How do foreigners feel about learning Chinese? Some students who were awarded the Confucius Institute Scholarship were interviewed by China Today. The following are their views and opinions.

Kamila Carter, the U.S.

The 12-year-old girl is a student of Confucius Institute at San Diegio State University in the U.S. Both her parents are hearing-impaired. With the help of her grandmother, she learned how to share her ideas and thoughts with family members in various languages. “The happiest time for me is learning with teachers and classmates in the Confucius Institute, and telling my dad and mom at home what I have learned, and all the stories I heard about China during class,” Carler said. “Many people around me received selfless assistance from the Confucius Institute, some of them are facing the same problems as my parents. Learning Chinese makes me more confident, and I hope to become an ambassador for China-U.S. cultural communication in the future, giving a hand to more people who need help.”

Lida Gulter, Russia

The beautiful Russian girl has learned Chinese for two years. She likes Chinese calligraphy and history, and is fascinated with Chinese literature. “Learning Chinese is not as simple as I thought, especially the pronunciation, which is too difficult for me. Thanks to pinyin, it is my little helper in learning standard Mandarin Chinese!” Gulter said the most attractive thing is to make more friends from around the world.

Ramadan Gouda, Egypt

He came to China a few months ago, but has learned Chinese for more than two years. His favorite poem is A Itanquil Night, written by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). “Looking up, I find the moon bright; bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.” He said, “I can’t speak Chinese very fluently, but I still like learning Chinese. Living in China helps me to better understand this nation and its people.”

1.According to the writing style of the passage, it may be a______.

A. news report B. book report C. novel D. review

2.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Ramadan didn’t start to learn Chinese until he came to China last month.

B. All of the three students have learnt Chinese for more than two years.

C. The girl from the U.S. has disabled parents.

D. Gulter finds learning Chinese is not as easy as she thought and it is the most attractive thing in the world.

3.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. Differences between East and West

B. I love learning Chinese

C. A different experience in China

D. Something more interesting and better in China

When I was about twelve years old, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to tell me about my shortcomings (缺点). Week by week her list became ______: I was very short, and I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand(忍受)all of these as long as I could. __________, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears(眼泪) in my eyes.

He listened to me quietly, and then asked, “Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever ______ what you’re really like? Now you have that girl’s ideas. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are _____. Pay no attention to(别在意) the other things that she said.”

I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t ______, like being very short, but a good number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things in me, and for the _____ time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.

I brought the list back to my father. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said, “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself, but sometimes others’ opinions are also important, so you ______ learn how to listen, and not just ______ your ears in anger and feel hurt(受伤害). When something that is said about you is true, you’ll find that it will be ____to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to all of them, _____the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do.” I have remembered my father’s advice at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.

1.A. longer B. shorter C. wider D. bigger

2.A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Finally D. Happily

3.A. made sure B. talked about C. got over D. thought about

4.A. crazy B. wrong C. true D. different

5.A. support B. know C. understand D. change

6.A. first B. second C. last D. next

7.A. like to B. needs to C. have to D. would like to

8.A. open B. close C. cover D. care

9.A. cheerful B. beautiful C. wonderful D. helpful

10.A. hear B. watch C. notice(注意) D. record

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