外国人有必要学习汉语吗？
With the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest(投资) 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Chinese. Do you think it is necessary for UK pupils to learn Chinese?
Seneca (Canada)
I studied French for 2 years in high school, and German for 4 years in college along and get good marks. I studied Chinese nearly for about 4 months before moving to China. Any language, if you don’t use it, it’s easy to lose. I’ve forgotten the French I learned except for a few phrases. I speak Chinese every day. My writing, reading and listening are quite good, but far from fluent. I think nowadays, it’s almost necessary to learn Chinese.
Tony (UK)
Learning any language can be valuable, but it is not suitable for everyone. Chinese is a difficult language to learn, and the UK is not good for teaching foreign languages. But China is a big and developing market for UK business people. For them, Chinese is worth learning.
Bill (USA)
I don’t think Chinese will become as widely spoken throughout the world as English is. To learn Chinese, you have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it. It’s too difficult to learn. But in the future Chinese will become more popular, and that is a good thing.
1.What’s the best title for the passage?
A How to learn Chinese well.
B Chinese is becoming popular.
C Do you like Chinese?
D Is it necessary to learn Chinese?
解析：选D。D 主旨大意题。第一段最后一句“Do you think it is necessary for UK pupils to learn Chinese?”是文章主旨句，并且后面的内容也是三个人在回答“是否有必要学汉语”这个问题，故选D。
2.Senaca learnt German for _________.
A 2 years
B 4 months
C 4 years
D 6 years
解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“I studied French for 2 years in high school, and German for 4 years ”可知Senaca学了4年德语，故选C。
3.Who has learnt Chinese according to the passage?
A Seneca.
B Tony.
C Bill.
D Nobody.
解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句的“I studied Chinese nearly for about 4 months”可知Seneca学过汉语，其他两个人则没有提到学过汉语。故选A。
4.Where does Seneca probably live now?
A In Canada.
B In France.
C In Germany.
D In China.
解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据第二段第二句“I studied Chinese nearly for about 4 months before moving to China.”可推断她现在应该居住在中国。故选D。
5.What does Tony think of Chinese?
A It’s not so good.
B It’s useful and easy.
C Everyone should learn it.
D It’s necessary for business people.
解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据第三段最后两句“But, China is a big and developing market for UK business people. For them, Chinese is worth learning”，可知，Tony认为商务人士有必要学习汉语。故选D。