Question

Many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language because they don’t want them to lose their mother language.
In the city of Portland in the USA, there is a weekend Chinese school in a church. In the school, there are Chinese kids and American kids. They study Chinese on Saturdays and Sundays. Teachers at the school are usually some overseas Chinese women. Miss Tian is one of them. She is from Beijing. She teaches her students many Chinese characters, sentences and Chinese songs.
Most of these kids speak English better than Chinese, because they spend most of their time at the local school, and their classmates are American.Their teachers teach them in English.
When the overseas Chinese children get home after school, their parents often speak Chinese to them. Only at that time do they think they are at home.
【小题1】Why do many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language?

A．Because they want them to speak Chinese.

B．Because they don’t want them to lose their mother language.

C．Because they live in China.

D．Because they can’t speak English.

【小题2】Where do the kids learn Chinese?

A．In their school.

B．At home.

C．In a park

D．In a weekend Chinese school in a church.

【小题3】.Who teaches them?

A．Some overseas Chinese women.

B．Their classmates.

C．Their parents.

D．Their friends.

【小题4】Which one is true?

A．Most kids speak Chinese better than English.

B．Most kids speak English better than Chinese.

C．Most kids speak Chinese as well as English.

D．Most kids can’t speak Chinese at all.

【小题5】What is the best title of this passage?

A．How to learn Chinese?

B．How to learn English?

C．Never forget your mother language

D．Learning Chinese is important

Answer 1

【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】B
【小题5】C

解析试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了许多海外华侨让孩子学汉语因为他们不想让孩子失去母语。这样的学校一般设在教堂，老师由海外女华侨担任。
【小题1】细节理解题。.根据第一段 because they don’t want them to lose their mother language.描述可知选B.
【小题2】细节理解题。根据第二段there is a weekend Chinese school in a church描述，故填A。
【小题3】推理判断题。根据第二段Teachers at the school are usually some overseas Chinese women. 描述，可知选A。
【小题4】是非判断题。根据第三段Most of these kids speak English better than Chinese描述，这些孩子中的大部分说的英语比汉语好。故选B。
【小题5】主题归纳题。A怎样学汉语B怎样学英语C不要忘记母语D汉语是重要的，综合全文可知，许多海外华侨让孩子学汉语就是因为他们不想让孩子失去母语。故选C。
考点：社会现象短文阅读。