四级模拟试卷三及详解答案.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE 10 四级考前最新命制试卷三 Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On the Tide of Immigration following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 近年来越来越多的人移民国外 出现这一现象的原因 我对这一现象的看法和建议 On the Tide of Immigration 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, 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. The Overworked, Networked Family Bring up work-and-family balance at a neighbor’s barbecue, and the conversation immediately turns toward tales of rushing out of meetings at breakneck (飞快的) speed to shuttle the kids to soccer practice or struggling to tear ourselves away for a decent vacation. Complaints about time pressure are so common that they have become a common cultural vocabulary. Everybody, it seems, is stressed out about time , and achieving “balance” has become the Holy Grail (圣杯) of middle-class family life. But maybe balance is the wrong image. Instead, think transformation. Just as businesses are shifting from Industrial Age to networks, so, too, is the American family undergoing a parallel social revolution. Parents and children are no longer on the same schedule — unlike the way things were a generation ago. With many educated mothers and fathers working longer hours, they are linked to their kids by a web of cell phones and e-mails. At the same time, kids are taking the initiative to pursue more activities and are using information technologies to nurture their own electronic networks of relationships, from friends at school to cousins in distant cities. The networked economy is leading to far different standards and expectations of what it means to be a parent