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18．At Dulles High school in Sugar Land，Texas，the roster（候选名单）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（设备）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 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了世界上越来越多的人正在学习汉语的现象，由于中国正逐步成为超级大国，并且国际竞争力越来越强，越来越多的国家开始重视汉语，汉语逐渐成为一种关键性的语言．

解答 32．D．细节理解题．根据文章第一段"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"可知第一段主要在讲Elizabeth Hoffman领先开始学习汉语；故选D．
33．C．细节理解题．根据文章第二段"As China rushes toward superpower status，America's schools and government officials are responding to Hoffman's opinion"随着中国开始成为超级大国，美国学校和政府开始支持Hoffman学习汉语的做法；可知汉语成为一种重要语言是因为中国在向超级大国靠近；故选C．
34．B．细节理解题，根据文章第四段"Much of the interest can be explained by China's increasing competitiveness"可知美国开始重视汉语是因为中国的国际竞争力提升了；故选B．
35．D．推理判断题．根据文章最后一段"People are always trying to judge what languages are going to be useful for the future"人们总是试图判断什么语言在将来是有用的，可推测如果一种语言在未来是有用的，它可能成为一种关键语言；故选D．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．