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2011年12月英語四級考試全真預測試卷（五）

來源：育路教育網發布時間：2011-12-12

　　Model Test Five
　　Part IWriting（30 minutes）
　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Dormitory Life . You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
　　1. 大學宿舍的集體生活是全新的體驗。
　　2. 宿舍生活與在家生活的不同之處。
　　3. 宿舍生活利與弊。
　　Dormitory Life
　　Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
　　(15 minutes)
　　Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the question on Answer Sheet 1.
　　For questions 1-7, mark
　　Y (for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
　　N (for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
　　NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
　　For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
　　Animals on the Move
　　It looked like a scene from “Jaws” but without the dramatic music. A huge shark was lowly swimming through the water, its tail swinging back and forth like the pendulum of a clock.
　　Suddenly sensitive nerve ending in the sharks skin picked up vibrations of a struggling fish. The shark was immediately transformed into a deadly, efficient machine of death. With muscles taut, the shark knifed through the water at a rapid speed. In a flash the shark caught its victim, a large fish, in its powerful jaws. Then, jerking its head back and forth, the shark tore huge chunks of flesh from its victim and swallowed them. Soon the action was over.
　　Moving to Survive
　　In pursuing its prey, the shark demonstrated in a dramatic way the important role of movement, or locomotion, in animals.
　　Like the shark, most animals use movement to find food. They also use locomotion to escape enemies, find a mate, and explore now territories. The methods of locomotion include crawling, hopping, slithering, flying, swimming, or walking.
　　Humans have the added advantage of using their various inventions to move about in just about any kind of environment. Automobiles, rockets, and submarines transport humans from deep oceans to as far away as the moon. However, for other animals movement came about naturally through millions of years of evolution. One of the most successful examples of animal locomotion is that of the shark. Its ability to quickly zero in on its prey has always impressed scientists. But it took a detailed study by Duke University marine biologists S. A. Wainwright, F. Vosburgh, and J. H. Hebrank to find out how the sharks did it. In their study the scientists observed sharks swimming in a tank at Marine land in Saint Augustine, Fla. Movies were taken of the sharks movements and analyzed. Studies were also made of shark skin and muscle.
　　Skin Is the Key
　　The biologists discovered that the skin of the shark is the key to the animals high efficiency in swimming through the water. The skin contains many fibers that crisscross like the inside of a belted radial tire. The fibers are called collagen fibers. These fibers can either store or release large amounts of energy depending on whether the fibers are relaxed or taut. When the fibers are stretched, energy is stored in them the way energy is stored in the string of a bow when pulled tight. When the energy is released, the fibers become relaxed.
　　The Duke University biologists have found that the greatest stretching occurs where the shark bends its body while swimming. During the bodys back and forth motion, fibers along the outside part of the bending body stretch greatly. Much potential energy is stored in the fibers. This energy is released when the sharks body snaps back the other way.
　　As energy is altern

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