2022年12月大学英语四级考试
真 题 ( 一 )
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension
Section A
News Report One 【听力原文】
[1]The World Pipe Band Championships will take place in Glasgow on Saturday. Over 120 of the world's best pipe bands will compete at the championships. Over 4,000 pipers and drummers are expected to descend on the city for the annual event. It will take place at the Saint James Playing Fields in Glasgow on Saturday, 18 May from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The event is free. Also, a free shuttle bus will run between the event car parks and the competition site. Shuttle buses will run every 15 minutes from 8:00 a.m. until
8:00 p.m. [2]Glasgow City Council says it is estimated to bring 300,000 pounds to the local economy. The first World Pipe Band Championships were held in Edinburgh in 1947. The event first took place in Glasgow in 1948. It has been held regularly in Glasgow since 1986.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report
you have just heard.
1. What event will take place in Glasgow?
2. What does Glasgow City Council say the event
will do?
News Report Two 【听力原文】
[3]Summer doesn't begin for two more days, but scientists are already sounding the alarm about dangerous ice melts going on right now in Greenland. The vast island usually locks away enough fresh water in its ice sheet, which if melted, can raise global sea
levels by 6 metres. And research shows that in recent years, its ice has melted faster than ever before. This month, as temperatures in northwestern Greenland approached all-time highs, researchers are encountering unusual, surprising levels of melting ice in the region. The most significant concern here is how early this is all happening. [4]Greenland experiences annual ice melt and growth cycles. But this year, the melting season began in early May. That's a month earlier than normal and something that's happened only once before in the historical record in 2016. That means that not only is the ice melting very fast, it has more time to melt this summer than it would in a normal climate system. Longer melt seasons like this one seem to lead to much greater contributions to sea level rise than in
previous decades.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report
you have just heard.
3.What is scientists' warning in the news report? 4. What do we learn about this year's ice melting
season in Greenland?
News Report Three
【听力原文】
[5]Bundles containing thousands of pounds in cash keep turning up on the streets of Blackhall Colliery in northern England, according to police. Residents of the village have been coming across bundles of f20 notes, usually worth f2,000, in the former mining village in County Durham. The latest discovery was on Monday, meaning four of these cash bundles have been handed in this year and thirteen since 2014. The bundles are usually left in plain sight and had been scattered across the small coastal village. [6]The owner has two weeks to collect the cash, which is then returned to the finder if not claimed, according to Peterlee Police. A Durham police spokesperson said the money has been returned
to the lucky finders, in all cases, except yesterday. Policeman John Foster said in a statement: \"The circumstances remain a mystery so we would welcome any information that will help us get to the bottom of these random incidents.\" [7]He told The Northern Echo, \"It isn't an affluent part of the world, so for them to find cash of that amount and instantly think about taking it
to the police stations shows the community spirit there is.\" Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you
have just heard.
5.What happened on the streets of Blackhall Colliery? 6. What do the local police do with the money if not
claimed in two weeks?
7. What did the policeman John Foster say about
the villagers?
Conversation One 【听力原文】
W: It's your birthday next week. What have you
got planned? M: I'm not sure. [8]I often feel strange on my birthday. It's like my brain decides to have a crisis. W: It's not entirely unusual to feel anxious or sad
around your birthday. Birthdays can tap into a lot of things people worry about, including their achievements in life in the past decade or their accomplishments of the past year. [9]Many begin to search for the meaning of their existence, leading to behaviors such as ending or starting a relationship or plans like starting a vigorous diet or fitness program.
M: [10]I have wonderful friends.And I love celebrating their birthdays, but I don't like being
the center of attention, receiving gifts and having a fuss made. It seems to trigger a type of social anxiety. I think social media, too, can intensify things as birthdays now play out more publicly. Birthday reminders can be helpful, but I kind of worry I won't be able to drum up my own day
and show it to look as exciting as it is supposed to be.
W: Well, to deal with the birthday blues, you should not isolate yourself. It's best to gradually face your birthday with people you trust. That would help you learn self-acceptance or that it's okay to be the focus.
M: Perhaps. Or I could perceive my birthday as an
opportunity to do something for others like asking people to make a donation instead of buying a gift.
W: Exactly. [11]Or even simply see your birthday as an opportunity to bring people together for them
to have fun. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation
you have just heard.
8.How does the man often feel on his birthday? 9. What does the woman say many people tend to do
on their birthday?
10. What does the man say about birthday celebrations? 11. What does the woman suggest the man do about
his birthday celebration at the end of the conversation?
Conversation Two 【听力原文】
W: The metro was absolutely terrible this morning.
M: Oh, was there a delay?
W: No, but the train was so packed that I could
barely move. And it was difficult to breathe, too. At every station, more people squeezed in, and I got pushed further and further inside. When I got to my station, I could hardly get out. Once I
did get out, [12]I was totally exhausted. M: That sounds like a nightmare. Why didn't you
take the bus?
