英语四级新试题118-key

英语四级新试题118

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to the president of your university. You should write at least 120 words based on the outline given below in Chinese:

(注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。） 1. Outline:

2. 手机的好处;

3. 可能带来的问题;

4. 如何正确使用这个通迅工具。

On the Mobile Phone

参考范文1：

On the Mobile Phone The mobile phone has brought us many benefits. First of all, with a mobile phone, we can keep in contact with our friends wherever we are. For example, if you are camping in the country, you can easily speak to your friends in the city. Besides, the mobile phone can be used in many other ways, such as receiving messages serving as a platform for the Internetand even as a means

of remote control.

However, the mobile phone may also result in problems. For example, some students send and receive messages duringa class. So they don' t pay enough attention to what the teacher is saying. For another example, people in the meeting room often hear the ringing of mobile phone bells, causing interruptions to the meeting.

Therefore, people must take a correct attitude to the using of the mobile phone. On the one hand, we must make full use of the mobile phone. On the other, while we are using it, we should not cause inconveniences to other people. In addition, it is not a good habit for students to play with the mobile phone in the classroom.

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PartⅡ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.

For questions 1 - 7, mark

Y (for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;

N (for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;

NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.

For questions 8 - 10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

（注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答；8-10题在答题卡1上。）

Raising Wise Consumers

Almost anyone with a profit motive is marketing to innocents. Help your kids understand it's OK not to have it all. Here are five strategies for raising wise consumers.

1. Lead by example

While you may know that TV commercials stimulate desire for consumer goods, you'll have a hard time selling your kids o, the virtues of turning off the tube if you structure your own days around the latest sitcom (情景喜剧) or reality show. The same principle applies to money matters. It does no good to lecture

your kids about spending, saving and sharing when doing out their pocket money if you spend every free weekend afternoon at the mall. If you suspect your own spending habits are out of whack (不正常), consider what financial advisor Nathan Dungan says in his book Wasteful Sons and Material Girls:

How Not to Be Your Child's A TM. "In teaching your child about money, few issues are as critical as your own regular consumer decisions," he writes. "In the coming weeks, challenge yourself to say no to your own wants and to opt for less expensive options."

2. Encourage critical thinking

With children under six or seven, start by telling them, "Don't believe everything you see," says Linda Millar, vice-president of Education for Concerned Children's Advertisers, a nonprofit group of 26 Canadian companies helping children and their families by media--and life--wise.

Show them examples of false or exaggerated advertising claims, such as a breakfast cereal (谷类) making you bigger and stronger.

Shaft Graydon, a media educator and past president of

MediaWatch, suggests introducing children to the "marketing that doesn't show"--the mascots (吉祥物) and web-sites that strengthen brand loyalty, the trading toys that cause must-have-it fever and the celebrity endorsements (签名，认可). "Explain that advertisers pay millions of dollars for celebrities to endorse a product, and that the people who buy the product end up sharing the cost," she says.

3. Supervise with sensitivity

According to a survey conducted by the Media Awareness Network in 2001, nearly 70 per cent of children say parents never sit with them while they surf the Net and more than half say parents never check where they've been online. Tile states for TV habits paint a similar picture. A 2003 Canadian Teachers' Federation study of children's media habits found that roughly 30 per cent of children in Years Three to Six claim that no adult has input into their selection of TV shows; by Year Eight, the figure rises to about 60 per cent.

"Research suggests that kids benefit more from having parents watch with them than having their viewing time limited," says Graydon, noting that many children have TV sets in their bedrooms, which effectively free them from parental supervision. And what exactly does "supervision" mean? "Rather than ridiculing your child's favorite show, game or web-site, which will only create distance between you, you can explain why certain media messages conflict with the values you'd like to develop in your child," Graydon says.

If you're put off by coarse language in a TV show, tell your child that hearing such language sends the (fals[E]. message that this is the way most people

communicate when under stress. If violence in a computer game disturbs you, point out that a steady diet of onscreen violence can weaken sensitivity towards real-life violence. "And when you do watch a show together," adds Graydon, "discuss some of the hidden messages, both good and bad." 4. Say no without guilt