根据教育部规定四六级考试不设置及格线，四级425分（含425分）以上可以报考六级，所以大家普遍认为四六级的合格线为425分。英语四六级的分数是排位分，没有总分。报名时间CET全国英语四六级考试的考试时间为：每年6月份、12月份（每年时间略有不同）。
2021年12月英语四级听力真题
News Report One
(1) A 22-year-old Chinese woman who suffered from a persistent cough was
shocked to learn that she had a piece of chicken bone lodged in her lung. The
unnamed woman from the province of Shandong started have coughing problems when
she was 7 or 8 years old. For 14 years, she made numerous hospital visits.
However, no doctor could identify any problem. Her uncontrollable coughing was a
mystery. Finally, the woman got a full body scan at a hospital in the city of
Qingdao. This special medical procedure revealed she had a chicken bone stuck in
her lung. (2) Doctors performed surgery and removed the bone. The simple
procedure went smoothly and the woman has recovered fully with the bone finally
removed from her lung, the woman is very happy that she no longer suffers from
that annoying cough.
1. What was the woman’s problem?
2. How was the woman’s problem eventually solved?
News Report Two
(3) A white shape named Prickles that ran away from an Australian farm
during the 2013 bush fires recently returned home. According to farmer Alice
Gray, Prickles was only a lamb when she ran away. The bush fires that hit the
area back then destroyed a large part of her family’s massive property. They
thought Prickles had died in the fire. But instead, the young sheep escaped into
a 200-acre forest near the farm. (4) Once the fires were over, the family had to
fix the damage done to the farm as it was such a large property, which included
rebuilding about 40 kilometers of fencing. It was this huge fencing that
prevented Pickles from finding her way back. Over the years, the family spotted
her a few times. They even recorded her with cameras installed to monitor the
activity. But when they knew Pringles was alive, they couldn’t find her and
never expected her to return by herself. Seven years later, they were proven
wrong.
3. What does the news say about the white sheep Prickles?
4.What the family do of the bush fires?
News Report Three
(5) Tons of gold have fallen out of the sky in Russia after a cargo plane
malfunctioned in midair this morning. The aircraft was carrying 265 million
pounds worth of gold and diamonds, when the door flew open, sending the precious
metal back to earth. According to the official news agency, Russian authorities
have recovered more than 170 gold bars weighing 20 kilograms each. The plane was
traveling from Yakutsk airport in a major diamond producing region to the city
Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. (6)However, the aircraft made an emergency landing in
Magan after began losing some of its valuable cargo. Reports suggest some bars
of gold were scattered up to fifteen miles away from the airport. Nine tons of
gold on plane AN12 belonged to a gold mine company. Police have sealed off the
runway and say it is unclear if it was an accident or an attempted robbery. (7)
Technical engineers who worked on the plane prior to takeoff are reportedly
going to be questioned by the police.
5. What is the news report mainly about?
6. What did the aircraft do when the incident happened?
7. What does the news report say about the technical engineers who worked
on the plane before takeoff?
Conversation One
8. Why does the man have this conversation with the man recorded?
His job is related to the customer service.
9. What is the woman’s purpose of calling to the furniture company?
She wants to know when she can get her money back.
10. What does the woman say about her bank card?
The new bank card will be sent to her on Tuesday, and the bank may has
canceled the old one before the man made the payment.
11. What does the man advise the woman to do?
She needs to update the card details directly on the website.
Conversation Two
12. Why isn’t the man going to cook?
He’s worn out.
13. What does the man say he’ll do on his phone?
He’ll use the food delivery app on his phone.
14. What does the woman think of the Indian food?
That’s not the kind of the hot she means. She needs something mild.
15. What does the man think of the woman?
She’s really difficult to please.
