As

　　East­West

　　cultural

　　exchange

　　has

　　been

　　booming，Chinese literature has been attracting growing attention in recent years.Hockx explains，“It’s mainly because there are many more opportunities for Chinese writers to visit other countries，to publish their works outside China and to interact with readers abroad.At the same time，more and more people globally are learning Chinese and taking an interest in the Chinese language and culture.”

　　University of Oxford lecturer in modern Chinese literature Margaret Hillenbrand says，“The obvious reason for the growing global presence of Chinese literature is the growing global presence of China itself.People have come to realize that there is a serious knowledge deficit (缺少) between China and its international counterparts—in particular，China knows incomparably more about Europe and America than the other way round—and reading Chinese literature is an effective，simple means of solving that gap.”

　　1．The underlined word “ignite” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”．

　　A．start out

　　　B．burn up

　　C．set off 　D．appeal to

　　．Chinese literature has been attracting growing attention mainly because________.

　　A．Chinese writers have been writing more and more books in English

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