文档介绍：2009年12月20日大学英语新四级(CET-4)考试
全真试题
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
注意:此部分试题在答题卡1上。
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of create a green campus. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:
1. 建设绿色校园十分重要
2. 绿色校园不仅指绿色环境
3. 为了建设绿色校园我们应该……
Part II prehension (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,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.
Colleges taking another look at value of merit-based aid*
Good grades and high test scores still matter—a lot—to many colleges as they award financial aid.
But with low-e students projected to make up an ever-larger share of the college-bound population ing years, some schools are re-examing whether that aid, typically known as “merit aid”, is the most effective use of precious institutional dollars.
e Washington University in Washington, ., for example, said last week that it would cut the value of its average merit scholarships by about one-third and reduce the number of recipients (接受者), pouring the savings, about $, into need-based aid. Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., made a similar decision three years ago.
Now, Hamilton College in Clinton, ., says it will phase out merit scholarships altogether. No current merit-aid recipients will lose their scholarships, but need-based aid alone will be awarded beginning with students entering in fall 2008.
Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school, the less likely it is to do so. Harvard and Princeton, for example, offer generous need-based packages, but many families who don’t meet need eligibility (资格) have been willing to pay whatever they must for a big-name school.
For small regional colleges that s