Passage One
(16) A new study carried out by the university of Lincoln has found a link
between the personalities of cat owners and the behavior and wellbeing of their
cats. The findings suggest that just as apparent personality can affect the
personality of a child, the same is true for a cat and its owner. Owners defined
as individuals with high levels of anxiety, fear, anger, depression and
loneliness were more likely to have cats with behavioral issues. Such cats
display more aggressive and anxious behavioral styles as well as more stress
related sickness. They will also more likely to have an ongoing medical
condition and be overweight. The research also found that mentally well-adjusted
owners had come from happier and healthier cats. Researchers explained that many
owners regard their pets as a family member and form close social bonds with
them. (17) The majority of owners want to provide the best care for their pets
and is therefore possible that pets could be affected by the way their owners
interact with and manage them. The study highlights an important relationship
between our personalities and the well-being of our pets. (18) Further research
is needed to investigate the cause of nature of this relationship and look at
how owners’ personalities are directly influencing their pet’s behavior and
well-being. It is possible that the well-being of pets is driven by the
underlying nature of the owner not simply by their conscious decisions and
behaviors.
16. What do we learn from the new study by the University of Lincoln?
17. What does the passage say most pet owners want to do?
18. What does the passage say it’s still needed to understand the effects
of owners’ personalities on their pets?
Passage Two
(19) One 50-minute run can add seven hours to your life. This was a claim
made by The Times last week. The claim was based on a new review of studies
about the effects of running. The review concluded that an average runners live
three years longer than non-runners and that running does more to extend life
than any other form of exercise. But there’s more to running than its health
benefits. (20) Research published in recent years have shown that running
changes your brain and mind in some fascinating ways from increasing your brain
function to regulating your emotions. However, the precise effects vary
according to whether you engage in short fast running or long distance running.
For example, in one study, researchers compared participants’ ability to learn
new words after several minutes of intense running, and after 40 minutes of
gentle running, participants were able to learn 20 percent faster after the
intense running and they showed a superior memory when tested again a week
later. In another study, researchers asked volunteers to jog for 30 minutes and
then showed them clips from a sad movie. Participants who usually struggled to
handle negative emotions were more intensely affected by the sad clips just as
you’d expect. But crucially, this was less so if they had completed the 30
minutes jog. (21) The researchers said moderate exercise appears to have helped
those participants to be less vulnerable to the impact of the sad movie.
19. What did the new review of studies claim?
20. What is one effect that running has on people according to recent
research?
21. What did another study find about the participant after they had a 30
minutes jog?
Passage Three
Welcome to the tour of the Hill House. This house built in 1904 is one of
the most well-known works of Charles Hill, the famous architect. It was designed
and built for local entrepreneur and his family. Before starting the tour, let
me give you a brief introduction about the design of this amazing building. (23)
Prior to beginning his design, the architect spends sometime in the client’s old
home, observing their life and studying their habits. This meant that he could
design the house according to the needs of the family. (24) The client’s main
desire was to have a home with unique design, so the architect was given
complete freedom. The building style is radically different from what was the
fashion of the period. At the time, most large homes were constructed of timber
and brick. This one, however, is made of concrete, a novel construction material
in those days. The interior of the house, including the fittings and furniture,
was also designed by the same person. Most of the furniture you will see is
original and in good condition. However, (25) both pieces in the children’s
bedrooms are copies built to the designs of the architect. Fortunately, all the
blueprints for both the building and its contents have been preserved, so we’ve
been able to replace badly damaged furniture. Let’s begin our tour, starting
from the rooms.
22. What do we learn about the speaker?
He is the guide of the tour.
23. What dis the architect do before beginning his design?
24. What did the architect’s client mainly want?
25. What do we learn about the pieces of furniture in the children’s
bedrooms?
提高四级听力成绩的方法
果断选题
我们在答英语听力的时候，一定要果断的去选择英语听力题，在考试中有一个良好的心理状态，在平时的考试中，我们可能会有这样一种情况，就是刚开始自己选择的是正确的，但是经过考虑的之后，经常会选择错误的，考试之后就会后悔，所以我们在做选择题的时候，一定要果断，不要犹犹豫豫。
摘要式”听写
要想提高自己英语听力的成绩，我们还必须要经常的去练习，我们可以在平时的多听写听力材料，把自己听懂的写下来，把自己没有听懂的划上横线，听完之后我们在去看英语听力材料，这样经过长时间的练习，我们的英语听力就会有所提高。
