【题目】 When 4-year-old British Prince George started his first day of school in September, 2017, Chinese language was in his course.

And he wasn’t alone. According to a report published by the British Council in September, about 51 percent of UK parents want their children to learn Chinese, as it’s believed to be one of the most useful languages to know.

In fact, the popularity of Chinese drove the UK government to launch the Mandarin Excellence Program in September last year. Its aim is to make at least 5,000 British state secondary school students speak Chinese very well by 2020.

The language has become the second most spoken foreign language in the US, after only Spanish (西班牙), according to a survey by 24/7 Wall St, a US financial news website.

Many US famous persons such as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Malia Obama, US President Barack Obama’s daughter, study Chinese as a second language.

So far, 67 countries have included Chinese in their national course, so why are so many countries interested in learning Chinese?

One reason could be that as China continues to develop quickly, Chinese is increasingly becoming a useful tool for people’s personal and professional growth. “I think everyone believes that China will be the next great superpower…even if it’s not a superpower like America. It’s still significant,” said Aisling McCaffrey from Canada, who studied at the Renmin University of China. “Learning Chinese is the best way to make sure that you can be part of that growth.”

This opinion was shared by British Prime Minister David Cameron, who encouraged British students to learn Chinese to “seal tomorrow’s business deals” in 2013.

1Why do UK parents want the children to learn Chinese?

Because __________________________________________

2根据短文内容填空:

The most spoken foreign language in the US is ____________.

3选出文中提到的把汉语作为第二语言学习的美国名人, 将字母序号填写在答题纸上。(多选)

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A.Aisling McCaffreyB.Mark ZuckerbergC.Malia ObamaD.Barack Obama

4找出划线词汇This opinion所指代的内容。

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5选出本文的主旨大意。将字母序号填写在答题纸上。__________

A.The way to learn Chinese well.

B.The fact of increasing number in learning Chinese.

C.Why learning Chinese influences the world.

D.The relationship between language and development.

【题目】 There once lived a rich businessman. He had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labor.

One day, he told his son, “Today, I want you to earn something. If you fail, you won’t have your meal tonight.”

The boy didn’t want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help. She gave him a gold coin. In the evening when the father asked his son what he had earned, the son showed him the gold coin. The father then asked him to throw it into a well (). The son did as he was told.

The father guessed that the gold coin was from the boy’s mother. The next day, he sent his wife to her parents’ home and asked his son to earn something. Since no one helped him, the son had to go to the market to look for a job. A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him. The son accepted. As he returned home and gave the coin to his father, he was asked to throw it into the well again. The son cried. “Dad. My body is aching. I’m tired. How are you asking me to throw my hard-earned coin into a well?”

The businessman smiled. He told his son that one feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted. The son realized the value of hard work. He promised not to be lazy any more.

回答问题:

1Who helped the boy when he was asked to earn something for the first time?

_________________________________________________

2How did he earn the coin the next day?

By ______________________________________________

3写出划线单词的汉语意思。

(1) earn ____________(2) aching ______________

4根据短文内容填空,每空限填一词。

The father asked him to throw the coin in a well _______. The first time, he did as the father said. But the second time he felt ________. He _______ to throw it into the well.

5将划线句子One feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted.译为汉语。

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