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大学英语四级考试COLLEGEENGLISHTEST—BandFour—长喜英语大学四级考试模拟试题※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※长喜英语提醒您一、将自己的校名、姓各写在试卷本页右上角上。二、试题册不得带出考场。考试结束，监考员收卷后考生才可离开。三、仔细读懂题目的说明。四、在30分钟内做完作文题。30分钟后，考生按指令启封试题册，在接着的15分钟内完成快速阅读理解部分的试题。然后完成其余部分的试题。全部答题时间为125分钟，不得拖延时间。五、多项选择题每题只能选一个答案；如多选，则该题无分。六、如果要改动答案，必须先用橡皮擦净原来选定的答案，然后再按规定重新答题。七、在考试过程中要注意对自己的答案保密。若被他人抄袭，一经发现，后果自负。PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledTheImportanceofSettingAnAimbycommentingonR.Peters’remark,“Haveanaiminlife,oryourenergieswillbeallwasted.”Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.TheImportanceofSettingAnAim________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1–7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8–10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.OnlineEducationExpanding,AwaitsInnovationWhenJaniceBarnwelldecidedtoboosthercareerbyobtainingamaster’sdegreeinbusiness,theworkingmotherchoseanonlineuniversitybecauseoftheconvenienceandthelowcost.The44-year-old’seducationalexperienceexceededherexpectations,andhernewemployerpaidforhertotakefourmorecoursesonlinetosharpenherskills.“AtfirstIwasveryintimidated(bytakingclassesremotely).It’ssomethingI’veneverdone,”saidBarnwell,whoworksasawealthmanagementliaison(联络员).“ButitquicklychangedformebecausetheinteractionIhadonlinewithmyclassmatesandprofessorsfeltreal.”Theonlineeducationsectorgrew13percentlastyearandhadbeengrowingatabout20percentinpreviousyears.Nearlyoneinfourstudentstakeatleastsomecollegecoursesonline,upfromonein10in2002.Twomillionstudents,olderthanthetraditional18-22year-oldundergraduates,takealltheircoursesonlineandtwomillionmoretakeoneormoreonlinecourse.PresidentBarackObamapledged$500millionforonlinecoursesandmaterialsaspartofamulti-prongedplanaimedatexpandingaccesstocollege.Twenty-ninepercentofU.S.adultshaveacollegedegree,fewerthaninmanyotherindustrializednations.Onlyabout40percentofAmericanswhostartcollegegraduate.Thepriceofhighereducation,whichrisesbyanaverageof8percentayear,contributestothehighdropoutrate.“Allalongthateducationpipeline,toomanypeopleareslippingthroughthecracks.It’snotonlyheartbreakingforthosestudents;it’salossforoureconomyandourcountry,”Obamasaidinarecentspeech.JeffConlon,chiefexecutiveofKaplanHigherEducationwithsome59,000onlinestudents,saidtraditionalcollegescouldnotmeetObama’sgoalsforhighereducation.“Obamawantstomakeusfirstagainby2020,”hesaid.“Inordertodothat,weneedtocreate63millioncollegegraduatesoverthatperiod.Thehighereducationsystemasconstructedwillcomeup16milliondegreesshort.There’snotcapacityinthesystem.”ProponentsofonlineeducationcitearecentDepartmentofEducationstudythatconcludedcourseworkisbetterabsorbedonlinethanmaterialpresentedinliveclassrooms.Amongtheheavilymarketedfor-profitonlineeducators,theleaderistheUniversityofPhoenix,aunitofApolloGroupInc,whoseenrollmentrose22percentto420,700studentsinthequarterendingMay31,withrevenuesrising26percent.BothKaplan,aunitofWashingtonPostCo,andPhoenixareaccredited(公认的，可信任的)universities.Employersincreasing