一、完形填空：先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(20分)

Now more than 40 million (百万) foreigners around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship (关系) between the United States and China is becoming 1 . It has really 2 the growth of Chinese language learning in the US.

I am Chris from the US. I am one of the many people learning 3 . I am studying at a Confucius institute (孔子学院) in New York. There are 10 4 in our class. Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students. Our Chinese teacher 5 Beijing. He often tells us some interesting things in China.

I think Chinese is 6 to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is 7 different from any other language in the world.

It will 8 me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters (汉字). But I think there are many advantages of spending time 9 the language. One big advantage is that it makes me see things from a different point of view, 10 Chinese is such a different language from English.

I think for American students the most important advantage is that learning a different language can open up their mind. 

1. A. worse B. Poorer C. friendlier D. politer

2. A. stopped B. practiced C. started D. influenced(影响)

3. A. English B. Chinese C. French D. Japanese

4. A. students B. workers C. teachers D. volunteers

5. A. comes to B. leaves for C. goes around D. comes from

6. A. easy B. surprised C. difficult D. boring

7. A. slowly B. quickly C. easily D. completely

8. A. get B. take C. spend D. waste

9. A. on B. in C. at D. with

10. A. if B. because C. while D. when

【考点】学校生活类

【解析】本文讲述了一个外国的孩子学习汉语的经历以及他对于学习汉语的感受。他时孔子学院中的众多成员之一，汉语不好学，主要因为汉字不好写。要花费很多时间记忆汉字。

语境理解考察。句意：中美关系更加的友好真的影响了美国学习汉语的增长。A. 更糟B. 更差劲C,更加友好D.更有礼貌的。故选C

语境以及词汇含义考察。句意：中美关系更加的友好真的影响了美国学习汉语的增长。A.停止B.练习C.开始D.影响。故选D

语境理解。句意： 我是那些许多学习汉语的人之一。A.英语B.汉语C.法语D.日语。故选B

语境理解。句意：在我们班里有10个学生。A.学生B.工人C.老师D.志愿者。故选A

固定搭配考察。句意：我们的老师来自于北京。A.来到B.离开去C.围绕D/来自于。故选D

语境理解。句意：我认为汉语难学。与下句话呼应。A.容易的B.惊讶的C.难的D.令人厌倦的。故选C从。

副词含义.句意：汉语与世界其他语言完全不同。A.慢的B.快的C.容易的D.完全的。故选D

固定句型考察。做某事花费某人多长时间要用：It takes sb some time to do sth.故选B

固定搭配。Spend time on +n。句意：我认为花费时间学习这门语言有优势的。故选A

连词考察。句意：一个大的优势就是它让我从不同的观点看待事物因为汉语与英语如此的不同。A.如果B.因为C.在期间D.当…的时候。故选B

【答案】CDBAD CDBAB

阅读理解(30分)

(A)

Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

The reporter was talking to them about being important.

“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.

The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”

The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.

The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”

The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”

“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”

“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.

“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”

11.This story happened in _______.

A. England B. America C. Japan D. Australia

12.There are _______ in this passage.

A. two men and two women B. three men and one woman

C. three women and one man D. four women

13.The banker thought _______.

A. he was really important because he was a rich banker

B. the visitor to the White House was really important

C. the visitor who met the President of the United States in the White House was really important.

D. the reporter was really important