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1、2020年9月四級(jí)聽力原文及答案(第一套)Section ANews report oneA NASA satellite orbiting over Portugal took photographs that reveal the effects of polluti on 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 sc
2、ars. (1) NASA officials expl ained those thicker clouds are signs of ship traffic below when ships power their way throug h the ocean, they pump exhaust into the atmosphere. Just as cars do.And those massive amounts of particles can cause clouds to form, get enough of those p articles in one place a
3、s from the exhaust of a ship. And they can lead to the creation of new clouds easily visible from space. These clouds can be huge. Some of them stretch hundreds of kilometers from end to end. (2) NASA officials said it's likely that these sorts of clouds are having some effect on the global clim
4、ate, according to NASA officials.But scientists aren't yet sure what effect it has. questions one and two are based on the n ews report you have just heard.Questions 1 to 2 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 1 What has caused the thick clouds in the photos taken by a NASA sate
5、llite?Question 2 What do NASA officials think about the thick clouds?News report twoStaff at a suburban supermarket in Melbourne say they feel unsafe at work after security g uards were removed. This came after a series of physical attacks and verbal abuse by custo mers. (3) More than 50 workers at
6、the store have signed a letter calling for a permanent sec urity guard following a series of incidents, including a customer threatening to attack a supe rvisor with a knife. A security worker had guard at the storm each night from seven pm until 12 am.But that had stopped suddenly on Monday, employ
7、ees said. One worker said an angry cu stomer had thrown a chicken at his head after complaining about how long she had waited to be served. Another worker said the lack of protection at the storm made her feel uncomf ortable at work (4) However, the spokesman of the supermarket said the store had ta
8、ken st rong action in response to incidents. We have found very few instances of bad customer be havior at our store in the past year. In the rare cases, we have seen bad behavior. We have t aken strong action in response, including banning a customer from the store.Questions 3 to 4 are based on the
9、 passage you have just heard.Question 3 For what purpose did this staff at a supermarket in Melbourne sign a letter?Question 4 What did the spokesman of the supermarkets say regarding the employees dem and?New report three(5) Drivers on their way to the polish capital of Warsaw on Wednesday morning
10、found the r oad blocked by an unusual obstacle. Tons of liquid chocolate that spilled onto the motorwa y. A truck carrying the sweet load hit a road barrier and overturned, blocking two lanes. (6) The cracked tank spilled a pool of a rapidly hardening chocolate, which quickly covered the width of th
11、e road, while the driver was taken to hospital with a broken arm, firefighters strug gled to remove a reported 12 tons of solid chocolate from the road. (7) A representative for the firefighters told the local TV that removing the chocolate was worse than dealing with s now. After contacting the cho
12、colate manufacturer, the firefighters resorted to spraying hot, pressurized water to get rid of the sticky substance. The local TV also noted that the cleanup spanned more than a Mile because drivers simply drove through the chocolate after the era sh, leaving a long chocolate trail. But despite the
13、 sticky situation, firefighters and police atte nding to the cleanup were reportedly cheerful about the long task ahead. After all, who coul d be mad about 12 tons of chocolate?Questions 5 to 7 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 5 What does drivers on the motorway to Warsaw find?Q
14、uestion 6 What does the report say about the accident?Question 7 What are the firefighters representative tell the local TV?Section BConversation oneM: Lisa, why did you pay for your meal with cash instead of the payment apps on your phon e?W: Well, Tve gone back to cash. Tm only using payment apps
15、if thafs the only option. (8) I am trying to save money for a new phone. And I find that using cash rather than payment apps helps me to save.M: But how? Money is money, isnY it? I don't think it matters whether you take it out of the bank and put it in your wallet will simply transfer from your
16、 bank account to the seller's ban k account using an app.W: No, I believe it does matter. Its a psychological phenomenon. 9 I believe we have less c onnection with the value of our money when we just have the approved buttons on our pho nes.M: You might have a point. Since I stopped carrying cas
17、h around and started using my pho ne apps to pay, 10 I may have developed a tendency to buy more small or nonessential ite ms.W: Thafs highly possible. Think about the amount of time we spend with our phones in our hands and all the things we do with our phones. It sometimes seems that our phone is
18、buyi ng the product for us, not ourselves.M: 11 So cashless payment affects our ability to budget?W: I believe so. If we spend a hundred yuan in cash, we realize that we don't have that hund red yuan to spend on something else. But if weYe spending electronically, we are less likely t o make tha
19、t mental calculation.M: I stopped using my credit card because I found out spending excessively, perhaps I shoul d take the same approach of paying using my phone.W: It's worth considering.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 8. Why did the woman decide to
20、 go back to cash for payment?Question 9. What happens when people use that for payment according to the woman?Question 10. What might the man tend to buy with payment apps?Question 11. What does the man think of electronic payment?Conversation TwoW: Hello, Mr. Brown. I was expecting your call. 12 My
21、 secretary told me you were having s ome problems with the wooden table. Is that right?M: No, no, the table is fine. 12 The problem is the chairs.W: Oh, the chairs. So what exactly is the issue?M: Well, to put simply, these are not the chairs my wife and I selected in your store last wee k There mus
