2020年12月12日托福听力真题
2020年12月英语六级听力考试真题及答案
2020年12月英语六级听力考试真题及答案2020年12月英语六级听力考试真题及答案短对话1.W： Wow, what a variety of salads you've got on your menu, could yourecommend something special?M： Well, I think you can try this mixed salad. We makethe dressingwith fresh berries.Q： what does the man mean?2.W： I was talking to Mary the other day, and she mentioned that your newconsulting firm is doing really well.M： Yes, business paced up much faster than we anticipated. We now haveover 200 clients.Q： What do we learn about the man from the conversation?3.W： Do you know where we keep flash disks and printing paper?M： They should be in the cabinet if there are any.That's where we keepall of our office supplies.Q： what does the woman mean?4.W： The printing of this dictionary is so small. I can'tread theexplanations at all.M： Let me get my magnify glass. I know I just can't do without it.Q： What does the man mean?5.W： I'm considering having my office redecorated, the furniture is oldand the paint is chipping.M： I'll give you my sister-in-law's number. She just graduated from aninterior designing academy, and will give a free estimate.Q： What is the woman considering?6.W： We have a full load of goods that needs to be delivered. But wecan't get a container ship anyway.M： That's always being a problem in this port. The facilities here arenever able to meet our needs.Q： What are the speakers talking about?7.W： Why didn't Rod get a pay raise?M： The boss just isn't convinced that his work attitude warranted it.She said she saw him by the coffee machine more often than at his desk.Q： What are the speakers talking about?8.W： The hotel called, saying that because of the scheduling there, theywon't be are able to cater for our banquet.M： I know an Indian restaurant on the high street that offers a specialdiner for groups. The food is excellent, andthe room is large enough toaccommodate us.Q： What does the man suggest they do?长对话Conversation 1M： Hello Jane.W： Hello Paul.M： Please coming. I'm just getting ready to go home. Susan is expectingme for dinner. I wanted to be on time for a change.W： Look, I'm terribly sorry to drop in this time on Friday, Paul, butit is rather important.M： That's OK. What's the problem?W： Well, Paul, I won't keep you long. You see there is a problem withthe exchange rates. The Indian Rupee has taken a fall on the foreign exchangemarket. You see there is being a sharp increase in Indian's balance of paymentdeficit.M： I see. How serious, isn't it?W： Well, as you know, there have been reports of unrest India, and theprospects for the Rupee look pretty gloomy.M： And that's going to affect us, as if we didn't have enough problemson our hands.W： So I thought it would be wise to take out forward exchange cover toprotect our position on the outstanding contract.M： Just a minute. Forward exchange cover, now what does that meanexactly?W： Well, it means that JO notes enters into a commitmentto sell IndianRupees at the present rate.M： I see. And how will that benefit us?W： Well, JO notes wouldn't lose out if Indian Rupeefalls further.M： What will it cost, Jane?W： A small percentage, about 1% and that can be builtinto the price ofthe bike.M： Well, I don't suppose there is much choice. All right Jane, let'sput it into action.Q9： What do we learn aboutthe man's daily life?Q10： Why did the woman cometo see the man?Q11： What makes the womanworry about the Indian Rupee?Conversation 2W： Charles, among other things, you regarded as one ofthe America'sgreat masters of the blues. A musical idiom does essentially about loss,particularly the loss of romantic love.Why does love die?M： People often get into love affairs because they have unrealisticexpectations about somebody. Then when the person doesn't turn out to be whothey thought he or she was, theystart thinking maybe I can change him or her.That kind of thinking is a mistake. Because when the dust settles, people aregoing to be pretty much what they are. It's a rare thingfor anybody to be ableto change who they really are. And this creates a lot of problems.W： At 62, you continue to spend a large percentage ofyour lifetouring. What appeals to you about life on the road?M： Music, I don't especially love life on the road, butI figure if youare lucky enough to be able to do what youtruly love doing, you've got theultimate of life.W： What's the most widely-held misconception about thelife of a famousmusician?M： People think it's all glamour. Actually we have thesame troublesthey do. Playing music doesn't mean life treatsyou any better.W： How do you feel about being recognized everywhere you go?M： You think I be used to it by now. But I still find it fascinating.You go to a little town in Japan, where nobody speaks English, yet they knowyou on side and know all yourmusic. I'm still amazed by the love peopleexpress for me andby music.Q12： What does the man sayabout most people when they get into love affairs?Q13： What does the man sayabout himself as a singer on the road most of his life?Q14： What do most peoplethink of the life of a famous musician?Q15： How does the man feelwhenever he was recognized by his fans?