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1、Modeltest2SectionA:Questions1and2willbebasedonthefollowingnewsitem.ThesurveybytheModernLanguageAssociationofAmericafindsthatthestudyofArabichasincreasedawhopping127percent,andthenumberofschoolsofferingArabicstudyhasdoubledsincethelastnationwidesurveyin2002.Spanishcontinuestobethemoststudiedla

2、nguageatUShighereducationinstitutions,butinterestinAsianlanguagesisgrowingwithChineseupmorethan50percent.TheModernLanguageAssociationhasbeentrackinglanguageenrollmentforhalfacentury.Thegroup'sexecutivedirector,RosemaryFeal,saysthenumberofenrollmentsisnowatanhistorichigh.Shesaystheincreaserefl

3、ectsagrowingrecognitiononthepartofstudentsandgovernmentthatlanguagesplayaroleinaneversmallerworld."Firstofall,wethinkthattheyknowthattheyaregoingtobebetterpreparedintheircareersandintheirlivesascitizens.Andwealsoknowthatthereisalotmoresupportforlanguagestudytoday,supportintheformoffederaldoll

4、ars,supportalsointheformoftechnology,"shesaid.ThestudyfindsthatstudentscontinuetostudytraditionallytaughtlanguagessuchasSpanish,FrenchandItalianandthatinterestinclassicallanguagessuchasGreekandLatinremainsstrong.1.Whichofthefollowinglanguageshasthebiggestincrease?2.Whatdoestheveryhighnumberof

5、studentlanguageenrollmentstodayreflect?Questions3and4willbebasedonthefollowingnewsitem.SMART-1landedwithasmallflashonapartofthemooncalled“TheseaofExcellence”.Itsfightlastedayearlongerthanoriginallyplanned.Europeanspaceofficialssaythemissionwassosuccessfultheywantedtoallowitmoretimetoorbitthem

6、oonafteraslowjourneytogetthere.SMART-1sentbacktoearthhigh-resolutionphotographsanddetaileddataaboutthechemicalcompositionofthemoonsurface.ScientistshopethedatawillhelptestatheorythatthemoonwasformedafterEarthandsmallerplanetcollided4.5billionyearsago.Themissionalsotestedanionpropulsionengine,

7、usingsolarpowertopositivelychargeXenongasatomswhichwerethenspatoutofthecraft.Theaccelerationisrelativelyslow,butuseslittlefuel.SMART-1ranoutofgas,butbythenwaswithinthemoon’sgravitationalpull.EmilyHarris,NPRNews,Berlin.3.WhathappenedtoSMART-1?