1、2020年9月四级真题答案与详解(第1套)江题思路这次四级写作没有明确的体裁要求,考生的发挥空间较大。但就此次话题”在线图书馆”而言,议论文可能对大多数考生而言更加驾轻就熟。写作时可以围绕在线图书馆的优势或不足展开。考生可以套用议论文常见的三段式行文结构写作:第一段引出话题,表明写作目的;然后将重点放在第二段具体阐述上;最后第三段总结全文,提出建议或做进一步展望。Part I Writing O词汇素材与“图书馆”相关与“在线图书馆”相关a collection of books藏书convenient k;:in1vi:ni;:int a.便利的亚yup不睡觉,熬夜up-to-date实时更
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3、分范文Online Libraries removable n1rnu:v;)加l a.可移动的accessible 咄ses加I a.易接近的;易进入的digital I山d31tl a.数字的round-the-clock availability 24小时开放information retrieval信息检索生活在一个信息高度共享的时代,我们见证了在线图书馆的日益流行1.节省时间和精力,足不出户就能获取信息2.丰岱的数字资源,如珍跋本或外文书籍3.不必在图书馆徘徊,直接下载到电脑,可以自由选择阅读方式和阅读时间在线图书馆是一个帮助我们轻松获取知识的强大工具参考译文在线图书馆Living
4、in an era of shared infom啦on,we have witnessed 生活在一个信息共享的时代,我们an increasing popularity of online libraries which bring us 见证了在线图书馆的日益流行,它们为much more convenience than ever before.This essay aims 我们带来了比以往更多的便捷。这篇文to tell you the advantages of using online libraries.章旨在告诉你使用在线图书馆的优势。2020.9/9(第1套)Firstl
5、y,it saves you a great deal of time and,巠nergysearching information via online libraries.You can get the information you need without stepping out of your donn room.Secondly,the abundant digital information might go beyond your imagination compared with physical libraries.For example,online librarie
6、s m吐e it possible for you to read some rare books,or some foreign books or papers inaccessible at home.Finally,you neednt linger江oundbook shelves or咄e notes in libraries.As long as there is an Internet access,you can decide when and how to read them.To sum up,we get a much easier access to knowledge
7、 by use of online libraries which are a powerful tool for modem people to read,study and research.Thus,everyone is expected to learn how to use them.第一,通过在线图书馆搜索信息节省了你大量的时间和精力。不用走出宿舍门你就能够获取你所需要的信息。第二,与实体图书馆相比,丰富的数字化信息可能超出了你的想象。例如,在线图书馆使阅读一些珍藏本或者一些在国内还无法获取的外文书籍或论文成为可能。最后,你不必搞样于书架之间,或在图书馆里记笔记。只要有网络连接,
8、你就可以决定何时以何种方式阅读它们。总之,通过利用在线图书馆,我们可以更轻松地获取知识,这真是现代人阅读、学习和科研的一种强大工具。因此,每个人都应该学会如何使用在线图书馆。俄质能苟型0引入话题1.Living in a.era/society,we have witnessed an increasing popularity of.生活在一个的时代社会,我们见证了的日益流行。2.Recently,the issue/phenomenon of.has aroused intense scholarly interest/wide social concern.最近,问题现象已经引起了强烈的
9、学术兴趣广泛的社会关注。0阐述观点1.Despite the convenience online libraries bring to us,there is still a feeling of loss when youinstead忒尽管在线图书馆给我们带来了诸多便利,但当你而不是时,会产生一种失落感。2.Online libraries make it possible for sb.to在线图书馆使某人做成为可能。3.There is a possibility tha七存在这样一种可能:。0总结全文1.To conclude,it is much easier for us to
10、by use of.总而言之,的使用使我们变得更容易。2.Therefore,we can easily draw a conclusion that.not only.but also.因此,我们可以很容易得出结论,不仅也。Living in a(an)(与话题相关的限定语)era,we have witnessed an increasing popularity of(与话题相关的事物A)which bring(s)us(该事物带来的影响)This essay aims to(说明写作目的)Firstly,it saves you a great deal of time and ene
11、rgy旦点1).Secondly,(要点2)might go beyond your?on compared with(与话题相对的事物).For example,(举例说明).Finally,(要点3).To sum up,(总结全文)生活在一个的时代,我们见证了的日益流行,它(们)为我们带来了。这篇文章旨在。第一,节省了你大量的时间和精力。第二,与相比,可能超出了你的想象。例如,。最后,。总之,。292,o.1.10.(第1套)Part II Listening Comprehension Ii News Report One ii A NASA satellite orbiting ov
