With the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Chinese. Do you think it is necessary for UK pupils to learn Chinese?

Seneca (Canada) I studied French for 2 years in high school and German for 4 years in college and get good marks. I studied Chinese for about 4 months before moving to China. Any language, if you don’t use it, it’s easy to lose. I’ve forgotten the French I learnt except for a few phrases. I speak Chinese every day. My writing, reading and listening are quite good, but far from being fluent. I think nowadays, it’s almost necessary to learn Chinese.

Tony (the UK) Learning any language can be valuable, but it is not suitable for everyone. Chinese is a difficult language to learn, and the UK is not good for teaching foreign languages. But, China is a big and developing market for the UK business people. For them, Chinese is worth learning.

Bill (the USA) I don’t think Chinese will become as widely spoken all over the world as English is. To learn Chinese, you have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it. It’s too difficult to learn. But in the future Chinese will become more popular, and that is a good thing.

1.Where does Tony come from?

A.China B.Canada C.The USA D.The UK

2.Seneca learnt German for____________.

A.2years B.4months C.4years D.6years

3.The underlined word “fluent” means____________ in Chinese.

A.糟糕的 B.流利的 C.完美的 D.成熟的

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A.How to learn Chinese well B.Chinese will be the first language in the world

C.Do you like Chinese? D.Is it necessary to learn Chinese?

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Long long ago, people couldn't write and they had no books. But they had stories. People learned the stories by heart and taught new ones to one another. Sometimes it was hard to remember them all.1.

The ancient Egyptians wrote their stories on something made from papyrus(纸莎草)plants.

People in other places learned to use papyrus from the Egyptians.2.. So parchment(羊皮纸)later took its place.

In ancient China books looked a little different. People there used ink to write on bamboo or silk. And then they invented paper. Paper was easier and cheaper to make than papyrus and parchment. 3.Papermaking later spread to the West, but there was a big problem with these early books. Every single one had to be copied and written by hand.

4.They carved(雕刻)a page of words into a piece of wood or stone. They could then print the page by spreading ink on the wood or stone and putting it against paper. Many years later, books became faster and easier to make when a German printer invented movable, metal letters. The letters could be used to print copy after copy, and the letters put together again and again to print different pages of words.

5. Once a luxury(奢侈品)only the rich could buy, they soon became a treasure everyone could enjoy.

A. But papyrus grew mainly in Egypt.

B. Finally books could be printed by the thousands.

C. Its surface was smoother and better for writing on, too.

D. Things grew a little easier when writing was invented.

E. The Chinese were the first to think of a way to speed things up a little.

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