完形填空 Many Chinese students find it difficult to learn English, but not Chinese, because Chinese is their mother tongue. Actually Chinese is much more difficult to 1 than English. Still some foreign students can speak Chinese so well that if you didn’t see them, you would Though 2 them for Chinese. What makes them 3 ? “For me, conversation is most helpful. I grasp every chance to speak 4 Chinese. If you only listen to what others 5 you’ll improve your listening ability, but if you talk as much as 6 you’ll find you can express yourself much better,” says Ulrike Nootz, a German girl now 7 Chinese at Shanghai International Studies University. 8 the Chinese language, she is also interested in Chinese literature and history. She thinks that to learn a language one must try to know 9 about the background of the country. 10 Chinese is different from English, the experience of success can be shared. Conversation, in English learning, may turn out to be effective and important.