Question

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阅读下面短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Now more than 40 million (百万) 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.

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. practiced

C. started D. influenced

( ) 3. A. English B. Chinese

C. French D. Japanese

( ) 4. A. students B. workers

C. teachers D. volunteers

( ) 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