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1、2020年12月大学英语四级考试真题（二）Part II Listening ComprehensionSection ANews Report One【听力原文】11A waiter has returned a check worth nearly 424,000 dollars to a retired social worker who lost it. The waiter found a bank envelop while cleaning off a table last Saturday at restaurant. He ran outside but the custom
2、er was gone. He opened the envelope and got a shock. After an unsuccessful search, the restaurants 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 the down payment on a new home. Th
3、e customer did not tip the waiter after her meal. 21 She12. Where is the conversation taking place?13. Why is the woman interested in package holidays?14. How long does the woman want to go for the holiday?15. What does the woman say she likes about the holiday package?Section CPassage One【听力原文】16To
4、urists taking a holiday in the Indonesian island of Bali are facing a new $14 per person tax when they arrived on the holiday island from next year. But this is a green tax, which Bali governor Wayan Koster had been working on for months and which is designed to help clean up the island natural envi
5、ronment and with good reason, too.-17Indonesia is drowning in plastics. Recycling is not one of the countries strong points. Its not uncommon to be offered many more plastic bags than one could ever need when visiting the supermarkets and shopping malls. But slowly, things are starting to change for
6、 the better.Back in 2016, the medium-sized the city of Banjarmasin banned single-used plastic bags. The city of Bogor followed suit in 2018. A few months ago, 18Koster announced the plan that would not only ban the single-used plastic bags from supermarkets and convenience stores but plastic bags an
7、d straws acioss the island. The regulation will come into full effect next month. We received a fast and quick response for the Balinese people, not only positive responses for the Balinese, we received good responses from the central government, other local governments and even from overseas?9 Kost
8、er 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 islands water ways in particular and tosupport the introduction of electric vehicles too.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have jus
9、t heard.16. What will tourists have to do when they visit Indonesias Bali Island?17. What does the passage say about Indonesia?18. What is the new plan governor Koster recently announced?Passage Two【听力原文】19 An endangered species of whale is experiencing a small baby boom of the coast America. The no
10、rth Atlantic right whale is one of the rarest species on the planet, numbering only about 411. But the Center for Coastal Studies said Friday that its aerial survey team spotted a mom with two babies in Cape Cod Bay a day earlier. That brings the number seen in nearby waters alone this year to 3. Th
11、ats big news because the whale population has been falling and no baby whales were seen last year. In all, seven baby whales have been spotted so far this year.120 The whale population has become endangered due to commercial whaling activities in recent years. This is because they are sometimes hunt
12、ed for their meat or their skin. Over-hunting could lead to the disappearance of the whale population, possibly causing major problems to the global food chain.121The whales give birth off the southeast coast of America in the winter and travel to feeding grounds of the northeast coast in the early
13、spring. Northeast coast is a critically important source of food. The animals often feed close to shore. This provides watchers on land with unbeatable views of one of the rarest of marine mammals. Its illegal to get within 1,500 feet of the animals without federal research permit, so well watchers
14、are discouraged from tempting to get to the whales.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. What do we learn from the passage about the North Atlantic right whale?20. What has caused the decline of the whale population in recent years?21. What do the whales travel to the n
15、ortheast coast of America in the early spring?Passage Three【听力原文】An average person consumes 144 pints of milk a year, but 40% of that is poured on to cereal and 60% of those people are children. But what was once advertised as nutrition is becoming unpopular. 221 Americans drinks 37% less milk than
16、they did in the 1970s. And in the UK, dairy consumption overall has fallen by a third in the past 20 years.123Milk is increasingly being desciibed in a negative light. A recent blog suggested:“Maybe people are drinking less milk because it is poisonous to many of us.”24Lactose is thn sugar found in
17、milk and dairy products. It needs a series of complex proteins to break it down. Without enough of these proteins, the lactose is broken down by bacteiia in the human body. This can cause physical pain and produce gas in the stomach. However, after we have finished breast and formula feeding, most o
18、f us dont continue producing the complex proteins in our bodies, which are necessary to break down the lactose. Despite the problems in degisting milk, it does provide many benefits.125Milk is nutritious-it contains vitamins A and D as well as protein and isnt fbll of calories. You can test yourself
19、 by drinking a large glass of milk. If you get sick in your stomach within the next 24 hours, you are lacking the proteins to digest milk.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage youhave just heard.22. What does the passage say about Americans?23. How do Americans and British think of milk nowada
20、ys?24. Why does drinking milk cause pain in some people?25. What does the passage say is a benefit of milk?tried to give him money later on, but he graciously declined. The waiter, whos working his way through school, didn accept the customers apology and gratitude, and said it was happy to have hel
21、ped her.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. What does the news report say about the waiter?2. What did the customer try to do when she got her check back?News Report Two【听力原文】3The village of Maref in Alaska voted oq Tuesday to move to the states mainland. The move i
22、s due to global warming and rising sea levels. Most of the villages 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. Maref Council secretary Donna Barr said the vote was largely symbolic.
