大学英语四级真题第2套3.docx

1、大学英语四级真题第2套32019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 an essay. Suppose you have two options upon graduation: One is to find a job somewhere and the other to start a business of your own. You are to make a decision. Write an essa

2、y to explain the reasons for your decision. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part Listening Comprehension (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 n

3、ews report 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 1 and 2 are based on the news report

4、you have just heard.1. A) To satisfy the curiosity of tourists.B) To replace two old stone bridges. C) To enable tourists to visit Goat Island.D) To improve utility services in the state.2. A) Countless tree limbs. B) A few skeletons. C) Lots of wrecked boats and ships.D) Millions of coins on the bo

5、ttom.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) It suspended diplomatic relations with Libya. B) It urged tourists to leave Tunisia immediately. C) It shut down two border crossings with Libya. D) It launched a fierce attack against Islamic State.4. A) Advise Tunisian c

6、ivilians on how to take safety precautions. B) Track down the organization responsible for the terrorist attack.C) Train qualified security personnel for the Tunisian government.D) Devise a monitoring system on the Tunisian border with Libya.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have jus

7、t heard.5. A) An environment-friendly battery.B) An energy-saving mobile phone.C) A plant-powered mobile phone charger.D) A device to help plants absorb sunlight.6. A) While sitting in their schools courtyard.B) While playing games on their phones. C) While solving a mathematical problem.D) While do

8、ing a chemical experiment.7. A) It increases the applications of mobile phones.B) It speeds up the process of photosynthesis.C) It improves the reception of mobile phones. D) It collects the energy released by plants.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the

9、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

10、 through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) He visited the workshops in the Grimsby plant. B) He called the woman and left her a message. C) He used stand-ins as replacements on all lines. D) He asked a technician to fix the broken production line.9.

11、 A) It is the most modern production line. B) It assembles super-intelligent robots. C) It has stopped working completely.D) It is going to be upgraded soon.10. A) To seek her permission. B) To place an order for robots.C) To request her to return at once.D) To ask for Toms phone number.11. A) She i

12、s on duty. B) She is having her day off. C) She is on sick leave.D) She is abroad on business.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) He saved a baby boys life. B) He wanted to be a superhero. C) He prevented a train crash.D) He was a witness to an accident.13. A)

13、 He has a 9-month-old boy.B) He is currently unemployed. C) He enjoys the interview.D) He commutes by subway.14. A) A rock on the tracks. B) A misplaced pushchair. C) A strong wind.D) A speeding car.15. A) She stood motionless in shock. B) She cried bitterly.C) She called the police at once.D) She s

14、houted for help.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 choices marked

15、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 inherited her family ice-cream business in Billings. B) She loved the ice-cream business more than teaching primary

16、 school. C) She started an ice-cream business to finance her daughters education. D) She wanted to have an ice-cream truck when she was a little girl.17. A) To preserve a tradition. B) To amuse her daughter. C) To help local education.D) To make some extra money.18. A) To raise money for business ex

17、pansion. B) To make her truck attractive to children.C) To allow poor kids to have ice-cream too.D) To teach kids the value of mutual support.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) The reasons for imposing taxes. B) The various services money can buy.C) The various bu

18、rdens on ordinary citizens.D) The function of money in the modern world.20. A) Educating and training citizens. B) Improving public transportation. C) Protecting peoples life and property.D) Building hospitals and public libraries.21. A) By asking for donations.B) By selling public lands.C) By selli

19、ng government bonds.D) By exploiting natural resources.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) It is located at the center of the European continent. B) It relies on tourism as its chief source of revenues. C) It contains less than a square mile of land.D) It is surrou

20、nded by France on three sides.23. A) Its beauty is frequently mentioned in American media. B) Its ruler Prince Rainier married an American actress. C) It is where many American movies are shot. D) It is a favorite place Americans like to visit.24. A) Tobacco. B) Potatoes.C) Machinery.D) Clothing.25.

21、 A) European history. B) European geography.C) Small countries in Europe. D) Tourist attractions in Europe. Part 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

22、 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

23、 bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.The ocean is heating up. Thats the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earths oceans now 26 heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago. Around half of ocean heat intake since 1865 has taken place since 1997, researche

24、rs report online in Nature Climate Change.Warming waters are known to 27 to coral bleaching (珊瑚白化) and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea 28 . While the top of the ocean is well studied, its depths are more difficult to 29 . The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperatur

25、e data in order to get a better 30 of heat absorption from surface to seabed. They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century 31 of British naval ships to modern automated ocean probes. The extensive data sources, 32 with computer simulations (计算机模拟), created

26、a timeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel 33 .About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era now resides at a 34 of more than 700 meters, the researchers found. They say theyre 35 whether the deep-se

27、a warming canceled out warming at the seas surface.A) absorbB) combinedC) contributeD) depthE) emissionsF) excursionG) exploreH) floorI) heightsJ) indifferentK) levelsL) mixedM) pictureN) unsureO) voyageSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attache

28、d 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 than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the question by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The

29、Secret to Raising Smart KidsA I first began to investigate the basis of human motivationand how people persevere after setbacksas a psychology graduate student at Yale University in the 1960s. Animal experiments by psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania had shown that after repeated failure

30、s, most animals conclude that a situation is hopeless and beyond their control. After such an experience an animal often remains passive even when it can effect changea state they called learned helplessness.B People can learn to be helpless, too. Why do some students give up when they encounter dif

31、ficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn? One answer, I soon discovered, lay in peoples beliefs about why they had failed.C In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than does the belief that lack of effort is to bl

32、ame. When I told a group of school children who displayed helpless behavior that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep trying when the problems got tough. Another group of helpless children who were simply rewarded for their success on easier problems did not improve their ability to solve hard math problems. These experim