题目内容：

用方框中所给词填空，其中有两个词多余。(8分)

give、example、can、difficult、have、become、 need 、write 、American、try、do、speak

 

example、  Americans、  had、  becoming、  speaker、  the most difficult、 needs、   trying、    Asian、   doing

You have been working hard to learn English. Do you know American kids are 1._______ to learn Chinese? More than 60,000 American students now study Chinese.“Because of China’s  fast development, Chinese has become more useful, and more and more2._________ begin to learn it,” said Scott McGinnis, a Washington language expert (专家). For 3. ______, in 1999, only three schools in Chicago 4.______ Chinese lessons. This year more than 30 schools there have Chinese during school days. Last year China gave them 3,000 textbooks because they had done a good job. Although Chinese is5.________ more and more popular, it is one of 6. __________ languages to learn. Usually, an English7._________ takes about 1,320 hours to become good at Chinese. He 8.______ only 480 hours for French, Spanish or Italian.