阅读理解YouhavebeenworkinghardtolearnEnglish.DoyouknowAmericankidsaretryingtolearnChinese?Morethan60000AmericanstudentsnowstudyChinese.“BecauseofChina'sfastdevelopmentChinesehasbecomem
阅读理解
You havebeenworkinghardtolearnEnglish.DoyouknowAmericankidsaretryingtolearn
Chinese?Morethan60000AmericanstudentsnowstudyChinese.
“BecauseofChina'sfastdevelopmentChinesehasbecomemoreusefulandmoreandmore
Americansbegintolearnit"saidScottMcGinnisaWashingtonlanguageexpert(专家).
Forexamplein1999onlythreeschoolsinChicagohadChineselessons.Thisyearmorethan
30schoolstherehaveChineseduringschooldays.LastyearChinagavethem3000textbooks
becausetheyhaddoneagoodjob.
AlthoughChineseisbecomingmoreandmorepopularitisoneofthemostdifficultlanguagesto
learn.UsuallyanEnglishspeakertakesabout1320hourstobecomegoodatChinese.Heneeds
only480hoursforFrenchSpanishorItalian.
1.AccordingtoScottMcGinnismoreandmoreAmericansbegintolearnChinese _____.
A.becauseofChina'sfastdevelopment
B.becauseofChina'sinterestingculture
C.becausetheyhavemorefreetime
D.becauseChineseiseasytolearn
2.Thisyear_____schoolsinChicagogivestudentsChineselessons.
A.onlythree
B.thirteen
C.overthirty
D.lessthanthirty
3.ThestudentsatthoseschoolsinChicagotakeChineselessons _____.
A.afterschool
B.atweekends
C.onschoolnights
D.onschooldays
4.LastyearChinagave_____ textbookstothoseschoolsinChicago.
A.thirty
B.threehundred
C.threethousand
D.thirtythousand
5.Fromthelasttwosentencesweknowthat _____.
A.ChineseiseasiertolearnthanFrenchSpanishorItalian
B.ChineseismoredifficulttolearnthanFrenchSpanishorItalian
C.EnglishspeakersliketolearnFrenchSpanishorItalianmorethanChinese
D.EnglishspeakersliketolearnChinesemorethanFrenchSpanishorItalian