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大学英语四级考试模拟试题

2009年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试题（七）

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PartIWriting（30minutes）

Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonthetopicofToGet

alongwithYourRoommates.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.

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,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswersheet1.

Forquestions17,mark

Y（forYES）ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;

N（forNO）ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;

NG（forNOTGIVEN）iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.

Forquestions810,

completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

EarlyChildhoodEducation

‘EducationToBeMore’waspublishedlastAugust.ItwasthereportoftheNewZealand

Government’sEarlyChildhoodCareandEducationWorkingGroup.Thereportarguedforenhancedequity（公平）ofaccessandbetterfundingforchildcareandearlychildhoodeducationinstitutions.Unquestionably,that’sarealneed;butsinceparentsdon’tnormallysendchildrentopreschoolsuntiltheageofthree,arewemissingoutonthemostimportantyearsofall?

A13yearstudyofearlychildhooddevelopmentatHarvardUniversityhasshownthat,bytheageofthree,mostchildrenhavethepotentialtounderstandabout1000words–mostofthelanguagetheywilluseinordinaryconversationfortherestoftheirlives.

Furthermore,researchhasshownthatwhileeverychildisbornwithanaturalcuriosity,itcanbesuppresseddramaticallyduringthesecondandthirdyearsoflife.Researchersclaimthatthehumanpersonalityisformedduringthefirsttwoyearsoflife,andduringthefirstthreeyearschildrenlearnthebasicskillstheywilluseinalltheirlaterlearningbothathomeandatschool.

Onceovertheageofthree,childrencontinuetoexpandonexistingknowledgeoftheworld.Itisgenerallyacknowledgedthatyoungpeoplefrompoorersocioeconomicbackgroundstendtodolesswellinoureducationsystem.That’sobservednotjustinNewZealand,butalsoin

Australia,BritainandAmerica.Inanattempttoovercomethateducationalunderachievement,anationwideprogramcalled‘Headstart’waslaunchedintheUnitedStatesin1965.Alotofmoneywaspouredintoit.Ittookchildrenintopreschoolinstitutionsattheageofthreeandwassupposedtohelpthechildrenofpoorerfamiliessucceedinschool.

Despitesubstantialfunding,resultshavebeendisappointing.Itisthoughtthattherearetwoexplanationsforthis.First,theprogrambegantoolate.Manychildrenwhoentereditattheageof

threewerealreadybehindtheirpeersinlanguageandmeasurableintelligence.Second,theparentswerenotinvolved.Attheendofeachday,‘Headstart’childrenreturnedtothesamedisadvantagedhomeenvironment.

Asaresultofthegrowingresearchevidenceoftheimportanceofthefirstthreeyearsofachild’slifeandthedisappointingresultsfrom‘Headstart’,apilotprogramwaslaunchedin

MissouriintheUSthatfocusedonparentsasthechild’sfirstteachers.The‘Missouri’programwaspredicatedonresearchshowingthatworkingwiththefamily,ratherthanbypassingtheparents,isthemosteffectivewayofhelpingchildrengetofftothebestpossiblestartinlife.Thefouryearpilotstudyincluded380familieswhowereabouttohavetheirfirstchildandwhorepresentedacrosssectionofsocioeconomicstatus,ageandfamilyconfigurations（结构）.Theyincludedsingleparentandtwoparentfamilies,familiesinwhichbothparentsworked,andfamilieswitheitherthemotherorfatherathome.Theprograminvolvedtrainedparenteducatorsvisitingtheparents’homeandworkingwiththeparent,orparents,andthechild.Informationonchilddevelopment,andguidanceonthingstolookforandexpectasthechildgrowswereprovided,plusguidanceinfosteringthechild’sintellectual,language,socialandmotorskilldevelopment.Periodiccheckupsofthechild’seducationalandsensorydevelopment（hearingandvision）weremadetodetectpossiblehandicapsthatinterferewithgrowthanddevelopment.Medicalproblemswerereferredtoprofessionals.

Parenteducators

madepersonalvisitstohomesandmonthlygroupmeetingswereheldwithothernewparentstoshareexperienceanddiscusstopicsofinterest.Parentresourcecenters,locatedinschoolbuildings,offeredlearningmaterialsforfamiliesandfacilitiesforchild.

Attheageofthree,thechildrenwhohadbeeninvolvedinthe‘Missouri’programwereevaluatedalongsideacrosssectionofchildrenselectedfromthesamerangeofsocioeconomicbackgroundsandfamilysituations,andalsoarandomsampleofchildrenthatage.Theresultswerephenomenal.Bytheageofthree,thechildrenintheprogramweresignificantlymoreadvancedinlanguagedevelopmentthantheirpeers,hadmadegreaterstridesinproblemsolvingandotherintellectualskills,andwerefurtheralonginsocialdevelopment.Infact,theaveragechildontheprogramwasperformingatthelevelofthetop15to20percentoftheirpeersinsuchthingsasauditorycomprehension,verbalabilityandlanguageability.

