大学英语四级模拟试题一.docx

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大学英语四级模拟试题一

大学英语四级模拟试题一

Part1Writing（30minutes）

Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonthetopicofToGetalongwithYourRoommates.Youshouldwriteat120worldsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.

1．室友之间的冲突在校园内常有发生

2．冲突的主要原因

3．室友之间如何和睦相处

ToGetalongwithYourRoommate

注意：

此部分试题在答案卡1上

Part2ReadingComprehension（SkimmingandScanning）（15minutes）

Directions:

Inthispartyouwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswersheet1

Fortquestions17,

Mark

Y（ForYES）ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;

N（forNO）ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;

NG（forNOTGIVEN）iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.

Forquestions8-10,

Completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveinthepassage.

EarlyChildhoodEducation

‘EducationToBeMorewaspublishedlastAugust.ItwasthereportoftheNewZealandGovernment’sEarlyChildhoodCareandEducationWorkingGroup.Thereportarguedforenhancedequity（公平）ofaccessandbetterfundingforchildcareandearlychildhoodeducationinstitutions.Unquestionably,that’sarealneed#894;butsinceparentsdon’tnormallysendchildrentopreschoolsuntilltheofthree,arewemissingoutonthemostimportantyearsofall?

A13yearStudyofearlychildhooddevelopmentatHarvardUniversityhasshownthat,bytheageofthree,mostchildrenhavethepotentialtounderstandabout1000words-mostofthelanguagetheywilluseinordinaryconversationfortherestoftheirlives.Furthermore,researchhasshownthatwhileeverychildisbornwithanaturalcuriosity,itcanbesuppresseddramaticallyduringthesecondandthirdyearsoflife.Researchersclaimthatthehumanpersonalityisformedduringthefirsttwoyearsoflife,andduringthefirstthreeyearschildrenlearnthebasicskillstheywilluseinalltheirlaterlearningbothathomeandatschool.

Onceovertheageofthree,childrencontinuetoexpandonexistingknowledgeoftheworld.

Itisgenerallyacknowledgedthatyoungpeoplefrompoorersocioeconomicbackgroundstendtodolesswellinoureducationsystem.That’sobservednotjustinNewZealand,butalsoinAustralia,BritainandAmerica.Inanattempttoovercomethateducationalunderachievement,

Anationwideprogramcalled‘Headstart’waslaunchedintheUnitedStatesin1965.Alotofmoneywaspouredintoit.Ittookchildrenintopreschoolinstitutionsattheageofthreeandwassupposedtohelpthechildrenofpoorerfamiliessucceedinschool.Despitesubstantialfunding,resultshavebeendisappointing.Itisthoughtthattherearetwoexplanationsforthis.First,theprogrambegantoolate.Manychildrenwhoentereditattheageofthreewerealreadybehindtheirpeersinlanguageandmeasurableintelligence.Second,theparentswerenotinvolved.Attheendofeachday,‘Headstart’childrenreturnedtothesamedisadvantagedhomeenvironment.

Asaresultofthegrowingresearchevidenceoftheimportanceofthefirstthreeyearsofachild’slifeandthedisappointingresultsfrom‘Headstart’,apilotprogramwaslaunchedinMissouriintheUSthatfocusedonparentsasthechild’sfirstteachers.The‘Missouri’programwaspredicatedonresearchshowingthatworkingwiththefamily,ratherthanbypassingtheparents,isthemosteffectivewayofhelpingchildrengetofftothebestpossiblestartinlife.Thefouryearspilotstudyincluded380familieswhowereabouttohavetheirfirstchildandwhorepresentedacrosssectionofsocioeconomicstatus,ageandfamilyconfigurations（结构）.Theyincludedsingleparentandtwoparentfamilies,familiesinwhichbothparentsworked,andfamilieswitheitherthemotherorfatherathome.

