2019年6月英语四级听力理解真题及答案：卷一

　　Section A:

　　News Report One

　　(1)A nine yearold central California boy braved strong currents and cold water to swim fromSan Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back. A California television station inFresno reported Tuesday that James Savage set a record as the youngest swimmerto make the journey to the former prison. The TV station reported that bycompleting the swim the fourth grade student from Los Banyuls broke a recordpreviously held by a ten year old boy. James said that waves in the SanFrancisco Bay hitting him in the face thirty minutes into his swim made himwant to give up. His father said he had offered his son one hundred dollars asa reward. (2)To encourage his struggling son he doubled it to two hundreddollars. James pushed forward making it to Alcatraz island and back in alittle more than two hours. Alcatraz is over a mile from the mainland.

　　Questions 1 and 2are based on the news report you have just head.

　　1. What did theboy from central California do according to the report?

　　2. What did the father do to encourage his son?

　　答案

　　1. A) He set a record by swimming to and from an island.

　　2. A) He doubled the reward.

　　News Report Two

　　On January 1, new regulations will come into effect whicheliminate an annual leave bonus for people who put off marrying until the ageof 23 for women and 25 for men the South China morning post reports. (3)The holidaybonus was designed to encourage young people to delay getting married in linewith China's one child policy.But with that policynow being abolished, this holiday incentive is no longernecessary the government says.In Shanghai, a youngcouple at a marriage registration office told the paper that they decided toregister their marriage as soon as possible to take advantage of the existingpolicy because an extra holiday was a big deal for them.In Beijing,one registration office had about 300 couples seeking to get married the dayafter the changes were announced, rather than the usual number of between 70and 80. (4)But one lawyer tells the paper that the changes still have to beadopted by local governments and these procedures take time.So peoplewho are rushing to register for marriage can relax.

　　Questions 3 and 4are based on the news report you have just head.

　　3.What was the purpose of the annual leave bonusin China?

　　4. What do we learn about the new regulations?

　　答案：

　　3. B) To encourage the late marriage.

　　4. D) They will not come into immediate effect.

　　News Report 3

　　(6) Everyone loves a goodhouse party, but the cleaning-up in the next morning isn’t as enjoyable. Now,however, a New Zealand based startup company aims to bring messy homes and evensplitting headaches back to normal. The probably named startup Morning-AfterMaids, was launched about a month ago in Auckland by roommates Rebecca Follyand Catherine Arthurs. Aside from cleaning-up, the two will also cookbreakfast, and even get coffee and painkillers for recovering marry makers. Althoughthey are both gainfully employed, they fit cleaning jobs into their nights andweekends, which is when their service is in most demand any way. Besides being floodedwith request from across the country, Folly and Arthurs have also receivedthe request from US and Canada to provide services there. (7)They arereportedly meeting with lawyers to see how best to take the business forward.

　　Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

　　5. what isthe news report mainly about?

　　6. what is acommon problem with a house party?

　　7. What areRebecca Folly and Catherine Arthurs planning to do?

　　答案：

　　5. A) Cleaning service ingreat demand all over the world.

　　6. B) It leaves the house in a mess.

　　7. D) Expand their business.

　　Section B:

　　ConversationOne

　　W: Kyle, (8)howdid your driver's theory exam go? It was yesterday, right?

　　M: Yes, I prepared as much as I could, butI was so nervous since it was my second try. The people who worked at the textcenter were very kind though, we had a little conversation which calmed me downa bit, and that was just what I needed. Then, after the exam, they printed outmy result, but I was afraid to open it until I was outside, it was such arelief to pass.

　　W: Congratulations. I knew you could do it!I guess you (9) underestimated how difficult itwould be the first time, didn’t you? I hear a lot of people make thatmistake and go in under-prepared. But good job in passing the second time. I'mso proud of you. Now, all you have to do next is your road test. Have you hadany lessons yet?

　　M: Yes, thanks, I'm so happy to be actuallyon the road now. (10)I have only had two drivinglessons so far, and my instructor is very understanding, so I'm really enjoyingit. And I can't wait for my next session. Although the lessons are ratherexpensive, 20 pounds an hour. And the instructor says I’ll needabout 30 to 40 lessons in total, that's what——6 to 8 hundred pounds. (11)So this time I’llneed to make a lot more effort and hopefully will be successful the first time.

　　W: Well, good luck.

　　8. What did the man do yesterday?

　　9. Why did he fail the exam the first time?

　　10 What did the man say about his drivinglessons?

　　11. What did the man hope to do next?

　　答案：

　　8. C) He took the driver’s theory exam.

　　9. A) He was not well prepared.

　　10. B) They are costly.

　　11. A) Pass his road test the first time.

　　ConversationTwo

　　M：EmmaI got accepted to the university of LEEDS since you're going to university inEngland. 12.Do you know how much it is for international students to studythere?

　　W：Congratulations.Yes, I believe for international students, you'll have to pay around 13,000pounds a year. It’s just a bit more than the local students.

　　M: okay, so that'sabout 17,000 dollars for the tuition and fees. anyway,13 I’m only going tobe there for a year doing my masters. So it's pretty good .If I stayed inthe US it take two years and cost at least 50,000 dollars in tuition alonealso, 14.I have a good chance of winning a scholarship at LEEDS, which wouldbe pretty awesome. The benefits of being a music genius.

