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1、12月大学英语四级考试预测试题(3)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions： For this part， you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic： WILL PHONES KILL LETTER WRITING? You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese：1. 年轻人越来越趋向于打电话2. 信件是否会被电话取缔3. 我的观点Part II Read
2、ing Comprehension (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， markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the st
3、atement 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.Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea GiantLike something straight out of
4、a Jules Verne novel， an enormous tentacle creature looms out of the inky blackness of the deep Pacific waters.But this isnt science fiction. A set of extraordinary images captured by Japanese scientists mark the first-ever record of a live giant squid (Architeuthis) in the wild.The animalwhich measu
5、res roughly 25 feet (8 meters) longwas photographed 2，950 feet (900 meters) beneath the North Pacific Ocean. Japanese scientists attracted the squid t toward cameras attached to a baited fishing line.The scientists say they snapped more than 500 images of the massive cephalopod before it broke free
6、after snagging itself on a hook. They also recovered one of the giant squids two longest tentacles， which severed during its struggle.The photo sequence， taken off Japans Ogasawara Islands in September ， shows the squid homing in on the baited line and enveloping it in “a ball of tentacles.”Tsunemi
7、Kubodera of the National Science Museum in Tokyo and Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association report their observations this week in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.“Architeuthis appears to be a much more active predator than previously suspected， using its elongated f
8、eeding tentacles to strike and tangle prey，” the researchers write.They add that the squid was found feeding at depths where no light penetrates even during the day.Giant BreakthroughDespite peoples fascination with this deep-sea behemoth， the giant squids life and habits have remained largely a mys
9、tery. The little information known has been mostly based on dead and dying specimens that were caught by commercial fishing boats or washed ashore.The mysterious creature has inspired countless sea monster tales and has been the subject of various scientific expeditions.Since the mid 1990s there hav
10、e been a number of research trips in search of giant squid. Cameras attached to deep-diving subs or sperm whales have been used to try to capture the elusive animals on film， but without success.The Japanese researchers used sperm whales as guides to help them pinpoint likely giant squid haunts. Ove
11、r the years whalers have reported finding a high number of large squid beaks in the mammals stomachs， pegging sperm whales as primary predators of large squid.The images are generating considerable excitement among squid experts.“I think its wonderful that weve finally got a picture of a living gian
12、t squid，” said Richard Ellis， a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and author of The Search for the Giant Squid.“I thought it would only be a matter of time before someone got images of Architeuthis，” he added.“After all， its not an endangered species， not even
13、all that rare， and its one of the largest of all invertebrates. So the Japanese film finaly breaks through and renders the statement nobody has ever seen a living giant squid inoperative.”Squid expert Martin Collins of the British Antarctic Survey based in Cambridge， England， says the new images are
14、 a “fantastic” achievement.The marine biologist says he was skeptical that a dedicated giant squid hunt would succeed. He thought the first wild sighting would probably come by accident.“Fair play to these guys whove made the effort， gone out there and looked in what they thought was a good area， an
15、d found it，” he said.Hunting for CluesCollins is especially interested in clues the images might provide to the way giant squid swim and hunt in the deep ocean.“Seeing the animals on film gives you a tremendous insight into how they live down there，” he said. “It shows they are pretty active animals
16、， and that answers a big question thats been out there for some time.”Collins says there were two competing schools of thought among giant squid experts.“One was the idea that giant squid were fairly inactive and just drifted around， dangling their tentacles below them like fishing lures to catch what came by，” he said.“The other theory was that they were actually quite active. This new evidence suppo
