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Now more than 40 million foreigners around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship (关系) between the United States and China is becoming    1   . It has really
  2    the growth of Chinese language learning in the US.

I am Chris from the US. I am one of the many people learning    3   . I am studying at a Confucius institute (孔子学院) in New York. There are 10    4    in our class. Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students. Our Chinese teacher    5    Beijing. He often tells us some interesting things in China.

I think Chinese is    6    to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is    7    different from any other language in the world.    http://ww w.xkb1.co m  

It will    8    me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters (汉字). But I think there are many advantages of spending time    9    the language. One big advantage is that it makes me see things from a different point of view,    10    Chinese is such a different language from English.

I think for American students the most important advantage is that learning a different language can open up their mind.

(   ) 1. A. worse                    B. poorer

              C. friendlier             D. politer

(   ) 2. A. stopped                     B. practised

              C. started                        D. influenced

(   ) 3. A. English                     B. Chinese

              C. French                            D. Japanese

(   ) 4. A. students                   B. workers

              C. teachers               D. farmers

(   ) 5. A. comes to                   B. leaves for

              C. goes around           D. comes from

(   ) 6. A. easy                          B. surprised

              C. difficult                    D. boring

(   ) 7. A. slowly                      B. quickly

              C. easily                       D. completely

(   ) 8. A. get                        B. take   

C. spend                       D. waste

(   ) 9. A. on                            B. in

C. at                                   D. with

(   )10. A. if                           B. because

              C. while                       D. when

Daniel is creative and thoughtful. He can often 　　　 good ideas.

         A. pay attention to  B. put up with  C. catch up with   D. come up with

— Is there any food left?

             — No, Sam has 　　　 all of it.  

         A. eaten up              B. taken up        C. looked up          D. got up

— Peter has good grades in all his subjects, but he never shows off.

             — I agree. He is very 　　　.

         A. powerful             B. creative         C. modest              D. generous

 — Mum, I don’t want to learn the piano anymore. It’s too difficult.

             — Dear, don’t 　　　. I’m sure you will succeed.

         A. wake up              B. stay up          C. give up              D. end up

 Mike is good at many kinds of musical instruments. He is a 　　　 musician. 

         A. welcome             B. born             C. hard                  D. tired 

— People born under the same animal sign always have similar hobbies and personalities.

             — 　　　 I think that’s just a coincidence (巧合).

         A. Yes, I agree with you.

         B. That’s true.

         C. I’m afraid I can’t agree.

         D. You are right in some ways.

— Mrs Black is an organized housewife.

             — That’s right. Everything in her house is always 　　　.

         A. in order               B. out of order   C. in trouble           D. in the way

The railway 　　　 Qinghai to Tibet is the longest plateau (高原) railway in the world.

         A. connected            B. connects              C. connecting        D. is connected

My father wants me to be a doctor 　　　 an engineer, 　　　 I want to be an actor.

         A. or; and                B. and; but        C. and; so              D. or; but