单选题 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 contine 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 hear peo- ple speaking in Chinese, you know what they're saying,' she says. "And they don't know that you know. '

单选题 What do the fourth-grade students seem to be doing in the first paragraph?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 重点是仔细阅读文章的第一段，得出一个结论：学生们在学习汉语。从常识判断，其他选择项的内容(跳、蹲、吃吃地笑)都属于人们天生的能力，没有必要经过学习才会做。
单选题 The purpose of the program for Jessica's students is to______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句在第二段；They can continue studying Chinese in middle and high schools．The goal：to speak like natives．natives在此指“说汉语的本族人(中国人)”。
单选题 In response to the fact that ______,more American Students are learning Chinese.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题题干中的词组in response to，应该以此词组为信号词，在文章中找到本题的依据句：But the number ot younger students is growing in response to China's emergence as a global superpower．D项选择的用词和意思与原文完全一致，所以很容易确认答案。其他选择项的信息与本题依据句的信息不符，所以为错误答案。
单选题 Why do more and more young students personally choose to learn Chinese in the United States?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的关键是找到依据句：Children who learn Chinese at a young age will have more opportunities for jobs in the future.而其他的选择项内容在文章中或者是错误信息或都没有涉及。
单选题 Isabel Weiss has also chosen to learn Chinese because______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 可以用题干中的人名作为信号词在文中找到本题的依据句Isabel Weiss，9，isn't thinking about the future．She thinks learning Chinese is fun.很容易确认B项选择与依据句用词和意思一致。