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大学英语四级模拟试题及答案PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonthetopicofToGetalongwithYourRoommates.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.1.室友之间的冲突在校园里常有发生2.冲突的主要原因3.室友之间如何和睦相处ToGetalongwithYourRoommate注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswersheet1.Forquestions17,markY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.Forquestions810,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.EarlyChildhoodEducation‘EducationToBeMore’waspublishedlastAugust.ItwasthereportoftheNewZealandGovernment’sEarlyChildhoodCareandEducationWorkingGroup.Thereportarguedforenhancedequity(公平)ofaccessandbetterfundingforchildcareandearlychildhoodeducationinstitutions.Unquestionably,that’sarealneed;butsinceparentsdon’tnormallysendchildrentopreschoolsuntiltheageofthree,arewemissingoutonthemostimportantyearsofall?A13yearstudyofearlychildhooddevelopmentatHarvardUniversityhasshownthat,bytheageofthree,mostchildrenhavethepotentialtounderstandabout1000words–mostofthelanguagetheywilluseinordinaryconversationfortherestoftheirlives.Furthermore,researchhasshownthatwhileeverychildisbornwithanaturalcuriosity,itcanbesuppresseddramaticallyduringthesecondandthirdyearsoflife.Researchersclaimthatthehumanpersonalityisformedduringthefirsttwoyearsoflife,andduringthefirstthreeyearschildrenlearnthebasicskillstheywilluseinalltheirlaterlearningbothathomeandatschool.Onceovertheageofthree,childrencontinuetoexpandonexistingknowledgeoftheworld.Itisgenerallyacknowledgedthatyoungpeoplefrompoorersocioeconomicbackgroundstendtodolesswellinoureducationsystem.That’sobservednotjustinNewZealand,butalsoinAustralia,BritainandAmerica.Inanattempttoovercomethateducationalunderachievement,anationwideprogramcalled‘Headstart’waslaunchedintheUnitedStatesin1965.Alotofmoneywaspouredintoit.Ittookchildrenintopreschoolinstitutionsattheageofthreeandwassupposedtohelpthechildrenofpoorerfamiliessucceedinschool.Despitesubstantialfunding,resultshavebeendisappointing.Itisthoughtthattherearetwoexplanationsforthis.First,theprogrambegantoolate.Manychildrenwhoentereditattheageofthreewerealreadybehindtheirpeersinlanguageandmeasurableintelligence.Second,theparentswerenotinvolved.Attheendofeachday,‘Headstart’childrenreturnedtothesamedisadvantagedhomeenvironment.Asaresultofthegrowingresearchevidenceoftheimportanceofthefirstthreeyearsofachild’slifeandthedisappointingresultsfrom‘Headstart’,apilotprogramwaslaunchedinMissouriintheUSthatfocusedonparentsasthechild’sfirstteachers.The‘Missouri’programwaspredicatedonresearchshowingthatworkingwiththefamily,ratherthanbypassingtheparents,isthemosteffectivewayofhelpingchildrengetofftothebestpossiblestartinlife.Thefouryearpilotstudyincluded380familieswhowereabouttohavetheirfirstchildandwhorepresentedacrosssectionofsocioeconomicstatus,ageandfamilyconfigurations(结构).Theyincludedsingleparentandtwoparentfamilies,familiesinwhichbothparentsworked,andfamilieswitheitherthemotherorfatherathome.Theprograminvolvedtrainedparenteducatorsvisitingtheparents’homeandworkingwiththeparent,orparents,andthechild.Informationonchilddevelopment,andguidanceonthingstolookforandexpectasthechildgrowswereprovided,plusguidanceinfosteringthechild’sintellectual,language,socialandmotorskilldevelopment.Periodiccheckupsofthechild’seducationalandsensorydevelopment(hearingandvision)weremadetodetectpossiblehandicapsthatinterferewithgrowthanddevelopment.Medicalproblemswerereferredtoprofessionals.Parenteducatorsmadepersonalvisitstohomesandmonthlygroupmeetingswereheldwithothernewparentstoshareexperienceanddiscusstopicsofinterest.Parentresourcecenters,locatedinschoolbuildings,offeredlearningmaterialsforfamiliesandfacilitiesforchild.Attheageofthree,thechildrenwhohadbeeninvolvedinthe‘Missouri’programwereevaluatedalongsideacrosssectionofchildrenselectedfromthesamerangeofsocioeconomicbackgroundsandfamilysituations,andalsoarandomsampleofchildrenthatage.Theresultswerephenomenal.Bytheageofthree,thechildrenintheprogramweresignificantlymoreadvancedinlanguagedevelopmentthantheirpeers,hadmadegreaterstridesinproblemsolvingandotherintellectualskills,andwerefurtheralonginsocialdevelopment.Infact,theaveragechildontheprogramwasperformingatthelevelofthetop15to20percentoftheirpeersinsuchthingsasauditorycomprehension,verbalabilityandlanguageability.Mostimportantofall,thetraditionalmeasuresof‘risk’,suchasparents’ageandeducation,orwhethertheywereasingleparent,borelittleornorelationshiptothemeasuresofachievementandlanguagedevelopment.Childrenintheprogramperformedequallywellregardlessofsocioeconomicdisadvantages.Childabusewasvirtuallyeliminated.Theonefactorthatwasfoundtoaffectthechild’sdevelopmentwasfamilystressleadingtoapoorqualityofparentchildinteraction.Thatinteractionwasnotnecessarilybadinpo