If Confucius(孔子）were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be many 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(xué)）.  Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners 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.
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 subject
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．Chinese Culture for Westerners
D．Old Thinker with a Big Future
小題4:The passage is likely to appear in ___________.
A．a(chǎn) biographyB．a(chǎn) history paper
C．a(chǎn) newspaperD．a(chǎn) philosophy textbook

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：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:推斷題：第一段選說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。故選B。
小題2:推斷題：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，故選A。
小題3:推理題：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，故選D。
小題4:推斷題：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。
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