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For Chinese students nowadays, no matter what kinds of schools they're going to, they have to face the problem of learning English. All examinations they want to pass require them to pass English.
Examinations for entering further education, studying abroad and even graduating from college require scores in English examinations. English has become the most popular course in tutorial classes (补习班) and even in the selfstudy classroom.
When nearly all students' attention is focused on English, looking at the situation of our mother language, even Chinese linguists (语言学家) get confused about its use. Not only have many new words and phrases which are very popular on the Internet started to fill in every corner of the society, but common use of Chinese is full of mistakes and misunderstandings.
Under such an urgent situation for the Chinese language, it's time for every Chinese person to start protecting our mother tongue.
Chinese has more speakers than any other world language and is also one of the oldest languages in history. Around the world, many countries have started learning Chinese and Chinese has become one of the most important foreign languages in some foreign countries.
Besides, there are 282 Confucius institutions (机构) in 88 countries and regions around the world that are teaching Chinese. The number of people learning Chinese is about 50 million outside China.
To those foreigners that are so crazy about the Chinese language, what kind of attitude should the Chinese have? Honestly speaking, learning English itself shouldn't be criticized, and we need to learn English to communicate with the world to show our culture and society. However, it doesn't make any sense that the importance of Chinese is replaced by a foreign language in a native's mind. It's really time to protect our Chinese language! Are you ready?
语篇解读：如今，世界上许多国家的人开始学习汉语。但是，随着网络等科技的发展，人们所使用的汉语中出现的语病逐渐增多，这使很多语言学家感到焦虑。
1．Why do some Chinese linguists get confused about the use of Chinese?
A．There are many words in Chinese.
B．Great changes have taken place in Chinese.
C．They couldn't accept a larger vocabulary.
D．There are too many mistakes and misunderstandings.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知，现在人们常用的汉语中存在很多错误和误解，这是使语言学家困惑的原因之一。
2．The author describes the situation of English in China so as to ________.
A．explain how popular English is
B．prove the importance of English
C．remind us to care about the situation of Chinese
D．encourage us to use Chinese rather than English
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第四段可推知，提及国内英语学习情况是为了提醒我们在学习外语的同时，也不要忽视了本国语言。
3．What is the main idea of the text?
A．It's time to protect the Chinese language.
B．Language study is a problem of the world.
C．Chinese is becoming more important than English.
D．It's unnecessary for Chinese people to learn English.
解析：选A 主旨大意题。根据文章的结构及内容可知，本文循序渐进地阐述了汉语目前面临的困境，进而在结尾提出“It's really time to protect our Chinese language！”，而这正是本文的主旨所在。
