2020年12月大学英语四级真题及答案（第二套）
Part I Writing (30 minutes)坚韧的反义词
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write on the topic Changes in the Way of Transportation. You should write at least 120 words but not more than 180 words.
Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In this ction, 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 choo 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.
【听力原文】News Report One
(1) A waiter has returned a check worth nearly $ 424,000 to the retired social worker who lost it. The waiter found a bank envelope while cleaning off a table last Saturday at a restaurant. He ran outside but the customer was gone. He opened the envelope and got a shock. After an unsuccessful arch, the restaurant's owner called the Daily News for help. The "relieved" customer was reunited with her check on Wednesday. It contained money from her apartment sale, already planned for a down payment on a new home. The customer did not tip the waiter after her meal. (2) She tried to give him money later on, but he graciously declined. The waiter, who's working his way through school, did accept the customer's apology and gratitude and said he was happy to have helped her.
Questions 1 and 2 are bad on the news report you have just heard.
1.What does the news report say about the waiter?
A. He wanted to buy a home.
B. He suffered from a shock.
C. He lost a huge sum of money.
D. He did an unusual good deed.
2. What did the customer try to do when she got her check back?
A. Invite the waiter to a fancy dinner.
B. Tell her story to the Daily News.
C. Give some money to the waiter.
D. Pay the waiter's school tuition.
【听力原文】News Report Two
(3) The village of Maref in Alaska voted on Tuesday to move to the state's mainland. The move is due to global warming and rising a levels. Most of the village's 169 registered voters took part in the town hall meeting. They decided in a vote of 89 to 78 to move from their land on Sarichef Island, near the Arctic Circle. (4) Maref Council Secretary Donna Barr said the vote was largely symbolic. It will be costly financially to the community. "About 15 years ago, they estimated the cost at $ 180 million. I would figure it's much higher now," Barr said. "We don't e
the move happening in our lifetime becau of the funding." The village's roughly 650 residents have
en warming temperatures melt a ice and permanently frozen land. This has resulted in hous falling into the water. At least 31 villages in Alaska face "immediate threats" due to climate change, the Government Accountability Office reported in 2009.
Questions 3 and 4 are bad on the news report you have just heard.
3. What is Maref's vote on Tuesday about?
A. Whether or not to move to the state's mainland.
B. How to keep the village from sinking into the a.
C. Where to get the funds for rebuilding their village.
D. What to do about the rising level of the awater.
4. Why did Donna Barr say they wouldn't e the plan carried out any time soon?
A. It takes too long a time.
B. It costs too much money.
C. It has to wait for the state's final approval.
D. It faces strong opposition from many villagers.
【听力原文】News Report Three
(5) A man in Halifax, Canada, wanted to find out if people were thankful for someone holding the door open for them. (7) The social experiment showed that 99 out of 100 people expresd gratitude. "I didn't think we were going to get 99. I don't know why, but I was pleasantly surprid becau it went beyond just 'thank you.' People got into conversations with us," said Steve Foran, CEO of Gratitude at Work. "What we know from rearch is that from grateful people come good things," he said. (6)"A simple way to induce gratitude in people is opening doors and so we went to six places and opened the doors for people."For the experiment, Foran's team went to a shopping center, a mall, two office buildings, and a coffee shop. The door was held for 15 to 20 people at a time at each location. "We did have one that didn't say thank you. We're not here to judge them becau on any given day, that could be me or you. I suspect out of the 100 people, there were probably a bunch of them having a bad day, but grateful people make people grateful," said Foran.
Questions 5 to 7 are bad on the news report you have just heard.
5. What is the purpo of the social experiment?
A. To investigate whether people are grateful for help.
B. To e whether people hold doors open for strangers.
C. To explore ways of inducing gratitude in people.
D. To find out how people express gratitude.
6. What did Steve Foran and his teams do in the experiment?
A. They induced strangers to talk with them.
B. They helped 15 to 20 people in a bad mood.
C. They held doors open for people at various places.
D. They interviewed people who didn't say thank you.
7. What do we learn from the news report?
A. People can be educated to be grateful.
B. Most people express gratitude for help.
C. Most people have bad days now and then.
D. People are ungrateful when in a bad mood.
Section B
Directions: In this ction, 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 choo the best answer from the four
choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer
Sheet I with a single line through the centre.每天工作日志
【听力原文】Conversation One
W: Rays Solar. Lisa's speaking. How can I help?
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M: Hi, my name is Winston. (8) I wish to enquire about solar panel installations.
W: Yes. What would you like to know?
M: Well. My neighbor installed panels on his roof about a year ago in order to power his hot water. He tells me it has saved him over $ 500 thus far. Does that sound about right to you?
W: Well. I'm not familiar with your neighbor or his particular tup, but that amount is definitely possible. I can tell you that the average four-bedroom hou may typically have a roof with
50 square meters of surface area. Four panels on one side of that roof could save a family of
four around $ 300 a year.
