1、 2021 年 12 月大学英语四级考试真题（第 1 套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: Suppose your university student union is planning to hold a speech contest. You arenow to write a proposal for organizing the contest. The proposal may include the topic, aim,procedure and selection of contestants. You will have 30 mi
2、nutes to write the proposal. You shouldwrite at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part Listening Comprehension(25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, youwill hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the
3、 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 1 with a single line through thecentre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1
4、. A) She was pierced by a chicken bone.B) She was coughing all the time.C) She suffered from lungcancer.D) She suffered from shock.2.A) By eating chicken soup daily.B) Through regular exercising.C) Through a surgical operation.D) By using traditional Chinese medicine.Questions 3 and 4 are based on t
5、he news report you have just heard.3. A) It was born 13 years ago.B) It was Alice Grays lovelypet.C) It got injured in a big bushfire.D) It ran away into a nearby forest.4. A) They rebuilt the fencing around their farm.B) They spent seven years replanting their farm.C) They claimed damages for their
6、 heavy losses.D) They installed a camera to monitor sheep activity.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) The disappearance of some gold and diamonds. B) The transfer of tons of precious metal by air.C) The crash of a Russian cargo airplane.D) The loss of gold from a
7、n airplane.6. A) It made an emergency landing.B) It informed the local police at once.C) It contacted the goldminecompany.D) It had a crew member fix the problem.7.A) They will cooperate with the police.B) They had checked the planecarefully.C) They will be questioned by the police.D) They took some
8、 gold bars and diamonds.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear c question, you must choose the best answer from the four
9、choices marked A), B), C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through thecentre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) For the companys records.B) For future training purposes.C) To follow the companys rule.D) To ensure in
10、formation security.9. A) To check her customer reference number.B) To inquire about the price of office chairs.C) To get her money back for the returned chair.D) To make complaints about its customer service.10.A) She had to update its information.B) She forgot where she had left it.C) She lost it a
11、bout three days ago.D) She was issued a new card.11.A) Reconsider her options for payment methods.B) Make a specific note on the companys system.C) Update her bank card details on the companys website.D) Upload her personal information to the companys website.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conv
12、ersation you have just heard.12.A) He is feeling exhausted.B) He is tired of cooking.C) He has to work late. D) He wants to try Asian foods.13.A) Book a table.B) Order a delivery.C) Download a menu.D) Locate a restaurant.14.A) It is not tasty.B) It is not healthy.C) It is too oily.D) It is too spicy
13、.15.A) She is too concerned about money.B) She is too weight-conscious.C) She is too picky about food.D) She is too eager to please.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hearthree or four questions. Both the passage and the questions
14、 will be spoken only once. After youhear 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 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A) Owners
15、personalities affect their cats behaviour and wellbeing.B) Parents personalities can affect the personalities of theirchildren.C) Parents and cat owners alike experience high levels of anxiety.D) More and more people are treating pet cats like theirchildren.17.A) Give their pets behavioural training
16、.B) Provide their pets with the best care.C) Know their pets feelings anddesires.D) Interact with their pets in novel ways.18.A) More convincing explanation.B) More extensive sampling.C) Collection of more data.D) Further investigation.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17、19.A) People should do more running than mere walking.B) Running is the best exercise for extending ones life.C) People should exercise at least 60 minutes every day.D) Running is the easiest form of exercise for most people.20.A) Improving their brain function.B) Regulating their breathing rate. C)
18、 Slowing down their ageing process.D) Accelerating their blood circulation.21.A) They found it easy to control their emotions.B) They struggled to handle negative emotions.C) They were more eager to enjoy a movie.D) They were less affected by sad movies.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage yo
19、u have just heard.22.A) He is a tour guide.B) He is a famous architect.C) He is local entrepreneur.D) He is the owner of the Hil1 House.23.A) He studied the blueprints of other famous buildings.B) He inquired about his clients family background.C) He observed his clients life andhabits.D) He took a
20、tour of his clients oldhome.24.A) A house made of timber and brick.B) A house with a lot of free space.C) A house of the current fashion.D) A house of a unique design.25.A) They are well preserved and in pretty good shape.B) They are copies built to the architects designs.C) They were designed by an
21、other architect.D) They were badly damaged but restored.Part Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passag
22、ethrough carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line throughthe centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.The sheets are damp with sweat. Your
23、e cold, but your heart is racing as if a killer just chasedyou down a dark street. It was just a nightmare, you tell yourself; theres nothing to be afraid of.But youre still filled with 26 .Given how unsettling and haunting nightmares can be, is there a way for dreamers to 27 ,or even turn off, thes
24、e bad dreams as they happen? Research is 28 , but some studies suggest that people who can master lucid dreamingthat is, the ability to be29that a nightmare is happening and possibly even control itwithout waking upmay hold the 30 .Nightmares are part of the human experience, especially for kids. Do
25、ctors 31 dontconsider occasional nightmares a problem. They can just be symptoms of a sleep disorder that can32 from an unpleasant experience, stress, or certain drugs.To treat the disorder,there are a number of medicines and therapies that are backed by 33research, according to the American Academy
