Chinese has a long history. It has shaped oth...

Chinese has a long history. It has shaped other languages in Asia the way Latin has shaped languages in the West. With this history, will Chinese have a surprising future?

Over one billion people speak Chinese in the world — far more than any other language. It is the language of the country which is soon to have the world's largest economy (经济). Chinese people are found studying and doing business all over the world.

In fact, Chinese is definitely going to be a world language. Why is this certain? We must look at the economic and political power (政治影响力) of China, which is increasing every day. In the past, world languages have always been the languages of countries with powerful economics. Latin, French and English were important because of the power of the countries that spoke those languages.

Foreign interest in Chinese has developed very quickly together with the development of the Chinese economy. Chinese has become one of the most important and popular languages to learn.

As China develops, more and more people will want to learn about Chinese language and culture, to work and study in China, and to do business with Chinese companies. Chinese will one day become an international language.

1.In which way in Chinese similar to Latin?

A.They both have influenced other languages.

B.Both languages have over one billion speakers.

C.They both have a long history and bright future.

D.Both languages are spoken only by Chinese.

2.What's probably the meaning of the underlined word "definitely" in the third paragraph?

A.Always. B.Certainly. C.Never. D.Possibly.

3.What is the relationship between language and economy?

A.The more important language is, the stronger economy is.

B.The stronger economy is, the less important language is.

C.The weaker economy is, the more important language is.

D.The stronger economy is, the more important language is.

4.Why is Chinese more widely used?

A.Because more and more Chinese go abroad.

B.Because people across the world travel to China.

C.Because many universities in China are world-famous.

D.Because more foreigners are becoming interested in Chinese.

5.What might the writer think of the future of Chinese?

A.Hopeful. B.Unclear. C.Dark. D.Doubtful.

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China is a country with a long history. It has great traditional culture, especially Chinese characters. Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are very interesting. Here are six ones. We use “pinyin” here because “pinyin” is the Chinese spelling way for the characters. For example, “fu” is the “pinyin” for good luck in Chinese. “pinyin” “fu” is only the phonic part of the character and if you want to know the meaning of good luck “fu”, you must read Chinese character 福 because “fu” also represents(代表) other Chinese characters that sound the same.

“fu” means blessing, good fortune, good luck. Chinese character “fu” is one of the most popular ones used during Chinese New Year. Chinese people often put up “fu” upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment. The upside down “fu” means good luck comes since the character for upside down in Chinese sounds the same as the character for “come”.

“lu” is used to mean official’s a pay in old China. “shou” means long life, age or birthday. “xi” is happiness, The doubled character “xi” means double happiness. It is usually put up everywhere at Chinese weddings. “cai” is weath or money. Chinese often say “ money can make a ghost turn a millstone”. It is to say money really can do a lot of things. But, money can’t buy everything. “he” is an important part of Chinese culture. It means good relations with other people, when you have “he”, things will be a lot easier for you.

The top six lucky Chinese charaters. “fu” “lu” “shou” “xi” “cai” “he”,are particularly loved by Chinese people.

1.We use ______ to show how to read the Chinese characters.

A. “pinyin”　　 B. letters

C. words　　　　　　 D. spelling

2.The upside down 福 “fu” means 　　　　　　　　 .

A. coming　　　　　　 B. good luck comes

C. good fortune　　 D. “fu” is upside down

3.People in China most probably put up the Chinese Characters _______ on the front door at their wedding.

A. upside down “cai”　　 B. upside down “fu”

C. doubled “xi”　 　　　 　 D. doubled “he”

4.Which of the following in Not true according to the passage?

A. “Cai” is wealth or money

B. “lu” is used to mean offical’s pay in old China

C. “shou” means keeping thin

D. Things will be a lot easier if you have “he”

5.The underlined word “character” means _____ in this passage.