12、er Portugal took photographs that reveal the effects of pollution from ships.One of the photos shows a thin film of clouds above the brilliant blue of the North Atlantic,cut by white lines of thicker clouds that look like scars.(1)NASA officials expl皿ed those thicker clouds 扛e si ns of shi traffic b
13、elow.When shi s ower their wa throu h the ocean they pum exhaust into the atmos here just as cars do.And those massive amounts of articles can cause clouds to form.Get enough of those p邱des in one place,as from the exhaust of a ship,and they can lead to the creation of new clouds easily visible from
14、 space.These clouds can be huge.Some of them stretch hundreds of kilometres from end to end,NASA officials said.(2)Its likely that these sorts of clouds扛e having some effect on the lobal climate accordin to NASA officials.But scientists江ent yet sure what effect it has.Questions 1 and 2 are b邸ed on t
15、he news report you have just heard.1.What has caused the thick clouds in the photos taken by NASA satellite?2.What do NASA officials think about the thick clouds?,听前猜测预览两道题各选项,由选项中出现的exhaust、particles、emitted、climate可推测,新闻内容与环境和气候有关。根据第1题选项中的ship traffic、exhaust from cars、particles等词可推测,本题考查造成环境污染的因
16、素是什么;根据第2题选项中的seriously、effect、trouble、affec血g等词可推测,本题考查环境污染的影响。同试题详解1.什么造成了美国宇航局卫星拍摄照片中的浓厚云层?A)大西洋上的船舶交通。C)欧洲汽车排放的尾气。B)海洋中的暖流。D)发电厂排放的颗粒。详酌A)。新闻开头提到,美国宇航局官员解释说这些较厚的云层是大西洋上船舶往来的痕记。当船舶穿过海洋,它们就像汽车一样将废气排放到大气中,大址的颗粒物便形成了云层。因此答案为A)。2.美国宇航局官员如何看待这些浓厚的云层?A)它们需要被认真对待。C)它们可能会给航班带来麻烦。B)它们会对渔业产生重大影响。D)它们可能会影晌世
17、界气候。了2癖D)。新闻末尾提到,美国宇航局官员称,这些云层面积很大,可绵延数百公里,很可能会对全球气候造成一定的影响。因此答案为D)。O词汇注释reveal nvi:l v.展示,揭示brilliant bnlj;nt a.灿烂的,明亮的exhaust 1gzo:st n.废气massive 1m安srva.巨大的visible 1v1zibal a.可见的stretch stretf v.延伸I 妞s_!_l)!l_TwJ Staff at a suburban supermarket in Melbourne say they feel unsafe at work after secu
18、rity guards were removed.This came after a series of physical attacks and verbal abuse by customers.(3)些than 50 workers at the store have si ned a letter callin for a ermanent security ard followin a series 2020.9/11(第1套)of incidents includin a customer threatenin to attack a su ervisor with a knife
19、.A security worker had guarded the store each night from 7 p.m.until 12 a.m.,but that had stopped suddenly on Monday,employees said.One worker said an angry customer had thrown a chicken at his head after complaining about how long she had waited to be served.Another worker said the lack of protecti
20、on at the store made her feel uncomfortable at work.(4)However the okesman of the su ennarket said the store had taken stron action in res onse to incidents.We have found ve few instances of bad customer behavior at our store in the ast ear.In the rare cases we have seen bad behavior we have taken s
