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请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框所给的词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写到答题卷的相应位置，每词限用一次。

You work hard to learn English . Do you know American kids are 1._________to learn Chinese? About 50,000 American students now2._________ Chinese .“Because of china’s fast growth, Chinese is more useful than 3._________languages,” said Scott McGinnis, a Washington4._________ expert.

For example, in 1999, 5._________three Chicago schools had Chinese classes. This year more than 20 do. In many US6._________, students take Chinese lessons at school or on the weekends. But Chicago schools teach Chinese during the 7._________day.  Last year China gave them3,000 textbooks because they had 8._________ a good job.

9._________Chinese classes are becoming popular, it is one of the most difficult languages. It 10._________an English speaker about 1,320 hours to become good at Chinese , but it only takes 480 hours to learn French, Spanish or Italian.