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1、2009年12月大学英语四级考试试卷PartⅠWriting(30minutes) Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonthetopicof CreatingaGreenCampus.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow: 1.建设绿色校园很重要 2.绿色校园不仅指绿色的环境…… 3.为了建设绿色校园,我们应该……Crea
2、tingaGreenCampusPartⅡ快速阅读(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes) Collegestakinganotherlookatvalueofmerit-basedaid Goodgradesandhightestsscoresstillmatter—alot—tomanycollegesastheyawardfinancialaid. Butwithlow-incomestudentsprojectedtomakeupanever-largershare
3、ofthecollege-boundpopulationincomingyears,someschoolsarere-examiningwhetherthataid,typicallyknownas“meritaid”,isthemosteffectiveuseofpreciousinstitutionaldollars. GeorgeWashingtonUniversityinWashington,D.C.,forexample,saidlastweekthatitwouldcutthevalueo
4、fitsaveragemeritscholarshipsbyaboutone-thirdandreducethenumberofrecipients(接受者),pouringthesavings,about$2.5million,intoneed-basedaid.AlleghenyCollegeinMeadville,Pa.,madeasimilardecisionthreeyearsago. Now,HamiltonCollegeinClinton,N.Y.,saysitwillphaseoutm
5、eritscholarshipsaltogether.Nocurrentmerit-aidrecipientswilllosetheirscholarships,butneed-basedaidalonewillbeawardedbeginningwithstudentsenteringinfall2008. Notallcollegesoffermeritaid。generally,themoreselectiveaschool,thelesslikelyitistodoso.HarvardandP
6、rinceton,forexample,offergenerousneed-basedpackages,butmanyfamilieswhodon’tmeetneedeligibility(资格)havebeenwillingtopaywhatevertheymustforabig-nameschool. Forsmallregionalcollegesthatstrugglejusttofillseats,meritaidcanbeanimportantrevenue-builderbecausem
7、anyrecipientsstillpayenoughtuitiondollarsoverandabovethescholarshipamounttokeeptheinstitutionrunning. Butforrankings-consciousschoolsinbetween,meritaidhasservedprimarilyasatooltorecruittopstudentsandtoimprovetheiracademicprofits.“They’retryingtobuystude
8、nts,”saysSkidmoreCollegeeconomistSandyBaum. Studiesshowmeritaidalsotendstobenefitdisproportionatelystudentswhocouldaffordtoenrollwithoutit. “Aswelooktothefuture,weseeamorepressingneedtoinvestinneed-basedaid,”saysMonicaIn