A. 角色　　　　　　　　　 B.特征　　　　　　　　 C.性格　　　　　　　 D.汉字

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

China is a country with a long history. It has great traditional culture, especially Chinese characters. Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are very interesting. Here are six ones. We use “pinyin” here because “pinyin” is the Chinese spelling way for the characters. For example, “fu” is the “pinyin” for good luck in Chinese. “pinyin” “fu” is only the phonic part of the character and if you want to know the meaning of good luck “fu”, you must read Chinese character 福 because “fu” also represents(代表) other Chinese characters that sound the same.

“fu” means blessing, good fortune, good luck. Chinese_____“fu” is one of the most popular ones used during Chinese New Year. Chinese people often put up “fu” upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment. The upside down “fu” means good luck comes since the character for upside down in Chinese sounds the same as the character for “come”.

“lu” is used to mean official’s a pay in old China. “shou” means long life, age or birthday. “xi” is happiness, The doubled character “xi” means double happiness. It is usually put up everywhere at Chinese weddings. “cai” is weath or money. Chinese often say “ money can make a ghost turn a millstone”. It is to say money really can do a lot of things. But, money can’t buy everything. “he” is an important part of Chinese culture. It means good relations with other people, when you have “he”, things will be a lot easier for you.

The top six lucky Chinese charaters. “fu” “lu” “shou” “xi” “cai” “he”,are particularly loved by Chinese people.

1.We use ______ to show how to read the Chinese characters.

A. “pinyin”　　 B. letters

C. words　　 D. spelling

2.The upside down 福 “fu” means　　　　　　　　 .

A. coming　　 B. good luck comes

C. good fortune　　 D. “fu” is upside down

3.People in China most probably put up the Chinese Characters _______ on the front door at their wedding.

A. upside down “cai”　　 B. upside down “fu”

C. doubled “xi”　　 D. doubled “he”

4.Which of the following in Not true according to the passage?

A. “Cai” is wealth or money

B. “lu” is used to mean offical’s pay in old China

C. “shou” means keeping thin

D. Things will be a lot easier if you have “he”

5.The underlined word“character”means _____ in this passage.

A. 角色　　 B. 特征　　 C. 性格　　 D. 汉字

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

Chinese handwriting is an important part of our culture. It has a long history . “ Though the computer is widely used today, Chinese people still need to master the skill of writing with hands,” said a person who works in a government office．

With the development of the modern science ,the computer has become a very useful tool to help people to write. People use computers more often than before, so many people have forgotten how to write Chinese characters(字)．People often make a lot of mistakes in writing.

Now China has realized that it is important to help students and teachers to improve their writing . With the help of the information technology, teachers can write their questions on the board and students should answer them by writing, too.

Lots of surveys show that many college students' handwriting has become worse. Lots of college students do not know how to make up words or sentences in Chinese character in the right way. Not only kids, but also many adults have problems . They might be able to tell the general form of a certain character. However, if you ask them to spell out all the strokes of the character in the right order , they can't. But they can easily type（打字） it on a computer .

In the national language teaching course, we can solve this problem with the use of some technologies. Besides technology, there is a lot that we can do. For example, we may ask students to finish their homework by writing with hands instead of typing .

1.Many people have forgotten how to write Chinese characters because _______________．

A. they use too much English　　 B. they use computers to write too often

C. Chinese characters are too difficult to write　　 D. they don't like Chinese handwriting

2.People can use the computers widely , but they need to master the skill of____________．

A. writing with hands　　 B. using computers correctly

C. mending computers　　 D. using computers to work for people

3.China is trying to help students and teachers to improve their writing by _________ .

A. punishing people who can’t write　　 B. asking people not to use computers

C. using the information technology　　 D. asking them to write everything with hands

4.The underlined word “strokes” in the passage may mean_____________ .

A. 读音　　 B. 笔划　　 C. 意义　　 D. 用法

5.This passage mainly tells us________________ .

