四级试点新题型试卷1

新四级备考资料（1）样卷一2006年9月1四级试点新题型样卷一PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions：Forthispart，youareallowed30minutestowriteacampaignspeechinsupportofyourelectiontothepostofchairmanofthestudentunion.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelowinChinese:1.你认为自己具备了什么条件(能力、性格、爱好)可以胜任学生会主席的工作2.如果当选，你将为本校同学做些什么ACampaignSpeechPartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,markY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.LandfillsYouhavejustfinishedyourmealatafastfoodrestaurantandyouthrowyouruneatenfood,foodwrappers,drinkcups,utensilsandnapkinsintothetrashcan.Youdon’tthinkaboutthatwasteagain.Ontrashpickupdayinyourneighborhood,youpushyourcanouttothecurb,andworkersdumpthecontentsintoabigtruckandhaulitaway.Youdon’thavetothinkaboutthatwasteagain,either.Butmaybeyouhavewondered,asyouwatchthetrashtruckpullaway,justwherethatgarbageendsup.Americansgeneratetrashatanastonishingrateoffourpoundsperdayperperson,whichtranslatesto600,000tonsperdayor210milliontonsperyear!Thisisalmosttwiceasmuchtrashperpersonasmostothermajorcountries.Whathappenstothistrash?Somegetsrecycled(回收利用)orrecoveredandsomeisburned,butthemajorityisburiedinlandfills.HowMuchTrashIsGenerated?Ofthe210milliontonsoftrash,orsolidwaste,generatedintheUnitedStatesannually,about56milliontons,or27percent,iseitherrecycled(glass,paperproducts,plastic,metals)orcomposted(做成堆肥)(yardwaste).Theremainingtrash,whichismostlyunrecyclable,isdiscarded.HowIsTrashDisposedof?ThetrashproductionintheUnitedStateshasalmosttripledsince1960.Thistrashishandledin新四级备考资料（1）样卷一2006年9月2variousways.About27percentofthetrashisrecycledorcomposted,16percentisburnedand57percentisburiedinlandfills.Theamountoftrashburiedinlandfillshasdoubledsince1960.TheUnitedStatesrankssomewhereinthemiddleofthemajorcountries(UnitedKingdom,Canada,Germany,FranceandJapan)inlandfilldisposal.TheUnitedKingdomrankshighest,buryingabout90percentofitssolidwasteinlandfills.WhatIsaLandfill?Therearetwowaystoburytrash:•Dump—anopenholeinthegroundwheretrashisburiedandthatisfullofvariousanimals(rats,mice,birds).(Thisismostpeople’sideaofalandfill!)•Landfill—carefullydesignedstructurebuiltintoorontopofthegroundinwhichtrashisisolatedfromthesurroundingenvironment(groundwater,air,rain).Thisisolationisaccomplishedwithabottomlineranddailycoveringofsoil.Sanitarylandfill—landfillthatusesaclaylinertoisolatethetrashfromtheenvironmentMunicipalsolidwaste(MSW)landfill—landfillthatusesasynthetic(plastic)linertoisolatethetrashfromtheenvironment.Thepurposeofalandfillistoburythetrashinsuchawaythatitwillbeisolatedfromgroundwater,willbekeptdryandwillnotbeincontactwithair.Undertheseconditions,trashwillnotdecompose(腐烂)much.Alandfillisnotlikeacompostpile,wherethepurposeistoburytrashinsuchawaythatitwilldecomposequickly.ProposingtheLandfillForalandfilltobebuilt,theoperatorshavetomakesurethattheyfollowcertainsteps.Inmostpartsoftheworld,thereareregulationsthatgovernwherealandfillcanbeplacedandhowitcanoperate.Thewholeprocessbeginswithsomeoneproposingthelandfill.IntheUnitedStates,takingcareoftrashandbuildinglandfillsarelocalgovernmentresponsibilities.Beforeacityorotherauthoritycanbuildalandfill,anenvironmentalimpactstudymustbedoneontheproposedsitetodetermine:•theareaoflandnecessaryforthelandfill•thecompositionoftheunderlyingsoilandbedrock•theflowofsurfacewateroverthesite•theimpactoftheproposedlandfillonthelocalenvironmentandwildlife•thehistoricalvalueoftheproposedsiteBuildingtheLandfillOncetheenvironmentalimpactstudyiscomplete,thepermitsaregrantedandthefundshavebeenraised,thenconstructionbegins.First,accessroadstothelandfillsitemustbebuiltiftheydonot新四级备考资料（1）样卷一2006年9月3alreadyexist.Theseroadswillbeusedbyconstructionequipment,sanitation(环卫)servicesandthegeneralpublic.Afterroadshavebeenbuilt,diggingcanbegin.IntheNorthWakeCountyLandfill,thelandfillbegan10feetbelowtheroadsurface.WhatHappenstoTrashinaLandfill?Trashputinalandfillwillstaythereforaverylongtime.Insidealandfill,thereislittleoxygenandlittlemoisture.Undertheseconditions,trashdoesnotbreakdownveryrapidly.Infact,whenoldlandfillshavebeenduguporsampled,40-year-oldnewspapershavebeenfoundwitheasilyreadableprint.Landfillsarenotdesignedtobreakdowntrash,merelytoburyit.Whenalandfillcloses,thesite,especiallythegroundwater,mustbemonitoredandmaintainedforupto30years!HowIsaLandfillOperated?Alandfill,suchastheNorthWakeCountyLandfill,mustbeopenandavailableeveryday.Customersaretypicallymunicipalitiesandconstructioncompanies,althoughresidentsmayalsousethelandfill.Neartheentranceofthelandfillisarecyclingcenterwhereresidentscandropoffrecyclablematerials(aluminumcans,glassbottles,newspapersandpaperproducts).Thishelpstoreducetheamountofmaterialinthelandfill.Someofthesematerialsarebannedfromlandfillsby