综合填空YouworkhardtolearnEnglish．DoyouknowAmericankidsaret(1)tolearnMandarin(汉语)？About50000UsstudentsnowstudyChinese．“BecauseofChina’sf(2)growth,Chineseism(3

Question

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　　You work hard to learn English．Do you know American kids are t________(1)to learn Mandarin(汉语)？

　　About 50000 Us students now study Chinese．“ Because of China’s f ________(2) growth, Chinese is m________(3)useful than the other languages,” said Scott McGinnis, a Washington language expert．

　　For example, in 1999, only three Chicago schools had Chinese c________(4)．This year more than 20 do．

　　In many US cities, students take Mandarin lessons a________(5)chool or at weekends．

　　But Chicago schools teach Chinese during the regular(常规的)day．Last year China g________(6)them 3 000 textbooks because they had done a good j________(7)．

　　Although Chinese classes are becoming p________(8), it is one of the most difficult languages．An English speaker t________(9)about 1 320 hours to become good at Chinese．He n________(10)only 480 hours for French, Spanish or Italian．

Answer 1

1．trying　2．fast　3．more　4．classes　5．after　6．gave　7．job　8．popular　9．takes　10．needs