2024年12月英语四级真题及参考答案温馨提示：英语四级试卷采用多题多卷的形式，大家核对答案时，找出具体选项，忽略套数。无忧考网搜集整理了各个版本，仅供大家参考。听力第一套听力原文NewS 01The City of Fayetteville is making a special effort to recognize its bus drivers,ahead of the newly proclaimed Transit DriverAppreciation Day,happening Saturday.Aspart of the event,the city is celebrating itslongest serving driver on the force.Thatdriver is Sherry Christian.Christian hasbeen a driver for 25 years.The Fayettevillenative believes driving a school bus allowsher to give back to her community.Shesaysthat the best part of the job iswatching the children who ride her busgrow up.Transit Driver Appreciation Dayhas been celebrated across the country asfar back as 2009.However,this week,theCity of Fayetteville issued a proclamationfor the day to take place March 18th.Officials said they want bus drivers to knowhow important they are to Fayetteville,serving almost 1.6 million riders a year.Q01.What do we learn about SherryChristian?Q02.What did city officials of Fayettevillewant bus drivers to be aware of?NewS 02The Wilton School Board has proposed a5.99%spending increase.If approved,itwould be the largest jump in at least eightbudget cycles.The 5.99%request morethan doubles the highest previous yearover year increase inthe last eight years,which was 2.99%for the 2021 to 2022school year.The biggest driver of the 91.8million proposed budget remains teacherssalaries.These account for 64%of the totalrequest at 59 million dollars.The 59 milliondollars is up from the 56.7 million dollarsbudgeted for the current school year.Thereare some factors that could affect thebudget moving forward.One of those istotal enrollment.The district will have atotal enrollment of 3,742 students.Almostall of these students will be in kindergartenthrough high school,but 66 will be inprekindergarten and other programs.Thisrepresents 47 fewer students than thecurrent year.Fewer students mean lessfederal and state funding.Q03.What does the news report say theWilton School Board has done?Q04.What will a decline in thetotalenrollment lead to?News 03A rare thundersnow event has taken place inScotland.And alarmed locals contacted police,thinking they had heard bombs going off.Thephenomenon happens when thunder andlightning mix with a heavy snowstorm,sometimes causing loud claps that can beconfused with explosions.One person describedit as a loud boom,similar to a plane crash.Another person was woken up in the middle ofthe night by what hethought was earlyconstruction workstarting.The noise waspowerful enough toshake buildings and set offcar alarms.The police were flooded with manycalls from the public.And they sent out amessage asking people to remain calm.Thepolice assured everyone that it was just thunderand lightning rather than some military exercise.The weather was the coldest it had been for theseason,so people were warned to be carefulwhen traveling outside.In particular,dangerousconditions such as icy roads or wet ground couldcause difficulty for drivers.The rail service alsoannounced potential disruptions to trains due tothe deep snow.Some roads were also closedbecause of the severe weather.Q05.What do we learn about thundersnowsfrom the report?Q06.What did the police do when they receivedthe local residence phone calls?Q07.What were people advised to do whentraveling outside?Long Convo 01M:Im going to the city centre to buy a new phone today.W:Didnt youbuy a new phone just two months ago?M:It was three months ago,and I already know whatyoure goingto say.Youre thinking I shouldnt replace myphone this soon.W:No,actually,I was wondering how you could possiblyafford a new phone.But,now thatyou mention it,I dothink getting another phone so soon is wasteful,regardless of the cost.M:Maybe youre right,but the thing is,everyone at theoffice has a nice,expensive phone,and Im a littleembarrassed by mine.I just got a credit card,soI thoughtI might as well buy a new phone.W:I dont think buying a phone on credit is a good idea.Look,youve only been working for five months now.Peopleunderstand that youare a recent graduate,and Idoubt anyone cares about your phone other than yourself.M:Maybeyoure right,but thecredit card has a very goodspecial offer,where I dont pay any interest for six months.Ill be ableto pay for the phone well before that period isover.W:I still think its a bad idea touse a credit card forsomething you dont need.One of my colleagues bought alot of things on credit during her first year of work,and itbecame a bad habit,and she accumulated a lot of debt.M:Well,I can see how that might happen to someone,andIm sure she regrets it,but I know it wont happen to me.Q08.What does the woman say she was actuallywondering about?Q09.Why is the man a little embarrassed by the phonehes using now?Q10.What does the man say about the credit card he justgot?Q11.What do we learn aboutone of the womenscolleagues?Long Convo 02W:Welcome to the Morning