大学英语读写译4 试题五.doc

Part Ⅰ Writing （20 points） Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write an essay entitled On Volunteer. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 　1. 现在越来越多的人加入志愿者的队伍 　2. 自愿者的意义 　3. 我的看法 Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) （10 points） Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet . For questions 1-8, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). For statements 9-10, make a True/False response. The Man Who Wrote His Own Obituary　　 Mark Waters　　Cigarettes were the death of me. I became acquainted with my killer when I was 14 and began stealing several a day from my father’s pack.　　Smoking caused some nausea at first, but persistence conquered.　　I was born in Davenport, Iowa, on June 2,1909.　　At 16, I moved with my family, including two sisters, to Baltimore, a city that I loved and adopted as my hometown.　　It was still no problem getting cigarettes.　　I got odd jobs after school to buy them, and tried all sorts of brands, such as Melachrinos, Omars and English Ovals. I felt quite sophisticated, but I can’t recall now that I enjoyed smoking them.　　In 1928, the coming depression cast its shadow. With money scarce, my father began counting his Camels, so a friend and I took to picking butts off the street. We toasted the tobacco in an oven and rolled it into rice-paper cigarettes. They were horrible.　　Jobs for youth were hard to find, so I decided to join the Navy a mouth removed form the table, and I could send money home.　　Now cigarettes were on problem. If you were at sea, they were 4 cents a pack. I smoked two packs a day, drawing in most of the smoke.　　When my 20-year Navy career ended, I went to the University of North Carolina. After I graduated I got a job in San Diego.　　One night, while walking to my ca