Theprograminvolvedtrainedparenteducatorsvisitingtheparents’homeandworkingwiththeparent,orparents,andthechild.Informationonchilddevelopment,andguidanceonthingstolookforandexpectasthechildgrowswereprovided,plusguidanceinfosteringthechild’sintellectual,language,socialandmotorskilldevelopment.Periodiccheckupsofthechild’seducationalandsensorydevelopment（hearingandvision）weremadetodetectpossiblehandicapsthatinterferewithgrowthanddevelopment.Medicalproblemswerereferredtoprofessionals.

Parenteducatorsmadepersonalvisitstohomesandmonthlygroupmeetingswereheldwithothernewparentstoshareexperienceanddiscusstopicsofinterest.Parentresourcecenters,locatedinschoolbuildings,offeredlearningmaterialsforfamiliesandfacilitiesforchild.

Attheageofthree,thechildrenwhohadbeeninvolvedinthe‘Missouri’programwereevaluatedalongsideacrosssectionofchildrenselectedfromthesamerangeofsocioeconomicbackgroundsandfamilysituations,andalsoarandomsampleofchildrenthatage.Theresultswerephenomenal.Bytheageofthree,thechildrenintheprogramweresignificantlymoreadvancedinlanguagedevelopmentthantheirpeers,hadmadegreaterstridesinproblemsolvingandotherintellectualskills,andwerefurtheralonginsocialdevelopment.Infact,theaveragechildontheprogramwasperformingatthelevelofthetop15to20percentoftheirpeersinsuchthingsasauditorycomprehension,verbalabilityandlanguageability.Mostimportantofall,thetraditionalmeasuresof‘risk’,suchasparents’ageandeducation,orwhethertheywereasingleparent,borelittleornorelationshiptothemeasuresofachievementandlanguagedevelopment.Childrenintheprogramperformedequallywellregardlessofsocioeconomicdisadvantages.Childabusewasvirtuallyeliminated.Theonefactorthatwasfoundtoaffectthechild’sdevelopmentwasfamilystressleadingtoapoorqualityofparent-childinteraction.Thatinteractionwasnotnecessarilybadinpoorerfamilies.

Theseresearchfindingsareexciting.ThereisgrowingevidenceinNewZealandthatchildrenfrompoorersocioeconomicbackgroundsarearrivingatschoollesswelldevelopedandthatourschoolsystemtendstoperpetuate（使永存）thatdisadvantage.Theinitiativeoutlinedabovecouldbreakthatcycleofdisadvantage.Theconceptofworkingwithparentsintheirhomes,orattheirplaceofwork,contrastsquitemarkedlywiththereportoftheEarlyChildhoodCareandEducationWorkingGroup.Theirfocusisongettingchildrenandmothersaccesstochildcareandinstitutionalizedearlychildhoodeducation.Educationfromtheageofthreetofiveisundoubtedlyvital,butwithoutasimilarfocusonparenteducationandonthevitalimportanceofthefirstthreeyears,someevidenceindicatesthatitwillnotbeenoughtoovercomeeducationalinequity.

1.Theskillslearnedbychildrenatageofthreewillbeusedinalltheirlaterlearninginlife.

2.The‘Headstart’programfinallysucceededinitsaim.

3.The‘Missour’programsuppliedmanyformsofsupportandtrainingtoparents.

4.Most‘Missouri’programthreeyearsold

scoredhighlyinareassuchaslistening,speaking,

reasoningandinteractingwithothers.

5.‘Missouri’programchildrenofyoung,uneducated,singleparentsscoredlesshighlyonthe

tests.

6.Thericherfamiliesinthe‘Missouri’programhadhigherstresslevels.

7.Educationalinequitycannotbeovercomeforchildrenfromdifferentfamilybackgrounds.

8.Theaimof‘Headstart’programistohelpchildrenfrompoorfamiliesovercome

____________________.

9.Themosteffectivewayofhelpingchildrengetofftothebestpossiblestartinlifeis

____________________.

10.Theconceptofworkingwithparentsintheirhomescontrastsquitemarkedlywiththereport

oftheEarlyChildhoodCoreand____________________.

PartIIIListeningComprehension（35minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Atthe

endofeachconversation,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’tknowthatshewasenrolledinamathematiccourse.

B）Hethoughtshepreferredtostudyalone.