China is casting a huge shadow on the United States that man

China is casting a huge shadow on the United States that many Americans are struggling to learn Chinese in order to maintain their competitive edge.
“Interest in learning Chinese among Americans has grown dramatically in the past five years,” said Vivien Stewart at the Asia Society,a US group trying to bridge the gap between Americans and the people of Asia and the pacific.
“China,the world’s most popular nation,is critical to the United States because it is a leading trader,consumer and investor.Its political influence is also rising across the globe.It has replaced the United States as the world’s largest consumer and could become the second largest economic power in the world,after the superpower status and its telling effects politically,economically and culturally are driving the interest to learn its language,” experts say.
From kindergartens to high schools,studies by the Asia Society show,there is a “rapid rise” in interest among pupils to study Chinese.
“Even though the US State Department has stressed Chinese ‘critical’ to national prosperity and security,the current infrastructure to support recruitment (招生)students and teachers as well as the growth of high quality programs is badly inadequate,” an Asia Society study says.The group has set a target of having at least 5% American high school students learning Chinese by 2015.“Million of Chinese are learning English,but only 24,000 Americans are learning Chinese,” says Andrew Corcoran of the San Francisco-based Chinese-American International school.
The most popular languages after English in the United States at present are Spanish and French.
57.The passage mainly tells the readers that___________.
A.Americans enjoy learning foreign languages.
B.Chinese is becoming hot in the USA.
C.language is a cultural bridge between the US and China.
D.economy decides language studying.
58.As a whole,American’s learning Chinese is _________.
A.becoming prevailing B.crazy
C.satisfying D.successful
59.The most popular languages in the USA at present are all the following but_______.
A.English B.Spanish C.French D.Chinese
60.Which of the following statement is not the reason why more and more Americans are becoming interested in learning Chinese mentioned in the passage?
A.China is a leading trader,consumer and investor to America.
B.China’s political influence is continuously rising across the global.
C.China’s rich culture has no connection to the tendency.
D.China’s economic power is becoming greater.