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七（六）选五

Passage1

Englishhasbecometheworld’snumberonelanguageinthe20thcentury.IneverycountrywhereEnglishisnotthenativelanguage,especiallyintheThirdWorld,peoplemuststrivetolearnittothebestoftheirabilities,iftheywanttoparticipatefullyinthedevelopmentoftheircountries．41）__________.

42）__________.Nonetheless,aworldfullofdifferentlanguageswilldisappearifthepresenttrendinmanycountriestouseEnglishtoreplacethenationalorofficiallanguagesineducation,tradeandevenpoliticscontinues．43）__________.

TheThirdWorldcountriesthatarenowusingEnglishasamediumofinstructionaredepriving75percentoftheirfutureleadersofapropereducation.Accordingtomanystudies,onlyaround20to25percentofstudentsinthesecountriesCanmanagetolearnthelanguageofinstruction（English）aswellasbasicsubjectsatthesametime.ManyleadersoftheseThirdWorldcountriesareobsessedwithEnglishandforthemEnglishiseverything.TheyseemtobelievethatifthestudentsspeakEnglish,theyarealreadyknowledgeable．44__________.

Allthegreatestcountriesoftheworldaregreatbecausetheyconstantlyusetheirownlanguagesinallnationaldevelopmentactivities,includingeducation.Fromapsychologicalpointofview,thosewhoaretaughtintheirownlanguagefromthestartwilldevelopbetterself-confidenceandself-reliance.Fromalinguisticpointofview,thebestbrainsCanonlybeproducedifstudentsareeducatedintheirownlanguagefromthestart．45__________.

Thereisnothingwrong,however,inlearningaforeignlanguageatadvancedlevelsofeducation.Butthebestthingtodoistohaveagoodeducationinone’snativelanguagefirst,thengoabroadtohaveauniversityeducationinaforeignlanguage．

A）Ifthissituationcontinues,thenativeorofficiallanguagesofthesecountrieswillcertainlydiewithintwoorthreegenerations.Thisphenomenonhasbeencalledlinguisticgenocide.Alanguagediesifitisnotfullyusedinmostactivities,particularlyasamediumofinstructioninschools．

B）Thosewhoaretaughtinaforeignlanguagefromthestartwilttendtobeimitatorsandlackself-confidence.Theywilltendtorelyonforeignconsultants．

C）SupposeyouworkinabigfirmandfindEnglishveryimportantforyourjobbecauseyouoften

dealwithforeignbusinessmen.NowyouarelookingforaplacewhereyoucanimproveyourEnglish,especiallyyourspokenEnglish．

D）ButmanypeopleareconcernedthatEnglish’sdominancewilldestroynativelanguages．

E）TheseleadersspeakandwriteEnglishmuchbetterthantheirnationallanguages.IftheseleadersdeliverspeechesanywhereintheworldtheyuseEnglishandtheyfeelmoreathomewithitandproudoftheirabilityaswell.Thecitizensoftheircountriesdonotunderstandtheirleaders’speechesbecausetheyaremadeinaforeignlanguage．

F）HerearesomeadvertisementsaboutEnglishlanguagetrainingfromnewspapers.Youmayfindtheinformationyouneed．

G）AcloseexaminationrevealsagreatnumberoflanguageshavefallencasualtytoEnglish.Forexample,ithaswipedoutHawaiian,Welsh,ScotchGaelic,Irish,nativeAmericanlanguages,andmanyothers.Luckily,someoftheselanguagesarenowbeingrevived,suchasHawaiianandWelsh,andtheselanguageswillliveagain,hopefully,ifdedicatedpeoplecontinuetheirworkofrevivingthem.

Passage2

In1959theaverageAmericanfamilypaid$989forayear’ssupplyoffood.In1972thefamilypaid$1，311．Thatwasapriceincreaseofnearlyone—third.Everyfamilyhashadthissortofexperience.Everyoneagreesthatthecostoffeedingafamilyhasrisensharply.Butthereislessagreementwhenreasonsfortherisearebeingdiscussed.Whoisreallyresponsible?

Manyblamethefarmerswhoproducethevegetables,fruit,meat,eggs,andcheesethatstoresofferforsale.AccordingtotheU.S.DepartmentofAgriculture,thefarmer’sshareofthe$1,311spentbythefamilyin1972was$521.Thiswas31percentmorethanthefarmerhadreceivedin1959．

Butfarmersclaimthatthisincreasewasverysmallcomparedtotheincreaseintheircostofliving.Farmerstendtoblameothersforthesharpriseinfoodprices.Theyparticularlyblamethosewhoprocessthefarmproductsaftertheproductsleavethefarm.Theseincludetruckdrivers,meatpackers,manufacturersofpackagesandotherfoodcontainers,andtheownersofstoreswherefoodissold．41）_________.

Ofthe$1,311familyfoodbillinl972，middlementreceived$790，whichwas33percentmorethantheyhadreceivedin1959．Itappearsthatthemiddlemen’sprofithasincreasedmorethanfarmer’s.Butsomeeconomistsclaimthatthemiddleman’sactualprofitwasverylow.AccordingtoeconomistsattheFirstNationalCityBank,theprofitformeatpackersandfoodstoresamountedtolessthano