Only three local students won Chinese Blog Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China.
170 students’ task: to get a fully-designed blog up and running, complete with many postings based on a theme of choice—all written in Chinese.
Themes ranged from local opinions－such as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centre－to food blogs.
The entries were judged on Language proficiency（熟練程度）and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers.
Academics(學(xué)者) from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges.
In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award list—the rest of the awards were swept up by students from China.
“No surprise, ” said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37, teachers in charge from Innova Junior College, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language. ”
One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao 19, from the Saint Andrew’s Junior College, who spared no effort in researching for and writing her blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts
Her advice for bloggers is: Be responsible
“Some bloggers out there only seek to blame the authorities and other bloggers.” Said Miss Gao. “I think they lack responsibilities and there is no value to their posts.”
小題1:The competition was organized by ___________.
A．the National University of SingaporeB．Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao
C．the Saint Andrew’s Junior CollegeD．Innova Junior College
小題2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Not all the themes were about local subjects.
B．Chinese students won most of the awards.
C．The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.
D．The judges were from universities in Singapore and China.
小題3:What Miss Gao said suggests that    ___________.
A．she likes to blame the authoritiesB．she thinks highly of the others’ blogs
C．she has a sense of responsibilityD．she loves to read valuable posts
小題4:The passage is mainly about   ___________.
A．how Chinese students won the awards in the competition
B．why bloggers should take responsibility for their blogs
C．what the result of the competition was
D．how Miss Gao won the first prize in the competition

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C

試題分析：本文主要講述的是新加坡組織的一次博客比賽，中國(guó)的學(xué)生贏得了其中的大部分的獎(jiǎng)。并介紹其中的具體的信息。
小題1:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段1,2行teachers in charge from Innova Junior College, which organized the event.可知這個(gè)活動(dòng)是由Innova Junior College 組織的，故D項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段Only three local students won Chinese Blog Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China可知大部分的獎(jiǎng)都被中國(guó)的學(xué)生得到了。故B正確。
小題3:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段Her advice for bloggers is: Be responsible可知她給出的建議就是要負(fù)責(zé)，要認(rèn)真對(duì)自己的事情負(fù)責(zé)。這樣才可以做好事情。故C正確。
小題4:C 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是新加坡組織的一次博客比賽，中國(guó)的學(xué)生贏得了其中的大部分的獎(jiǎng)。并介紹其中的具體的信息。故C正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要講述的是新加坡組織的一次博客比賽，中國(guó)的學(xué)生贏得了其中的大部分的獎(jiǎng)。并介紹其中的具體的信息。本文以細(xì)節(jié)題的考查為主，細(xì)節(jié)題是針對(duì)文中某個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)、某句話或某部分具體內(nèi)容設(shè)置問(wèn)題，正確答案的根據(jù)一定可以在原文中找到，即原文的改寫(xiě)往往成為正確選項(xiàng)。通常細(xì)節(jié)題的正確選項(xiàng)有以下特征：對(duì)原文句子中的關(guān)鍵詞進(jìn)行替換。把原文中的一些詞換成意義相近的詞，成為正確選項(xiàng)。詞性或者語(yǔ)態(tài)的變化。把原文中的一些詞變換一下詞性，或者改變?cè)木渥拥恼Z(yǔ)態(tài)，給考生制造障礙。語(yǔ)言簡(jiǎn)化。把原文中的復(fù)雜語(yǔ)言現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行簡(jiǎn)化，成為正確答案。
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