22、t have been some confusion with our order.W: Oh, I see. Tm looking through my files now, and I see that the delivery was this morning. Is that correct?M: Yes.W: 13 Do you mind describing the chairs that were delivered to your apartment, Mr. Brow n?M: Sure. These have a flat back with a rounded top,
23、and are very heavy they Ye light brown that look kind of cheap. The ones we ordered were dark brown to match the table.W: Right, of course. It says here you purchased the Arlington table and four Milano chairs. A s you said, there must have been some confusion with the order. Tm terribly sorry. 14 W
24、e will send a van to collect those four and replace them with the Milano you purchased. Will t omorrow 9am be okay: Mr. Brown?M: Yes, that would be great. Thank you.W: Good. Did everything else you ordered from us arrive okay?M: Yes, I think so. Let me check. The mirror and two paintings are here. T
25、he two coffee table s are also here, and the sofa. Yes, we haven't noticed anything else wrong or missing. But if we do, we will certainly let you know.W: Okay, great. 15 Once again, Tm sorry for the confusion and trouble caused.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.Que
26、stion 12. Why did the man call the woman?Question 13. What did the woman ask the man to do?Question 14. What did the woman promise to do for the man?Question 15. What did the woman do at the end of the conversation?Section CPassage OneDo you have too much stuff? Are you daring saying untidy? (16) Sa
27、y hello to a TV show c ailed "tidying up with Mary Kondo", a home improvement show based on a widely popular book, the life changing magic of tidying up. In the show, Marie Kondo acts as a tiny garbage fairy for messy people, visiting their houses to share the wisdom of the con Marie metho
28、d. This method is simple in theory, but can be endlessly complex and practice. (17)You divide all the stuff in your house, all of it into several categories, and then examine each item, all of them to see if it sparks joy. If it does, you keep it. If it doesn't, you thank it and neatly discar d
29、it. So is the TV show inspiring people to tidy up? First hand accounts seem to indicate a s mall wave of people bringing piles of donation bags to used good stores. One store receive d thousands of bags of used possessions in one day. January is usually the stores slow seaso n for donations because
30、it's cold. And people don't want to bother. But not this January, pe ople seem determined to clean up their homes. (18) One used bookstore received a month1 s worth of books and donations in a week, when a man gave over 50 boxes of books from h is home. It seems Mary's TV show is having
31、a big impact after all.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 16:What is Marie Kondos' TV show about?Question 17:What things can be kept in one's home according to Marie Kondo?Question 18: What do we learn about one used book store this January?Passage TwoAt
32、 just 12 years old, Mike Hannon is making a difference in his community. (19) One lune h at a time, Mike's lunches of love has fed more than 2000 of the town's most vulnerable res idents. Mike delivers meals to the homeless. "It's like a way to give people joy, maybe spark something
33、 in them that can change them," Mike told WBCTV. The mayor of Mike's town feel s that Mike is a great community leader, especially in such times of so much negative news, while his father commented on how proud he was of his son. Yet, Mike isn't looking for prai se but kindness in retur
34、n. (20) He hopes his acts of chanty will influence others to spread po sitive actions in their own towns. Mike includes a handwritten message of joy on each bag. His message and star power has spread all over the country. To date, his online page to rais e funds has brought in more than 44:000 dolla
35、rs in a county, raising more than 17,000 dolla rs in just one day with the help of many famous actors and others. (21) People from all over the country are sending special handcrafted bags to help the young man with his mission t o help those in need. Many are hoping the simple act of kindness sprea
36、ds, like is seen as ho pe for the future of the town, the country, and the world.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 19: What does Mike Hannon do to help people in his town?Question 20: What does Mike hope others will do?Question 21: How are people all over count
37、ry responding to what Mike is doing?Passage ThreeIn a recent study carried out by psychologists on the disruptive effects of smartphones, (22)two groups of college students were given word search puzzles. First group was told to Complete the puzzles with its participants, smartphones, in their line
38、of sight. The second gr oup, however, was told that the phones would interfere with equipment in the experiment a nd would need to be moved away from the testing area.Midway through the second groups solving of the puzzles, the experiment called one of the phones "let it ring for a while before
39、 hanging up". (23)Many of the students in that grou p were unable to focus from then on, becoming anxious and performing more poorly than t he first group.Use of electronics has also been known to lead to a decline in human interactions rather t han having real life conversations, many express
40、emotions and engage in deep conversatio through social media sites. Many students use their phones and computers during pass for nonacademic activities, which leads to poor grades. (24)Perhaps the most dramatic impact is the reduction on the amount of sleep,which leads to poor health and weight gain
41、.Technology is a great tool. However, its important to recognize its down sides. Lack of sle ep, reduction of productivity and weight gain are only a few. (25)lf we are not careful about all these minor problems right now, effect on the future generation is going to be much bigger.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 22: Wha
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