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18．At Dulles High school in Sugar Land，Texas，the roster（候選名單）for Advanced Chinese begins with Jason Chao and ends with Kathy Zhang．In between comes an unexpected name：Elizabeth Hoffman．Hoffman，now a 12th grader，began learning Chinese in the eighth grade，has spent a summer studying in Nanjing and plans to perfect her Mandarin next fall．When asked by her peers---why she is learning Chinese，she responds with a question："why aren't you？"
    As China rushes toward superpower status，America's schools and government officials are responding to Hoffman's opinion．Earlier this year Rush Holt of New Jersey introduced legislation（立法）calling for increased money of programs for less commonly taught languages，"For reasons of economics，culture and security，we should have much better facilities（設備）with Chinese languages and dialects，"he said．The State Department has pointed out Chinese is becoming a"critical language"，but the most recent data show that only 24，000 students in Grade 7 to Grade 12 study Chinese．
    Still，the number is growing．In Chicago public schools，enrollment in Chinese classes has skyrocked from 5000 students in 2005 to nearly 35，000 students this year．In the Santa Clara County，California，enrollment has quadrupled during the same period．In 2007，when the College Board first introduces advanced-placement language exams in Chinese and Italian，2，400 high school plan to offer AP Chinese---10 times the number of students that plan to offer AP Italian．
    Much of the interest can be explained by China's increasing competitiveness．"People are always trying to judge what languages are going to be useful for the future，"says Marty Abbot，the director of education at the National Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages，Stephanie Wong，a student At Monta Vista High School in Cupertino，California，chose Chinese so that she could speak with her grandfather．Wong also predicted that Chinese will be important if she becomes a doctor.80 percent of people in her hometown are Asians．
32．What does the first paragraph mainly discuss？D
A．Dulles High School offers a Chinese course                
B．Jason and Kathy are the top students at Dulles School
C．Elizabeth Hoffman suggests her school offer a Chinese course 
D．Elizabeth Hoffman takes the lead in learning Chinese
33．According to the text，Chinese is becoming a"critical language"becauseC．
A．American government has pointed it out     
B．Rush Holt introduced legislation calling for opening Chinese
C．China rushes toward superpower status      
D．many students in the world choose to learn Chinese
34．Barouses America's schools interest in Chinese．
A．The fact that Chinese is becoming a"critical language"
B．China's increasing competitiveness in the world
C．The beautiful Chinese traditional culture            
D．The population of people speaking Chinese
35．We can infer from the passage thatD
A．more money will be spent on facilities with Chinese languages
B．in America，more people speak Italian than Chinese
C．the number of enrollment in Chinese classes will be increasing forever
D．if a language is useful for the future it may become a critical language．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了世界上越來越多的人正在學習漢語的現象，由于中國正逐步成為超級大國，并且國際競爭力越來越強，越來越多的國家開始重視漢語，漢語逐漸成為一種關鍵性的語言．

解答 32．D．細節理解題．根據文章第一段"Elizabeth Hoffman．Hoffman，now a 12th grader，began learning Chinese in the eighth grade，has spent a summer studying in Nanjing and plans to perfect her Mandarin next fall"可知第一段主要在講Elizabeth Hoffman領先開始學習漢語；故選D．
33．C．細節理解題．根據文章第二段"As China rushes toward superpower status，America's schools and government officials are responding to Hoffman's opinion"隨著中國開始成為超級大國，美國學校和政府開始支持Hoffman學習漢語的做法；可知漢語成為一種重要語言是因為中國在向超級大國靠近；故選C．
34．B．細節理解題，根據文章第四段"Much of the interest can be explained by China's increasing competitiveness"可知美國開始重視漢語是因為中國的國際競爭力提升了；故選B．
35．D．推理判斷題．根據文章最后一段"People are always trying to judge what languages are going to be useful for the future"人們總是試圖判斷什么語言在將來是有用的，可推測如果一種語言在未來是有用的，它可能成為一種關鍵語言；故選D．

點評 考察學生的細節理解和推理判斷能力，做細節理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．