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1、2020年12月英语四级听力合集【篇一】2020年12月英语四级听力合集Soccer has had a slow start in America. In fact, themajority of schools still have no official soccer teamsor coaches. But the blossoming popularity of thegame cannot be denied. Thanks to the efforts ofsome world-famous soccer stars, soccer is soon tohave its plac
2、e in American culture.Although soccer has enjoyed decades of popularity elsewhere, it was literally ignored in America.Instead, a variation of the game called “football”was most popular in the U.S. and still is to this day.But the obvious advantages of playing soccer instead will soon win even the m
3、ost avid football enthusiasts.For one thing, soccer is a much safer game to play than football. No one deliberately tries toknock an opponent down in soccer. In fact, they players are discouraged from even touching each other.Soccer is a game that requires skill and dexterity in controlling the ball
4、. Since no one may usehands to do this, soccer players soon acquire incredible control of their heads, knees, andfeet.Useful Words and Expressions：1. slow start 缓慢起动2. blossom 兴旺，发展3. ignore 忽视4. avid 渴望的5. discourage from 劝阻6. dexterity 灵巧，机敏【篇二】2020年12月英语四级听力合集In a good cartoon, the artist can tel
5、l in a few lines as much as a writer can tell in half a dozen paragraphs. The cartoonist not only tells a story but he also tries to persuade the reader to his way of thinking. He has great influence on public opinion. In a political campaign, he plays an important part. Controversial issues in Cong
6、ress or at meetings of the United Nations may keep the cartoonist well-supplied with current materials.A clever cartoonist may cause laughter because he often uses humor in his drawings. If he is sketching a famous person, he takes a prominent feature and exaggerates it. Cartoonists, for instance, l
7、ike to lengthen an already long nose and to widen an already broad grin. This exaggeration of a persons characteristics is called caricature. The artist uses such exaggeration to put his message across.Useful Words and Expressions：1. cartoonist 漫画家2. campaign 活动3. controversial 争论的，争议的4. sketch 素描5.
8、 prominent 卓越的6. exaggerate 夸张7. lengthen 延长8. grin 露齿笑【篇三】2020年12月英语四级听力合集Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience?Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at bi
9、rth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus, the limits of a persons intelligence are fixe
10、d at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, held by most experts now, can be supported in a number of ways. As is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people is, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence.