西工大四级模拟试题.doc

西工大四级模拟试题 　( Band One ) Part I Writing (15 points) （注意：请将作文写在答题纸上相应的位置，写在试题册上无效。） Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a passage entitled The Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet Access Ban at Freshmen’s Dorm Flats. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 提纲： 1．在社会网络化和教学网络化的大背景下，许多大学普遍规定：大一新生不得在宿舍上网。 2．禁止大一学生在宿舍上网有利有弊。 3．我的看法。 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) ( 10 points ) Passage One ( 5 points, 1 point/each ) Directions: Read the following passage, and then select the best choice for each of the questions or incomplete statements. The world is running out of oil, and energy experts believe that there could be serious shortages in ten years’ time. Governments are searching for a suitable alternative, but so far it has been in vain. They are considering how they can make better use of the two other major fuels, coal and natural gas, but they have found that neither can take the place of oil in terms of economy. In recent years, there has been a growing concern for the environment and coal is not a popular fuel with environmentalists. Coal mines are ugly, and their development has a serious effect on animal and plant life; coal itself is a heavy pollutant. Natural gas, the purest of the three fuels, is also the most limited in supply. The answer would seem to lie in nuclear power stations. They need very little fuel to produce enormous amount of power and they do not pollute the atmosphere. Their dangers, however, are so great and the cost of building them is so high that some governments are unwilling to invest in them. Not only could one accident in a single nuclear power station spread as much radioactivity as a thousand Hiroshima(广岛) atom bombs, but the radioactive waste from these stations is extremely dangerous—for one hundred thousand years. So is there no possible alternative to nuclear power? Well, there are several, but non