M: OK. That sounds about right then. My hou is about the size you described, but my neighbor's is bigger. I'm not sure how many panels he has up there, (9) but he does have a
large family of six.
W: Are you interested in installing some solar panels on your roof, sir?
M: Yes, I'm considering it.
W: If you wish to come into our office, we could show you the different solutions we offer.
M: OK. I might do that. (10) But just quickly, if you don't mind, could you tell me approximately how much a typical installation costs, like, say, four panels?
广东省社会保险基金管理局W: Prices do vary depending on different factors, but as a rough estimate, it's around $ 2,000.
(11) But you know a typical houhold will make back that initial investment in about five
years.
M: OK. I e. Thank you.
Questions 8 to 11 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.
8. What is the man's purpo for calling the woman?
A. To order a solar panel installation.
B. To report a rious leak in his roof.
C. To enquire about solar panel installations.
D. To complain about the faulty solar panels.
9. What do we learn about the man's neighbor from the conversation?
扩展程序A. He plans to install solar panels.
B. He owns a four-bedroom hou.
C. He saves $ 300 a year.
D. He has a large family.
10. What is one of the man's chief concerns?
A. The rvice of the solar panel company.
B. The cost of a solar panel installation.
C. The maintenance of the solar panels.
D. The quality of the solar panels.
11. How long will it take typical houhold to make back the initial investment?
A. One year and a half.
4000元大写B. Less than four years.
C. Roughly six years.
D. About five years.
【听力原文】Conversation Two
W: M: Good afternoon. Sorry to have kept you waiting. How can I help you?
W: Oh, no problem. (12) I'm interested in booking a holiday to Australia and wonder if you could tell me what deals you have.
M: Sure. Are you only looking for flights or a package holiday with everything included?
W: When you say "everything," what do you mean?
M: Well, a package holiday would include your flights, hotels, meals, day trips to different places of interest and transport to and from the airport.
W: Yeah, that sounds pretty good. (13) I'm going with my family, so it would be nice to have everything taken care of. So, what sort of deals do you have for package holidays then?
M: All sorts, really. How long do you want to go for and what dates?
W: (14) Two weeks around Christmas time would be great.
M: Okay, let me check that for you. Here's one, 14 nights in southeastern Australia. Five nights in Sydney and five nights in Melbourne, and then for the other four nights you can choo from a list of trips to other places nearby. You could visit Canberra, for example, or the Blue Mountains, or you could go for a drive down the Great Ocean Road. Also, if you' re interested in wine, you could go on a tour of the places where they grow grapes and make wine.
W: That sounds great. (15) It's good we can choo some activities ourlves.
Questions 12 to 15 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.
12. Where is the conversation taking place?
A. At a travel agency.
B. At an Australian airport.
C. At an airline transfer rvice.
D. At a local transportation authority.
13. Why is the woman interested in package holidays?
A. She would be able to visit more scenic spots.
B. She wanted to save as much money as possible.
C. She would like to have everything taken care of.
D. She wanted to spend more time with her family.
14. How long does the woman want to go for the holiday?
A. Four days.
B. Five days.
C. One week.
D. Two weeks.
伤感的照片15. What does the woman say she likes about the holiday package?
A. Choosing some activities herlf.
B. Spending Christmas with Australians.
C. Driving along the Great Ocean Road.
D. Learning more about wine making.
Section C
Directions: In this ction, 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 choo 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.
【听力原文】Passage One
(16) Tourists taking a holiday in the Indonesian island of Bali are facing a new $ 14-per-person tax when they arrive on the holiday island from next year. But this is a green tax, which Bali Governor Wayan Koster has been working on for months, and which is designed to help clean up the island's natural environment, and with good reason, too. Indonesia is drowning in plastics. (17) Recycling is not one of the country's strong points. It's not uncommon to be offered many more plastic bags than one could ever need when visiting supermarkets and shopping malls. But, slowly, things are starting to change for the better. Back in 2016, the medium-sized city of Banjarmasin banned-single-u plastic bags. The city of Bogor followed suit in 2018. (18) A few months ago, Koster announced a plan that would not . only ban single-u plastic bags from supermarkets and convenience stores, but plastic bags and straws across the island. The regulation will come into full effect next month. "We received a fast and quick respon from the Baline people. Not only positive respons from the Baline, we received good respons from the central government, other local governments an
d even from overas." Koster told the Sydney Morning Herald this week during an interview. The governor is a determined environmentalist and he has more laws planned to protect the island's waterways, in particular, and to support the introduction of electric vehicles too.
Questions 16 to 18 are bad on the passage you have just heard.
16. What would tourists have to do when they visit Indonesia's Bali Island?
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A. Bring their own bags when shopping.
B. U public transport when traveling.
C. Dispo of their trash properly.
D. Pay a green tax upon arrival.
17. What does the passage say about Indonesia?
A. It has not been doing a good job in recycling.