21、tron action in re onse includin bannin a customer from the store.Questio皿3 and4 are b邸ed on the news report you have j皿t heard.3.For what purpose did the st.aff at a supermarket in Melbourne sign a letter?4.W证t did the spokesman of the supermarket say regarding the employeesdemand?预览两道题各选项,由选项中的high
22、er wages、better health care、supervisor、customersneeds等词推测,新闻内容可能与员工待遇以及顾客需求有关。第3题各选项均为不定式结构,且appeal、demand、call for均表达诉求之意,可能考查员工或顾客的诉求;第4题各选项均表达采取某一措施,可能考查如何满足员工或顾客的诉求。-3.墨尔本一家超市的员工联名写信的目的是什么?A)呼吁涨工资。C)要求一位长期的保安。B)要求获得更好的医疗保健服务。D)解雇这位脾气暴躁的主管。重C)。新闻开头提到,墨尔本郊区一家超市的员工表示保安撤离后他们缺乏安全感,此前该超市员工遭到了顾客的肢体攻击和口
23、头谩骂。在发生了一系列事件后,超市60多名员工联名写信,要求雇用一名长期保安。因此答案为C)。4.关千员工的要求,超市的发言人说了什么?A)超市已经采取了强有力的措施。C)超市会认真考虑他们的诉求。B)超市会把顾客的需求放在第一位。D)超市正在向警方寻求帮助。卢A)。新闻末尾提到,超市已经采取强有力的措施来应对这些冲突,在过去一年里,几乎没有发现顾客的不良行为。而在为数不多的几次冲突中,超市也采取了措施,比如禁止一位顾客进入超市。因此答案为A)。suburban s1b3:b叩 a.郊区的verbal 1v3:bal a.口头的permanent 如:ma的nt a.永久的supervisor
24、 su:pva1za n.主管spokesman 1spauksman n.发言人in response to回应rare rea a.稀有的ban b纪n v.禁止压ws Report Three II(5)Drivers on their wa to the Polish ca ital of Warsaw on Wednesda mornin fo皿d the roadblocked b an unusual obstacle:tons of li uid chocolate that illed onto the motorway.(6)A truck cthe sweet load
25、hit a road barrier and overturned blockin two lanes.The cracked tank spilled a pool of rapidly-hardening chocolate,which quickly covered the width of the road.While the driver was taken to hospital with a broken ann,firefighters struggled to remove a reported twelve tons of solid chocolate from the
26、road.(7)A re resent.ative for the fireti ters told the local TV that remothe chocolate was worse than dealing with snow.After contacting the chocolate manufacturer,the firefighters resorted to spraying hot,pressurized water to get rid of the sticky substance.吓e local TV also noted that the cleanup s
27、panned more than a mile,because drivers simply drove through the 2020.9/12(第1套)chocolate after the crash,leaving a long chocolate trail.But despite the sticky situation,firefighters and police attending to the cleanup were reportedly cheerful about the long啦k ahead.After all,who could be mad about t
28、welve tons of chocolate?Questions 5 to 7 are b邸ed on the news report you have just heard.5.What did drivers on the motorway to Warsaw find?6.What does the report say about the accident?7.What did the firefighters representative tell the local TV?切湔预览三道题各选项,由选项中出现的road、truck、driver、cleanup等词可推测,新闻内容与
29、交通事故有关。结合各选项语义可进一步推测,第5 题可能考查道路上出了什么状况,第6 题可能考查事故的原因,第7 题考查事故造成的影响。雹s.在去往华沙的路上,司机们发现了什么?A)路被淹了。C)路被雪冻住了。B)路被堵塞了。D)路上满是洒出的汽油。(详酌B)。新闻开头提到,周三早上,在去往波兰首都华沙的高速公路上,司机们发现道路被数吨洒出的液体巧克力 堵塞了。因此答案为B)。6.关于这场事故,这篇报道说了什么?A)一辆卡车陷人了一滩液体巧克力中。C)卡车司机在开车时打訰。B)大雪使开车变得很难。D)一辆卡车撞到路障后翻倒了。(f详解D)。新闻中提到,一辆载满甜食的卡车撞到路障后翻车,堵塞了两条
30、车道。因此答案为D)。,.消防员代表告诉当地电视台什么?A)他们花了很长时间才清理完道路。C)幸运的是没有乘客受伤。B)清理这些洒出物是一个艰巨任务。D)很难联系上生产厂家。i详详储B)。新闻中提到,一名消防员代表告诉当地电视台,清理这些巧克力比清理大雪还难,由此推断,清理洒出的巧克力是一个艰巨的任务。因此答案为B)。一block blnk v.阻塞,阻挡overturn 1auva如n v.翻倒;推翻lane lem n.车道representative 1repnzentativ n.代表:manufacturer ,m印njuf创ktJrJ n.!resort to求助于,诉诸于lget
