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四级预测试题一 Part IWriting (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic How to Avoid Quarrel in Dormitory? You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:1) 很多大学新生经常会与室友发生争吵2) 争吵可能带来的危害3) 如何避免争吵的发生How to Avoid Quarrel in Dormitory? Part IIReading 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, choose the best answer from the four choices marked ［A］, ［B］, ［C］ and ［D］. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Flight of Young Adults Is Causing Alarm UpstateUpstate (州的北部) New York is staggering from an accelerating exodus (大批的离去) of young adults, new census results show. The migration is turning many communities grayer, threatening the longterm viability of ailing cities and raising concerns about the states future tax base.From 1990 to 2004, the number of 25to34yearold residents in the 52 counties north of Rockland and Putnam declined by more than 25 percent. In 13 counties that include cities like Buffalo, Syracuse and Binghamton, the population of young adults fell by more than 30 percent. In Tioga County, 42 percent fewer young adults were counted in 2004 than in 1990.“Make no mistake: this is not business as usual,” Robert G. Wilmers, the chairman of M T Bank in Buffalo, told his shareholders this spring. “The magnitude and duration of population loss among the young is unprecedented in our history. There has never been a previous 10year period in the history of the upstate region when there has been any decline in this most vital portion of our population.”In New York City and the five suburban counties in New York State, the number of people aged 18 to 44 increased by 1.5 percent in the 1990s. Upstate, it declined by 10 percent. Over all, the state po