短文理解Passage 1Changing technology and markets have stimulated the team approach tomanagement. Inflation, resource scarcity, reduced personnel levels and budgetcuts have all underscore the needfor better coordination in organizations.Team management provides for this coordination. Team management calls for newskills if personnel potential is to be fully realized.Although a team may be composed ofknowledgeable people, they must learn new ways of relating and working togetherto solve cross-functional problems. When teams consist to be experiencedemployees from hierarchical organizations, whohave been condition totraditional organizational culture. Cooperation may not occur naturally, itmainly to be created. Furthermore, the issue is not just how the team canfunctionmore effectively, but how it integrates with the overall organization,all society that it supposes it serves. A groupof individuals is notautomatically a team. Therefore, team building may be necessary in order toimprove the group's performance. Casey, an expert in this field, suggests thatthe cooperation process within teams must be organized, promoted and managed.He believes the team corporation results when members go beyond theirindividual capabilities, beyond what each is used to being and doing. Together,the team may then produce something new, unique and superior to that of any onemember. For this to happen, he suggests the multi-cultural managers exhibitunderstanding of their own and others'cultural influences and limitations.They should alsocultivate such skills as toleration of ambiguity,persistenceand patience, as well as assertedness. If a team manager exemplifies suchqualities, then the team as a whole would be better able to realize theirpotential and achievetheir objectives.Q 16： What should teammembers do to fully realize their potential?Q 17： What needs to beconsidered for effective team management?Q 18： What conclusion can wedraw from what Casey says?Passage 2In early 1994, when MarkAndreessen was just 23 years old, he arrived in Silicon Valley with an ideathat would changethe world. As a student at the University of Illinois, heandhis friends had developed a program called Mosaic, which allowed people toshare information on the worldwide web. Before Mosaic, the web had been usedmainly by scientists andother technical people, who were happy just to sendand receive text. But with Mosaic, Andreessen and his friends had developed aprogram, which could send images over the web as well. Mosaic was an overnightsuccess. It was put on the university's network at the beginning of 1993. Andby the endof the year, it had over a million users. Soon after, Andreessenwent to seek his fortune in Silicon Valley. Once he got there, he started tohave meetings with a man called Jim Clark, who was one of the Valley's mostfamous entrepreneurs. In 1994, nobody was making any real money from theInternet, which was still very slow and hard to use. But Andreessen had seen an opportunity thatwould make him and Clark rich within two years. He suggested they should createa new computer program that would do the same job as Mosaic but would be mucheasier to use. Clark listened carefully to Andreessen, whose ideas andenthusiasm impressed him greatly. Eventually, Clark agreed to invest threemillion dollars of his own moneyin the project, and to raise an extra fifteenmillion fromventure capitalists, who were always keen to listen toClark's newideas.Q 19 What do we learn about Mosaic?Q 20 What did Andreessen do upon arriving in Silicon Valley?Q 21Why were venture capitalists willing to join inClark'sinvestment?Passage 3Advertising informs consumers about the existence and benefits ofproducts and services and attempts to persuadethem to buy them. The best formof advertising is probably word of mouth advertising which occurs when peopletell their friends about the benefits of products or services that they havepurchased. Yet virtually no providers of goods or services relay on this alone,which using paid advertising instead. Indeed many organizations also use institutionalor prestige advertising which is designed to build up their reputation ratherthan to sell particular products. Although large companies could easily set up theirown advertising departments, write their own advertisements and by media space themselves.They tend to use the services of large advertising agencies. These are likelyto have more resources and more knowledge about all aspects of advertising andadvertising media than single company. It is also easierfor a dissatisfycompany to give its account to another agency. And it would be to fire theirown advertising staff. The company generally give the advertising agency andagreed budget. A statement of the objective of the advertising campaign know asbrief and overall advertising strategy concerning the message to becommunicated to the target customers. The agency creates advertisements anddevelops a media prime, specifying which media will be used and in which proportions.Agencies often produce alternative ads or commercials that pretested innewspapers, television stations etc. in different parts of the country. Beforea final choiceswas madeprior to anational campaign.Q22 What is probably the bestform of advertising according to the speaker?Q23 What does the speaker sayis the proposes of many organization using prestige advertising ?Q24 How did large companiesgenerally handle their advertising?Q25 What would advertisingagencies often do before a national campaign?听写题Extinction is a difficult concept to grasp. It is aneternal concept. Itis not at all like the killing ofindividual life forms that can be renewedthrough normal processes of reproduction. Nor is simply diminishing numbers.Nor is it damage that can somehow be remedied or for which some substitute canbe found. Nor is it something that only affects our own generation. Nor is it somethingthatcould be remedied by some supernatural power. It is, rather,an absoluteand final act which there is no remedy on earth orin heaven. A species onceextinct, it's gone forever. However many generations succeed us in comingcenturies, none of them will ever see this species that we extinguish. Not onlyus we bring about extinction of life on a vast scale. We are also making theland and the air and sea so toxic that the very conditions of life are being destroyed.As regard natural resources ,not only are the none renewable resources beingused up in a of frenzy of processing, consuming and disposing but we are alsoruining much of our renewable resources. Such as the very solid self on whichterrestriallife depends. The change that is taking place onthe earth and in our minds isone of the greatest changes ever to take place in human affairs. Perhaps thegreatest, since weare talking about is not simply another historical change orcultural modification. But it change the geological and biological as well as psychologicalorder of magnitude.。
