英语四级考试历年真题详解及试题.doc

大学英语四级考试2006年 6 月题 Part Ⅰ Writing(30 minutes) 注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Students Selecting Their Lecturers. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 有些大学允许学生自由选择某些课程的任课教师 学生选择教师时所考虑的主要因素 学生自选任课教师的益处和可能产生的问题 Students Selecting Their Lecturers Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning）(15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, mark Y(for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N(for NO）if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG(for NOT GIVEN）if the information is not given in the passageFor questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Highways Early in the 20th century, most of the streets and roads in the U.S. were made of dirt, brick, and cedar wood blocks. Built for horse, carriage, and foot traffic, they were usually poorly cared for and too narrow to accommodate (容纳）automobiles. With the increase in auto productionprivate turnpike (收费公路）companies under local authorities began to spring upand by 1921 there were 387,000 miles of paved roads. Many were built using specifications of 19th century Scottish engineers Thomas Telford and John Macadam (for whom the macadam surface is named), whose specifications stressed the importance of adequate drainage. Beyond that, there were no national standards for size, weight restrictions, or commercial signs. During World War I, roads throughout the country were nearly destroyed by the weight of trucks. When General Eisenhower returned from Germany in 1919, after serving in the U.S. Army’s first transcontinental motor convoy (车队he noted: “The old convoy had started me thinking about good, two-lane highways, but Germany’s Autobahn or motorway had made me see the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land”