23、 14It will be costly financially to the community. About 15 years ago, they estimated the cost at $180 million.14I would figure its much higher now,“ Barr said, “wk dont see the move happening in our lifetime because of the funding. The villages roughly 650 residents have seen warming temperatures m
24、elt sea ice and permanently frozen land. This has resulted in houses 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 based on the news report you have just heard.3. What
25、is Maref9s vote on Tuesday about?4. Why did Donna Barr say they wouldnt see the plan carried out any time soon?News Report Three【听力原文】5A man in Halifax Canada wanted to find out ifpeople are thankful for someone holding the door open for them.17The social experiment showed that 99 out of 100 people
26、express gratitude. I didnt think we were going to get 99. I dont know why, but I was pleasantly surprised because beyond just thank you-people got into conversation with us J said Steve Foran, CEO of Gratitude at Work. What we know from research is that from grateful people come good things”, he sai
27、d. 16 A simple way to induce gratitude in people is opening doors and so we went to six places and open the doors for people. For the experiment, Forans 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. W
28、e did have one that didnt say thank you. We were not here to judge them because on any given day that could be me or you. I suspect that at the 100 people that were probably a bunch of them having a bad day. But grateful peoplemake people gratefuF said Foran.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news re
29、port you have just heard.5. What is the purpose of the social experiment?6. What did Steve Foran and his team do in the experiment?7. What do we learn from the experiment?Section BConversation One【听力原文】W: Raise Solar. Lisas speaking. How can I help?M: Hi, my name is Winston.18I wish to inquire about
30、 solar panel installations.W: Yes, what would you like to know?M: 9Well, 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 $500thus far. Does that sound about right to you?W: Well. Im not familiar with your neighbor or his pa
31、rticular setup, but that amount is definitely possible. I can tell you that the average four-bedroom house may typically have a roof with fifty square meters of surface area. Four panels on one side of that roof could save a family of four around three hundred dollars a year.M: Ok. That sounds about
32、 right then. 91My house is about the size you described, but my neighbors is bigger. Im not sure how many panels he has up there,19but he does have a large family of six.W: Are you interested in installing some solar panels on your roof, sir?M: Yes. Im considering it.W: If you wish to come into our
33、office, we could show you the different solutions we offer.M: Ok. I might do that. But just quickly, flOlif you dont mind, could you tell me approximately how much a typical installation costs, like, say, four panels?W: Prices do vary depending on different factors, but as a rough estimate, its arou
34、nd $2,000. you know, a typical household will make back that initial investment in about five years.M: Ok. I see. Thank you.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. What is the mans purpose for calling the woman?9. What do we learn about the mans neighbor from the conve
35、rsation?10. What is one of the mans chief concerns?11. How long will it take a typical household to make back the initial investment?【答案】DConversation Two【听力原文】M: Good afternoon, Sorry to have kept you waiting. How can I help you?W: Oh, no problem.112 I am interested in booking a holiday to Australi
36、a and wonder if you could tell me what deals do you have?M: Sure, are you only looking for flights or package holiday with everything included?W: When you say everything, what do you mean?M:Well , 12 a package holiday will includeflights, hotels, meals, day trips to differentplaces of inteiest and t
37、he transport to and from the airport.W:13Yeah, that sounds pretty good. I am going with my family, so it will be nice to have everything taken care of So what sorts of deals do you have for package holidays, then?M: All sorts, really. How long do you want to go for? And what days?W:14 Two weeks arou
38、nd Christmas time will be great.M: Ok, let me check that for you. Here is one, fourteen nights in southeastern of Australia, five nights in Sydney and five nights in Melbourne. And then for the other four nights, you can choose from a list of trips to other places nearby. You could visit Canberra, f
39、or example, or the blue mountains. Or you could go for a drive down the Great Ocean Road. Also, if youre interested in wine, you could go on a tour of the places where they grow grapes and make wineW: That sounds great.great we can choose some activities ourselves.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.