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1、2012年6月16日大学英语新四级(CET-4)考试全真试题PartIWriting(30minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledExcessivePackagingfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.1.目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象2.出现这一现
2、象的原因3.我对这一现象的看法和建议PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestio
3、ns8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.SmallSchoolsRisingThisyear'slistofthetop100highschoolsshowsthattoday,thosewithfewerstudentsareflourishing.Fiftyyearsago,theywerethelatestthingineducationalreform:big,modern,suburbanhighschoolswithstu
4、dentscountedinthethousands.Asbabyboomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人)cameofhigh-schoolage,bigschoolspromisedeconomicefficiency,agreaterchoiceofcourses,and,ofcourse,betterfootballteams.Onlyyearslaterdidweunderstandthetrade-offsthisinvolved:thecreationofexcessivebureaucracies(官僚
5、机构),thedifficultyofforgingpersonalconnectionsbetweenteachersandstudents.SATscoresbegandroppingin1963;today,onaverage,30percentofstudentsdonotcompletehighschoolinfouryears,afigurethatrisesto50percentinpoorurbanneighborhoods.Whiletheemphasisonteachingtohigher,test
6、-drivenstandardsembodiedinNoChildLeftBehindresultedinsignificantlybetterperformanceinelementary(andsomemiddle)schools,highschoolsforavarietyofreasonsseemedtohavemadelittleprogress.Sizeisn'teverything,butitdoesmatter,andthepastdecadehasseenanoticeablecountertrend
7、towardsmallerschools.Thishasbeenfostered,inpart,bytheBillandMelindaGatesFoundation,whichhasinvested$1.8billioninAmericanhighschools,helpingtoopenabout1,000smallschools—mostofthemwithabout400kidseach,withanaverageenrollmentofonly150pergrade.About500moreareonthedr
8、awingboard.Districtsalloverthecountryaretakingnotice,alongwithmayorsincitieslikeNewYork,Chicago,MilwaukeeandSanDiego.Themovementincludesindependentpubliccharterschool
