Question

【題目】 China’s 40-year-long process of reform and opening up meant foreign influences gaining a foothold(一席之地) in the country. However, now the process can also be viewed in the opposite way, that is, the outside world is opening up as a receptacle for Chinese culture. Where once it was all a matter of Chinese people fascinated by Hollywood movies, a new “soft power” trend is taking Chinese pop music, TV series and novels to appreciative audiences abroad.

Englishwoman Hollie Sowden and American Nora Wilson developed a website called “Written Chinese,” with a Chinese woman named Chamcen Liu. The website provides a dictionary and other Mandarin-learning tools. Wilson says, “At the beginning, it was just a Facebook page where we posted characters, their meanings and example sentences. That page expanded like crazy, with nearly 280, 000 followers. That’s why we decided to develop a dictionary app and then the website.”

Sowden and Wilson aren’t the only eager to tap world interest in China.

Years ago, groups formed in the US to provide English subtitles for popular Chinese TV dramas. There are also websites translating Chinese novels, especially fantasy series. Wuxia World and Gravity Tales are two examples, with tens of thousands of followers on their Facebook pages.

Chinese music, too, is walking through the open door that once was a one-way street. Melody C2E is a student club at the Shanghai International Studies University. It now has around 300, 000 subscribers. The inspiration is rooted in 2016, when Pan Jianghao heard a youth envoy(公使) for the United Nations say that the world wanted to hear more from Chinese young people. Motivated by his words, Pan and Lin Hongying decided to found a new musical group and share Chinese pop songs with the rest of the world via English translation.

【1】What does the underlined word “receptacle” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A.Container.B.Dormitory.

C.Center.D.Foundation.

【2】What do we know about “Written Chinese”?

A.It has nearly 280, 000 followers.

B.It helps learn Chinese characters.

C.It involves daily life in China.

D.It is developed by two foreigners.

【3】Why was Melody C2E set up?

A.To motivate Chinese young people.

B.To preserve Chinese traditional songs.

C.To improve its members’ translation skills.

D.To introduce Chinese pop songs to the globe.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A.Foreign Websites with a Chinese Touch

B.Competition Leading to a Culture Boom

C.China’s Cultural Footprint on Foreign Shores

D.Reform and Opening up Shaping a New Generation

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。中國(guó)40年改革開放讓外國(guó)對(duì)中國(guó)的影響有了一席之地，而現(xiàn)在外部世界正開始接受中國(guó)文化。一種新的“軟國(guó)力”正將中國(guó)文化推向世界。

【1】

詞句猜測(cè)題。第一段中首句提到“China’s 40-year-long process of reform and opening up meant foreign influences gaining a foothold(一席之地) in the country. However, now the process can also be viewed in the opposite way” 中國(guó)40年改革開放的過程意味著外國(guó)對(duì)中國(guó)的影響占了一席之地；然而，現(xiàn)在我們可以從相反的角度來看待這個(gè)過程。由此可以猜測(cè)劃線詞所在句子的意思為“外部世界正在向中國(guó)文化敞開大門，接受中國(guó)文化�！逼渲小�receptacle”意思為“接收器，容器”。故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題 。根據(jù)第二段中“The website provides a dictionary and other Mandarin-learning tools. （網(wǎng)站提供了字典和其他學(xué)習(xí)漢語的工具。）”可知，“書面中文”這個(gè)網(wǎng)站可以幫助人們學(xué)習(xí)漢字。故選B項(xiàng)。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中“Pan and Lin Hongying decided to found a new musical group and share Chinese pop songs with the rest of the world via English translation.”可知，潘和林紅英建立MelodyC2E這個(gè)網(wǎng)站的目的是通過英文翻譯與世界分享中國(guó)流行歌曲，向全球介紹中國(guó)流行音樂。故選D項(xiàng)。

【4】

主旨大意題。文章第一段提到“a new ‘soft power’ trend is taking Chinese pop music, TV series and novels to appreciative audiences abroad. （一種新的“軟國(guó)力”趨勢(shì)正將中國(guó)的流行音樂、電視劇和小說帶給海外的觀眾欣賞。）”；下文舉出幾個(gè)網(wǎng)站的例子，如幫助學(xué)習(xí)漢語的網(wǎng)站Written Chinese、翻譯中國(guó)小說的網(wǎng)站Wuxia World、Gravity Tales以及將中國(guó)流行音樂分享到全球的網(wǎng)站Melody C2E。文章是關(guān)于中國(guó)文化已開始走向全球。因此文章的標(biāo)題應(yīng)該是“中國(guó)文化在海外的足跡”。故選C項(xiàng)。