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【題目】 Guess what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and United States president Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Arabella Kushner, have in common? They all study Chinese as a second language.

Although Chinese is known as one of the hardest languages to learn, a lot of people from different backgrounds are studying it with hopes of big advantages.

More than 120 people, representing 105 countries, had a competition in the finals of the 12th Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign secondary school students on November 2. Held in Zhengzhou, Henan province, the finals included speech contests and talent shows. The contestants also visited the Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes(石窟) and other places of interest.

While reasons for learning Chinese varied among contestants, a common one was enthusiasm(熱情) for the country’s rich culture and rapid development.

Raissa, 17, from the Union of the Comoros, developed a strong emotional connection with China after her grandmother was cured by doctors of the Chinese medical team in Africa three years ago. This led her to learn Chinese at a local Confucius Institute(孔子學(xué)院).

Attracted by Chinese culture, the contestant took part in activities on traditional Chinese medicine and folk arts during her first trip to China. Her dream is to study medicine in China so that she could cure patients like the Chinese doctors did.

For Fekete Marcell Zoltan, 17, from the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School, studying Chinese may help him get a future job as a Hungarian diplomat(外交官) to China. After graduation from high school, he would like to further his studies in China.

Now that a bridge has been built between the contestants and China, where will their journeys take them?

Robert Davis, director of the Chinese-language program in Chicago’s public school system, says,“Chinese isn’t the new French. It’s the new English. ”

【1】Who took part in Chinese Bridge according to the passage?

A.Fekete Marcell Zoltan.B.Mark Zuckerberg.

C.Arabella Kushner.D.Robert Davis.

【2】What is the meaning of the underlined word“contestants”in Paragraph 3?

A.audienceB.playersC.touristsD.teachers

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Raissa has studied Chinese medicine in China.

B.Chinese medicine team saved Raissa three years ago.

C.Marcell became a diplomat after finishing high school.

D.Marcell and Raissa are of the same age, from different countries.

【4】What does the last sentence “Chinese isn’t the new French. It’s the new English. ”most probably mean?

A.Chinese is quite different from French.

B.Chinese is one of the hardest languages to learn.

C.Chinese is more important than French and English.

D.Chinese is widely used in the world, just like English.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

本文主要介紹漢語在世界上變得越來越受歡迎這一現(xiàn)象。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段“Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign secondary school students”可知，漢語橋比賽是面對外國中學(xué)生；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段“For Fekete Marcell Zoltan, 17, from the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School, studying Chinese may help him get a future job as a Hungarian diplomat(外交官) to China.”可知，Fekete Marcell Zoltan十七歲，是來自匈牙利的一個中學(xué)生，學(xué)習(xí)漢語，因此參加了漢語橋比賽。故選A。

【2】詞義猜測題。audience觀眾；players選手，參賽者；tourists游客；teachers老師。根據(jù)第三段“More than 120 people, representing 105 countries, had a competition…”可知，參賽者有120多人。此處表示這些參賽者參觀了少林寺、龍門石窟等名勝古跡。故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段“Her dream is to study medicine in China…”可知，Raissa的夢想是在中國學(xué)習(xí)醫(yī)學(xué)，故A不正確；根據(jù)第五段“…after her grandmother was cured by doctors of the Chinese medical team in Africa three years ago.”可知，三年前中醫(yī)隊救了Raissa的祖母，故B不正確；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段“…studying Chinese may help him get a future job as a Hungarian diplomat(外交官) to China.”可知，學(xué)習(xí)漢語可能有助于Fekete Marcell Zoltan成為一名外交官，故C不正確；根據(jù)“Raissa, 17, from the Union of the Comoros,”及“For Fekete Marcell Zoltan, 17, from the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School,”可知，Marcell和Raissa同齡，來自不同的國家，故D正確。故選D。

【4】句意猜測題。本文主要講述漢語在世界上變得越來越受歡迎，說明漢語在世界上被廣泛使用，就像英語一樣。故選D。

本題的第2小題是詞義猜測題。詞義猜測題是閱讀理解中常見的一種題型，所猜測詞匯可以是生詞，也可以是熟詞新義，還可以是人稱代詞的指代內(nèi)容。詞義猜測題主要考查考生根據(jù)上下文推測詞義和語義的能力，突出考查對語境的分析和把握能力。本題可以利用上文語境來猜測詞意。猜測任何詞義都離不開上下文，所以要借助上下文對需要猜測的詞或短語進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推測。