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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

Answer 1

1C  2D  3B  4A  5D  6C  7D  8B  9A  10B