综合填空YouworkhardtolearnEnglish．DoyouknowAmericankidsaret________(1)tolearnMandarin(汉语)？About50000UsstudentsnowstudyChinese．“BecauseofChina’sf________(2)growth,Chineseism________(3

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　　YouworkhardtolearnEnglish．DoyouknowAmericankidsaret________(1)tolearnMandarin(汉语)？

　　About50000UsstudentsnowstudyChinese．“BecauseofChina’sf________(2)growth,Chineseism________(3)usefulthantheotherlanguages,”saidScottMcGinnis,aWashingtonlanguageexpert．

　　Forexample,in1999,onlythreeChicagoschoolshadChinesec________(4)．Thisyearmorethan20do．

　　InmanyUScities,studentstakeMandarinlessonsa________(5)chooloratweekends．

　　ButChicagoschoolsteachChineseduringtheregular(常规的)day．LastyearChinag________(6)them3000textbooksbecausetheyhaddoneagoodj________(7)．

　　AlthoughChineseclassesarebecomingp________(8),itisoneofthemostdifficultlanguages．AnEnglishspeakert________(9)about1320hourstobecomegoodatChinese．Hen________(10)only480hoursforFrench,SpanishorItalian．