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1、四级考前模考试卷(二)PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonthetopicofTheYoungWanttoBeLeaders.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsaccordingtotheoutlinegivenbelow.1.现在的年轻人普遍想当领导2.人们对此有不同看法3.我认为……TheYoungWanttoBeLeadersPa
2、rtIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,co
3、mpletethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.AsEnglishSpreads,IndonesiansFearforTheirLanguagePaulinaSugiarto'sthreechildrenplayedtogetheratamallheretheotherday,chatteringnotinIndonesiansnationallanguage,butEnglish.Theirfluencyoftendrawsadmiri
4、ngquestionsfromotherIndonesianparentsMs.Sugiartoencountersinthiscity'supscalemalls.Butthechildren'sabilityinEnglishobscuredthefactthat,thoughbornandraisedinIndonesia,theywerestrugglingwiththeIndonesianlanguage,knownasBahasaIndonesia.Theirparents,whogr
5、ewupspeakingtheIndonesianlanguagebutwenttocollegeintheUnitedStatesandAustralia,talktotheirchildreninEnglish.AndthechildrenattendaprivateschoolwhereEnglishisthemainlanguageofinstruction."Theyknowthey'reIndonesian,MMs.Sugiarto,34,said.'TheyloveIndonesia
6、.Theyjustcan,tspeakBahasaIndonesia.It,stragic/9Indonesia'slinguisticlegacyisincreasinglyunderthreatasgrowingnumbersofwealthyandupper-middle-classfamiliesshun(避开)publicschoolswhereIndonesianremainsthemainlanguagebutEnglishisoftentaughtpoorly.Theyaretur
7、ning,instead,toprivateschoolsthatfocusonEnglishanddevotelittletime,讦any,toIndonesian.ForsomeIndonesians,asmasteryofEnglishhasbecomeincreasinglytiedtosocialstanding,Indonesianhasbeenrelegatedtosecond-classstatus.Inextremecases,peopletakeprideinspeaking
8、Indonesianpoorly.TheglobalspreadofEnglish,withitssometimescorrosive(逐渐破坏的)effectsonlocallanguages,hascausedmuchhand-wringing(焦虑)inmanynon-English-speakingcornersoftheworld.Buttheimplicationsmaybemorefar-reachinginIndonesia,wheregenerationsofpo