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（蠟燭）. 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 twenty years, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes(孔子學(xué)院) in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy(哲學(xué)). Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing(比賽)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.
小題1:The opening paragraph is mainly intended to______.
A．provide some key facts about Confucius
B．a(chǎn)ttract the readers’ interest in the topic
C．show great respect for the ancient thinker
D．prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations
小題2: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
小題3:What is the best title for the passage?
A．Forgotten Wisdom in America
B．Huge Fans of the Chinese Language
C． Old Thinker with a Big Future
D．Chinese Culture for Westerners
小題4:The passage is likely to appear in a _______.
A．leafletB．history paper
C．newspaperD．philosophy textbook

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:C

試題分析：本文是—篇記敘文。本文闡述了西方學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)中國的文化的現(xiàn)象，并告訴我們中國古代偉大的思想家—孔子的思想仍然受到人們的追捧。
小題1:意圖題。第一段選文意是如果孔子仍然活著并能慶祝生日的話，將會有很多的蠟燭，他需要一個扇子或很大的風(fēng)才能吹滅，是為了吸引讀者的注意力，讓讀者繼續(xù)讀下去。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段第一句“In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities.”和第四句中的“are racing to learn Chinese可知，美國學(xué)生對中國文化很感興趣
小題3:主旨大意題。本文主要向我們介紹了孔子思想對西方的影響，以用將來可能產(chǎn)生的影響，所以選C
小題4:文章出處題。本文向我們介紹了孔子思想對西方的影響，以用將來可能產(chǎn)生的影響，應(yīng)該是出自報紙，所以選C。
點(diǎn)評：本文闡述了西方學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)中國的文化的現(xiàn)象，并告訴我們中國古代偉大的思想家—孔子的思想仍然受到人們的追捧。文章的引入方式比較特別，通過假設(shè)的方式為了吸引讀者的注意力。本題考查的方向在于整體閱讀，注意把握文章整體內(nèi)容，以提高閱讀的效率。
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