Question

The people below are all looking for a course on Chinese to study. Read the following information about the six courses. Decide which course would be the most suitable for the people mentioned in questions 57-60 and then mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet.

1.______ Mathew majors in media and hopes to understand Chinese broadcasting and TV News and communicate with the Chinese people.

2.______Sarah is a Learner of Chinese with a fairly good knowledge of basic Chinese grammar and a vocabulary of 2500, hoping to improve her Chinese ability in speaking, reading and writing.

3.______Lois majors in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and hopes to improve her ability in translation.

4.______Georgia specializes in the Chinese language and culture at the average. He plans to have a tour in China.

A. Intermediate (中等) Chinese Comprehensive Course

40 lessons in all, focusing on the training of the comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing of intermediate Chinese. To enable the students to recognize, understand and use the active and less active words, to improve their ability of expressing themselves in paragraphs and discourse, to master the new words, patterns, grammatical structures, paragraphs and discourse and means of connections so as to express the meaning of the texts correctly and fluently in paragraphs and discourse.

B. News Listening

Based on frequently used words, typical sentences and information and concentrating on improving the ability of listening comprehension. To improve the ability of collecting information, to grasp the knowledge and skills they have learned and to understand the broadcasting and TV news of similar themes and relevant level of difficulty with the correctness of 80%. To build up the foundation for further study.

C. Elementary English-Chinese Translation

25 classes in total, including various styles such as poems, popular science, political comments and news, about every aspect of everyday life. The texts vary from easy to difficult and combine theory with practice as well as translation and interpretation. About 185 hours are needed. To familiarize the learner with the equivalent (对应的) Chinese expressions of English. To enable them to know usage of Chinese and English words and sentences, cultural differences and the background knowledge.

D. Elementary Spoken Chinese in Business

24 units in all. Chinese words and expressions in business and trade are introduced in the form of vivid situational dialogues, notes and exercises. To enable the learner to master the words and expressions of elementary spoken business Chinese and to communicate with others in trade and business.

E. Chinese Human Geography

Introduction to geographic environment and cultural phenomena in various parts of China, such as natural features, historical backgrounds, religious sites, ancient battle fields, dramas and arts, traditional products, and special food, etc. Through the introduction to historical and cultural sites and scenery, the learner will have a general view about Chinese geography, history, culture and regional features.

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.E

【解析】

1. the knowledge and skills they have learned and to understand the broadcasting and TV news of similar themes…。故选B。

2. on the training of the comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing of intermediate Chinese.故选A。

3. enable them to know usage of Chinese and English words and sentences, cultural differences and the background knowledge.故选C。

4. the introduction to historical and cultural sites and scenery, the learner will have a general view about Chinese geography, history, culture and regional features.”也可知道Georgia适合这个课程。故选E。

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