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2024年4月7日发(作者：开妍晨)

2019年12月英语四级真题及答案第三套

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions:

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to a foreign

friend who wants to study in China. Please recommend a university to him. You should

write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Part Ⅱ

Listening Comprehension

(25 minutes)

Section A

Directions: 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 then 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 1with a single line through the

centre.

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

A) The number of nurses has dropped to a record low.

B) There is a growing shortage of medical personnel.

C) There is discrimination against male nurses.

D) The number of male nurses has gone down..

A) Cultural bias.

B)Inadequate pay.

C)Educational system.

D)Working conditions.

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

A) He fell out of a lifeboat.

B) He lost his way on a beach.

C) He was almost drowned.

D) He enjoyed swimming in the sea.

A) The beach is a popular tourist resort.

B) The emergency services are efficient.

C) The beach is a good place to watch the tide.

D) The lifeboats patrol the area round the clock.

Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

A) It became an online star.

B) It broke into an office room.

C) It escaped from a local zoo.

D) It climbed 25 storeys at one go.

A) Send it back to the zoo.

B)Release it into the wild.

C)Return it to its owner.

D)Give it a physical checkup.

A) A raccoon can perform acts no human can.

B)A raccoon can climb much higher than a cat.

C)The raccoon became as famous as some politicians.

D)The raccoon did something no politician could.

Section B

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 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 have just heard.

A) She got a well-paying job in a bank.

B) She received a bonus unexpectedly.

C She received her first monthly salary.

D) She got a pay raise for her performance.

A) Several years ago.

B)Two decades ago.

C)Right after graduation.

D)Just last month.

10.

A) He sent a small check to his parents.

B) He took a few of his friends to a gym.

C) He immediately deposited it in a bank.

D) He treated his parents to a nice meal.

11.

A) Buy some professional clothes.

B)Budget her salary carefully.

C)Join her colleagues for gym exercise.

D)Visit her former university campus.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12.

A) He has a difficult decision to make. B) He has been overworked recently.

C) He has just quarreled with his girlfriend. D) He has just too many things to

attend to.

13.

A) Give priority to things more urgent. B) Turn to his girlfriend for

assistance.

C) Think twice before making the decision. D) Seek advice from his family and

advisor.

14.

A) His parents and advisor have different opinions. B) He is not particularly

keen on the job offered.

C) He lacks the money for his doctoral program. D) His girlfriend does not

support his decision.

15.

A) They need time to make preparations.

B) They need to save enough money for it.

C)They haven’t started their careers yet.

D)They haven’t won their parents’ approval.

Section C

Directions: 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 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 you have just heard.

16.

A) Acquiring information and professional knowledge.

B) Using information to understand and solve problems.

C) Enriching social and intellectual lives.

D) Expressing ideas and opinions freely.

17.

A) Improving mind-reading strategies.

B)Reading classic scientific literature.

C)Playing games that challenge one’s mind.

D)Traveling to different places in the world.

18.

A) Give others freedom to express themselves.

B) Expose themselves to different cultures.

C) Discard personal biases and prejudices.

D) Participate in debates or discussions.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19.

A) The nature of relationships between dogs.

B) The reason a great many people love dogs.

C) Why dogs can be faithful friends of humans.

D) How dogs feel about their bonds with humans.

20.

A) They have an unusual sense of responsibility.

B) They can respond to humans’ questions.

C) They can fall in love just like humans.

D) They behave like other animals in many ways.

21.

A) They have their own joys and sorrows.

B)They experience true romantic love.

C)They help humans in various ways.

D)They stay with one partner for life.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22.

A) A cow bone.

B) A rare animal.

C) A historical site.

D) A precious stone.

23.

A) Measuring it.

B) Preserving it.

C)Dating it.

D)Identifying it.

24.

A) The site should have been protected. B) The boy’s family had acted

correctly. C) The boy should have called an expert. D) The channel needs to

interview the boy.

25.

A) Search for similar fossils elsewhere. B) Ask the university to reward Jude.

C) Conduct a more detailed search.D) Seek additional funds for the search.

Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions:

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 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 based on the following passage.

Millions of people travel by plane every single day. If you’re planning on being

one of them soon, you might not be looking forward to the 26feeling air travel often

leaves you with.

Besides the airport crowds and stress, traveling at such a high altitude has real

effects on the body. Although the pressure of the cabin is 27to prevent altitude

sickness, you could still 28 sleepiness or a headache. The lower oxygen pressure found

in an aircraft cabin is 29to that at 6,000 to 8,000 feet of altitude. A drop in oxygen

pressure can cause headaches in certain 30. To prevent headaches, drink plenty of water,

and avoid alcohol and coffee.

Airplane food might not really be as tasteless as you 31thought. The air you breathe

in a plane dries out your mouth and nose, which can affect your sense of taste.

Perception of sweet and salty foods dropped by almost 30 percent in a simulation of air

travel. However, you can make your taste buds active by drinking water. A dry mouth may

32taste sensitivity, but taste is restored with fluids.

Although in-flightinfections 33in dry environments like airplanes, your risk of

getting sick from an airplane is actually low because of the air 34 used. Unless you’re

sitting next to someone who is coughing or sneezing, you shouldn’t worry too much about

getting sick. However, bacteria has been shown to live on cabin surfaces, so wash your

hands 35.

A) adjustedF)frequentlyK)reduce

B) channelsG)individualsL)renovated

C)equivalentH) originallyM) smooth

D)experience I) particularN)thrive

E) filtersJ) primarilyO)unpleasant

Section B

Directions:

In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements

attached to 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

than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the

corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

A SouthKoreanCityDesigned for the Future Takes on a Life of Its Own

[A] Getting around a city is one thing—and then there’s the matter of getting from one

city to another. One vision of the perfect city of the future: a place that offers

easy access to air 2011, a University of North Carolina business professor

named John Kasarda published a book called Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next.

Kasarda says future cities should be built intentionally around 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 waterborne century, the 19th century a rail century,

the 20th century a highway, car, truck century—and the 21st century will

increasingly 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

Kasarda’s prime examples. It has existed for just a few years.“From the get-go, it

was designed on the basis of connectivity and competitiveness,”says Kasada. “The

government built the bridge directly from the airport to the Songdo International

Business District. And the surface infrastructure was built in tandem with the new

airport.”

[C] Songdo is a stone’s throw from South Korea’s IncheonAirport, its main

international hub. But it takes a lot more than a nearby airport to be a city of the

future. Just building a place as an “international business district” doesn’t

mean it will become one. Park Yeon Soo conceived this city of the future back in

1986. He considers Songdo his baby. “I am a visionary,” he says. Thirty years

after he imagined the city, Park’s baby is close to 70 percent built, with 36.000

people living in the business district and 90,000 residents in greater Songdo. It’s