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e friends B Once an Englishman named Larry Belmont went to Russia for a holiday. After he got back, some of his friends came. “ I had a very dangerous trip while I was in Russia,” Larry said. “ I went to see a friend in the country when the sun went down, I was still travelling through a forest in a sleigh(雪橇 ). It was a long way from my friend’s house when about twenty wolves began to follow my sleigh.” “ It was very dark in the forest. There was thick snow on the ground. First I heard the wolves. The noise was terrible! Then I saw long, grey forms among the trees, and soon the wolves were near me. They were running very fast, and they didn’ t seem to get tired like the horses.” “ What did you do?” one of Larry’ s friends asked. “ When the wolves got very near,” Larry answered, “ I put up my gun and shot the first wolf dead. Then all the other wolves stopped and ate it, so my sleigh got away from them for a few minutes. Then they finished their meal, and I heard them ing again. The moon was shining brightly on the snow now, and after a few minutes I saw them running among the trees once more. They came nearer again, and then I shot another one of them, and the others stopped once more to eat it. The same thing happened again, and my horses became more and more tired and ran slower and slower until, after two hours, only one wolf was still alive and following me.” “ Wasn’ t it too fat to run?” one of Larry’ s friends asked. 5. The purpose of this passage is to_______. A. amuse readers B. tell an exciting adventure C. praise Larry Belmont’ s bravery D. show the danger of travelling through a forest 6. Larry told his friends what happened to him when he was ______. A. in Russia one winter morning B. in England one winter evening C. in Russia one winter evening D. in America one winter morning 7. According to what Larry said, the last wolf ______. A. was the strongest of all B. had eaten up all the other wolves C. ran much faster than the other wolves D. was very fat and couldn’ t run fast enough what Larry’ s friend asked in the end, we know that__________ A. Larry’ s trip was really dangerous B. The last wolf was too fat to run C. All the wolves had been shot by lorry D. His friend did not believe what Larry had said C While English is getting more important in our schools, Chinese has bee popular among foreign kids. But Chinese can be more difficult to learn. At least 16yearold Piao Chenglong thinks so. “ English is easier for me. Chinese characters(漢字 ) have too many strokes(筆畫 ),” said Piao. “ But I want to learn it. I want to study at Peking University when I grow up.” Piao is from South Korea. He came to China in 2021. In South Korea, there are more than 300000 Chinese learners like Piao. Some South Korean students begin to learn to write the language on their first day at school. To help students learn Chinese, South Korea holds speaking petitions for high school students every year. Chinese isn’ t just popular in South Korea. People from all the world want to learn it. The Chinese Ministry of Education says that nearly 130 million people from 85 countries are learning Chinese. This number will be increasing to 800 million in the ing years. In America, Chinese is the second most popular foreign language after Spanish. Some American middle schools have Chinese classes. Students learn to make jiaozi and tie Chinese knots(中國結(jié) ). Some even try to write and draw in Chinese way! People want to learn Chinese because China