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1、4级考前冲刺试题二PartIWriting(30minutes)1.现在有不少家长付钱让孩子做家务2.有人对此赞成，也有人表示反对3.我的看法PayingKidsforChores?PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)UniversitiesmustdealbetterwithcomplaintsWithstudentcomplaintsatarecordhigh,universitieswillhavetoraisetheirgameoncetuitionfeesriseTwounivers
2、itiesthathavebrokenofficialrulesfordealingwithstudentcomplaintsarenamedtodayintheindependentadjudicator’s(仲裁人)annualreport.Thetwo,SouthamptonandWestminster,arethefirsttobeexposedinthisway—yetanothersignofthenewerainwhichuniversitiesareexpectedtobemoreaccountable(负责)tostudentswhoexpecttobe
3、treatedascustomers.TheOfficeoftheIndependentAdjudicator(OIA),whichreviewscomplaintswhenstudentshaveexhaustedtheiruniversity’sprocedures,alsoreportsarecordriseinthenumberofcases.Lastyeartheofficereceived1,341complaintsagainstuniversitiesinEnglandandWales,thehighestnumbereverandanunpreceden
4、ted(空前的)riseofone-thirdontheyearbefore.Astheadjudicatorhimself,RobBehrens,pointsout,1,341complaintsrepresentsjust0.05%ofhighereducationstudents,and53%ofthosewerenotjustified.But,healsoobserves,theproportionofjustifiedandpartlyjustifiedcomplaintshasgrownforthefirsttimeinseveralyears.Hepred
5、ictstheincreaseincomplaintswillcontinue.“It’stobeexpectedwhereyouhaverisingtuitionfees,wherestudentsarebeinginvitedtobehavelikeconsumersandwherethelabourmarketisdifficultsostudentswilldowhattheycantoensuretheyqualify.”HesayshisdecisiontoexposetheuniversitiesofSouthamptonandWestminsterisno
6、t“namingandshaming,withalltheassociationsofmoralcensurethattermimplies”.Hewas,heexplains,simplyfollowingOIArules—somethingthosetwoinstitutionsfailedtodo.Westminsterfellshortinitshandlingoftwocomplaints.Onewasfromastudentwhoarguedadisabilityhadn’tbeenproperlytakenintoaccount.Theadjudicator
7、agreed.Theotherstudentclaimedthatanexamquestionanditsmarkingschemehadbeenunreasonable.Inbothcasestheuniversitybroketherulesbyfailingtoresolvethecases,asrecommended,promptlyandinfull.AtSouthamptonUniversity,fourmonthsaftertheOIAconcludedthatanundergraduatehadajustifi
