全国大学英语四级听力理解部分由短篇新闻、长对话和听力篇章构成。试题采用选择题(单选题)题型。听力理解部分的分值比例为35%,其中短篇新闻占7%,长对话占8%,听力篇章占20%。考试时间约25分钟。2020年上半年第一次全国大学英语四级考试安排在7月11日举行,以下是希赛网英语四六级频道为大家搜集整理的2020年7月英语四级听力真题。
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation and the 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 1with a single line through the centre.
Conversation One
M:How do you like your new flexible work in arrangement? Do you enjoy working from home?
W:Yes and no, I find an isolation challenging at times, apart from my mother, not too many people I know, have time for phone chat during working hour. I tried the library but found I wasn’t really keen on working there.
M:No, neither would I. I find the library a bit too quiet. I’d lack inspiration or stimulation, which would be counter-productive to getting a lot of work done.
W:I found the same thing. So, lately, I’ve been going out to Cafes occasionally, I love the noise, the people, the busyness of a Café, the sense of being out in the world.
M: Coffee shops seem to have affectively become off spaces for so many people in this digital age. Though I’m not sure how Café owners feel about it - having so many people who go to that places to work rather than drink and eat.
W:Yes, some people seem to spend a lot of time there and not order much. The most annoying one for Café owners must truly be those, usually only two of them, who occupy a table for six with their laptops and paperwork.
M:They should sit at a table for two, not the table for six. Some obviously stay so long, they need to plug the laptops into a power adapter. I nearly tripped over someone’s computer electrical lead the other day in my local café.
W:It’s a double-edged sword, no doubt about that, for a Café owner. While remote workers help to keep the café full in quiet times, they can take up valuable table space and busy period.
Questions 10 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Question8. What does the woman say is the disadvantage of working from home?
Question9. What does the man say is counter-productive to getting work done in the library?
Question10. What does the woman like about doing one’s work in a café?
Question11. What is most annoying for café owners according to the woman?