2006英语新四级真题与答案

part ii reading comprehension (skimming and scanning ) (15 minute)

directions: in this part,you will have 15 minute to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on answer sheet1

for questions 1-7,mark

y(for yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;

n(for no) if statement cintradicts the information given in the passage;

ng(for not civen) if the information is not given in the passage.

for question 8-10 ,complete the sentenced with the information given in the passage.

highway

a goverment study recommended a national highway systerm of33,920 miles,and congress passed the federcal-aid highway act of 1944,which called for strict,centrakky controlled desert criterra.

the interstate highway system was finally launched in 1956 and has been hailed as one of the greatest public works projects of the century .to bulid its 44,000-mile web of highways,bridge.and tunnels hundreds of unique engineering designs and solutions had to be worked out.consider the many geographic ,features of the country:mountains,steep grades,wetlands,rivers,desorts and plains.variables included the slope of the land,the ability of the pavement to support the load.innovative, designs of roadways,tunnels,bridges,overpasses,and interchanges that could run through or bypass urban areas soon began to weave their way across the country ,forever altering the face of american .

long-span,segmented-concrete,cable-stayed bridges such as hale boggs in louisiana and the sunshine skyway in florida,and remarkable tunnels like fort mchenry in maryland and mr.bakerin washington developed under the nation's physical challenges,traffic control systems and methods of construction developed uder the interstate program soon influenced highway construction around the world,ang were invaluable in improving the condition of urban streets and traffic patterns.