Mostimportantofall,thetraditionalmeasuresof‘risk’,suchasparents’ageandeducation,orwhethertheywereasingleparent,borelittleornorelationshiptothemeasuresofachievement

andlanguagedevelopment.Childrenintheprogramperformedequallywellregardlessofsocioeconomicdisadvantages.Childabusewasvirtuallyeliminated.Theonefactorthatwasfoundtoaffectthechild’sdevelopmentwasfamilystressleadingtoapoorqualityofparentchildinteraction.Thatinteractionwasnotnecessarilybadinpoorerfamilies.

Theseresearchfindingsareexciting.ThereisgrowingevidenceinNewZealandthatchildrenfrompoorersocioeconomicbackgroundsarearrivingatschoollesswelldevelopedandthatour

schoolsystemtendstoperpetuate（使永存）thatdisadvantage.Theinitiativeoutlinedabovecouldbreakthatcycleofdisadvantage.Theconceptofworkingwithparentsintheirhomes,orattheirplaceofwork,contrastsquitemarkedlywiththereportoftheEarlyChildhoodCareandEducation

WorkingGroup.Theirfocusisongettingchildrenandmothersaccesstochildcareandinstitutionalizedearlychildhoodeducation.Educationfromtheageofthreetofiveisundoubtedlyvital,butwithoutasimilarfocusonparenteducationandonthevitalimportanceofthefirstthreeyears,someevidenceindicatesthatitwillnotbeenoughtoovercomeeducationalinequity.

1.Theskillslearnedbychildrenatageofthreewillbeusedinalltheirlaterlearninginlife.

2.The‘Headstart’programfinallysucceededinitsaim.

3.The‘Missour’programsuppliedmanyformsofsupportandtrainingtoparents.

4.Most‘Missouri’programthreeyearoldsscoredhighlyinareassuchaslistening,speaking,reasoningandinteractingwithothers.

5.‘Missouri’programchildrenofyoung,uneducated,singleparentsscoredlesshighlyonthetests.

6.Thericherfamiliesinthe‘Missouri’programhadhigherstresslevels.

7.Educationalinequitycannotbeovercomeforchildrenfromdifferentfamilybackgrounds.

8.Theaimof‘Headstart’programistohelpchildrenfrompoorfamiliesovercome____________________.

9.Themosteffectivewayofhelpingchildrengetofftothebestpossiblestartinlifeis____________________.

10.TheconceptofworkingwithparentsintheirhomescontrastsquitemarkedlywiththereportoftheEarlyChildhoodCoreand____________________.

PartIIIListeningComprehension（35minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachsectiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

11.A）ToordersomemedicineforAuntMargaret.

B）Togetsomeexercise.

C）Tobuysomeitems.

D）Toseetheiraunt.

12.A）Anyonecandoit.

B）Noonecandoit.

C）Alexcanprobablydoit.

D）Alexprobablyshouldn’tdoit.

13.A）Teaisbetterthancoffee.

B）Themanshouldswitchtotea.

C）Therearetworeasonsnottodrinkcoffee.

D）Themanshouldn’tdrinkeither.

14.A）Atahairdresser’s.B）Atatailor’s.

C）Atabutcher’s.D）Ataphotographer’s.

15.A）Angry.B）Tired.C）Hungry.D）Disappointed.

16.A）Shewouldlikesomesoup.

B）She’sinvitingthemantolunch.

C）Shewantstoknowifthemanlikeschicken.

D）Sheatelunchearlier.

17.A）Veryfewpeoplecometoit.

B）Agoodnamehasn’tbeenfoundforit.

C）Peopledon’tlikeclimbingthestairstogetthere.

D）Shehasdecidedtophonetheticketoffice.

18.A）Itwasdesignedbymodernartists.

B）Itwillcolorblackandwhiteprints.

C）Itsmerchandisemustbecarefullysortedthrough.

D）Itsbestselectionisofmodernartprints.

Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

19.A）Aclasspresentationthey’repreparing.

B）Atelevisionprogramthemaniswatching.

C）Visitingaclosefiendoftheirs.

D）Studyingforatest.

20.A）He’stakingabreakfromstudying.

B）Hehasalreadyfinishedstudying.

C）Hewasassignedtowatchaprogrambyhisprofessor.

D）He’sfindingoutsomeinformationforafriend.

21.A）Hedidn’tknowthatshewasenrolledinamathematic