1999年1月大学英语四级考试试题(4)_新闻中心

1999年1月大学英语四级考试试题(4)

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Part IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)Directions: Inthispart there is a short passage with five questions orincompletestatements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer thequestionsor complete the statements in the fewest possible words(notexceeding 10 words.) 　　Would be language teachers everywhere have one thing incommon:they all wan t some recognition of their professional statusandskills, and a job. The former requirement is obviously importantona personal level, but it is vital if you are to have any chanceoffinding work.Ten years ago, the situation was very different.Invirtually every developing country, and in many developedcountriesas well, being a native English speaker was enough to getyouemployed as an English teacher.Now employers will only lookatteachers who have the knowledge, the skills and attitudes toteachEnglish effectively. The result of this has been toraisenon-native English teachers to the same status as theirnativecounterparts (相对应的人) ？ something they have always deservedbutseldom enjoyed. Non-natives are now happy ？linguisticdiscrimination (语言上的歧视) is a thing of the past.An ongoingresearchproject, funded by the University of Cambridge, asked asample ofteachers, teacher educators and employers in more than 40countrieswhether they regard the native/non-native speakersdistinction asbeing at all important. “NO” was the answer. As longas candidatescould teach and had the required level of English, itdidn’t matterwho they were and where they came from. Thus, a newform ofdiscrimination ？ this time justified because it singled outtheunqualified ？ liberated the linguistically oppressed (受压迫的).Butthe Cambridge project did more than just that: it confirmedthatthe needs of native and non-native teachers areextremelysimilar. 　　Questions: (注意：答题尽量简短，超过10个词要扣分。每条横线限写一个英语单词，标点符号不占格。)S1.Theselection of English teachers used to be mainly basedon___________.____________ ____________ ________________________________________________ ____________ ____________________________________S2. What did non-native English teachersdeserve butseldom enjoy?____________ ____________ ________________________________________________ ____________ ____________________________________S3. What kind of people can now find a jobas anEnglish teacher?____________ ____________ ________________________________________________ ____________ ____________________________________S4. What is the result of the “new formofdiscrimination” (Line 5, .4)?____________ ____________________________________ ________________________ ____________________________________ ____________S5. The phrase “thelinguisticallyoppressed” (Line 6, .4) refers to those whowere_______.____________ ____________ ________________________________________________ ____________ ____________________________________ 　　Part V Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, youareallowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topicDon’tHesitate to Say “No”. You should write at least 100 words andyoushould base your composition on the outline (given inChinese)below: 　　1. 别人请求帮助时，在什么情况下我们会说“不”。2.为什么有些人在该说“不”的时候不说“不”。3.该说“不”时不说“不”的坏处。　　【1】【2】【3】【4】