AnewreportsaysthenumberofforeignstudentsatcollegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStatesincreasedbythreepercentlastyear.Thishasbeenthefirstobviousincreasesince2001.Americanschoolslastfallhad583,000foreignstudents

　　AnewreportsaysthenumberofforeignstudentsatcollegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStatesincreasedbythreepercentlastyear.Thishasbeenthefirstobviousincreasesince2001.

　　Americanschoolslastfallhad583,000foreignstudents.Therecordis586,000.Thatwassetin2002aftermanyyearsofgains.Butafterthatthenumbersfell.TheterroristattacksonSeptember11th,2001ledtomorevisa(签证)requirements.NowstrongereffortsarebeingmadetogetmoreforeignstudentstostudyintheUnitedStates.

　　ChinaremainedinsecondplaceinfrontofSouthKoreabutbehindIndia,whichsentalmost84,000studentslastfall.ThenumberofJapanesefellsharplybyninepercent,althoughitremainedinfourthplace.

　　TherewerethreepercentdropsfromIndonesiaandKenya,theonlyAfricancountryinthetoptwentylastyear.ButtherewereobviousincreasesfromSaudiArabia,NepalandVietnam.ThenumberofSaudistudentsmorethandoubled,risingtonearlyeightthousand.

　　Forasixthyear,theUniversityofSouthernCaliforniainLosAngeleshadthemostforeignstudents.ColumbiaUniversityinNewYorkwassecond.OtherschoolsinthetopfivewereNewYorkUniversity,theUniversityofIllinoisandPurdueUniversity.

　　UnlikeAmericanstudentsinothercountries,whooftenchoosehistoryandlanguagestudy,theleadingareaofstudyintheUSAwasbusinessandmanagement.Secondwasengineering.

　　Thenewreportalsosaysmorethan220,000Americansstudiedinothercountries.Thatwasduringthe2005-2006schoolyear.Itwasarecordnumber,andanincreaseofeightandahalfpercentfromtheyearbefore.Butonlyfivepercentofthemstayedforafullyear.

　　1After2002,thenumberofforeignstudentsintheUSAfellmainlybecause____.

　　A.Americanswereworriedthatforeignstudentsmightattackthem

　　B.fewAmericanuniversitieswelcomedstudentsfromabroad

　　C.theirowncountriescouldofferthemabettereducation

　　D.itwasharderforforeignstudentstogetpermissiontostudyintheUSA

　　2WhichofthefollowingAsiancountrieshasthelargestnumberofstudentsstudyingintheUSA?

　　A.China. B.Japan.