Question

阅读下面的短文，根据短文后的要求答题。

What does it mean to be a Chinese? According to a survey, more than 40% of Chinese people believe the Chinese love the country and their family. At the same time, about 1/3 of foreigners describe the Chinese as hard-working and creative people.

From 1931 to 1945, millions of soldiers lost their lives in the war against Japanese aggression. (A) And after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, plenty of people, including scientists and workers, worked day and night for the development of China.

While the love for the country joins the people together, family plays a big role in traditional Chinese culture. “My Chinese friends get married and have babies when they get to a certain age. And Chinese friends think about their family first when they choose a job or give up one.” said Aaron Cedillo, an English teacher in a school in Beijing.

(B) , the characters of being hard-working and creative are also well-known. Sherry Wang, Malaysian student, used the package delivery（快递）on weekends as an example of how hard- working Chinese people are. “It seems those men never need to rest.” she said. A foreign university professor has found some Chinese students in the lab could always come up with new ideas. “I'm really surprised.” he said.

The past seventy years witnessed（见证）China’s rapid development. During the process, the international community, including Chinese people themselves, have got a clearer understanding of Chinese characters.

1.What do some of the foreigners describe the Chinese according to the passage? (根据短文回答问题)

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2.Put the underlined sentence(A) into Chinese. (请将文中划线句子译成汉语)

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3.在B处横线上填上合适的单词，使句子意思连贯，语法正确（不超过3个单词）。

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4.从文中找出与下面这句话意义相近的句子。

China has developed very quickly in the past seventy years.

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5.给文章拟一个恰当的标题。

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Answer

1.They describe the Chinese as hard-working and creative people.

2.在中华人民共和国成立后，包括科学家和工人在内的许多人，为中国的发展夜以继日的工作。(意思对即可)

3.Besides/ What’s more

4.The past seventy years witnessed China’s rapid development.

5.Characters of the Chinese people/ What does it mean to be a Chinese（答案不唯一）

【解析】

本文介绍了中国人的性格，就是：热爱国家和家庭而且是勤劳和有创造力的。

1.

根据“At the same time, about 1/3 of foreigners describe the Chinese as hard-working and creative people.”可知，大约1/3的外国人形容中国人是勤劳和有创造力的人。故答案为：They describe the Chinese as hard-working and creative people.

2.

英译汉。after：在……之后；the founding of the People’s Republic of China：中华人民共和国成立；plenty of people：许多人；including：包括；scientists and workers：科学家和工人； worked：工作；day and night：夜以继日；for：为了；the development of China：中国的发展。故答案为：在中华人民共和国成立后，包括科学家和工人在内的许多人，为中国的发展夜以继日的工作。

3.

下文用例子来说明中国人的勤奋、创新。此句又是句首，起到概括的作用，因此可以填Besides或 What’s more。语境是：此外（或更重要的是），勤奋、创新的性格也是众所周知的。故答案为：Besides/ What’s more.

4.

句子“China has developed very quickly in the past seventy years.”的意思是：中国在过去的七十年里发展很快。与文中的句子“The past seventy years witnessed China’s rapid development.” 过去的七十年见证了中国的快速发展。故答案为：The past seventy years witnessed China’s rapid development.

5.

根据“What does it mean to be a Chinese?”作为一个中国人意味着什么？下文就围绕这一主题展开的。因此恰当的标题就是：中国人的性格/做中国人意味着什么？故答案为：Characters of the Chinese people/ What does it mean to be a Chinese.