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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 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. http://ww w.xkb1.co m
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. practised
C. started D. influenced
( ) 3. A. English B. Chinese
C. French D. Japanese
( ) 4. A. students B. workers
C. teachers D. farmers
( ) 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