China’s 40-year-long process of reform and opening up meant foreign influences gaining a foothold in the country. But now, the process can also be viewed in the opposite way. 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. Wuxiaworld 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, which is trying to spread Chinese pop songs to the world. 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.Source.
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 living 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
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Circle of 6U
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CampusBooks
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The CampusBooks app helps you get the lowest price when you're buying or renting textbooks, and helps you get the highest price when you're ready to sell! If you need a book right away, you'll be shown the closest stores and libraries that have your book in stock.
Dragon Dictation
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Platform: iOS
Dictating homework and emails to the Dragon Dictation app can save you time! You can send your dictation to a text, email, or paste it into any application. The included editor will suggest words, and the app will improve its accuracy over time as it gets to know your voice. It also works in many languages other than English.
1.Which app can you choose for safety concern?
A.Flashcards Deluxe. B.Circle of 6U.
C.CampusBooks. D.Dragon Dictation.
2.What can Dragon Dictation do?
A.It can add pictures to your email. B.It can save your money on books.
C.It can correct your spelling mistakes. D.It can recognize many languages.
3.Who is the text mainly intended for?
A.Students. B.Librarians.
C.Businessmen. D.Programmers.
假设你是晨光中学高二(1)班的班长李津， 得知美国学生Chris 作为交换生， 下学期将到你班学习。请你根据以下提示， 给他写封邮件：
(1) 表示欢迎 (2) 介绍与本地生活相关的信息（如天气， 饮食等）
(3) 介绍本班情况 (4) 希望Chris做哪些事情， 以增进中美学生之间的了解和友谊
注意：
(1) 请勿提及与考生相关的真实信息。 (2) 可适当加入细节， 使内容充实，行文连贯。
词数不少于100； 开头已给出， 不计入总词数。
(1) 参考词汇： 交换生 exchange student
Dear Chris,
I’m Li Jin, monitor of Class One, Grade Eleven.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(/\)，并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从11处起)不计分。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I’m one of your customer. I ordered a set of books on your website two weeks ago, but I didn’t received it until yesterday. And much to my disappointment, the books were too poorly packed up that the cover of one book were torn. To make matters worse, it is not a complete set, as I found one book missed.
I’m sorry to have received such poorly service, and I believe I have every right ask you to deal with this problem. I hope that you either return my money back or deliver a new set of books to me. Beside, I’d like to be informed of the process of you deal with my complaint.
Looking forward to your reply.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个词，用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
Our culture has greatly changed as a result of the smartphone. We can get comfort for every doubt just 1. texting our friends as well as can feel approval by getting “likes” on our WeChat status.
However, psychologists argue that the over-reliance on their 2. (phone) can make people unable to sit with uncertainty. They consider 3. as a “safety seeking behavior” which reduces anxiety in the moment. But over time, safety behaviours actually feed anxiety 4. they prevent people from realising their fear has no basis once the situation has actually unfolded, or that it is something they’re able to cope with.
So we need to learn to face uncertainty, 5. is essential to managing our mental health. By sitting with uncertainty, a person 6. (gradual) learns to distract themselves, letting go of trying to control situations and realises they can survive the pain of “not knowing” in the situation. Using phones to push the worry onto another person 7. (prevent) self-management from occurring. Often, we don’t realise that after 8. little while and sometimes a lot of distraction, the unpleasant feeling will go away.
Keep in mind the old saying that “no news is good news”9. resist the tendency to message first. Being able to wait and let go of the desire to control each situation is a major key to 10. (overcome) anxiety.
I was both excited and a little scared in my first day of kindergarten. The large classroom was full of books and , two kinds of things that I loved. But it was also full of kids all than me. Because my was in late September, I was in at only 4 years old, and this meant I was destined(注定的) to be smallest kid in my until the 7th grade.
I think my mom sensed I was a little . That was why she was always there to pick me up right after school when I could have ridden the bus. I would sit in the front seat her and tell her all about my . Sometimes we would even read a book and until all the cars and the buses had left before we home. I felt so safe and peaceful when we sat in the car together. I those special times when I had my mom all to myself. Beginning the new challenge of school didn’t seem so when I knew I could talk about it with her. Being a tiny, little kid in a big scary wasn’t so bad either. I knew my mom loved me and that was all I to be loving, joyful, and strong.
I look back on those happy times, I can see now that they also me for what I would find later in life. Even after she too soon, I could still feel her love flowing down from Heaven.
The next time this world seems too scary or hard, then don’t . Instead, invite love to the of your soul, close the doors, and spend some time alone together.
1.A. tools B. toys C. animals D. fruits
2.A. politer B. cleverer C. bigger D. richer
3.A. celebration B. holiday C. program D. birthday
4.A. allowed B. shown C. pushed D. guided
5.A. village B. class C. home D. Neighborhood
6.A. afraid B. tired C. hungry D. excited
7.A. faithfully B. easily C. luckily D. happily
8.A. under B. behind C. next to D. in front of
9.A. trip B. day C. plan D. experiment
10.A. perform B. play C. argue D. wait
11.A.drove B. moved C. rushed D. stepped
12.A. imagined B. ignored C. valued D. forgot
13.A. clear B. dangerous C. difficult D. strange
14.A. community B. factory C. city D. world
15.A. afforded B. offered C. agreed D. needed
16.A. As B. Until C. Although D. Since
17.A. forgave B. prepared C. praised D. rewarded
18.A. built up B. came back C. set off D. passed away
19.A. turn up B. look around C. run away D. break in
20.A. car B. way C. side D. part
