2011年6月英语四级模拟题二.docVIP

Part I Writing (30 minutes) 　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Competition. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 　　1. 竞争使人们充满创造力，使人们更有效率。 　　2. 竞争促使生产出更好的产品和提供更优质的服务。 　　3. 竞争促进了社会的进一步发展。 　　Competition 　　 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 passage. 　　For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. 　　Earthquake.[?:θkweik]地震 　　Can Scientists .[sai?ntist]科学家.[pridikt] 预言; 预测; 预示Predict摧毁…者Killer Earthquakes? 　　The date was November十一月23, 1980. People near .[neiplz] 那不勒斯(意大利西南部港市) Naples, in [s?e?n] 南方的southern [?t?l?] Italy, felt the Earth roll .[r?ul]滚动and震动 shake .[?eik]. Earthquake! Suddenly buildings came tumbling [t?mbl] down. 即将坍塌的 Cracks 开裂[kr?k] appeared 出现[?pi?]in the earth. Within minutes数分钟内, entire全部的, [intai?] towns were 破坏, 毁灭destroyed[distr?i]. . Thousands of people were[ded] dead. Thousands more were.[ind??]伤害 injured. 　　As.[reskju:]营救 rescuers救助者 searched through the.[r?b?l] 碎石, 瓦砾 rubble, many people must have 怀疑wondered, of only the 受害者, 受灾者victims[viktim] had known在(某人或某事物的)前面 ahead of time提前；预先, many lives could have been拯救, saved. 　　Actually实际上；实在地；确实, an Italian scientist did predict that such a (地面)震动quake would happen. In 1977 Dr. M. [人名] 卡普托Caputo of the University Degiles Study in Rome warned.[w?:n]告诫; 预先通知that a large quake would soon 打, 击strike[straik] the east of Naples. Unfortunately, he couldn’t predict the exact time and date of the quake. 　　Dr. Caputo made his general prediction after talking with sci