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