汉语将列入爱尔兰国家考试科目
汉语将列入爱尔兰国家考试科目
An Irish education official said recently that Chinese will be added to the list of languages covered under the country’s national exams by 2020 and it will be included as a subject in the college entrance exam in 2022.
Mary Mitchell O’Connor is Ireland’s minister of higher education. She said the list is based on a program which started in 2014. The program is a short 100-hour course on Chinese language and culture. The education minister made the announcement at a joint conference of Confucius Institutes of Ireland and Britain.
O’Connor said the Irish government has fully learned the importance of creating the opportunity to learn Chinese for its students, especially under the situation of economic globalization and deepening China-Ireland trade ties.
According to O’Connor, the number of the Irish people who are interested in learning Chinese is becoming larger and larger. And the number of Irish students coming to study in China is also expanding. She also said that educational cooperation between the two countries is growing well.

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1.Irish Students should take a Chinese exam to get to college after _______.

A 2014

B 2017

C 2020

D 2022

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段...it will be included as a subject in the college entrance exam in 2022.可知2022年汉语将成为爱尔兰的大学入学考试科目，因此是2022年之后的要上大学的学生必须参加汉语考试，故选D。

2.The program is _____.

A a course on Chinese language and culture

B the establishment of Confucius Institutes

C the cooperation of Ireland and Britain

D the deepening China-Ireland trade ties

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第二、三句 She said the list is based on a program which started in 2014. The program is a short 100-hour course on Chinese language and culture.可知这一项目是一个一百小时的汉语和中国文化的课程，故选A。

3.The Irish government will ______ to take out this policy.

A create opportunity for its students to learn Chinese

B fight against the economic globalization

C encourage more Irish students to learn Chinese culture

D promote the cooperation in education with China

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第三段O’Connor said the Irish government has fully learned the importance of creating the opportunity to learn Chinese for its students, especially under situation of the backdrop of economic globalization and deepening China-Ireland trade ties.可知当前环境是经济全球化和中爱合作深化，因此学习汉语很重要，而政府意识到了这一点，因此为了落实学习汉语和汉文化这一政策会为学生创造学习汉语的机会，故选A。

4.The underlined word “expanding” means ______ in Chinese.

A 减少

B 增长

C 改变

D 维持

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据前面的is becoming larger and larger和also可知expanding应该和larger and larger意思相同，应该是增长的意思，故选B。

5.What can we learn from this passage?

A The global economy is going down rapidly.

B Confucius Institutes are popular in western countries.

C Chinese and Chinese culture are popular abroad.

D Chinese is the most popular foreign language in Ireland.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据全文主要内容爱尔兰将把汉语列入学校教育学科和大学入学考试、爱尔兰2014年举行了汉语汉文化课程项目、爱尔兰当局在爱英孔子学院联合会议上宣布这一决策、爱尔兰当局认识到学习汉语的重要性、学习汉语以及到中国留学的爱尔兰人数在中爱教育领域合作良好等可以推断出汉语和汉文化在国外流行，故选C。