2020年托福考试听力理解深度历年真题解析
2020年托福考试听力理解深度历年真题解析随着全球化程度的提高，托福考试逐渐成为许多留学生的首选英语考试之一。
其中，听力理解是考试的一个重要部分，也是考生们普遍感到较为困难的一项内容。
本文将为大家提供2020年托福考试听力理解部分的深度历年真题解析，帮助考生们更好地应对这一部分的考试内容。
一、题目1Passage 1Narrator: In the first conversation, a student is talking to a professor about her upcoming presentation.Student: Professor Thompson, I need your advice on my presentation for next week. I'm really struggling with the content.Professor: Sure, I'd be happy to help. What seems to be the problem?Student: Well, I can't decide on a topic. I have a few ideas, but I'm not sure which one to choose.Professor: What are the ideas you're considering?Student: I was thinking about doing a presentation on renewable energy sources or the impact of climate change on wildlife habitats.Professor: Both topics are interesting. If I were you, I would go with the topic of renewable energy sources. It's a current issue and there's a lot of research available on that topic.Student: That's a good point. I think I'll follow your advice and focus on renewable energy sources. Thanks, Professor Thompson!Question: What does the student seek advice from the professor about?解析：这是一道比较简单的题目，考察学生对对话内容的听力理解。
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听力原文：1. C) Herclaim has been completely disregarded.2. A)The ground floor of their cottage was flooded.3. D) Thewoman’s failure to pay her house insurance in time.4. A) Filea lawsuit against the insurance company.5. B) Theydisagree about the future of AI technology.6. C) Lesstime-consuming and focusing on creation.7. B) Digitallife could be replace human civilization.8. D) Itwill be smarter than human beings.9. B) Saveone fifth of their net monthly income.10. A)Start by doing something small.11. C) Aproper mindset.12. B) Shefound her outfit inappropriate.13. A) Tosave the trouble of choosing a unique outfit every day.14. C) Itmatters a lot in jobs involving interaction with others.15 D) Dowhatever is possible to look smart.16. A) Theirobsession with consumption.17. B) Thingsthat cost less money.18. A) They serve multiple purposes.19. C) Over 10% of the respondents lied about the distancethey drove.20. C) Theywanted to protect their reputation.21.B) They seem intuitive.22. D)Older people's aversion to new music.23 A)They no longer listen to new music.24.D) The more you experience sth, the better you'll appreciate it.25.D) Teenagers are much more sentimental.Conversation11. C) Herclaim has been completely disregarded.听力原文：I'm getting a little fed up with my calls about my claimbeingcompletely disregarded.考点：视听一致2. A) Theground floor of their cottage was flooded.听力原文：The entire ground floor of our cottage was submerged in water.考点：视听一致3. D) Thewoman’s failure to pay her house insurance in time.听力原文：the bizarre technical detail that you mentioned refers to the fact thatyou hadn't paid house insurance the month before the incident考点：视听一致+同义替换4. A) Filea lawsuit against the insurance company.听力原文：and that your company has a lawsuit on its hand. You will be hearing frommy lawyer考点：视听一致M: Goodmorning, safe house insurance. My name is Paul. How can I helpyou today?W: Morning? I wouldn't say that it's a good from where I am standing.This is Ms. Wilson, and this is the third time I've called this week sincereceiving your letter about our insurance claim. (1) I'm getting a littlefed up with my calls about my claim being completely disregarded.M: Ms. Wilson, thank you for calling back. Can I take some details tohelp me look at your claim?W: It's Ms. May Wilson of 15 South sea road in Cornwall. And the detailsare that our village was extensively flooded two months ago. (2) The entireground floor of our cottage was submerged in water. And five of us havebeen living in a caravan ever since. Y oupeople are still with holding the money we are entitled to over a bizarretechnical detail and it's not acceptable, Paul.M: Ms. Wilson, according to the notes on your account, (2) the bizarretechnical detail that you mentioned refers to the fact that you hadn't paidhouse insurance the month before the incident.W: That money left our account. And now that you should be paying out,you are suddenly saying that you didn't receive it on time. I'm reallyskeptical about this claim.M: Thecontract does say that any missed payment in a year will affect the terms andconditions of the insurance contract and may affect claims. Of course, I canpause you onto my manager to talk to you more about this. W: I've already spoken to him and you can tell him I'm furious now,andthat your company has a lawsuit on it hand. You will be hearing from my lawyer.Goodbye.1.What is the womancomplaining about?2. What is theproblem the woman's family encountered?3. What has caused theso-called bizarre technical detail according to the man?4. What's woman say she willdo at the end of the conversation?Conversation25. B) Theydisagree about the future of AI technology.听力原文：W: How doyou feel about the future of the artificial intelligence.Personally, I feelquite optimistic about it.M: AI, I'm not so optimistic actually.考点：同义替换6. C) Lesstime-consuming and focusing on creation.听力原文：which would require less of our time and allow us to be centered oncreative tasks考点：视听一致+同义替换7. B) Digitallife could be replace human civilization.