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"Interest in learningChinese amongAmerican youth and their parents has grown (47) in the past five years," said Vivien Stewart, vice president at theAsia Society, a US group trying to bridge the (48) betweenAmericans and the peoples ofAsia and the PacifiC、China’’s rapid progress is driving the interest to (49) the language, experts say. "TheChinese rich cultural traditions and (50) economy mean that it is now essential for all of our students to be better prepared to engage them and seize opportunities together," said Michael Levine,Asia Society’’ s executive director of education.

A、2004CollegeBoard survey found that 2,400 high schools--an (51) number--would be interested in (52) theAdvanced PlacementAP) courses inChinese language and culture when the courses become available in 2006.China, the world’’ s most populous (人口稠密的) nation, is (53) to the United States because it is a leading trader, consumer and investor. It has (54) the United States as the world’’s largest consumer and could become the second largest economy in the world, in the next two to three decades.Even though the US StateDepartment has regarded theChinese language extremely important to national prosperity , the" (55) conditions to support recruitment of students and teachers as well as the growth of high quality programs is (56) inadequate," anAsia Society study says. WORD、BANKA、thrivingI) incredibleB、automaticallyJ) efficientC、dramatically K) gapD、importantL) scarcelyE、regainedM) currentF) replacedN) offeringG) pursue O) discouraginglyH) request