大学英语四级考试10.doc

大学英语四级考试 标准预测试卷 CET-4 Model Test Ten Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: On Blind-date Show. You should write at least 120 words and base your composition on the outline given below: Outline: 1.目前电视相亲节目很流行; 2.出现这种现象的原因是…; 3.我对此的看法. 2上作答。 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. What Makes a High School Great? For parents and students, high schools mean an often bewildering array of choices — small schools within larger schools, specialized charter (特许) and magnet schools for things ranging from fashion design to computer programming, even public boarding schools for budding physicists or artists. On the plus side (从好的方面讲), students get more adult attention and are less likely to be lost in the crowd. They can focus on subjects they really care about while still getting a grounding in the basics. But some educators think this boutique approach comes with a cost: the loss of a common experience that brings everyone together under one big roof. Maintaining quality is another major obstacle. Educators have been demanding reform for decades, and it has often seemed as if policy debates were the biggest obstacles to improvement. Reformers in the 1980s wanted to make all students college-ready with a rigorous core curriculum. A decade later, school choice and testing were the big buzzwords (流行行话), with some activists arguing that the entire public-school system should be dismantled. More recently, small schools—first proposed decades ago—have gained traction with funding from organizations like the Gates Foundation and the New Schools Venture Fund. With