2010年12月大学英语四级模拟试题.pdf

PartIWriting (30minutes) Directions： For thispart， you are allowed 30minutestowrite a composition onetopic： City Problems.You shouldwrite at least 120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow in Chinese： 1. 越来越多的人涌入大城市，有些问题随之产生 2. 比较明显的大问题有…… 3. 我对这种现象的想法 PartIIReading 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， completethesentenceswith theinformation given in thepassage. ScientistsWeigh Optionsfor RebuildingNew Orleans Asexpertsponder howbesttorebuildthedevastated (毁坏)city， onequestion iswhetherto walloff—orworkwith—thewater. Even before the death toll from Hurricane Katrina is tallied ， scientists are cautiously beginning to discuss the future of New Orleans. Few seem to doubt that this vital heart of U.S. Commerce and culture will be restored， but exactly how to rebuild the city and its defenses to avoid a repeat catastrophe is an open question. Plans for improving its levees and restoring the barrier of wetland around New Orleans have been on the table since 1998，but federal dollars neededtoimplement them never arrived.After thetragedy，that ‘sboundto change，saysJohn Day，an ecologist at Louisiana StateUniversity (LSU) in Baton Rouge.Andifthere isanupsideto thedisaster， he says， it’sthat ‘nowwe’ve got aclean slateto start from. “ Many are looking for guidance to theNetherlands， a country that， just likebowl-shaped New Orleans， sits mostly below sea level， keeping the water at bay with a construction of amazing scaleandcomplexity.Others，pointingtoVe