听力原文：There's a risk that human civilization could be replaced by a superiortype of digital life考点：视听一致8. D) Itwill be smarter than human beings.Once it'sfully developed, AI will become tired of trying to communicate with humans aswe would be much slower thinkers in comparison考点：同义替换W: How doyou feel about the future of the artificial intelligence. (5)Personally, Ifeel quite optimistic about it.M: AI, I'm not so optimistic actually. In fact, it's something weshould be concerned about.W: Well, it will help us humans understand ourselves better. And when wehave a better understanding of ourselves, we can improve world.M: Well,one thing is for sure, technology is evolving faster than our ability tounderstand it. And in the future AI will make jobs kind of pointless.W: I think artificial intelligence will actually help create new kinds ofjobs, (6) which would require less of our time and allow us to be centeredon creative tasks.M: I doubt that very much. Probably the last job that will remain will bewriting AI software. And then eventually AI will just write its own software.W: At that time we are going to have a lot of jobs, which nobody willwant to do. So we will need artificial intelligence for the robots to take careof the old guys like us.M: I don't know. (7) There's a risk that human civilization could be replacedby a superior type of digital life. AI will be able to completely simulatea person in every way possible. In fact, some people think we're in asimulation right now. W: That's impossible. Humans can't even make a mosquito. Computers only have chips. People have brains.And that's where the wisdom comes from.M: (8) Once it's fully developed, AI will become tired of trying tocommunicate with humans as we would be much slower thinkers in comparison.W: Well, I'm not so sure. A computer is a computer and a computer is justa toy.M: Computers can easily communicate incredibly fast. So the computer willjust get impatient talking to humans. It'll be barely getting any informationout.W: Well, I believe there's a benevolent future with AI. I also think youwatch too many science-fiction films.Q5: What did we learn about the speakers from the conversation?Q6: Whatwill new kinds of jobs be like according to the woman?Q7: What is the risk the mananticipates?Q8: What is the man's concernabout AI technology?PASSAGE 1To achieve financial security, how much yousave is always more important than the amount you earn or how shrewdly youinvest. If you're under 30 years old, (9) your goal should be to save 20% ofyour monthly income after tax deductions. This is irrespective of how muchyou earn approximately 50% should be reserved for essentials like food andaccommodation.The remaining 30% is for recreation andentertainment, but for many young people, it will be difficult to designatesuch a large proportion of the income for savings. If you find it hard to saveany money at all, (10) start by cutting all unnecessary spending, allocatethe tiny amount of one or 2% for savings and gradually increase that amount.Always keep that 20% goal in mind, preventyourself from becoming complacent. It can be challenging to stick to such astrict plan, but ifyou adopt the right mindset, you should be able tomake it work for you. So what should you be doing with the money that you aresaving? Some must be (11) kept easily accessible in case you need some cashin an emergency.The lodge has proportion should be investedin retirement plans. Either through your employer or privately, and you can keepsome money for high risk, but potentially lucrative investments. Dividends canbe reinvested or use to purchase something you like. Byfollowing this plan, you shouldhopefully be able to enjoy your life nowand still be financially secure in the future.Q9: What are people under 30 advise to do, toachieve financial security?Q10: What should people do if they find itdifficult to follow the speaker's advice on their financial plan?Q11: What does the speaker think is importantfor achieving financial security?PASSAGE 2I work in advertising and I like to keep upwith current trends mainly because I'm aware that we live in an image obsessedworld. However, when I first started my job, occasionally I'd catch a glimpseof obniol in the lifts and find youdao myself thinking (12) that I looked atotal mess. Was I being held back by my choice of clothing?Theshort answer is yes, especially when clients are quick to judge you on yourstyle rather than your work. (13) But no one can be unique with their outfitevery day. I mean, that's why uniforms were invented. So here's what I did.I created my own uniform. To do this, I chose an appropriate outfit. Then Ibought multiple items of the same style in different shades.NowI never worry about what I'm wearing in the morning, even if I do get a bittired of just wearing the same classic pieces. Overall, when it comes to work,you have to ask yourself: (14) Will looking smarter enhance my abilityto domy job? For some, this question may not be an issue at all. Especially ifyou work remotely and rarely see your colleagues or clients face to face, butif your job involves interacting with other people, the answer to thisis often yes.Sorather than fighting the system, I think we should just (15) do whateverhelps us to achieve our goals at work. If that means playing it safe withyour image, then let's face it. It's probably worth it.Q12: What do we learn about the speaker whenshe first started her job?Q13:Why were uniforms invented according to the speaker?Q14: Whatdoes the Loinbo say about looking smarter?Q15: Whatdoes the speaker advise people to do in an image obsessed world?LECTURE 116.A) Their obsession with consumption.听力原文：This phenomenon has resulted in significant creditcarddebt, enormous environmental footprints. And perhaps notcoincidentally or happiness levels have failed to increase over the same halfcentury.考点：同义替换17. B) Thingsthat cost less money.听力原文：I propose the less staff and less space can not only helpyou economize, but also simplify your life. I immediately saved $200,000. Smallerspace leads to reduced utility bills and also asmaller carbon footprint.考点：同义替换18. A) They serve multiple purposes.听力原文：Finally, we need multi-functional spaces in housewares.