大学六级模拟587.doc

Model Test 4 Part Ⅰ Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled College Students Participation in Voluntary Services. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1．上图所示为我国近年来参加志愿活动的大学生人数，请描述其变化； 2．请分析变化的原因； 3．作为大学生，你对志愿活动有什么看法? Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 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 Value of Writing Well Its that time of year again. No, not the holiday season. I mean, it is holiday time, but for professors it doesnt start feeling like holiday time until final grades are in and the books are closed on another semester. No, for me, its paper-grading time, the time of year when Im reminded over and over of the importance of good writing skills--and of their rarity. The ability to write well is not a gift. Sure, the special something that sets apart a Tolstoy or Shakespeare or Salman Rushdie or Isabel Allende is a gift, a talent born of disposition, experience, and commitment. But just to be able to communicate clearly with the written word takes no special talent; its a skill like any other. Well, not exactly like any other. Because the words we use to write with are the same words we use to think with, learning to write well has ramifications that go beyond the merely technical. As we improve our writing ability, we improve our ability to think--to build an argument, to frame issues in compelling ways, to weave apparently unrelated facts into a coherent whole. And despite the recurring hand-wringing and chest-beating about the end of literacy and the death of the printed word, the reality is that we write more than ever these days. While its a rare person who sits down with pen and paper in han