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【題目】What’s the English word for the Chinese food Jiaozi? Perhaps you would say “dumpling”. But in fact, you can just say Jiaozi. It has been added to the Oxford(牛津) English Dictionary.

People in English-speaking countries now understand more Chinese words and their spellings in pinyin, according to a recent report by the CFLPA (中國外文局).

The CFLPA studied 50 media platforms(媒體平臺) in eight English-speaking countries, including the US, the UK and India. The report listed the top 100 Chinese words that people in these countries use most.

“Shaolin”, a temple in China that is famous for kungfu, was at the top of the list. Other popular words include “yinyang”, “gugong”, “renminbi”, “majiang”, “dama” and so on.

Some of the words are related(有關系的) not only to Chinese culture, but also politics, economics(經濟) and technology. These words include zhongguomeng(Chinese Dream), yidaiyilu(the Belt and Road Initiative) and zhifubao(Alipay).

Why have these words become popular? It may be because of increasing interest in learning Chinese. The Confucius Institute(孔子學院), which offers Chinese lessons, has set up 1073 classrooms in 140 countries and areas, with 2.1 million students.

Chinese products are very popular around the world. For people in many foreign countries, products from China are part of their daily lives and may help them understand China better.

【1】The CFLPA listed the top 100 most often used Chinese words by .

A.interviewing the peopleB.looking up the dictionary

C.studying 50 media platformsD.asking students of Confucius Institute

【2】Many Chinese words have become popular, this may be because .

A.the CFLPA encourages people to learn Chinese

B.people’s interest in learning Chinese is increasing

C.they have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary

D.Chinese products help people understand themselves better

【3】Many Confucius classrooms have been set up around the world, it’s proved that .

A.more and more foreigners are becoming interested in learning Chinese

B.products from China are popular with foreigners

C.not only Chinese politics but also Chinese words seem more interesting to foreigners

D.The Confucius Institute is the symbol of Chinese culture

【4】We can probably read the article in a .

A.diaryB.newspaperC.posterD.poem

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

本文介紹了在說英語的國家流行的漢字。因為人們對學習漢語的興趣增加了，因此許多漢字開始流行。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The CFLPA studied 50 media platforms in eight English-speaking countries, including the US, the UK and India. The report listed the top 100 Chinese words that people in these countries use most.可知，CFLPA研究了8個英語國家的50個媒體平臺，該報告列出了這些國家的人們使用最多的100個中文單詞。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Why have these words become popular? It may be because of increasing interest in learning Chinese.可知，因為人們對學習漢語的興趣增加了，因此許多漢字開始流行，故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)It may be because of increasing interest in learning Chinese. The Confucius Institute, which offers Chinese lessons, has set up 1073 classrooms in 140 countries and areas, with 2.1 million students.可知，在全世界范圍內開設許多孔子學院的原因是外國人對學漢語的興趣增加了。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。本文主要講述了漢語在國際上的影響力越來越大，更多的外國人對學習漢語產生興趣，由此可推測這篇文章可能會出現(xiàn)在新聞報紙中。故選B。