历年GCT英语阅读真题回顾附答案(5)

　　Jessica Bucknam shouts “tiao!” (tee-ow) and her fourth-grade students jump.

　　“Dun!” (doo-wen) she commands, and they crouch (蹲). They giggle (吃吃地笑) as the commands keep coming in Mandarin Chinese.

　　Half of the 340 students at the K-5 school are enrolled in the program. They can continue studying Chinese in middle and high schools. The goal: to speak like natives.

　　About 24,000 American students are currently learning Chinese. Most are in high schools. But the number of younger students is growing in response to China’s emergence as a global superpower.

　　“China has become a strong partner of the United States,” says Mary Patterson, Woodstock’s principal. “Children who learn Chinese at a young age will have more opportunities for jobs in the future.”

　　Isabel Weiss, 9, isn’t thinking about the future. She thinks learning Chinese is fun. “when you her people speaking in Chinese, you know what they’re saying,” she says. “And they don’t know that you know.”

　　11. What do the fourth-grade students seem to be doing in the first paragraph?

　　A. They are learning how to jump.

　　B. They are learning how to crouch.

　　C. They are learning how to giggle.

　　D. They are learning Chinese.

　　12. The purpose of the program for Jessica’s students is to ____.

　　A. enable them to learn how to command

　　B. get them enrolled in the language program

　　C. help them to speak like a Chinese

　　D. continue enrolling more students to learn Chinese

　　13. In response to the fact that ____, more American students are learning Chinese.

　　A. the United States is the only superpower in the world

　　B. international trading is becoming globalized

　　C. partnership is encouraging business and trade

　　D. China is emerging as a new superpower in the world

　　14. Why do more and more young students personally choose to learn Chinese in the United States?

　　A. They will have more job opportunities in the future.

　　B. They are more interested in the international trade.

　　C. They will visit China for further education.

　　D. They are curious about the corporate partnership.

　　15. Isabel Weiss has also chosen to learn Chinese because _________.

　　A. she wants a brighter future

　　B. she finds it fun to learn the language

　　C. she likes to do business in China

　　D. she watches people speak the language

　　答案：11. D 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. B