英语四级试题3.doc

姓名:________    学号:_________   班级:_________          英语四级新试题988 Part I Writing       Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Malting Friends Online. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:      1．网上交友现象越来截止普遍。      2．这种做法有利有弊。      3．我的建议。             How to Get Ready for Studying Abroad      It was all so misleadingly simple. I had studied French in college, and my university offered a year abroad in France. My scholarship would apply; credit for courses was assured; advisers were available on campus to discuss passports, visas, shots, international student IDs and drivers licenses. A charter flight had been booked and housing had been arranged. There was even a list of suggestions for packing. What could be simpler?      Of course, we were told at the orientation meetings that it might be difficult to adjust to a foreign language, strange customs, and the European academic system.    I remember paying insufficient attention. The tour is arranged, I said to myself. Everything works out.       And everything did work out--more or less--but I came across some big surprises. If you are planning to study overseas, let me suggest a few key points to consider before you leave the USA.      Learn the Language      In France, they speak French. Why, then, did I not strive vigorously to learn the language before I arrived? The requirement of two years of college French is minimal. One of my teachers warned that I was only marginally grounded in the language.      But learning to speak French in the US was hard work, so I put it off until I got to France, where I assumed language skills could be acquired effortlessly.    Unfortunately,    I was so embarrassed by my poor command of the language that I was afraid to speak.      Help came in the form of a Gallic proverb: In order to speak good French, you have to relax; and in order to relax, you have to drink wine. At least half of th