Question

【题目】 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】

本文是一篇新闻报道。中国40年改革开放让外国对中国的影响有了一席之地，而现在外部世界正开始接受中国文化。一种新的“软国力”正将中国文化推向世界。

【1】

词句猜测题。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” 中国40年改革开放的过程意味着外国对中国的影响占了一席之地；然而，现在我们可以从相反的角度来看待这个过程。由此可以猜测划线词所在句子的意思为“外部世界正在向中国文化敞开大门，接受中国文化。”其中“receptacle”意思为“接收器，容器”。故选A项。

【2】

细节理解题 。根据第二段中“The website provides a dictionary and other Mandarin-learning tools. （网站提供了字典和其他学习汉语的工具。）”可知，“书面中文”这个网站可以帮助人们学习汉字。故选B项。

【3】

细节理解题。根据第五段中“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，潘和林红英建立MelodyC2E这个网站的目的是通过英文翻译与世界分享中国流行歌曲，向全球介绍中国流行音乐。故选D项。

【4】

主旨大意题。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. （一种新的“软国力”趋势正将中国的流行音乐、电视剧和小说带给海外的观众欣赏。）”；下文举出几个网站的例子，如帮助学习汉语的网站Written Chinese、翻译中国小说的网站Wuxia World、Gravity Tales以及将中国流行音乐分享到全球的网站Melody C2E。文章是关于中国文化已开始走向全球。因此文章的标题应该是“中国文化在海外的足迹”。故选C项。