二. 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分;满分30分)

　　A

　　Now more than 40 million foreigners around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship (关系) between the United States and China is becoming 21 . It has really

　　22 the growth of Chinese language learning in the US.

　　I am Chris from the US. I am one of the many people learning 23 . I am studying at a Confucius institute (孔子学院) in New York. There are 10 24 in our class. Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students. Our Chinese teacher 25 Beijing. He often tells us some interesting things in China.

　　I think Chinese is 26 to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is 27 different from any other language in the world. 

　　It will 28 me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters (汉字). But I think there are many advantages of spending time 29 the language. One big advantage is that it makes me see things from a different point of view, 30 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.

　　( )21. A. worse B. poorer

　　C. friendlier D. politer

　　( )22. A. stopped B. practised

　　C. started D. influenced

　　( )23. A. English B. Chinese

　　C. French D. Japanese

　　( )24. A. students B. workers

　　C. teachers D. farmers

　　( )25. A. comes to B. leaves for

　　C. goes around D. comes from

　　( )26. A. easy B. surprised

　　C. difficult D. boring

　　( )27. A. slowly B. quickly

　　C. easily D. completely

　　( )28. A. get B. take

　　C. spend D. waste

　　( )29. A. on B. in

　　C. at D. with

　　( )30. A. if B. because

　　C. while D. when