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C.To provide the community people with the opportunity to watchperformances for free D.To educate and improve the community Section D Directions:In youll hear a passae three tmes Listen carefully during the first reading.When the passage i For blanksn Check your answers when the passage is read for the third time na way.all of us are o be used careful because we can't buynewair.water or and from anywhere on our planet is a closed(19) Nothing new is ever added.Nature recycles its(20) ay is actually the same wat din fish die and water beco ealthy for peope todrink Cars and factories put 23) mto the air and cause plants animals and ople to sick. 24) we how t of use industrial We h amounts water (25) 得分 PartI Reading Comprehension (30 points)(2 points for each) 评卷人 Directions:The orresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center sage On 6 to 20 are based on the following na social services with our legal residents.Even recent laws designed to deal with this problem has not kept certain areas of our eoCholgcmsAcemoalfnotiealy.obledopvidefiecdeationtotheechirem1ynolForthe s.What other districts in the affected be illing to share the cost in term of tax dollars?For instance,if the city of Houson,Texas. ent an erage S500.000 pe ven nave an imm ey be a the ather than dise tion Not only provide their children with all the benefits of American public-school education.What a temptation to even the most s the belief by the general public that breaking the law is all right as long as the reson isa good moral one.This leadstothe dangerous conclusion thatthe end justifies the mens.Isn't this the way Hitler A):there is water in every school in Texas 第2页共7页 安徽科技学院 2012~2013 学年第二学期《大学英语四级》（统招）期终试卷（A 卷） ………………………………装…………订…… …线………………………………… 专业 级 班 姓名 学号 得分 …………………………………密…………封…………线……………………………… 第 2 页 共 7 页 B. To provide the community people with the opportunity to make friends. C. To provide the community people with the opportunity to watch performances for free. D. To educate and improve the community. Section D Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a passage three times. Listen carefully during the first reading. When the passage is read for the second time, you should fill in the blanks numbered from 16 to 23 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 24 to 25 you are required to write down the main points about what was said. Check your answers when the passage is read for the third time. In a way, all of us are on a spaceship -- the (16) ______ Earth. We move around the sun at 18 miles per second and never stop. On our spaceship, we have 5 (17) ______ people and a limited supply of air, water and land. These (18) ______ have to be used carefully because we can’t buy new air, water or land from anywhere else. Environment on our planet is a closed (19) ______. Nothing new is ever added. Nature recycles its (20) ______. Water, for example, evaporates and rises as visible drops to form (21) ______. The same water returns to the earth as rain or snow. The rain that falls today is actually the same water that fell on the land 70 million years ago. Today, the earth is in trouble. Factories (22) ______ dirty water into our rivers, many fish die and water becomes unhealthy for people to drink. Cars and factories put (23) ______ into the air and cause plants, animals and people to get sick. (24) ___________________________________________ ________________________________. Over the years people have changed environment and we have pollution. To continue to survive, we must learn how to use the earth resources wisely. We have to change our habits and stop dropping such enormous amounts of industrial waste into the water and air. (25)______________________________________________________________________. PartⅡ Reading Comprehension (30 points) (2 points for each) Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage: No one knows for certain how many illegal immigrants today reside in our country, competing for job, housing, and social services with our legal residents. Even recent laws designed to deal with this problem has not kept certain areas of our nation, notably Texas and other southwestern states, from over burdened by this situation. When the innocent young children of those immigrants flood the schools, they place special economics (as well as educational and psychological) demands upon the local school systems. Are we morally, if not legally, obliged to provide free education to these children? I say no! For three compelling reasons, accepting these children into our public schools is wrong. First, it places an undue economics hardship on the local school districts. What other districts in the affected states would be willing to share the cost in terms of tax dollars? For instance, if the city of Houston, Texas, spent an average $500,000 per year to educate illegal immigrants, would Dallas Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Arizona be required to pay a percentage of bill? How about distant states such as Maine and Alaska, which do not even have an immigrant problem…must they be asked to bear the burden, as well? On the other hand, Texans will argue, quite justifiably, that the problem is one of national, not regional, implications. It is unfair to expect certain states or districts, simply due to geographic location (nearness to borders), to accept all responsibility for the education of these children. Second, permission of such an illegal free education encourages, rather than discourages, illegal immigration. Not only will prospective refugees dreams of relatively high paying jobs and better living standards, but they will expect our society to provide their children with all the benefits of American public-school education. What a temptation to even the most law-abiding residents of an oppressed nation! Finally, the whole situation encourages the belief by the general public that breaking the law is all right as long as the reason is a good moral one. This leads to the dangerous conclusion that “the end justifies the means.” Isn’t this the way Hitler attempted to justify his wickedness? Do we wish to fall into the same trap? 16. The phrase “flood the schools” in the first paragraph means＿＿ A): there is water in every school in Texas 得 分 评卷人