With the Chinese language becoming popular，the UK government plans to invest（投資） 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Mandarin （普通話）.Do you think it is necessary for the UK pupils to learn Mandarin？Some people share their opinions online.
Tsd （UK）：The learning of any language can be valuable and useful，but it is not suitable for everyone.Chinese is a difficult language to learn and the UK is said to be bad at learning foreign languages.Why should they learn Chinese when most people in the world speak English？
Mark （US）：I studied French for 2 years in high school and German for 4 years in college.I studied Mandarin informally for about 4 months before moving to China.Now I speak Mandarin every day as my wife doesn't speak English.But it is far from being fluent.Learning additional languages is a great thing，which offers a different view on the world around us.Nowadays，it's almost necessary to be able to speak more than just your mother tongue.
George （UK） ：No，unless they're taught from a very early stage of childhood.Mandarin is so djye.aificult.If China really is going to lead the world，it'll have to do so by speaking the world 's leading language- English.
（1）What is probably Mark's main purpose of learning Chinese？ CC
A．His frequent travel to China.
B．Further education in the future.
C．Effective communication with his family.
D．The official request of his company.
（2）Tsd from UK disagrees to learn Chinese for some reasons except DD.
A．It is difficult to learn Chinese.
B．The people in the UK are not good foreign language learners.
C．English is the mostly spoken language.
D．China is not as developed a country as the UK.
（3）What does George think of learning Chinese？ BB
A．It's of little use.
B．It's unnecessary.
C．It takes too much time.
D．It's not popular.
（4）What seems to be the major problem when foreigners try to learn Chinese？ AA
A．Its difficulty as a language.
B．Misunderstanding about China.
C．The great popularity of English.
D．No enough learning resources.
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【答案】C；D；B；A
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