书山有路全国大学四级模拟考试PartIWriting 30minutes Directions Forthispart youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonShouldParentsSendTheirKidstoArtClasses Youarerequiredtowriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words ShouldParentsSendTheirKidstoArtClasses 现在有不少家长送孩子参加各种艺术班对这种做法有人表示支持 也有人并不赞成我认为 PartIIIReadingComprehension 40minutes SectionADirections Inthissection thereisapassagewithtenblanks Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter Pleasemarkthecorrespondingletter4 9foreachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce Questions26to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage Quiteoften educatorstellfamiliesofchildrenwhoarelearningEnglishasasecondlanguagetospeakonlyEnglish andnottheirnativelanguage athome Althoughtheseeducatorsmayhavegood26 theiradvicetofamiliesismisguided andit27frommisunderstandingsabouttheprocessoflanguageacquisition Educatorsmayfearthatchildrenhearingtwolanguageswillbecome28confusedandthustheirlanguagedevelopmentwillbe29 thisconcernisnotdocumentedintheliterature Childrenarecapableoflearningmorethanonelanguage whether30orsequentially 依次地 Infact mostchildrenoutsideoftheUnitedStatesareexpectedtobecomebilingualoreven inmanycases multilingual Globally knowingmorethanonelanguageisviewedasan31andevenanecessityinmanyareas ItisalsoofconcernthatthemisguidedadvicethatstudentsshouldspeakonlyEnglishisgivenprimarilytopoorfamilieswithlimitededucationalopportunities nottowealthierfamilieswhohavemanyeducationaladvantages Sincechildrenfrompoorfamiliesoftenare32asat riskforacademicfailure teachersbelievethatadvisingfamiliestospeakEnglishonlyisappropriate Teachersconsiderlearningtwolanguagestobetoo33forchildren 1 书山有路frompoorfamilies believingthatthechildrenarealreadyburdenedbytheirhomesituations IffamiliesdonotknowEnglishorhavelimitedEnglishskillsthemselves howcantheycommunicateinEnglish Advisingnon English speakingfamiliestospeakonlyEnglishis34totellingthemnottocommunicatewithorinteractwiththeirchildren Moreover the35messageisthatthefamily snativelanguageisnotimportantorvalued assetdelayeddeviatesequivalentidentifiedintentionsobjectoverwhelmingpermanentlyprevalentsimultaneouslyderivessuccessivelypotentialvisualizingSectionBDirections Inthissection youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2 There sGoldinThemthereLandfills A InthemovieWALLE humankindhasleftEarthinabitofamess Theplanetischokedwithgarbageandallthepeoplehaveshippedout leavingrobotWALLEtocleantheplaceupandmakeithabitableagain Thingsmaynotbequitethatbadyet butthere snodoubtthatweproduceahugeamountofwaste Evenwithincreasedrecycling landfillsitesarefillingupbythedayand intheabsenceofapluckyrobot thewasteexpertsofplanetEarthareworkingonthenextbestthing landfillmining B Theideaissimple Insteadofdisappearingundermountainsofourownwaste whilepayingthroughthenosefor 2 3 书山有路diminishingcommodities whynotdigupandrecyclewhatwehavealreadythrownaway C Nextweek industryexpertswillgatherinLondonforthefirstgloballandfillminingconference Bringingtogether5 9environmentalscientists economistsandlandfilloperators theone daymeetingpromisestoshowdelegateshowtoturnwasteinto garbagegold D Landfillmininghasbeentriedbefore Thefirstschemebeganin1953atHiriyagarbagedumpoutsideTelAviv Israel andaimedtoreclaimfine particlewasterichinmineralstoimprovesoilqualityatlocalfruitfarms Thelandfillclosedin1998 buttherecyclingplantthatremainsonthesitestillproducessoilimproverfromgreenwaste Thenduringthe1960sand1970s ahandfulofsitesintheUSbeganseparatingwastetorecyclethesteelandtocompostfoodscraps Inthelate1980s apilotprogrammewassetuptoextractrecyclablesfromasmall communitylandfillinthetownofEdinburg NewYork andburnthesolidleavingstogenerateenergy Thispilotproveduneconomicalbutduringtheoilpricerisingofthe1990sinterestintheeconomicvalueofwastesoared Investorsclaimedtosnapupscrapmetalcompanies onlyforthepriceofcommoditiestodropthroughthefloorinthemid 1990s E Yetnowthatcommoditiespricesarerisingoncemore environmentalissuesarehighoneveryone slistofprioritiesandlandpricesareincreasing everysquarekilometreisworthtoomuchtouseforlandfill Raidingthedumpseemslikeagoodideaagain Thistimetheprospectsaremorepromising Thankstoadecadeofinnovationbytherecyclingindustry thetechnologytoprocesslandfillwasteismorereadilyavailable F Sowhat sinalandfillworthrecycling Forastart theaveragelandfillisfilledwithvaluable andsometimesevenprecious metals Aluminium fromdrinkscans isjustoneexample AccordingtoPatrickAtkins environmentalconsultantforprivateequityfundPegasusCapitalAdvisors anduntilrecentlydirectorofenergyinnovationatUSaluminiumproducerAlcoa Americansthrowaway317aluminiumcanseverysecondof