1、 2020 年 7 月大学英语四级考试真题试卷Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the use oftranslation apps. You can start your essay with the sentence The use of translationapps is becoming increasingly popular. You should write at least 120 words but nomor
2、e than 180 words.Part Listening Comprehension(25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section , you will hear three news reports . At the end of each newsreport , you will hear two or three questions . Both the news report andthe questions will be spoken only once . After you hear a question , youmu
3、st choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ), B ), C )and D ). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre .Questions l and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A) watch the weather forecast.B) Evacuate the area with the or
4、ange alert.C) avoid travel on Wednesday.D) Prepare enough 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) R
5、omanias wetlands thrive again.C) The wildlife in Romania isnt 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
6、you have just heard.5. A) He had a car accident.B) He attended his graduation ceremony.C) He had a heart attack.D) He gave a Performance in the auditorium.6. A) what happened to him.B) what date it was.C) when the graduation ceremony was.D) where he was. 7. A) He was really touched by his classmates
7、.B) He didnt know what happened at all.C) He couldnt remember what to say.D) His Parents wore caps and gowns.Section BDirections: In this section , you will hear two long conversations . At the end of eachconversation , you will hear four questions . Both the conversation andthe questions will be sp
8、oken only once . After you hear a question , youmust choose the best answer from the four choices Marked A ), B ), C )and D ). Then ark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre .Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) Her child
9、rens disruption.B) quiet atmosphere.C) A sense of isolation.D) Longer working hours.9. A) It doesnt offer coffee.B) Its too quiet.C) It doesnt have free Wi-Fi.D) It lacks the material he needs.10. A) The sense of being out in the world.B) The coffee it provides.C) The coffee table.D) The comfortable
10、 working condition.11. A) People dont order anything.B) People bring their laptops and paperwork.C) People occupy valuable table space in quiet times.D) People of two occupy a table for six.Questions l2 to l5 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) She is not satisfied with the sala
11、ry.B) She is not capable of the job.C) She often works overtime.D) Shes received a job offer from 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.13. A) She
12、might have to do extra work everyday.B) She might not get a pay rise.C) She might not get enough vacation.D) She might not gain more experience. 14. A) Experience.B) Confidence.C) Fortune.D) Opportunity.Section CDirections: In this section , you will hear three passages . At the end of each passage
13、,you will hear three or four questions . Both the passage and the questionswill be spoken only once . After you hear a question ,you must choose thebest answer from the four choices marked A ), B ), C ) and D ). Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre
14、 .Questions l6 to l8 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) Its a horrible feeling.B) It can be 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) It provid
15、es a chance for people to think deeply.B) It makes us treasure the time.C) It enables one to identify true friends.D) It helps us take care of problems more efficiently.Questions l9 to 2l 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 d
16、emanding in his work.D) He usually works very late.20. A) He moved out and divorced.B) It was plagued by drugs 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 to sign his name on every label.C)
17、It was a hard and tedious job.D) He was required to work at Friday night.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage 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) wat
18、ching television for hours.B) Playing video games.C) Reading books and magazines.D) Surfing the Internet.24. A) Television viewing may be a potential factor for Alzheimers disease.B) Alzheimers patients tend to watch television more than 3 hours a day.C) Some research has confirmed the link between
19、them.D) Television watching is beneficial to Alzheimers patients.25. A) watch television no more than 3 hours each day.B) Balance television viewing with other contrasting activities.C) watch some educational TV programs.D) Take more physical exercise.Part Section AReading Comprehension(40 minutes)D
20、irections: In this section , there is a passage with ten blanks . You are required toselect one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bankfollowing the passage . Read the passage through carefully before makingyour choices . Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter . Pl
21、easemark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with asingle line through the centre . You may not use any of the words in thebank 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 theword
22、s uttered by pioneering British scientist Rosalind Franklin, who firmly believedthat the pursuit of science should be 26 to all.As a woman working in the first half of the 20th century, Franklins contributionsto some of the greatest scientific discoveries of our time including the structure of DNwer
23、e sadly 27 in her lifetime.More than 60 years after Franklins death, we are 28 living in a different world,where women play an important part in every echelon (阶层) of our societynotleast in science, innovation, higher education and research. UK universities are worldleaders when it comes to advancin
24、g and 29 gender equality.In the past decade, we have seen a 30 increase in England in the number ofwomen accepted on to full-time undergraduate degrees in science,technology,engineering and maths(Stem subjects). And in the last academic year, women 31for more than half of all Stem postgraduates at U
25、K universities.Data shows us the 32 to success gets harder for women to climb the furtherup they go. Although women make up the majority of undergraduates in ouruniversities, just under half of academic staff are female. At 33 levels,only aquarter of professors are women, and black women make up les
26、s than 2% of allfemale academic staff.There are also stark differences in pay across grades. The gender pay gap based on median salaries across the sector in 2016 - 2017 was 13.7% ,34 there is stillsome way to go to ensure women are rising through the ranks to higher gradepositions and being paid 35