考点：视听一致+同义替换Did you knowthat Americans were approximately three times the amount of space we had 50years ago. Therefore, you'd think would have sufficient room for all of ourpossessions on the country. The postal storage business is now a growingindustry. We've got triple the space, but we've become such enthusiasticconsumers that we require even more. (16) This phenomenonhas resulted insignificant credit card debt, enormous environmental footprints. And perhapsnot coincidentally or happiness levels have failed to increaseover the samehalf century. I'm here to suggest an alternative that having less mightactually be a preferable decision. Many of us have experienced at some stage,the pleasure of possessing less. (17) I propose the less staff and lessspace can not only help you economize, but also simplify your life. Irecently started an innovative project to discover some creative solutions thatoffered me everything I required, by purchasing an apartment that was 40 squaremeters instead of 60. (17) I immediately saved $200,000. Smaller space leadsto reduced utility bills and also a smaller carbon footprint, because it'sdesigned around an edited collection and possessions limited to my favoritestuff. I'm really excited to live there. How can we live more basically?Firstly, we must ruthlessly cut the unnecessary objects out of our lives. ToSTEM consumption, we should think before we buy and ask ourselves, will ittruly make me happier? Obviously, we should possess some great stuff, but wewant belongings that we're going to love for years.Secondly, we requirespace efficiency. We want appliances that are designed for use most of thetime, not for occasional use. Why own a six-burner stove when you rarely useeven three burners?(19) Finally, we need multi-functional spaces in housewares. I combined amovable wall with transforming furniture to get more out of my limited space,consider my coffee table. It increases in size to accommodate 10. My office istucked away, easily hidden. My bed simply pops out of the wall. For guests, Ican relocate the movable wall and utilize the foldable guest beds I installed.I'm not saying we should all live in tiny apartments, but consider the benefitsof an edited life.When you returnhome and walk through your front door, take a moment to ask yourselves. Could Ido with a little live editing? Would that give me more freedom and more time?16. What hasprevented American's happiness levels from increasing?17. What thingsshould we possess according to the speaker?18. What do welearn about the items in the speaker's home?LECTURE 2Now believe itor not, people sometimes lie in order to maintain a good, honest reputation,even if it hurts them to do so. At least this is what a team of scientists issuggesting with evidence to prove it. Picture this scenario. You often drivefor work and can be compensated for up to 400 miles per month.Most people at your company drive about 300 miles eachmonth. But this month you drove 400 miles. How many miles do you think you'dclaim in your expense report? The scientists asked this exact question as partof the study, we're discussing today with surprising results. Q19 (19) Theyfound that 12% of respondents reported the distance.They drove as less than the actual figure, giving anaverage answer of 384 miles. (19) In other words, they lied about the numberof miles, even though they would forfeit money they were owed. Theresearchers believe this was to seem honest with the assumption being thatothers would be suspicious of a high expense claim, but why would peoplefabricate numbers to their own detriment?The researchers explained that (20) many people care agreat deal about their reputation and how they'll be judged by others. Ifthey care enough,they're concerned about appearing, honest and not losing therespect of others, maybe greater than their desire to actually be honest. Theresearchers assert that the findings suggest that when people obtain veryfavorable outcomes, they anticipate other people's suspicious reactions andprefer lying and appearing honest to telling the truth loinbo and appearing asselfish liars.So why is this research important? Well, experts generallyagree there are two main types of lie, selfish lies, and lies that are meant tobenefit others. The first, as you may predict is for selfish gain such assubmitting afraudulent claim to an insurance company while the second involveslying to help others or not offend others.For example, telling a friend whose outfit you don't likethat they look great. But the researchers are suggesting a third type of line:line to maintain a good reputation. Now, this hypothesis is new and someskeptics argue that thisisn't a whole new category of lie, (21) but thefindings seem intuitive tome.After all, one of the main motivations forlying is to increase our worth in the eyes of others. So it seemshighly likely that people will lie to seem honest.Q19: What did the team of scientists find in this study?Q20: Why would people fabricate numbers to their owndetriment according to the Loinbos？Q21: What does the speaker think of other researcher'sfindings?LECTURE 3Why do old people dislike new music? As I've grown older, Ioften hear people my age say things like they just don't make good music likethey used to. Why does this happen? Luckily, psychology can give us someinsights into this puzzle. Musical tastes begin to crystallize as early as age13 or 14.By the time we're in our early twenties, these tastes getlocked into place pretty firmly. In fact, studies have found that by the timewe turn 33, (23) most of us have stopped listening to new music.Meanwhile, popular songs released when you're in your early teens are likely toremain quite popular among your age group, the rest of your life. That could bea biological explanation for this.As there's evidence that the brain's ability to make subtledistinctions between different chords, rhythms, and melodies deteriorates withage. So to olderpeople, newer, less familiar songs