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The US president Donald Trump’s granddaughter sang a Chinese song and recited poetry in Chinese when Trump is visiting China. Once again learning Chinese has been proven as a great investment(投资) in children’s education after that.

Arabella Kushner, a six-year-old Chinese learner, has been praised by Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “little star”, who also graded her performance with an “A+”. She started learning Chinese from her Chinese nanny when she was just 16 months old.

Arabella is not the first foreign kid famous for being good at Chinese. Learning Chinese has already become a new trend in royal(皇室的) families. Such a move also happened in Dutch monarchy. Catharina Amalia is the heir to the Dutch throne. She will probably be the next queen of Dutch. She started learning Chinese in Hague in 2016.

Meanwhile, the Danish monarchy is another European royal family which has shown a high interest in China and its culture and language. Apart from Danish, French and English, Chinese is among one of the four languages used on the royal family’s website since 2014.

Chinese also appears to be a popular second language in Asian royal families. Royal enthusiasm(热情) in learning Chinese has led to an increasing number of foreign Chinese learners. The number of foreigners learning Chinese has grown from 30 million in 2005 to 100 million today, with more than 60 countries now offering Chinese as part of their national education system.

1.Arabella Kushner has learned Chinese for about ______.

A 3.5 years

B 4 years

C 4.5 years

D 6 years

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段Arabella Kushner, a six-year-old Chinese learner...She started learning Chinese from her Chinese nanny when she was just 16 months old.可知Arabella Kushner现在6岁，他16个月开始学习汉语，因此他学习汉语大约四年半了，故选C。

2.The underlined word “heir” means _______ in Chinese.

A 拥护者

B 反对者

C 纳税人

D 继承人

解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据第三段第五句She will probably be the next queen of Dutch. 可知Catharina Amalia将可能成为下一任女王，因此她是王位继承人，故选D。

3.You can read in _______on Danish royal family website.

A Dutch

B Thai

C Chinese

D Japanese

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第四段第二句Apart from Danish, French, and English, Chinese is among one of the four languages used on the royal family’s website since 2014.可知在丹麦皇室网站上可以用丹麦语、法语、英语和中文阅读，故选C。

4.How many foreigners started to learn Chinese after 2005?

A 30 million.

B 70 million.

C 100 million.

D 130 million.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第五段第三句The number of foreigners learning Chinese has grown from 30 million in 2005 to 100 million today, with more than 60 countries now offering Chinese as part of their national education system.可知2005年学习汉语的外国人有三千万，现在有一亿，因此2005年以后有七千万外国人开始学习汉语，故选B。

5.What can we learn from this passage?

A Chinese is popular all over the world.

B All foreign princesses have to learn Chinese.

C Many foreign families employ Chinese nannies.

D Children who do well in Chinese will be praised by Xi Jinping.

解析：选A。推理判断题。根据全文主要内容很多外国皇室人员学习汉语，学习汉语的人数增多可推断汉语现在在全世界非常流行，故选A。