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American government has suggested a new plan to increase the study of foreign languages in schools．
Research has shown that childhood is a better time than manhood to learn foreign languages．However, ________ learn only English．Less than one third of American elementary schools teach foreign languages．Only 44 percent of American high school students take a foreign language．And 70 percent of them are learning Spanish．What’s more, the United States doesn’t have enough foreign teachers．
The plan calls for teaching more children foreign languages, as early as the age of four．Most of the new teaching would be in languages not widely taught now in American schools．These include Arabic, Chinese, Farsi(波斯语), Hindi(北印度语)and Russian．It also aims to increase foreign language instruction in colleges and graduate schools．The hope is to bring more foreign language speakers into government service．
Administration officials will ask for 114 million dollars in 2007 to start the program．The money would be used to help foreign-language students pay for their educations．The plan also calls for sending more American students to other countries to study．And it calls for bringing more foreign language teaching assistants to the United States．
In a word, to face the uncertain challenges in the future, America needs more officers, teachers, and students who can understand foreign languages．It will also improve the understanding and cultural exchange between America and other countries around the world．
1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)
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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
It has been proved by research that it’s easier for children to learn foreign languages than adults do．
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3．Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with the proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 30 words．)
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4．Do you think it’s necessary for America to make the new plan?Why?(Please answer within 30 words．)
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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese．
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The plan: turn Mars into a blue world with streams and green fields, and then fill it with creatures (生物) from the earth. This idea may sound like something from a science fiction (科幻小说), but it is actually being taken seriously by many researchers.
This suggested future for the “red planet” will be the main topic for discussion at an international conference hosted by NASA (美国宇航局) this week. Leading researchers as well as science fiction writers will attend the event. It comes as NASA is preparing a multi?billion?dollar Mars research programme. “Turning Mars into a little earth has long been a topic in science fiction,”said Dr Michael Meyer, NASA’s senior scientist for astrobiology (太空生物学). “Now, with scientists exploring the reality, we can ask what are the real possibilities of changing Mars.”
Most scientists agree that Mars could be turned into a little earth, although much time and money would be needed to achieve this goal.
But many experts are shocked by the idea. “We are destroying our own world at an unbelievable speed and now we are talking about ruining another planet,” said Paul Murdin, of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK. Over the past months, scientists have become increasingly confident they will find Martian life forms. Europe and America’s robot explorers have found proof that water, mixed with soil, exists in large amounts on the planet.
In addition, two different groups of scientists announced on March 28 that they had found signs of methane (甲烷) in the Martian atmosphere (大气). The gas is a waste product of living creatures and could be produced by microbes (微生物) living in the red planet’s soil.
But scientists such as Dr Lisa Pratt, a biologist at Indiana University, say that these microbes will be put in danger by the little earth project. “Before we have even discovered if there is life on Mars, we are talking about carrying out projects that would destroy all these native lifeforms, all the strange microbes that we hope to find buried in the soil,” said Dr Pratt. This view is shared by Monica Grady, a planetary scientist at the Natural History Museum, London. “We cannot risk starting a global experiment that would wipe out the precious information we are looking for.” she said， “This is just wrong.”
5. The passage is about________.
A. a plan turning Mars into a little earth
B. the necessity of changing Mars
C. Mars supporting life
D. finding water in the Mars
6. Which of the following is NOT the reason why some scientists are against the plan?
A. The project would wipe out all the native lifeforms on the Mars.
B. The project will cost too much money and work.
C. We would ruin Mars.
D. We are destroying our own world at an unbelievable speed.
7. We can infer from the passage that________.
A. water is a crucial factor for life
B. the project will have little effect on the native lifeforms supposed to live on the Mars
C. Monica Grady is in favour of carrying out the little earth project
D. the idea turning Mars into a little earth is nothing but a science fiction
8. Which of the following supports the conclusion of microbes living in the Mars’s soil?
A. Scientists found liquid water in the Mars.
B. Scientists found signs of methane in the Martian atmosphere.
C. Scientists found a lot of good soil on the Mars.
D. Scientists found some creatures living on the Mars.
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Complete the passage with the proper words in the box．Each word can only be used once．One word is not needed．
After months of waiting, Chinese TV 1 finally got to see the first episode of "China's Got Talent " in late July．With the episodes(集) 2 so far, the show has won millions of fans, but has also triggered controversy(引起争议)．"China's Got Talent" is a British-owned Chinese reality show put on by Dragon TV in Shanghai．It features 3 of all types and ages competing for a performing contract with Fremantle Media and Sony Music Entertainment．
The plan is to have the finalists of "China's Got Talent," the winners of Britain's Got Talent, and the American and European versions of the show to perform together at the Shanghai Expo Culture Center．
The 4 episode of the show, last Sunday, 5 a young man with no arms playing piano with his feet．
Liu Wei who has been playing the piano since he was 19, 6 the audience and judges to tears with his performance．The 23-year-old said his motto was to "Die 7 or live 8 ．" He said he would never complain and would fight to make his dreams come true．Another act in Sunday's show was a poor couple who run a street food stall in Shanghai．The husband said he was taking part in the show to make his wife's dreams come true．She is a 9 singer and wants to buy a karaoke machine but they can't afford one．Their story also brought tears to the eyes of the judges．
Directions：Read the following passage．Complete the diagram by using the information from the passage．
Write ONE WORD for each answer．
A technical secondary school in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, planned to order Korean-style school uniforms for students, but parents opposed the move, believing that the new uniforms looked too good and would encourage early romances among the students, the Jinling Evening Paper reported Monday．
Parents
“My daughter was so excited about the Korean-style uniform, saying it's her dream to wear mini-skirt to school every day,” a mom surnamed Cheng complained．“My daughter also called her classmates to talk about how handsome the boys looked in the uniform!”
Cheng looked on the Internet and found that most Korean schoolboy uniforms are similar to western suits．“They are so handsome!My daughter is a fan of Korean fashion, that's why she is crazy about the uniform!” Cheng said．“If the students wear such beautiful uniforms, how can they study well?I prefer the sports wear which makes me think of health and positive thinking．”
School
“The plan to change the current school uniform from sports wear has been cancelled,” an employee of the school told the Jinling Evening Paper．
“The students dislike the current uniform, so the school took advice from the students last November, knowing that most of students prefer Korean-or Japanese-style school uniforms．We know cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou have changed their sports wear school uniforms to more fashionable uniforms,” an employee surnamed Lin said．
“However, we had to stop the plan because many parents are strongly against it．Some parents think it's just a way for the school to make money, and others think the new uniforms will take students' attention away from their studies,” Lin said．
When asked about the possibility of problems with early romance between students because of the more fashionable uniforms, Lin said he hadn't considered it．He, however, agreed that the Korean-style uniform makes the students more charming．
Students
The students are very disappointed about the school's final decision．They think the sports wear uniforms make them look androgynous(难分性别)．
They said the Korean-style uniform has many advantages such as raising interest in class; lifting confidence; improving solidarity and creating good temperaments．
As for concerns about romance, the students believe that love is love and bears no relationship to the uniform．
Education department
“We don't have a unified(统一的)standard for school uniforms．The schools can choose their own styles．Either sports wear or uniforms are ok,” an official from the Nanjing Bureau of Education said．