27、 .A) accessibleB) AccountedC) AdaptationD) AppropriatelyE) ConsiderableF) EffectiveG) LadderH) MisreadI) NominationJ) OverlookedK) PromotingL) SeniorM) SubmissionN) SuggestingO) thankfullySection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statementsattached to it. Each st
28、atement contains information given in one of theparagraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information isderived . You may choose a paragraph more than once . Each paragraphis marked with a letter . Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 .How to Eat WellA Wh
29、y do so many Americans eat tons of processed food, the stuff that iscorrectly called junk (垃圾) and should really carry warning labels?B Its not because fresh ingredients are hard to come by. Supermarkets offermore variety than ever, and there are over four times as many farmers markets in theUS as t
30、here were 20 years ago. Nor is it for lack of available information. There areplenty of recipes (食谱) , how-to videos and cooking classes available to anyone whohas a computer, smart phone or television. If anything, the information isoverwhelming.C And yet we arent cooking. If you eat three meals a
31、day and behave like mostAmericans,you probably get at least a third of your daily calories (卡路里) outside thehome. Nearly two-thirds of us grab fast food once a week, and we get almost 25% ofour daily calories from snacks. So were eating out or taking in, and we dont sit downor we do, but we hurry.D
32、Shouldnt preparingand consumingfood be a source of comfort, pride,health, well-being, relaxation, sociability? Something that connects us to otherhumans? Why would we want to outsource (外包) this basic task, especially when outsourcing it is so harmful?E When I talk about cooking, Im not talking abou
33、t creating elaborate dinnerparties or three-day science projects. Im talking about simple,easy,everyday meals.My mission is to encourage green hands and those lacking time or money to feedthemselves. That means we need modest, realistic expectations,and we need to teachpeople to cook food thats good
34、 enough to share with family and friends.F Perhaps a return to real cooking neednt be far off. A recent Harris pollrevealed that 79% of Americans say they enjoy cooking and 30% love it; 14% admitto not enjoying kitchen work and just 7% wont go near the stove at all. But thisdoesnt necessarily transl
35、ate to real cooking, and the result of this survey shouldntsurprise anyone: 52% of those 65 or older cook at home five or more times per week;only a third of young people do.G Back in the 1950s most of us grew up in households where mom cookedvirtually every night. The intention to put a home-cooked
36、 meal on the table was prettymuch universal. Most people couldnt afford to do otherwiseH Although frozen dinners were invented in the 40s, their Popularity didntboom until televisions became Popular a decade or so later. Since then, Packaged,pre-prepared meals have been whats for dinner. The microwa
37、ve and fast-food chainswere the biggest catalysts (催化剂), but the big food companieswhich want to sellanything except the raw ingredients that go into cookingmade the home cook anendangered species.I Still,I find it strange that only a third of young People report preparing mealsat home regularly. Is
38、nt this the same crowd that rails against Processed junk andchampions craft cooking? And isnt this the generation who say theyre concernedabout their health and the well-being of the Planet? If these are truly the values ofmany young People, then their behavior doesnt match their beliefs.J There hav
39、e been half-hearted but well-Publicized efforts by some foodcompanies to reduce calories in their Processed foods, but the Standard American Dietis still the Polar opposite of the healthy, mostly Plant- based diet that just about everyexpert says we should be eating. Considering that the governments
40、 standards are notnearly ambitious enough, the Picture is clear: by not cooking at home, were noteating the right things, and the consequences are hard to overstate.K To help quantify (量化) the costs of a Poor diet,I recently tried to estimatethis impact in terms of a most famous food, the burger (汉堡
41、包). I concluded that theProfit from burgers is more than offset (抵消) by the damage they cause in healthProblems and environmental harm.L Cooking real food is the best defensenot to mention that any meal yourelikely to eat at home contains about 200 fewer calories than one you would eat in arestauran
42、t.M To those Americans for whom money is a concern,my advice is simple: Buywhat you can afford,and cook it yourself. The common Prescription is to Primarilyshop the grocery store, since thats where fresh Produce, meat and seafood, and dairyare. And to save money and still eat well you dont need loca
43、l, organic ingredients; allyou need is real food. Im not saying local food isnt better; it is. But there is Plenty of decent food in the grocery stores.N The other sections you should get to know are the frozen foods and thecanned goods. Frozen Produce is still Produce; canned tomatoes are still tom
44、atoes.Just make sure youre getting real food without tons of added salt or sugar. Askyourself , would Grandma consider this food? Does it look like something that mightoccur in nature? Its Pretty much common sense: you want to buy food, notunidentifiable food like objects.O You dont have to hit the
45、grocery store daily, nor do you need an abundanceof skill. Since fewer than half of Americans say they cook at an intermediate level andonly 20% describe their cooking skills as advanced, the crisis is one of confidence.And the only remedy for that is Practice. Theres nothing mysterious about cookin
46、gthe evening meal. You just have to do a little thinking ahead and redefine whatqualifies as dinner. Like any skill,cooking gets easier as you do it more; every timeyou cook,you advance your level of skills. Someday you wont even need recipes. y advice is that you not Pay attention to the number of
47、steps and ingredients, becausethey can be deceiving.P Time,I realize,is the biggest obstacle to cooking for most People. You mustadjust your Priorities to findtime to cook. For instance, you can move a TV to the kitchen and watch your favoriteshows while youre standing at the sink. No one is asking you to give up activities youlike,but if youre watching food shows on TV, try cooking instead.36. Cooking bene