might all sound the same,but there may be some simpler reasons for older people's aversion to new music.One of the most researched laws of social psychology is something called (24) themere exposure effect, which in essence.It means that the more we're exposed to something, the morewe tend to like it, this happens with people. We know the advertisements wesee, and the songs we listen to when you're in your early teens, you probablyspend a fair amount of time listening to music or watching music videos, yourfavorite songs and artists become familiar, comforting parts of your routine.For many people over 30 job and family obligationsincreases. So there's less time to spend discovering new music instead manualsimply listened to old familiar favorites from that period of their lives whenthey had more free time. Of course, those teen years weren't necessarilycarefree. They're famously confusing, which is why so many TV shows and moviesrevolve around high school turmoil.Psychology research has shown that (25) the emotionsthat we experience as teens seem more intense than those that come later.And we also know that intense emotions are associated with stronger memoriesand preferences. Both of these might explain why the songs we listened toduring this period become so memorable and beloved.So there's nothing wrong with your parents because theydon't like your music. Rather. It's old part of the natural order of things.Q22: What does the speaker mainly discuss in this talk?Q23: What have studies found about most people by the timethey turn 33?Q24: What do we learn from one of the most researched lawsof social psychology?Q25: What might explain the fact that songs people listento in their teen years are memorable and beloved.作文WritingDirections：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write on the topic Changes in the Way of Education. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.范文：Changes in the way of educationAs the internet is developing so rapidly, the way of education keeps changing and new forms of education emerge surprisingly. Especially during the pandemic of corona virus, online education has become one of the most important ways of education throughout the world.The changes in the way of education can be listed as follows.First of all, compared with traditional offline teaching activities, online education gives students the opportunity to study wherever they want, at home or in the park.Moreover, the cost of attending online courses is normally lower than that of offline ones. Besides, students can choose the perfect time when they are available to attend classes,instead of stubbornly fixing the time required without the possibility of doing any other important thing.From my perspective, the changes in the way of education mainly lie in the good respects. As one of the fortunate students who live in the age of internet and can get access to onlin e courses, I can’ t help exclaiming: it is the best of times.选词填空Section A（第1套）Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ton blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a listof choices given in a word bank following the passage Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identifi ed by a letter:Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 witha single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.W hen my son completes a task, I can’t help but praise him. It’s only natural to give praise where praise is due,right? But is there such a thing as too much praise?According to psychologist Katherine Phillip, children don’t benefit from 26 praise as much as we’d like to think.“Parents often praise, believing they are building their child’s self-confidence.However,over-praising can have a 27 effect,” says Phillip.“W hen we use the same praise 28 , it may become emptyand no longer valued by the child. It can also become anexpectation that anything th ey do must be 29 with praise.This may lead to the child avoiding taking risks due to fear of 30 their parents.”Docs this mean we should do away with all the praise? Phillip says no,“The key to healthy praise is 1o focus on the process rather than the 31 it is the recognition of a chi ld’s attempt, or the process in which they achieved something, that is essential,”she says, “Parents should encourage their child to take the risks needed to learn and grow.”So how do we break the 32 of praise we’re all so acc ustomed to? Phillip says it’s important to 33 between “person praise”and “process raise”.“Person praise is 34 saying how great someone is. It’s a form personal approval. Process praise s acknowledgement of the efforts te person has just 35 . Children who r eceive person praise are more likely to feel shame after losing,” says Phillip.A) chooseB) constantC) disappointingD) distinguishE) exhaustingF) experiencedG) negativeH) outcomeI ) patternJ) pluralK) repeatedlyL) rewardedM) separatelyN) simplyO) undertaken答案：26.B 27.G 28.K 29.L 30.C 31.H 32.I 33.D 34.N 35.O信息匹配Poverty is a story about us,not them36. [E] That comment,says Mothering Justice director Danielle Atkinson,"was meant to shame"37. [H] But the fact that 4 in 10 Americans can't come up with$400 in an emergency is a commonly cited statistic for good reason：economic instability strerches across race,gen?der,and geography.38. [M]According to the General Social Survey, 71 percent of respondents believe the country is spending too Little on "assistance to the poor."39. [J] The Frame Works Institute^ research group that focuses on public framing of issues,has studied what sustains stereotypes and narratives of poverty in the United Kingdom40. [D] If these are the central characters of our story about poverty,what layers of perceptions,myths,and realities must we unearth to find meaningful solutions and support?41 .