1. (2018·郴州) 阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。

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    You have been working hard to learn English. Do you know foreigners are trying to learn Chinese? According to a survey, one in four American young men would like to learn it. There will be over 150,000,000 people learning Chinese around the world in the early 2019.

    "Because of Chinas fast development, Chinese has become more useful. More and more people begin to learn it. "said Scott McGinnis, a Washington language expert.

    For example, in 2010, only 30 schools in America had Chinese lessons. This year, more than 300 schools there have Chinese lessons during school days. Last year, China gave 3,000 textbooks to a school in America because they had done a good job.

    Although Chinese is becoming more and more popular, it is one of the most difficult languages to learn. Usually, an English speaker takes about 1, 320 hours to become good at Chinese. He needs only 480 hours for French, Spanish or Italian.

1. （1） According to the passage, more and more foreigners begin to learn Chinese______.

   A . because they have more free time B . because Chinese is easy to learn C . because China is fast developing
3. （2） _______schools in America give students Chinese lessons, in 2018

   A . Over three thousand B . About three hundred C . Only thirty
5. （3） The students at the schools in America take Chinese lessons_______.

   A . on school days B . after school C . at weekends
7. （4） Last year, China gave 3,000 textbooks to a school in America because_______.

   A . they wanted to build a library B . they had done a good job C . they had given Chinese students many English books
9. （5） From the passage we know that______.

   A . English speakers like to learn French, Spanish and Italian more than Chinese B . Chinese is more difficult to learn than French, Spanish and Italian C . Chinese is easier to learn than French, Spanish and Italian