会中文的英国学生更具职场优势哦！
会中文的英国学生更具职场优势哦！

Chinese has overtaken French, Spanish and German to become one of the most attractive foreign languages for jobseekers in the UK. Research shows graduates in Chinese earn an average yearly salary of 31,000 pounds or more. For students today a degree in Chinese promises to set them apart in the workplace.
Chinese students set themselves up for a different university experience from students major in other subjects. While an English student may have as little as six hours of class a week, those studying Chinese are in class for most of the day.
“I had a lot of friends on other courses who didn’t do much in first or second year. You can’t blag Chinese. You literally have to spend hours and hours writing characters,” says Hannah Jackson, who graduated in Chinese Studies from Sheffield University in 2009. “The first year was really difficult. Most of my friends cried at one point in the first week because of the intensity(强度). I was almost told at one point that I might want to drop out and choose another major.”
Studying Chinese was a challenge—there is no way you can bullshit your way through it. If you don’t put the hours in, then you will fail. So are the evenings spent learning characters while your friends are at the student bar really worth it? “The degree was absolutely worth it. The hard work has paid off. Looking around at people I know who have studied French or Spanish at university, there’s not such a chance to use it in the workplace,” Hannah Jackson said. 

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1.The underlined word “jobseekers” means ______ in Chinese.

A 毕业生

B 大学生

C 用人者

D 求职者

解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据后面的salary、paid off、worth、chance可知这里是在讨论会中文的求职者和不会中文的求职者的区别，因此jobseekers意为“求职者”，故选D。

2.What is the difference between Chinese learners and other students?

A Chinese learners must spend a lot of time in class.

B Chinese learners go to school and have classes every day.

C English students can go to school only one day a week.

D Chinese students spend lots of time practising writing.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段Chinese students set themselves up for a different university experience from students major in other subjects. While an English student may have as little as six hours of class a week, those studying Chinese are in class for most of the day.可知中文专业的学生可能一整天都得待在教室学习而其他专业学生可能每周甚至只有6个小时的课程，因此中文专业学生和其他专业学生最大的区别在于中文专业学生必须长时间待在教室，故选A。

3.Why was Hannah Jackson told to drop out?

A Learning Chinese is boring.

B Learning Chinese is too difficult.

C Chinese learning will stop you to go to a bar.

D Chinese characters takes you a long time to write.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第三段可知学习中文非常难，很多人最初都想哭，因此朋友才劝Hannah Jackson放弃，故选B。

4.What did Hannah Jackson think of Chinese learning?

A Easy.

B Useless.

C Worthy.

D Relaxed.

解析：选C。观点态度题。根据第四段The degree was absolutely worth it.可知Hannah Jackson认为学习汉语是值得的，故选C。

5.What can we learn from this passage?

A Chinese can help you get a high-paying job.

B Learning Chinese is easy after you get used to it.

C Long hours of Chinese learning is worthless.

D People who study Spanish or French couldn’t find a job.

解析：选A。推理判断题。根据第一段第二句Research shows graduates in Chinese earn an average yearly salary of 31,000 pounds or more.和第五段Hannah Jackson说的话The degree was absolutely worth it. The hard work has paid off. Looking around at people I know who have studied French or Spanish at university, there’s not such a chance to use it in the workplace.可推断学习汉语是值得的，其薪水和工作机遇要比其他专业好，故选A。