Question

【題目】

In 1972, Richard Sears, a young American began learning Chinese because of his interest in traditional Chinese culture.

Drawn to the ancient language, he went to China to study Chinese in the 1990s.

In 1994, Richard Sears decided to put the ancient Chinese characters online. Then, in 2002, he did it. That is the beginning of the Chinese Etymology(漢字字源)website. "My website did not get much attention for the next few years. Until one day in 2011, it suddenly got a lot of attention.

I got a few thousand emails, and a few million visitors and people started calling me 'Uncle Hanzi', " Sears said with a smile. Hanzi means Chinese characters. He has put more than 96, 000 ancient Chinese characters onto the website. "When I study each character, I wonder what the ancient Chinese thought, " said Sears.

After visiting many Chinese cities, Sears learned more about China and ancient Chinese culture, He said when he came to China in the last century, few Chinese could speak good English "However, you can hear English in many places in China now. Chinese language and culture were mysterious and not known by people in most countries then, but now, more and more people in the world are learning Chinese, even Chinese history, traditional Chinese medicine and so on, "Sears added.

At present, the 70-year-old American has made his home in China. "When I die, I hope my website will live on, and I'm planning to write a book about my research. This will be my gift to China, " he said.

【1】What does "Drawn to the ancient language" mean in Paragraph1?

A.Sears was interested in ancient Chinese.B.Sears had to study Chinese characters.

C.Sears could draw Chinese characters well.D.Sears could speak ancient Chinese very well.

【2】Chinese Etymology website went online in________.

A.1972B.1994C.2002D.2011

【3】What did Sears put on Chinese Etymology website?

A.Chinese history.B.Ancient Chinese characters.

C.The daily life of Richard SearsD.Traditional Chinese medicine.

【4】From the passage, we can infer that Sears set up the website to ________.

A.become famousB.get the nick name "Uncle Hanzi"

C.write a book about his researchD.make more people know about ancient Chinese characters

【5】The best title for the passage could be ________.

A.Great Changes in ChinaB.Mysterious Chinese Language and Culture

C.American "Uncle Hanzi"D.A Young American and Traditional Chinese Culture

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

本文講述了美國人理查德·西爾斯喜歡學(xué)習(xí)中國古代漢字，他創(chuàng)建了一個(gè)名為“漢字字源”的網(wǎng)站，在網(wǎng)上張貼了很多中國古代漢字，引起了很多人的關(guān)注。他因此被稱為“漢字大叔”。

【1】

詞句猜測題。根據(jù)“In 1972, Richard Sears, a young American began learning Chinese because of his interest in traditional Chinese culture.”可知，西爾斯對古代漢語很感興趣，所以他去中國學(xué)習(xí)漢語。故選A。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Then, in 2002, he did it. That is the beginning of the Chinese Etymology(漢字字源)website.”可知，漢字字源網(wǎng)站于2002年上線。故選C。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“He has put more than 96, 000 ancient Chinese characters onto the website.”可知，他已經(jīng)在網(wǎng)站上張貼的是古代漢字。故選B。

【4】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)“That is the beginning of the Chinese Etymology(漢字字源)website. "My website did not get much attention for the next few years. Until one day in 2011, it suddenly got a lot of attention.””可知，西爾斯創(chuàng)建這個(gè)漢字字源網(wǎng)站的目的是想讓更多的人了解中國古代漢字。故選D。

【5】

標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)“I got a few thousand emails, and a few million visitors and people started calling me 'Uncle Hanzi', " Sears said with a smile. Hanzi means Chinese characters. He has put more than 96, 000 ancient Chinese characters onto the website”可知，美國的西爾斯學(xué)習(xí)中國古代漢字，并創(chuàng)建網(wǎng)站，在網(wǎng)上張貼中國古代漢字，被稱為“漢字大叔”。故選C。