31、 rid of摆脱,除去lsticky st1ki a.黏性的lleootiO!一。严I生产商M:Lisa,why did you pay for your meal with cash instead of the payment apps on your phone?W:Well,Ive gone back to cash.Im only using payment apps if thats the only option.(8)Im tcying to save mone for a new hone,and I find that usin cash rather than ayme
32、nt ap s hel s me to save.M:But how?Money is money,isnt it?I dont think it matters whether you take it out to the bank and put it in your wallet or simply transfer from your bank account to the sellers bank account using an app.W:No,I believe it does matter.Its a psychological phenomenon.(9)I believe
33、 we have less connection with the value of our mone when we just尥the A rove buttons on our hones.M:You might have a point.Since I stopped carrying cash aro皿d and started using my phone apps to pay,(10)I ma have develo ed a tendenc to b more small or non-essential items.W:Thats highly possible.Think
34、about the amount of time we spend with our phones in our hands,and 22.9-/13(第1套)all the things we do with our phones.It sometimes seems that our phone is buying the product for us,not ourselves.M:(11-1)So cashless pa血ent affects our ability to budget?W:I believe so.If we spend a hundred yuan in cash
35、,we realize that we dont have that hundred yuan to spend on something else.But让were spending electronically,we are less likely to make that mental calculation.M:(11-2)I sto ed usin m credit card because I found I was s endin excessive!.Perha s I should take the same approach of paying using my phone
36、.W:Its worth considering.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.Why did the woman decide to go back to cash for payment?9.What happens when people use apps for payment according to the woman?10.What might the man tend to buy with payment apps?11.What does the man think
37、 of electronic payment?霾听前猜测预览四道题各选项,由各选项出现的save、use cash、discounts、using phone apps、purchases、buying、money、shopping等词可推测,对话内容与手机购物有关;再结合improve shopping efficiency、altering the way of shopping、lead to excessive spending可进一步推测,对话内容涉及手机购物的利弊。男试题详解8.为什么女士决定回到用现金支付的付款方式?A)她想攒钱买一部新手机。C)她用现金支付可享受折扣。B)她发现
38、用现金安全得多。D)她用手机软件时曾被骗。(!详碗 A)。对话开头,男士询问女士为何不用手机支付而是用现金支付。女士说她想攒钱买一部新手机她发现用现金付款能帮自己省钱。因此答案为A)。9.女士认为,人们用手机支付会怎样?A)他们能节省时间,避免麻烦。C)他们从购物中得到更多乐趣。B)他们购物更加容易。D)他们不太留意金钱的价值。亘D)。对话中,两人对现金支付和手机支付持不同的看法,女士认为现金支付有助于省钱,男士却认为这两种 方式没有区别。女士向男士解释,这是一种心理现象,当我们只是在手机上点击“同意支付”按钮时,我们对金钱的价值就不那么在意了。因此答案为D)。10.男士倾向千用支付软件买什么
39、?A)更贵重的物品。C)日常必需品。B)更多非必需品。D)电子设备。霆B)。对话过程中,男士逐渐认同女士的观点,他说自已开始使用手机上的应用程序支付之后,可能已经养成了购买更多的小物件或者非必需品的习惯。因此答案为B)。11.男士如何看待电子支付?A)它能够提高购物效率。C)它可能会导致过度消费。B)它正改变购物方式。D)它对年轻人 更有吸引力。,一jJJ C)。对话末尾,男士认为无现金支付会影响我们 的预算能力,他之所以停用信用卡就是因为发现这种支付方式会导致过度消费,他觉得自己也应该停止使用手机支付。也就是说,男士认为电子支付可能会导致过度消费。因此答案为C)。O词汇注释option 1o
40、pf an n.选择transfer tr无ns知V.转移,移动account 1kaunt九账户psychological ,sa1匝lod31k3l a.心理的tendency tend.函 n.趋势budget bAd3兀 n.预算2020.9/14(第1套)ll!ea吵Tu叶W:(12-1)Hello Mr.Brown.I was e ectin our call.M secre told me ou were havin some problems with the wooden也ble.Is that right?M:(12-2)No,no.The table is fine.Th