　　W: Yeah,14. Iheard you're a talented piano player. So you're doing a postgraduate degreenow. I'm still in my last year graduating next June, finally, I’ll be done withmy studies and could go on to earning loads of money.

　　M: Are you stillplanning on being a teacher? No money in that job then.

　　W: You'd besurprised. 15.I'm still going to be a teacher. But the plan is towork at an international school overseas. After I get a year or so experience in England, It's better pay. And Iget to travel, which reminds me. I'm late for my class, and I’ve got somedocuments I need to print out first. I'd better run.

　　12. What does theman want to know?

　　13. What is theman going to do?

　　14. What mightqualify the man for a scholarship at LEEDS university?

　　15.What is thewoman planning to do after graduation?

　　答案：

　　12. C) Leeds’ tuition for international students

　　13. D) Pursue postgraduate studies

　　14. B) His outstanding musical talent

　　15. D) Teach overseas

　　Section C:

　　PassageOne

　　(16) Scientistshave identified thousands of known ant species around the world—and only a few of them bug humans. Most ants live in the woods or out innature. There, they keep other creatures in check, distribute seeds, and cleandead and decaying materials from the ground.

　　Avery small percentage of ants do harm to humans. But those are incrediblychallenging to control. They are small enough to easily slip inside your house,live in colonies that number in the tens of thousands to the hundreds ofthousands, and reproduce quickly. Thatmakes them good at getting in, and hard to kick out. Once they settle in, theseinsects start affecting your home. In addition to biting ants, other speciescan cause different kinds of damage. (17) Some, like carpenter ants, can undermine a home structure, while others interferewith electrical units.

　　Unfortunately, our homes are very attractiveto ants, because they provide everything the colony needs to survive, such asfood, water, and shelter. So how can we prevent ants from getting into ourhomes? (18) Most important of all, avoid giving ants any access to food,particularly sugary food, because ants have a sweet tooth. We also need toclean up spills as soon as they occur and store food in airtight containers.Even garbage attracts ants, so empty your trash as often as possible, and storeyour outside garbage in a lidded can, well away from doors and windows.

　　Questions16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　16.What does the passage say about ants?

　　17.What do we learn from the passage about carpenter ants?

　　18.What can we do to prevent ants from getting into our homes?

　　答案：

　　16. C) Only a few species cause trouble to humans.

　　17. B) They can cause damageto people's homes.

　　18. A) Deny them access to any food.

　　Passage Two

　　(19)My research focus is on what happens to our immunesystem as we age. So the jobof the immune system is to fight infections. It also protects us from virusesand from auto immune diseases. Weknow that as we get older， it's easier for us toget infections. So older adultshave more chances of falling ill. Thisis evidence that our immune system really doesn't function so well when we age. In most of our work when we're lookingat older adults who've got an illness, we always have to have health controls. So we work very closely with a greatgroup of volunteers called the 1000 elders. Thesevolunteers are all 65 or over but in good health. (20)They come to the university toprovide us with blood samples to be interviewed and help us carry out a wholerange of research. (21)The real impact of our research isgoing to be on health in old age. Atthe moment we're living much longer. Lifeexpectancy is increasing at 2 years for every decade. That means an extra 5 hours a day. I want to make sure that older adultsare still able to enjoy their old age and that they're not spending time in hospitalwith infections feeling unwell and being generally weak. We want people to be healthy even whenthey are old.

　　Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage youhave just heard.

　　19. What is the focus of the speaker’s research?

　　20. Whatare the volunteers asked to do in the research?

　　21. Whatdoes the speaker say will be the impact of his research?

　　答案：

　　19. D) The change in people’s immune system as they get older.

　　20. B) Offer blood samples.

　　21. C) Helping improve old people’s health conditions.

　　Passage 3.

　　When Ted Komada started teaching 14 years ago at Kilip Elementaryhe didn't know how to manage a classroom and was struggling to connect with students. (22)He noticed a couple of days afterschool that a group of kids would get together to play chess. "Iknow how to play chess; let me go and show these kids how to do it," he said. Now Komada coach this school's chessteam. The whole program startedas a safe place for kids to come after school. (23)And this week dozens of thosestudents are getting ready to head out to Nashville Tennessee to compete withabout 5000 other young people at the SuperNationals of chess. The competition only happens every 4years and the last time the team went, they won the third place in the nation. Komada says chess gives him and hisstudents control. The school hasthe highest number of kids from low-income families. Police frequent the areaday and night as 2 months ago a young man was shot just down the street. (25)Komada likes to teach hisstudents that they should think about their move before they do it. The lessons prove valuable outside theclassroom as well. Many parentssee these lessons translate into the real world. Students are more likely to thinkabout their actions and see whether they will lead to trouble.

　　22. What did Ted Komadanotice one day after he started teaching at Kilip Elementary?

　　23. What aredozens of students from Komada's school going to do this week.

　　24. What do welearn about the students of Kilip Elementary?

　　25. What have thestudents learned from Komada?

　　答案：

　　22. D) A group of kids were playing chess after school.

　　23. C) Participate in a national chess competition.

　　24. A) Most of them come from low-income families.

　　25.B) Think twice before taking action.