Question

【題目】 If you ask someone in China about Russia, you might hear something about how it’s a “nation of warriors”, or zhan dou min zu in Chinese. They drink a lot. They keep bears as pets. But still people name Russia the “nation of warriors” for reasons.

Russians do well in sports. They never finish below fourth place for every Summer Olympic Games. The country’s long winters make its people become good at winter sports, including ice skating and skiing.

Its literature(文學(xué))and art are also very famous. You can see them in War and Peace by famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and the traditional nesting dolls(套娃).

China has been Russia’s top business partner for eight years. Besides, two countries are joining hands to develop economy through the Belt and Road Initiative(一帶一路倡議). For example, a Pipeline(管道)has been built across the two countries. We hope people can bring gas to China in 2019.China is also helping to build Russia’s first high-speed train from Moscow to Kazan.

Russia is China’s largest neighbor, and the two neighbors are getting ever closer.

【1】Why are Russians good at winter sports?

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【2】Who wrote the famous novel War and Peace?

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【3】What does China do to help Russia?

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【4】What is the relationship(關(guān)系)between China and Russia like?

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【5】Does the “nation of warriors” mean a nation likes to fight according to the passage?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because the Russia’s long winters make its people become good at winter sports.

【2】Leo Tolstoy.

【3】China is helping to build Russia’s first high-speed train from Moscow to Kazan.

【4】China and Russia are getting ever closer.

【5】No, it doesn’t.

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，主要介紹了俄羅斯的相關(guān)情況，包括生活習(xí)慣、體育以及文學(xué)藝術(shù)等方面，此外文章還強(qiáng)調(diào)了中俄兩國(guó)日益親密的友好關(guān)系。

【1】根據(jù)第二段“The country’s long winters make its people become good at winter sports”可知，俄羅斯漫長(zhǎng)的冬天使得俄羅斯人擅長(zhǎng)冬季運(yùn)動(dòng)。故答案為Because the Russia’s long winters make its people become good at winter sports.

【2】根據(jù)第三段“You can see them in War and Peace by famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy”可知，《戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)與和平》的作者是列夫.托爾斯泰。故答案為Leo Tolstoy.

【3】根據(jù)單數(shù)第二段“China is also helping to build Russia’s first high-speed train from Moscow to Kazan”可知，中國(guó)正在幫助俄羅斯建造從莫斯科到喀山的第一列高速列車。故答案為China is helping to build Russia’s first high-speed train from Moscow to Kazan.

【4】根據(jù)最后一段“Russia is China’s largest neighbor, and the two neighbors are getting ever closer”可知，俄羅斯是中國(guó)最大的鄰國(guó)，兩個(gè)鄰國(guó)的關(guān)系越來(lái)越近。故答案為China and Russia are getting ever closer.

【5】根據(jù)第一段“They drink a lot. They keep bears as pets. But still people name Russia the ‘nation of warriors’ for reasons”可知，人們稱俄羅斯為“勇士之國(guó)”，是因?yàn)樗麄兠褡迳瞄L(zhǎng)喝酒、以熊為伴，此外還有許多其他原因，并不是指俄羅斯人民喜歡斗爭(zhēng)。故答案為No, it doesn’t.