W: The bus takes twice as long and it's just as crowded.
M: Well, what's the alternative? Haven't you got a car? W: I've got a driver's license, but that's all. [13]I'm saving up to buy something reasonably small and cute, but it's still a bit expensive for me. And it'll take a while before I have enough money. M: Have you thought about getting an electric
motorbike?
W: I considered that for maybe a minute, but
honestly, [14]I've just seen too many horrible accidents involving those dangerous monsters. M: What about those popular ShareBikes? You
could register to use one.
W: Yeah, that's a possibility. There are always
several of those bikes out in front of our apartment complex.
M: Or you could just walk to work.
W: Well, it's 5 kilometers from home to the office,
but you've given me a thought. I could take a change of clothes and jog to work. But at this time of year, the air pollution is a real problem. M: Oh, yeah. I didn't think of that. You'd taxi if
you really have to. W: Well, that's an expensive way to get to work.
M: [15]Not if you use a ride sharing App. W: [15]Good idea. I'll download one immediately. Thank you. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation
you have just heard.
12.What does the woman say about her subway ride?
13.Why hasn't the woman got her own car? 14. What does the woman say about electric motorbike?
15.How was the woman going to get to work?
Section C
Passage One 【听力原文】
[16]Steve Miller began his career in IT back in the late 1980s. Being a deaf person in tech required a huge amount of effort in organization. Because there was no email or text message service, everything had to be done face to face or by telephone. Communicating in meetings was very difficult. He needed a sign language interpreter for every meeting, but it was a huge effort to coordinate.
\"These days although challenges still remain, it's a good time to be a deaf person in tech,\"says Miller. [17]Big advances in speech recognition technology have enabled communication tools to turn live speech into text in real time on your smartphone or laptop, and sign language into text as well. New tech coupled with improvements in hearing aid technology and medical
advances means that Miller is able to focus far more on his work. He has benefited to a great extent from a tiny hearing device in his ear. It gives him a degree of hearing, and he can use a variety of communication methods depending on the situation. [18]He can employ lip reading and have meetings via video instead of on the phone. These things have made a huge difference. He no longer has to worry about whether or not he can understand. He can just concentrate on how interesting the meeting might be, and what he needs to get out of it in order to progress.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you
have just heard.
16. What do we learn about Steve Miller?
17.What does Miller say is making things better for
people like him?
18.In what way can Miller benefit from attending
meetings via video?
Passage Two 【听力原文】
Colour is now spreading through our homes, up staircases, across wood frames and ceilings, filling in neutral spaces. According to one interior designer, 19]when people return home, they want to see colours hat cheer them up and give them a hug. Pure white walls simply don't do that. They don't look after you. Another interior designer commented that certain combinations can key into something on a deeper level, transporting you to a different moment in time. That's the power of colour.
[20]If you are thinking to try colour on some of your neutral walls, the advice is refreshingly simple: choose a colour you actually like. Don't go for a colour because it's in fashion, or you've seen it in a magazine. If you're wary of full colour, test your tolerance with smaller spaces, such as the inside of a cupboard, or a
bright window frame. If it gives you joy every time you
open the cupboard, you can start to take it further. [21]One can also paint the wooden frameworks the same colour as the walls, helping the rooms look bigger. In the kitchen, painting the overhead cupboards and the walls in the same colour can make it feel more spacious. While painting the kitchen counters a bold colour can make everything feel more open and lighter. Additionally, a painted ceiling is a magical thing without being too obvious and can affect how the space feels as well.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you
have just heard.
19. What do people want upon returning homeaccording to the passage?
20.What does the passage say people should avoid
doing in home decoration?
21.What can one do to make a room look bigger?
Passage Three 【听力原文】
[22]Parents often hear that reading to their children is critical for supporting development, and the message is getting through to them. In fact, in the United States, a little over half of children between ages of three and five were read to every day in 2007, and 83 percent of children in that age group in the same country were read two, three or more times per week in 2012.This is good news, because reading to young children helps their language and brain development.
[23]In fact, recent research has found that both the quality and quantity of shared book reading in infancy predicted later childhood vocabulary and reading skills. In other words, the more time parents spend reading, the greater the developmental benefits in their 4-year-old children. This is an important finding. But does it matter what books parents read? A new study
has investigated this question. [24]It followed infants
across the second six months of life and found that when parents showed babies books that had faces or objects with specific labels, they learned more. This is in contrast to books that did not name images or books that had the same label under each image. Books that named different characters also promoted greater learning. So what does this mean for parents? [25] Not all books are created equal, so parents need to choose the books they share with their children with great care.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you
have just heard.
22.What does the passage say parents increasingly
understand?
23. What can predict children's reading skills
according to recent research?
24.What kind of books are said to help babies learn more? 25. What are parents advised to do at the end of
the passage?
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