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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:
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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 driver's 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 mand 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. " A