[F] How many of us are poor in the U.S.?42. [N] "Poverty has been interchangeable with people of color - specifically black women and” bl ack mothers, "says Atkinson of Mothering Justice.43. [I] Negative images remain of who is living in poverty as well as what is needed to move out of it.44. [E] That comment,says Mothering Justice director Danielle Atkinson,"was meant to shame"45. [L] Those external factors include the difficulties accompanying low-wage work or structural discrimination based on race,gender,or ability仔细阅读P146. C They did not become popular until the emergence of improved batteries.47. B The falling prices of ebike batteries,48. D It will make a difference in people* s daily lives49. A Retailers'refusal to deal in ebikes.50 D The younger generatio n’ s pursuit of comfortable ridingP251 A To sway public opinion of the impact of human activities on Earth52 C it covers more phenomena53 D Deliberate choice of words54 B For greater precision55 C Human activities have serious effects on Earth翻译生活在中国不同地区的人们饮食多种多样。
2020年12月英语四级听力及答案解析
2020年12月英语四级听力及答案解析Scientists have issued a warning about the ___。
The nal n for the n of Nature (UICN) has ___ ___。
Cyprus。
and the ___ from the South Pacific and Indian Ocean。
this highly invasive species has ___ fatalities are rare。
the arrival of this fish could ___ life in the area.___ life is a major worry。
and the fish'___ means that itcould have a ___ that the fish is spreading。
and this is a cause for concern。
It is ___.On World Car-Free Day this Sunday。
almost half of Paris'city center will only be ___。
This is a response to the city's rising air n。
which briefly made Paris the most polluted city in the world。
Mayor Anne Hidalgo promoted the first World Car-Free Day last year and has also ___ Day。
where eight lanes of the main road are cleared of traffic。
Approximately 400 miles of streets will be closed to cars。
2020年12月大学英语四级考试听力真题及答案
2020年12月大学英语四级考试听力真题及答案2020年12月大学英语四级考试听力真题及答案【短对话听力原文】1. M： take a look at this cater. Maybe we can find some gifts for Jean’s new house.W： Ok, but remember we can afford a lot.Q： what does the woman mean?2. W： I am absolutely going nowhere about this statistics.M： How about going through them with you?Q： what does the man mean?3. M：are you just starting the record, aren’t you ? Let’s begin on Page 55.W： Sorry. I am afraid I can begin right now.Q： What mean from the conversation?4. W：remember. Carl’s arriving is at 226W： thanks to reminding me. I thought it would be sometime in July.Q： what are the speakers talking about?5. M： please excuse me for not attending the meeting yesterday. I am afraid I forgot to check the schedule.W：that’s all right. We have to rearrange the meeting at weekend. And everything went wrong.Q：what does it mean from the conversation.6. W：I didn’t fall sleep at least to 5 tomorrow.Q： what do we learn from the conversation?7. ,M： I got some bad news today. The star we are in is going to fallW： I am going to let you go.Q： What does the woman want to know?8 W：what’s wrong? You smell like a fish.M：......Q：what’s man mean?长对话Conversation 1M：That’s Marria’s families and we want to be engaged.W：It’s wonderful, Erik! Congratulations!M： I really like her families, too, very nice. Ms Comona speaks four languages and Mr. Comona a diplomat. In fact, he gives the speech at the Saturday morning.W：OH, that’s was N’s father? I heard the speech.M： You did?W： Well, I heard part of it and listened to it for ten minutes, and then I fell asleep. I saw it was in class. Anyway, tell me about your weekend.M：Saturday evening we saw a play. And Sunday afternoon we saw the soccer game. Then Sunday night we all went out for dinner. Marria, her parents, and me. That was the first chance we had to talk.W： Would you know this?M：That’s first I was. We didn’t say much. Mr. Comona told some good stories about his experiences as a diplomat and he asked about my hobbies.W： And what did you say?M：Well, I didn’t tell him about my flying lessons. I told him about my chess play and my classical music collection.W：Good idea! Her parents really approval of you. Don’t they?M：I guess so. Marria called this morning and said,” My father t old me he’ll like you sunny right now”W： That was great.M： Not exactly. I want to get married after I graduated school in about three years.Q9：what does the conversation about Marria’s father?Q10：What does Marria and Erik do last Sunday afternoon?。
2020年12月12日大陆托福考试口语真题回顾解析范文
2020年12月12日大陆托福考试口语真题回顾解析范文Task1If your university is going to invite someone to give a speech, who do you think they should invite? A businessman, a scientist or a politician?Personally speaking, I think it's a good idea to invite a scientist to give a speech in my university. I've got two reasons. First of all, students can benefit academically from a scientist's speech. Take myself as an example, myuniversity invited a environmental research scientist to give a speech regarding global warming. Even though it was not my major, I still learnt quite a lot from it. I learnt that in urban area, gas-tail emission contributes to more than 30% of the air pollution. And the scientist also shared several day-to-day things we ordinary people could do to protect the environment Secondly, scientists usually have some really amazing life stories of themselves about how their passionfor science affected their life‘ 1 find these stories extremely inspiring and they usually have a positiveinfluence on me as well.Task2If you have a misunderstanding with your friend, do you prefer talking it out in a public place or in a private place?If I ever got into such an awkward situation with my friend, I guess I would feel more comfortable talking aboutit in a public place. Firstly, people are usually more restrained in a public place, so it's less likely things will get out of control For instance, once my mom got into a fight with her friend, and my mom invited the friend home to talk it out. At first my mom wanted to apologize, but the friend just kept pushing her