英语四级真题及答案Word格式文档下载.docx

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125minutes

特注：

2013年6月大学四级考试采用多题多卷形式，本试卷含两套写作题，考生可以任选其一。

PartIWriting（多题多卷写作题1）（30minutes）

Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsontheimportanceofdoingsmallthingsbeforeundertakingsomethingbig.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.

PartIWriting（多题多卷写作题2）（30minutes）

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsontheimportanceofreadingliterature.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.

PartIIReadingComprehension（SkimmingandScanning）（15minutes）

Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

CanDigitalTextbookTrulyReplacethePrintKind?

Theshortcomingsoftraditionalprinteditiontextbooksareobvious:

Forstartersthey’reheavy,withtheaveragephysicstextbookweighing3.6pounds.They’realsoexpensive,especiallywhenyoufactorintheaveragecollegestudent’slimitedbudget,typicallycostinghundredsofdollarseverysemester.

Buttheworstpartisthatprintversionoftextbooksareconstantlyundergoingrevisions.Manyprofessorsrequirethattheirstudentsuseonlythelatestversionsintheclassroom,essentiallyrenderingoldertextsunusable.Forstudents,itmeansthey’rebasicallystuckwithafourpoundpaper-weightthattheycan’tsellback.

Whichiswhydigitaltextbooks,iftheyliveuptotheirpromise,couldhelpeasemanyoftheseshortcomings.Buttillnow,they’vebeensomethinglikeamirage（幻影）inthedistance,morelikeahazy（模糊的）dreamthananactualreality.Imaginethepromise:

Carryingallyourtextbooksina1.3poundiPad?

Itsoundsalmosttoogoodtobetrue.

Butthereareafewpilotschoolsalreadymakingthetransition（过渡）overtodigitalbooks.UniversitieslikeCornellandBrownhavejumpedonboard.AndonemedicalprogramattheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,gavetheirentireclassiPadswithwhichtodownloadtextbooksjustlastyear.

Butnotallwereeagertojumpaboard.

“PeopleweretiredofusingtheiPadtextbookbesidesusingitforreading,”saysKalpitShah,whowillbegoingintohissecondyearatIrvine’smedicalprogramthisfall.“Theyweren’tusingitasasourceofcommunicationbecausetheycouldn’treadorwriteinit.SoathirdofthepeopleinmyprogramwereusingtheiPadinclasstotakenotes,theotherthirdwereusinglaptopsandthelastthirdwereusingpaperandpencil.”

Thereasonithasn’tcaughtonyet,hetellsme,isthatthefunctionalityofe-editiontextbooksisincrediblylimited,andsomestudentsjustaren’tmotivatedtolearnnewstudybehavior.

ButanewapplicationcalledInklingmightchangeallthat.Thecompanyjustreleasedanupdatedversionlastweek,andit’llbeutilizedinover50undergraduateandgraduateclassroomsthiscomingschoolyear.

“Digitaltextbooksarenotgoingtocatchon,”saysInklingCEOMattMaclnnisashe’sgivingmeademo（演示）overcoffee.“WhatImeanbythatisthecurrentperspectiveofthedigitaltextbookisit’sanexactcopyoftheprintbook.There’sCourseSmart,etc.,theseguyswhotakeanyimageofthepageandputitonascreen.Ifthat’showwe’redefiningdigitaltextbooks,there’snohopeofthatbecomingamainstreamproduct.”

HecallsInklingaplatformforpublisherstobuildrichmultimediacontentfromthegroundup,withaheavyemphasisonreal-worldfunctionality.Thetraditionaltextbookmerelyservesasaskeleton.

AtfirstglanceInklingisanimpressiveexperience.Afterswiping（敲击）intotheiPadapp（应用软件）,whichyoucangetforfreehere,heopensupafewdifferenttypesoftextbooks.

Upfirstisachemistrybook.Theboottimeisprettyfast,andhenavigatesthrough（浏览）afewchaptersbeforeswipingintoafullyrendered3Dmoleculethatcanbespunaroundtoviewitsvariousbuildingblocks.“Publishersgiveusallofthesourcemedia,artwork,videos,”hesays,“Wehelpthemthinkthroughhowtoactuallybuildsomethingforthisplatform.”

Nexthepullsupamusiccompositiontextbook,completewithplayabledemos.It’salearningexperiencethatattacksyoufrommultiplesensorydirections.It’sclearwhythiswouldbesomethingamusicmajorwouldlove.

ButthemostexcitingpartaboutInkling,tome,isitsnotation（批注）system.Here’showitworks!

Whenyoupurchaseausedprintbook,itcomeswithitspreviousowner’shighlightsand