A
JessicaBucknamshouts"tiao!"(tee-ow)andherfourth-gradestudentsjump.""Dun!"(doo-wen)shecommands,andtheycrouch(蹲).Theygiggle(吃吃地笑)asthecommandskeepcominginMandarinChinese.
Halfofthe340studentsattheK-5schoolareenrolledintheprogram.TheycancontinuestudyingChineseinmiddleandhighschools:Thegoal:tospeaklikenatives.
About24,000AmericanstudentsarecurrentlylearningChinese.Mostareinhighschools.ButthenumberofyoungerstudentsisgrowinginresponsetoChina'semergenceasaglobalsuperpower.
"ChinahasbecomeastrongpartneroftheUnitedStates,"saysMaryPatterson,Woodstock'sprincipal."ChildrenwholearnChineseatayoungagewillhavemoreopportunitiesforjobsinthefuture."
IsabelWeiss,9,isn'tthinkingaboutthefuture.ShethinkslearningChineseisfun.'"WhenyouhearpeoplespeakinginChinese,youknowwhatthey'resaying,"shesays."Andtheydon'tknowthatyouknow."
56.Whatdothefourth-gradestudentsseemtobedoinginthefirstparagraph?
A.Theyarelearninghowtojump.
C.Theyarelearninghowtogiggle.
A.enablethemtolearnhowtocommand
B.getthemenrolledinthelanguageprogram
C.helpthemtospeaklikeaChinese
D.continueenrollingmorestudentstolearnChinese
58.Inresponsetothefactthat,moreAmericanstudentsarelearningChinese.
A.theUnitedStatesistheonlysuperpowerintheworld
B.internationaltradingisbecomingglobalized
C.partnershipisencouragingbusinessandtrade
D.Chinaisemergingasanewsuperpowerintheworld
59.WhydomoreandmoreyoungstudentspersonallychoosetolearnChineseintheUnitedStates?
A.Theywillhavemorejobopportunitiesinthefuture.
B.Theyaremoreinterestedintheinternationaltrade.B.Theyarelearninghowtocrouch.D.TheyarelearningChinese.57.ThepurposeoftheprogramforJessica'sstudentsisto
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