buttons until my mom couldn't take it any more. In the end they got into an even bigger fight . But if it was in a public place, I guess both my mom and her friend would have to think twice about their attitude and behaviors. At least things wouldn't get worse than before. Plus, I feel more at ease when I'm in a public place like a cafe or a pub, I can express myself better when I m more relaxed and our conflicts can be solved more easily.Task 3The university Is planning to offer business class on Saturdays and lower the tuition fee. In the conversation, the woman agrees with the plan. The first reason is that a lot of students who take business class also work full-time, since the business class will now be offered on Saturdays, it means it's more possible for students who also work full-time to take the class. As for the second reason, she points out that lowering the tuition fee will make it possible for more students to take the class, they will be able to afford itTask 4In the lecture, the professor introduces the concept of loss aversion. He offers us an example to illustrate It The professor once went to a supermarket and bought 20 dollars worth of food, but the cashier made a mistake and charged him 30 dollars instead. When the professor realized the mistake,he had to drive all the way back to the supermarket to get his 10 dollars back. But a couple of days later, his friend told him that a new cafe in town was giving 10 dollars to whoever was willing to try their new coffee, but the professor just wasn't interested in going at all.Task5The woman's problem is that she's the president of the camping club and she's supposed to take everyone camping this weekend, unfortunately the weather report said that it was going to rain- There are two possible solutions. The first one is to postpone the trip and go camping next weekend instead. And the second solution is to go this weekend and remind everyone to bring a raincoat. If I were in her shoes, I d go for the first solution because her club members would probably understand since It's not really something within her control I personally don't recommend the other solution because if it really rains, the members will have to stay inside the tents, what's the point of going camping if you can't even go outside?Task 6In the lecture, the professor talks about the characters of rainforest. The first one is warm climate. Take orchids as an example, orchids are pretty sensitive to the temperature, they can hardly survive the cold, but since the climate in the rainforest is relatively warm, the orchids can grow very well there. The other one is about canopy. The canopy created by layers and layers of leaves blocks the sunlight, so the environment on the ground is quite different from the。
2020年12月英语四级听力答案(有道版)
2020年12月英语四级听力答案（有道版）2020年12月英语四级听力答案（有道版）提示：考试采取"多题多卷"模式，试题顺序不统一，请依据试题实行核对。
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They enjoyed the movie on space exploration。
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At a gift shop。
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He declined a job offer from the art gallery。
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He will be unable to attend the birthday party。
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Set a deadline for the staff to meet。
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They way to the visitor’s parking。
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He has benefited from exercise。
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The secretaries in the man’s company。
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It is used by more people than English。
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The influence of the British Empire。
11.It includes a lot of words from other languages。
12.To place an order13.He is not familiar with the exact details of goods。
14.It depends on a number of factors。
15.Ring back when she comes to a decision。
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No one knows for sure when they came into being。
17.Carry ropes across river。
18.To prove the lighting is electricity。
12月20日托福听力真题
12月20日托福听力真题12月20日托福听力对话：学生服务场景男生去订房间，找到facility的负责人，确认一下自己有没有成功的预定一个教室，后来发现系统上査不到，有可能是因为有人重复提交，总之不是前段时间电脑大面积瘫痪的原因;这个学生要在周五早上预定一个礼堂来举办讲座，后来想定个大点的能容纳40个人的，但是没有定成功，因为那个老师从芝加哥过来，时间很紧;负责人说可能原因是丢失了申请表，或者重复提交了两次导致了错误，后来学生说自己再去确认下能不能改时间，然后负责人说另外有个地方的房间应该可以容纳40个人，最后他们在另外一个建筑预定了礼堂。
讲座：社会科学考古学。
教授讲了两种方法来探寻古代人类的迁徙轨迹。
先讲的是一个古代人种的迁徙，应该是波利尼西亚人的祖先;从台湾开始迁徙，第一步到菲律宾和印度尼西亚，第二步是到波利尼西亚和夏威夷;第二次间隔时间更长，是要等造船技术更成熟了才能迁移;通过比较语言，树和某种细菌的基因变化树可以追踪到迁徙的路径。
讲座：艺术green roof。
建筑讲座，讲芝加哥的屋顶花园。
第一部分说了屋顶花园的概念，屋顶花园是种在屋顶的植物，可以调整屋顶温度和城市气候。
屋顶花园分两种：一种是intensive的土有20inches，可以种不同种类的植物，另一种是extensive 的土只有1到5inches，一般只能种一种植物，但是便宜。
所以大部分人还是选择这种。
第二部分说一些科学家的实践，在芝加哥见了一个，很先进，可以控制土的厚度，种了各种植物，灌木还有小树。
教授自己去看过，感觉很梦幻，走在上面前一面还以为是公园，后一秒看到Horns什么的才想起来其实自己在屋顶。
后来别的组织发现屋顶花园还是很好的动物的栖息地。
最后教授说虽然很多人说屋顶花园这个项目很费钱而且很脆弱，但是他有这么多的好处，我们为什么不再多投入一点点。
12月20日托福听力对话：办公室场景一个学生要去参加农业实习，所以不能上那个教授的课，但是他对那个教授的课很感兴趣，因为他是学农学的，写过一篇跟那个教授上的课程相关的小论文什么的。
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2020年12月12日托福听力真题
12月12日托福听力Conversation 1
一个女生说她因为役认真看通知记错了活动上车地方，又因为物
理课结束的晚，所以吃晚饭就晚了，就没遇着熟人告诉她对的上车地方。
然后那个职员就告诉她那个concert真的很棒，他本来被迫负责
活动的结果，去看了之后发现非常喜欢。
那姑娘听了就心塞，然后那
个职
员说其实到最后我把你的票连着车票一起卖给一个特想去的同学了，所以我能够给你钱，这样你周末还能够去。
Lecture 1
艺术史--从实际的画风转向抽象化的转变。
抽象画就是会没有具体的轮廓，以唤起观众对色彩的感受，唤醒
观众的感情。
这里一个叫瓦西里·康定斯基的艺术家有很大的贡献，
这个画家本身也是音乐家，他的风格就是吧sound和color联系起来，让人在看到画的不同颜色会在脑海里产生不同的声音，比如这个画家
就会觉得绿色很平和，红色就很像乐队的大号手之类的，康定斯基将
这种现象称为synthesis。
教授一开始不相信这种现象的存有，但实验表明s的存有。
当有的人蒙面听到一些声音，他脑梅中关于视觉的部
分的确会活跃。
教授最后觉得那么s的存有还是可信的，同时也说明
了它很大水准影晌TKan的abstract风格。
Lecture 2
恐龙灭绝到底是因为彗星碰撞还是火山爆发。
彗星这个观点是因为从地质层发现的IrAk个元素本来在地球上是
没有的，只有通过asteroids and comets带来，陨石坠落造成环境大
毁灭是一个很快的过程。
而且时间和恐龙灭绝的时间吻合。
因为撞击
地球产生了大量的尘埃遮蔽了太阳光，温度过低，植物死了，恐龙没有食物所以灭绝了。
但是教授表示不支持这种观点，他认为火山爆发产生了很多的suldox让天气变了，这是一个缓慢的过程，在一个地方发现了化石，表明insect和鸟在那个时间都役灭绝。
所以不会是彗星撞地球，火山爆发比较靠谱。