Question

    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 ______. It has really ______ the growth of Chinese language learning in the US.

I am Chris from the US. I am one of the many people learning ______. I am studying at a Confucius institute (孔子学院) in New York. There are 10 ______ in our class. Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students. Our Chinese teacher ______ Beijing. He often tells us some interesting things in China.

I think Chinese is ______ to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is ______ different from any other language in the world.

It will ______ me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters (汉字). But I think there are many advantages of spending time on the language. One big ______ is that it makes me see things from a different point of ______, because 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

2.A.stopped B.practiced C.influenced

3.A.English B.Chinese C.French

4.A.students B.workers C.teachers

5.A.comes to B.leaves for C.comes from

6.A.easy B.surprised C.difficult

7.A.slowly B.quickly C.completely

8.A.get B.take C.spend

9.A.advantage B.in C.at

10.A.idea B.view C.thought

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.B

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了现在世界各地的4000万外国人在学习汉语，据报道，美国和中国之间的关系在世界上越来越重要。本文介绍了学习汉语是一种挑战，学习汉语有好多好处。

1.句意：美国和中国的关系越来越友好了。

worse更糟的；poorer更穷的；friendlier更友好的。根据下文“It has really ___2___ the growth of Chinese language learning in the US.”可知，这里是说美国和中国的关系越来越好。根据题意，故选C。

2.句意：它确实影响了美国人汉语学习的发展。

stopped停止；practiced练习； influenced影响。根据上文“The relationship (关系) between the United States and China is becoming ___1___.”可知，这里是影响了美国人学习汉语的发展。根据题意，故选C。

3.句意：我是来自美国的克里斯。我是许多学汉语的人之一。

English英语； Chinese汉语； French法语。根据下文“I am studying at a Confucius institute (孔子学院) in New York.”可知这里是说许多学习汉语人们中的一个。根据题意，故选B。

4.句意：在我们班上有10名学生。

students学生们； workers工人们；teachers老师们。根据下文“Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students.”可知，这里是说在班上有10名学生。根据题意，故选A。

5.句意：我们汉语老师来自北京。

comes to来；leaves for出发；comes from来自……。根据下文“He often tells us some interesting things in China.”可知这里是说汉语老师来自北京。根据题意，故选C。

6.句意：我认为汉语是很难学的。

easy容易的；surprised吃惊的； difficult不同的。根据下文“The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing.”可知，上文是说汉语难学。根据题意，故选C。

7.句意：汉语与世界上任何一种语言都完全不同。

slowly慢地；quickly快地；completely完全地。根据下文“from any other language in the world.”可知，汉语和世界上任何语言完全不同。根据题意，故选C。

8.句意：将会花费我很多时间才能学会足够的汉字。

get得到； take带起，花费；spend花费。这里是固定句型It takes sb. some time to do sth.花费某人多长时间去做某事。这里是一般将来时，will+动词原形，根据题意，故选B。

9.句意：一个很大的优势是它让我从不同的角度看问题，因为汉语和英语是如此不同的语言。

advantage有点； in在……里面；at在。根据下文“that it makes me see things from a different point of ___10___,”可知，这里是说一个很大的优势。根据题意，故选A。

10.句意：一个很大的优势是它让我从不同的角度看问题，因为汉语和英语是如此不同的语言。

idea主意，想法；view观点，视野；thought想法，思想。根据下文“because Chinese is such a different language from English.”可知，这里是从不同的观点或角度看问题。根据题意，故选B。