music video ever to come out of South Korea. Gangnam Style refers to the fashionable Gangnam district in Seoul. But some of the video was filmed in Songdo. I dont know if you remember, there
35、 was a scene in a subway station. That was not Gangnam. That was actually Songdo, says Jung Won Son, a professor of urban development at Londons Bartlett School of Planning, Part of the reason to shoot there is that its new and nice .E) The city was supposed to be a hub for global companies, with em
36、ployees from all over the world. But hats not how it has turned out. Songdo s reputation is as a futuristic ghost town. But the reality is more complicated. A bridge with big, light-blue loops leads into the business district. In the center of the main road theres a long line of flags of the world.
37、On the comer, theres a Starbucks and a 7-Eleven-all of the international brands that you see all over the world nowadays.F) The city is not empty. There are mothers pushing strollers, old women with walkers even in the middle of the day. when its 90 degrees out. Byun Young-Jin chairs the Songdo real
38、 estate association and started selling property here when the first phase of the city opened in 2005. He says demand has boomed in the past couple of years. Most of his clients are Korean. In fact, the developer says, 99 percent of the homes here are sold to Koreans. Young families move here becaus
39、e the schools are great. And thats the problem: Songdo has become a popular Korean city more popular as a residential area than a business one Its not yet the futuristic international business hub that planners imagined. Its a great place to live. And its becoming a great place to work, says Scott S
40、ummers, the vice president of Gale International, the developer of the city. The floor-to-ceiling windows of his companys offices overlook Songdo Central Park, with a canal full of kayaks and paddle boats. Shimmering(闪烁的)glass towers line the canals edge. G) Whats happened is, because we focused on
41、creating that quality of life first, which enabled the residents to live here, what has probably missed the mark is for companies to locate here, he says. There needs to be strong economic incentives. The city is still unfinished, and it feels a bit like a theme park. It doesn t feel all that futuri
42、stic. Theres a high-tech underground trash disposal system. Buildings are environmentally friendly. Everybodys television set is connected to a system that streams personalized language or exercise classes.H) But Star Trek this is not. And to some of the residents, Songdo feels hollow. Im, like: inp
43、rison for weekdays. Thats what we call it in the workplace“ says a woman in her 20s. Shedoesnt want to use her name for fear of being fired from her job. She goes back to Seoul everyweekend. MI say Im prison-breaking on Friday nights. But she has to make the prison break inher own car. Theres no hig
44、h-speed train connecting Songdo to SeouL just over 20 miles away.I) The man who first imagined Songdo feels frustrated，too. Park says he built South Korea aluxury vehicle, like Mercedes or BMW. Its a good car now. But were waiting for a good driverto accelerate- But there are lots of other good cars
45、 out there, too. The world is dotted withfuturistic, high-tech cities trying to attract the biggest international companies .J) Songdos backers contend that its still early, and business space is filling upabout 70percent of finished offices are now occupied. Brent Ryan: who teaches urban design at
46、UT, saysSongdo proves a universal principle. There have been a lot of utopian (乌托井的)cities in history.And the reason we dont know about a lot of them is that a lot of them have vanished entirely. In other words, when it comes to cities r anything elseit is hard to predict the future. 36. Songdos pop
47、ularity lies more in its quality of life than its business attraction. 37. The man who conceives Songdo feels disappointed because it has fallen short of hisexpectations. 38. A scene in a popular South Korean music video was shot m Songdo. 39. Songdo still lacks the financial stimulus for businesses to set up shop there.40. Airplanes will increasingly become the chief means of transportation, according to aprofessor.41. Songdo has ended up different from the city it was supposed to be.42. Some of the people who work in Songdo complain about boredom in the workplace.43. A business profe
