大学英语四级模拟题一及答案

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PartIWriting(30minutes)
Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonthetopicofToGet
alongwithYourRoommates.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegiven
below.
1.室友之间的冲突在校园里常有发生
2.冲突的主要原因
3.室友之间如何和睦相处
ToGetalongwithYourRoommate
注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。
PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)
Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthe
questionsonAnswersheet1.
Forquestions17,
mark
Y(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;
N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;
NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.
Forquestions810,
completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.
EarlyChildhoodEducation
‘EducationToBeMore’waspublishedlastAugust.ItwasthereportoftheNewZealand
Government’sEarlyChildhoodCareandEducationWorkingGroup.Thereportarguedfor
enhancedequity(公平)ofaccessandbetterfundingforchildcareandearlychildhoodeducation
institutions.Unquestionably,that’sarealneed;butsinceparentsdon’tnormallysendchildrento
preschools
untiltheageofthree,arewemissingoutonthemostimportantyearsofall?
A13year
studyofearlychildhooddevelopmentatHarvardUniversityhasshownthat,bythe
ageofthree,mostchildrenhavethepotentialtounderstandabout1000words–mostofthe
languagetheywilluseinordinaryconversationfortherestoftheirlives.
Furthermore,researchhasshownthatwhileeverychildisbornwithanaturalcuriosity,itcan
besuppresseddramaticallyduringthesecondandthirdyearsoflife.Researchersclaimthatthe
humanpersonalityisformedduringthefirsttwoyearsoflife,andduringthefirstthreeyears
childrenlearnthebasicskillstheywilluseinalltheirlaterlearningbothathomeandatschool.
Onceovertheageofthree,childrencontinuetoexpandonexistingknowledgeoftheworld.
Itisgenerallyacknowledgedthatyoungpeoplefrompoorersocioeconomic
backgrounds
tendtodolesswellinoureducationsystem.That’sobservednotjustinNewZealand,butalsoin
Australia,BritainandAmerica.Inanattempttoovercomethateducationalunderachievement,
a
nationwideprogramcalled‘Headstart’waslaunchedintheUnitedStatesin1965.Alotofmoney
waspouredintoit.Ittookchildrenintopreschool
institutionsattheageofthreeandwas
supposedtohelpthechildrenofpoorerfamiliessucceedinschool.
Despitesubstantialfunding,resultshavebeendisappointing.Itisthoughtthattherearetwo
explanationsforthis.First,theprogrambegantoolate.Manychildrenwhoentereditattheageof
threewerealreadybeh