20xx年12月22日大学英语四级(cet-4)真题试卷(编辑修改稿)

20xx年12月22日大学英语四级(cet-4)真题试卷(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

em. 22. A) At home. B) In the man’s car. C) By the side of a taxi. D) At the airport. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) She is thirsty for promotion. B) She is tired of her present work. C) She wants a much higher salary. D) She wants to save travel expenses. 24. A) Language instructor. B) Environmental engineer. C) Translator. D) Travel agent. 25. A) Devotion and work efficiency. B) Lively personality and inquiring mind. C) Communication skills and team spirit. D) Education and experience. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some 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 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。 Passage One Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) They want children to keep them pany. B) They want to enrich their life experience. C) They need looking after in their old age. D) They care a lot about children. 27. A) Their birth parents often try to conceal their birth information. B) They are usually adopted from distant places. C) Their birth information is usually kept secret. D) Their adoptive parents don’t want them to know their birth parents. 28. A) They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents. B) They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents. C) They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents. D) They are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search. 29. A) Adoption has much to do with love. B) Understanding is the key to successful adoption. C) Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas. D) Early adoption makes for closer parentchild relationship. Passage Two Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. A) He suffered from mental illness. B) He bought The Washington Post. C) He was once a reporter for a major newspaper. D) He turned a failing newspaper into a success. 31. A) She mitted suicide because of her mental disorder. B) She got her first job as a teacher at the University of Chicago. C) She was the first woman to lead a big . publishing pany. D) She took over her father’s position when he died. 32. A) Katharine had exerted an important influence on the world. B) People came to see the role of women in the business world. C) American media would be quite different without Katharine. D) Katharine played a major part in reshaping Americans’ mind. Passage Three 8 / 16 大家版一字千金 2020年 12月 22日大学英语四级 (CET4)真题 大家网原创出品。 更多精品持续发布中。 Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. A) It’ll allow them to receive free medical treatment. B) It’ll prevent the doctors from overcharging them. C) It’ll enable them to enjoy the best medical care. D) It’ll protect them from possible financial crises. 34. A) They may not be able to receive timely medical treatment. B) They can only visit doctors who speak their native languages. C) They have to go through very plicated application procedures. D) They can’t immediately get back the money paid for their medical cost. 35. A) They must send the receipts to the insurance pany promptly. B) They have to pay a much higher price to get an insurance policy. C) They needn’t pay the entire medical bill at once. D) They don’t have to pay for the medical services. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. 注意：此部分试题 请 在答题卡 2上 作答。 More and more of the world’s population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is (36) __________. Between 1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries (37) ________ two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size. The (38) __________ size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very (39) __________ signs of trouble in the (40) __________ of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry. During the nieenth century cities grew as a result of the growth of industry. In Europe the (41) __________ of people living in cities was always smaller than that of the (42) __________ working in factories. Now, however, the (43) __________ is almost always true in the newly industrialised world: (44) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Without a base of people working in industry, these cities cannot pay for their growth。 (45) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. There has been little opportunity to build water supplies or other facilities. (46) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children. Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten bla。