四级题0612

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Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Space Tourism

Make your reservations now.The space tourism industry is officially open for busine, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space.Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration(NASA), Ruia made American busineman Dennis Tito the world\'s first space tourist.Tito flew into space aboard a Ruian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station(ISS) on April 30,2001.The second space tourist, South African busineman Mark Shuttle worth, took off aboard the Ruian Soyuz on April 25,2002, also bound for the ISS.

Lance Ba of \'N Sync was supposed to be the third to make the $20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30,2002, due to lack of payment.Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was that NASA approved of it.

These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry.There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades.These companies have invested millions, believing that space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.

In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars.A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $ 10 billion per year industry within the next two decades.The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle.

Space Accommodations

Ruia\'s Mir space station was supposed to be the first destination for space tourists.But in March 2001, the Ruian Aerospace Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean.As it turned out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first tourist trip into space.

The Mir crash did cancel plans for a new reality-based game show from NBC, which was going to be called Destination Mir.The Survivor-like TV show was scheduled to air in fall 2001.Participants on the show were to go through training at Ruia\'s cosmonaut(宇航员) training center, Star City.Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show, with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station.The Mir crash has ruled out NBC\'s space plans for now.NASA is against beginning space tourism until the International Space Station is completed in 2006.

Ruia is not alone in its interest in space tourism.There are several projects underway to commercialize space travel.Here are a few of the groups that might take tourists to space: Space Island Group is going to build a ring-shaped, rotating \"commercial space infrastructure(基础结构)\"that will resemble the Discovery spacecraft in the movie \"2001: A Space Odyey.\" Space Island says it will build its space city out of empty NASA space-shuttle fuel tanks (to start, it should take around 12 or so), and place it about 400 miles above Earth.The space city will rotate once per minute to create a gravitational pull one-third as strong as Earth\'s.According to their vision statement, Space Adventures plans to \"fly tens of thousands of people in space over the next 10-15 years and beyond, around the moon, and back, from spaceports both on Earth and in space, to and from private space stations, and aboard dozens of different vehicles...\" Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and the poibility of building or co-funding a space hotel.However, the company did say that it believes such a space hotel is 15 to 20 years away.

Initially, space tourism will offer simple accommodations at best.For instance, if the International Space Station is used as a tourist attraction, guests won\'t find the luxurious surroundings of a hotel room on Earth.It has been designed for conducting research, not entertainment.How ever, the first generation of space hotels should offer tourists a much more comfortable experience.

In regard to a concept for a space hotel initially planned by Space Island, such a hotel could offer guests every convenience they might find at hotel on Earth, and some they might not.The small gravitational pull created by the rotating space city would allow space-tourists and residents to walk around and function normally within the structure.Everything from running water to recycling plant to medical facilities would be poible.Additionally, space tourists would even be able to take space walks.

Many of these companies believe that they have to offer an extremely enjoyable experience in order for paengers to pay thousands, if not millions, of dollars to ride into space.So will space create another separation between the haves and have-nots?

The most Expensive Vacation

Will space be an exotic retreat reserved for only the wealthy? Or will middle-cla folks have a chance to take their families to space? Make no mistake about it, gong to space will be the most expensive vacation you ever take.Prices right now are in the tens of millions of dollars.Currently, the only vehicles that can take you into space are the space shuttle and the Ruian Soyuz, both of which are terribly inefficient.Each spacecraft requires millions of pounds of fuel to take off into space, which makes them expensive to launch.One pound of payload(有效载重) costs about $10,000 to put into Earth\'s orbit.

NASA and Lockheed Martin are currently developing a single-stage-to orbit launch space plane, called the Venture Star, that could be launched for about a tenth of what the space shuttle costs to launch.If the Venture Star takes off, the number of people who could afford to take a trip into space would move into the millions.

In 1998, a joint report form NASA and the Space Transportation Aociation stated that improvements in technology could push fares for space travel as low as $50,000, and poibly down to $20,000 or $10,000 a decade later.The report concluded that at a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000 paengers flying into space each year.While still leaving out many people, these prices would open up space to a tremendous amount of traffic.

