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    If Confucius (孔子) were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He'd need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.

While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It's nothing personal. Most Americans don't even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.

But this doesn't mean that Americans don't care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.

In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually include Chinese art, history and philosophy (哲學). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Western philosophy. Students in the United States，at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.

So the old thinker's ideas are still alive and well.

Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.

84．The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________.

A．provide some key facts about Confucius

B．attract the readers' interest in the subject

C．show great respect for the ancient thinker

D．prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations

85．We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students ________.

A．have a great interest in studying Chinese

B．take an active part in Chinese competitions

C．try to get high scores in Chinese exams

D．fight for a chance to learn Chinese

86．What is the best title for the passage?

A．Forgotten Wisdom in America

B．Huge Fans of the Chinese Language

C．Chinese Culture for Westerners

D．Old Thinker with a Big Future

87．The passage is likely to appear in ________.

A．a biography                                               B．a history paper

C．a newspaper                                              D．a philosophy textbook

【回答】

84．B

85．A

86．D

87．C

【分析】

文章是新聞報道，主要講述了外國人對*文化的興趣越來越濃，對於孔子的思想也越來越感興趣這一社會現象。

84．推理判斷題，由第一段“If Confucius (孔子) were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake,”說如果孔子還活着話，將會用大蛋糕慶祝他的生日，可以推出是吸引讀者的興趣，故選B項。

85．推理判斷題，由第四段“Students in the United States，at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese.” 與此同時，美國的學生也在競相學習中文。可以推出美國學生對學習漢語有很大的興趣，故選A項。

86．主旨大意題。通讀全文，尤其是由倒數後三段“So the old thinker's ideas are still alive and y China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.”可知，因此，這位老思想家的思想仍然很活躍。今天的*比以往任何時候都更吸引西方，它需要更多的教師來向西方介紹孔子和*文化。至於這位老思想家，即使是他的生日，他也不會被西方人遺忘。由此可知，短文的最佳標題爲“西方人也熱衷學習孔子思想”。故選D項。

87．推理判斷題。本文主要講述了外國人對*文化的興趣越來越濃，對於孔子的思想也越來越感興趣。由此判斷出短文很有可能是新聞報道的內容。故選C項。

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