41、e problem is the chairs.W:Oh,the chairs.So what exactly is the issue?M:Well,put simply,these are not the chairs my wife and I selected in your store last week.There must be some confusion with our order.W:Oh,I see.Im looking through my files now,and I see that the delivery was this morning.Is that c
42、orrect?M:Yes.W:(13)Do ou mind describin the chairs that were delivered to our a artment,Mr.Brown?M:Sure.These have a flat back with a rounded top and are very heavy.They are light brown and look kind of cheap.The ones we ordered were dark brown to match the也ble.W:Right,of course.It says here you pur
43、chased the Arlington table and four Milano chairs.As you 函d,there must have been some confusion with the order.Im terribly sorry.(14)We will send a van to collect those four and re lace them with the M认ano ou urchased.Will tomorrow 9 a.m.be okay,Mr.Brown?M:Yes,that would be great.Thank you.W:Good.Di
44、d everything else you ordered from us arrive okay?M:Yes,I think so.Let me check.The mirror and two paintings are here.The two coffee tables are also here.And the sofaYes,we havent noticed anything else wrong or missing.But if we do,we will certainly let you!mow.W:Okay,great.(15)Once a ain Im so for
45、the confusion and trouble caused.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.Why did the man call the woman?13.What did the woman ask the man to do?14.What did the woman promise to do for the man?15.What did the woman do at the end of the conversation?听前猜测预览四道题各选项,由第12题和第
46、13题选项中反复出现的furniture和delivered、refund、send.back等词可初步推测,对话内容与购买家具有关;再结合各选项语义可进一步推测,第12题主要考查购买家具遇到的问题,第13题主要考查如何处理这些家具,第14、15题考查解决问题的做法和态度。罔试题详解12.男士为什么给女士打电话?A)他想订购一些木制家具。C)他收到的家具有问题。B)他要更改家具的送货时间。D)他想要家具店退款。,详解、C)。对话开头,女士说秘书告诉自己男士购买的桌子有问题。男士回答说有问题的不是桌子,而是椅子。由此可知,男士打电话的原因是他收到的椅子有问题。因此答案为C)。13.女士要求男士做
47、什么?A)将家具退回家具店。C)签收他订购的家具。B)描述一下他收到的家具。D)购买另一品牌的家具。直B)。男士告知女士是椅子有问题后,女士请男士描述送到他公寓的椅子的情况。因此答案为B)。14.女士承诺为男士做什么?A)改正他们的错误。B)改善他们的服务。C)向男士的妻子道歉。D)退还钱款。2020.9/15(第1套)20.迈克希望其他人做些什么?A)加强合作。C)赢得国家的支持。B)增进理解。D)效仿他的做法。,一详慎D)。短文中提到,迈克希望自己的善举可以影响其他人,在他们自己的城镇传播善业。因此答案为D)。21.全国的人们对迈克所做的事情有何反应?A)传播他的事迹。,C)效仿他的做法。
48、B)给他写感谢信。D)送他手工制作的包。严D)。短文最后提到,迈克的善举影响了很多人,全国各地的人们都给他送来了特制的手工包,以帮助这个以助人为己任的年轻人。因此答案为D)。旺vulnerable v血的切I a.易受攻击的;易受伤的resident rez1dnt n.居民deliver d1liv3 v.派送,递送comment knment v.评论handwritten 1h无ndntn a.手写的handcrafted 1h纪nd,kra:ft1d a.手工制作的mission m1Jan n.使命II 鲍sage Three II(22)In a recent stu carrie
49、d out b cholts on the dis tive effects of sm hones two ou s of colle e students wereven word search uzzles.The first group was told to complete the puzzles with its participantssmartphones in their line of sight.The second group,however,was told that the phones would interfere with the equipment in
50、the experiment,and would need to be moved away from the testing area.Midway through the second groups solving of the puzzles,the experimenter called one of the phones and let it ring for a while before hanging up.(23)Many of the students in that group were unable to focus from then on becomin anxiou