26、 of Sleep Medicine, which analyzed the availableresearch on the treatment of nightmare disorder in a recent34 published in the Journal ofClinical Sleep Medicine.However, nightmares are complicated, and researchers are still struggling to understandthem,Said Dr. Rachel Salas, an expert on sleep disor
27、ders and an associate professor at JohnsHopkins Medicine in Baltimore. What we do know is that people35 to have different kindsof nightmares at different points during the sleep cycle.A) amountB) answerC) avoidD) awareE) departF) drasticallyG) fearH) limitedl) mechanicalJ ) resultK) reviewL) rigorou
28、sM) tendN) timidityO) typicallySection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph fromwhich the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more tha
29、n once. Each paragraphis marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2.Why it matters that teens are reading lessA Most of us spend much more with digital media than we did a decade ago. But todays teenshave grown up with smartphones. Compared with t
30、eens a couple of decades ago, the way they interact with traditional media like books and movies is fundamentally different.B Analysis of surveys of over one million teens in the United States collected since 1976 revealsa major shift in how teens are spending their leisure time. Paper books are bei
31、ng ignored, infavor of screens. Digital devices are changing other behaviors, too. More and more, youngpeople choose spending time on their electronic devices over engaging in other activities,regardless of the type. Indeed, by 2016, the average American high school senior said theyspent six hours a
32、 day writing text messages, on social media, and online during their free time.And that covers just three activities, and if other digital media activities were included, thatestimate would no doubt rise.C Teens did not always spend that much time with digital media. Online time has doubled since200
33、6, and social media use has moved from a periodic activity to a daily one in the sameperiod. By 2016,nearly nine out of ten young women in the 12th grade said they visited socialmedia sites every day. Meanwhile, time spent playing video games rose from under an hour aday to an hour and a half on ave
34、rage, One out of ten American 8th grace students in 2016spent 40 hours a week or more playing video games. Let me emphasize that this is equal tothe time most adults spend per week at work.D If teens are spending so much time using electronic devices, does that mean they have to giveup some other ac
35、tivities? Maybe not.Over the years， many scholars have insisted that timeonline does not necessarily take away time spent engaging with traditional media or on otheractivities. Some people,they argue, are just more interested in certain kinds of media andentertainment. Thus,using more of one type of
36、 media does not necessarily mean less of theother.E That may be true, but that still does not tell us much about what happens across a wholegeneration of people when time spent on digital media grows. Large surveys conducted overthe course of many years tell us that American youth are not going to t
37、he cinema nearly asoften as they did in the past. While 70 percent of 8th and 10th grade students used to go to themovies once a month or more, now only about half do this, More and more, watching a movieis something teens choose to do on their electronic devices. Why is this a problem? Onereason is
38、 that going to the cinema is generally a social activity. Now, watching movies issomething that most teens do alone. This fits a larger pattern. In another analysis, researchersfound that todays teens go out with their friends much less often than previous generationsdid.F But the trends related to
39、movies are less disturbing compared with the change in how teensspend their time. Research has revealed an enormous decline in reading. In 1980, about 60percent of senior high school students said they read a book, newspaper or magazine everyday that was not assigned for school. By 2016, only 16 per
40、cent did. This is a huge drop and itis important to note that this was not merely a decline in reading paper books, newspapers ormagazines. The survey allowed for reading materials on a digital device. G Indeed, the number of senior high school students who said they had not read any books forpleasu
41、re in the last year was one out of three by 2016.That is triple the number from twodecades ago. For todays youth, books,newspapers and magazines have less and less of apresence in their daily lives. Of course, teens are still reading. But they are generally readingshort texts. Most of them are not r
42、eading long articles or books that explore deep themes andrequire critical thinking and reflection. Perhaps not accidentally, in 2016 reading scores werethe lowest they have ever been since 1972.H This might present problems for young people later on. When high school students go on tocollege, their
43、 past and current reading habits will influence their academic performance.Imagine going from reading texts as short as one or two sentences to trying to read entirebooks written in complex language and containing sophisticated ideas. Reading andcomprehending longer books and chapters takes practice
44、, and American teens are no longergetting that practice.I So how can this problem be solved? Should parents and teachers take away teens smartphonesand replace them with paper books? Probably not. Research has shown that smartphones arecurrently American teens main form of social communication. This
45、 means that, without asmartphone, teens are likely to feel isolated from their peers. However,that does not meanteens need to use electronic devices as often as they do now. Data connecting excessive digitalmedia time to mental health issues suggests a limit of two hours a day of free time spent wit
46、hscreens, a restriction that will also allow time for other activities like going to the movieswith friends or reading longer, more complicated texts.J The latter is especially important. I would argue that of all the changes brought about by thewidespread use of digital devices, the huge decline in
47、 reading is likely to have the biggestnegative impact on todays teens because reading books and longer articles is one of the bestsays to learn critical thinking. It helps people to understand complex issues and to separatefact from fiction. Thus, deep reading is crucial for being a good citizen, a successful collegestudent and a productive employee. If serious reading dies, a lot will go with it.36. Many years surveys reveal that young people in America are going to the cinema much lessoften than they used to.37. Survey analysis shows American teens now spend their leisure time
