2008年12月至2010年6月英语四级考试真题与答案一、2008年12月英语四级考试真题与答案1二、2009年6月英语四级考试真题与答案14三、2009年12月英语四级考试真题与答案26四、2010年6月英语四级考试真题与答案35一、2008年12月英语四级考试真题与答案Part I Writing 作文题目：Limiting The Use of Disposable Plastic Bags1. 一次性塑料袋曾被广泛的使用2. 造成的问题3. 限制使用的意义Part II Reading comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For question 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Thats enough, kids It was a lovely day at the park and Stella Bianchi was enjoying the sunshine with her two children when a young boy, aged about four, approached her two-year-old son and pushed him to the ground.Id watched him for a little while and my son was the fourth or fifth child hed shoved. she says, I went over to them, picked up my son, turned to the boy and said, firmly, No, we dont push. What happened next was unexpected.The boys mother ran toward me from across the park. Stella says. I thought she was coming over to apologise, but instead she started shouting at me for disciplining her child. All I did was let him know his behaviour was unacceptable. Was I supposed to sit back while her kid did whatever he wanted, hurting other children in the process?Getting your own children to play nice is difficult enough. Dealing with other peoples children has become a minefieldIn my house, jumping on the sofa is not allowed. In my sisters house its encouraged. For her, its about kids being kids:If you cant do it at three, when can you do it?Each of these philosophies is valid and, it has to be said, my son loves visiting his aunts house. But I find myself saying no a lot when her kids are over at mine. Thats OK between sisters but becomes dangerous territory when youre talking to the children of friends or acquaintances.Kids arent all raised the same. agrees Professor Naomi White of Monash University. But theres still an idea that theyre the property of the parents. We see our children as an extension of ourselves, so if youre saying that my child is behaving inappropriately, then thats somehow a criticism of me.In those circumstances, its difficult to know whether to approach the child directly or the parent first. There are two schools of thought.Id go to the first. says Andrew Fuller, author of Tricky Kids,Usually a quiet reminder that we dont do that here is enough. Kids have finely tuned antennae(直觉）for how to behave in different settings.He points out that bringing it up with the parent first may make them feel neglectful, which could cause problems. Of course, approaching the child first can bring its own headaches,too.This is why White recommends that you approach the parents first. Raise your concerns with the parents if theyre there and ask them to deal with it. she says.* how to approach a parent in this situation. Psychologist Meredith Fuller answers:Explain your needs as well as stressing the importance of the friendship. Preface your remarks with something like: I know youll think Im silly but in my house I dont want.When it comes to situations where youre earing for another child. White is straightforward:Common sense muse prevail. If things dont go well then have a chat.Therere a couple of new grey areas. Physical punishment, once accepted from any adult, is no longer appropriate. Now you cant do it without feeling uneasy about it. White says.Men might also feel uneasy about dealing with other peoples children. Men feel nervous, White says. A new set of considerations has come to the fore as part of the debate about how we handle children.For Andrew Fuller, the child-centrid nature of our society has affected everyone. The rules are different now from when todays parents were growing up, he says. Adults are scared of saying, Dont swear , or asking a child to stand up on a bus. Theyre worried that there will be conflict if they point these things out-either from older children, or their parents.He sees it as a loss of the sense of common public good and public courtesy(礼貌), and says that adults suffer from it as much as children.Meredith Fuller agrees,A code of conduct is hard to create when youre living in a world in which everyone is exhausted from overwork and lack of sleep, and a world in which nice people are perceived to finish last.Its about what Im doing an what I need, Andrew Fuller says.The days when a kid came home from school and said, I got into trouble , and dad said, You probably deserved it, are over. Now the parents are charging up to the school to have a go at teachers.This jumping to our childrens defence is part of what fuels the walking on eggshells feeling that surrounds our dealings with