Since the beginning of the space race, the general public has said, \"Isn\'t that great -- when do I get to go?\" Well, our chance might be closer than ever.Within the next 20 years, space planes could be taking off for the Moon at the same frequency as airplanes flying between New York and Los Angeles.

2006年12月新四级英语真题完形填空

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Directins: There are 20 blanks in the following paage.For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper.You should choose the ONE that best fits into the paage.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom.It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 67 from all other animals.Language is a means of communication, 68it is much more than that.Many animals can69.The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 70other members of the hive(蜂群).But human language permits communication about anything.71 things like unicorn(独角兽)that have never existed.The key 72 in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 73 together in different ways, according to 74, to communicate different meanings.Language is the most important learning we do.Nothing75humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 76about the university the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink.It is an immensely complex77that we take for granted.Indeed, we are not aware of most78of our speech and understanding.Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 79.The speaker has to translate thoughts into80 language.Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 81 of speech is extremely fast.Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 82 out what the speaker means.He must use the sounds of speech to 83 the words spoken, understand the pattern of 84 of the words (sentences), and finally 85 the meaning.This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds.But _86_ started, it is of course a continuous proce.67.A)apart B)off C)up D)down 68.A)so B)but C)or D)for 69.A)transfer B)transmit C)convey D)communicate 70.A)to B)from C)over D)on 71.A)only B)almost C)even D)just 72.A)stays B)situates C)hides D)lies 73.A)stuck B)strung C)rung D)consisted 74.A)rules B)scales C)laws D)standards 75.A)combines B)contains C)defines D)declares 76.A)what B)whether C)while D)if 77.A)prospect B)progre C)proce D)produce 78.A)aspects B)abstracts C)angles D)aumptions 79.A)anybody B)another C)other D)everybody 80.A) body B) gesture C) written D) spoken 81.A) growing B) fixing C) beginning D) building 82.A)put B)take C) draw D) figure 83.A)identify B) locate C) reveal D) discover 84.A) performance B) organization C) design D) layout 85.A)prescribe B) justify C) utter D) interpret 86.A) since B) after C) once D) until

2006年12月四级考试作文点评和范文

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The approach of the Chinese Lunar New Year poses a national iue concerning the neceity of holding the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.Its established status is being challenged by a growing number of people, especially by younger generations.It is increasingly difficult to cater for all tastes.

Some individuals deem that it should be canceled or replaced by other programs.These young people focus their attention on other forms of celebration instead of immersing themselves in TV.Despite that, the majority of mid-aged people and senior citizens uphold the importance of the traditional performance.The most striking feature of this gala is its traditionally close link with ordinary people\'s lives.Most of people view this gala as an annual staple on the traditional Chinese Spring Festival Eve.They all have a restle night and glue their eyes on the television.

I am not supportive of the view that the grand gala should be abandoned.Undoubtedly, it plays a vital role in the celebration of Chinese New Year.To increase its appeal and meet young adults\' need, the upcoming performance should invite some big names including super stars from Hongkong and Taiwan.We are all eagerly anticipating this unforgettable evening show.新航道名师：破解新四级新题型要诀

点评:

本次四级考试作文总体上来说并不是很难。但表现出两个出人意料：一是体裁，二是题材。

对于体裁来说，本次四级作文属于正反对比论证类的文体。比较出人意料，又回到了老的考查模式。很多学生把考前死背的作文模板派上了用场。但是这只能得到最基本的分数。虽然模板对于考查学生的语言表达并不益处，但还能测试出考生的语言基本功。从四级考试写作的测试目的来看，还是注重考查学生对基本语法、基本词汇运用能力的掌握情况。所以除了模板之外，考生还要在基本表达上狠下功夫，只有在平时多操练，在考场上才游刃有余。除此之外，学生还要在作文中多采用闪光点，这样就会使作文在基本分数上有所提升，有所突破。

对于题材，本次四级作文的话题是关于人们对于春节晚会的不同看法，属于社会生活类话题，一反常态，没有再次考查校园类话题。但是对于当代大学生来说，与大学生有关的社会话题也是需要关注的，这也说明考试方向的变化：校园类话题与社会热点话题同等重要,这一点对于未来考四级的学生的作文备考的方向有一定的指导意义。