大学英语四级测试试卷

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1、大学英语四级测试试卷　　PartIWriting(30minutes)　　Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacompositiononthetopicCompetition.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelowinChinese:　　1.竞争使人们充满创造力，使人们更有效率。　　2.竞争促使生产出更好的产品和提供更优质的服务。　　3.竞争促进了社会的进一步发展。　　PartIIReadingComprehension

2、(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)　　Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.　　Forquestions1-7,mark　　Y(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;　　N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthep

3、assage;　　NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage。　　Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage。　　Earthquake　　CanScientistsPredictKillerEarthquakes?　　ThedatewasNovember23,1980.PeoplenearNaples,insouthernItaly,felttheEarthrollandshake.Earthquake

4、!Suddenlybuildingscametumblingdown.Cracksappearedintheearth.Withinminutes,entiretownsweredestroyed.Thousandsofpeopleweredead.Thousandsmorewereinjured。　　Asrescuerssearchedthroughtherubble,manypeoplemusthavewondered,ofonlythevictimshadknownaheadoftime,manylivescouldhavebeensaved。　　Actual

5、ly,anItalianscientistdidpredictthatsuchaquakewouldhappen.In1977Dr.M.CaputooftheUniversiteDegilesStudiinRomewarnedthatalargequakewouldsoonstriketheeastofNaples.Unfortunately,hecouldn’tpredicttheexacttimeanddateofthequake。　　Dr.Caputomadehisgeneralpredictionaftertalkingwithscientistsat54e

6、arthquakemonitoringstationsthroughoutItaly.HelearnedthatmanyearthquakeshadrecentlyrockeddifferentareasaroundNaples.ButnonehadoccurredinoneparticularspoteastofNaplesformanyyears.Dr.Caputofeltthattheareawaslongoverdueforalargequake.Anditwas。　　EarthquakeStrikesinGap　　Thequakeoccurredinare

7、gionthatDr.Caputocalledaseismicgap.Aseismicgapisanareainanactiveearthquakeregionwherenoearthquakeorseismicactivityhasbeenrecordedinalongtime.SeismicgapsarelocatedwheretwolargeplatesintheEarthhavebecomestuck。　　Whentheplatesslidepasteachother,theysometimesbecamelockedinplace.Asimilarth