A. computers are harmful to our handwriting

B. how we can write good Chinese characters

C. Chinese people should not forget the skill of writing with hands

D. not to use other languages too often

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阅读短文，选择正确答案（每题2分）

The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival. It has a long history. People celebrate it on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year(农历). It is one of the biggest holidays in China. Some days before the festival, people begin to make lanterns. People make lanterns in the shape of different animals,vegetables,fruits and many other things.People also write riddles(谜语) on the lanterns. It’s very interesting. Then on the evening of the Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up. People go outside to enjoy the lanterns and guess the riddles on them. Often you can see lion and dragon dances. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.

1.The Lantern Festival is a festival ____________.

A.in the USA　　　　　 B. in England

C. in China　　　　　　 D. in India

2.What do people begin to make before the Lantern Festival?

A.Dumplings.　　　　　　 B. Lanterns.

C. Masks.　　　　　　 D. Rice dumplings.

3.When are all the lanterns hung up?

A. On the evening of the Lantern Festival.

B. On 15 January.

C. On New Year’s Day.

D. At the Spring Festival.

4.What do people do at the Lantern Festival?

A. Play “trick or treat”.

B.Eat dumplings.

C. Make pumpkin lanterns.

D. Guess the riddles on the lanterns.

5. How do people feel on that day?

A. Sad　　　　　　　 B. Full　　　　　　 C. Tired　　　　　　 D. Happy

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

In my opinion, Chinese is　　　　　　 any other language in the world because Chinese has the most number of speakers.

A.as important as B.so important as C.the most important D.more important than

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

单词填空

用括号中所给词的适当形式填空，使语篇意思完整，必要时用否定。

Drinking tea has had long history in China. The Chinese drink tea during many parts of the day such as at meals for good health or just for pleasure. Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese 1.___________ ( rule ) called Shen Nong was the first2. _______________( discover ) tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong 3. ______________ ( boil ) drinking water over an open fire. Some 4._______ ( leaf ) from a tea plant fell into the water and 5._______ ( remain ) there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.

6.__________________ ( accord ) to Cha Jing, tea 7.____________ ( bring ) to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea 8.___________ ( appear ) until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the 9.______ ( nation ) drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who 10.__________ ( well ) understand the nature of tea.

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Almost each Chinese child has heard or read Journey to the West-one of the most famous Chinese1.(tradition)classics. All of them like the main character—the Monkey King or Sun Wukong. However, it wasn't popular2.1970s in England. In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new program called Monkey. Most of them were hearing this story for the3.(one)time.

The Monkey King isn't4.usual monkey. In fact, he sometimes doesn't even look like a monkey! This is because he can make seventy-two changes to his shape and size, 5.(turn)himself into different animals and objects. But unless his tail6.(hide), he can't turn himself into a man.7.(fight)bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick small enough to keep it in his ear. At other times, he can make it big and long.

The Monkey King8.(excite)the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV came out more than 30 years9., Western children became interested in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help10.(weak)and never gives up.

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In my opinion, Chinese is ________ any other language in the world because Chinese has the most number of speakers.

A.as important as B.more important than C.the most important

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Thangga(唐卡)is a special kind of painting. It 1.(find) only in Tibet, China now. It has a long history 2.started from the Tang Dynasty (唐朝). Thangga paintings show Tibetan people's lives. In recent years, Thangga paintings have caught the public's attention. At the same time, the Chinese government has also tried hard 3.(protect)the art.

4.color of Thangga paintings looks wonderful and special. Because of the special environment of Tibet and the excellent skills of artists, the paints (颜料)used in Thangga are different 5.other ones. They are made from minerals (矿物质) like gold and silver, as well as some plants. The paints were made by hand. The beautiful colors could last for 6.(hundred) of years.

However, with the development of technology, people now use 7.(cheap)and more easily made chemicals to make Thangga paints. The traditional paints 8.(take) a lot of work and they were made in many secret ways.

Later people stopped making the paints 9.forgot about them. So the old skills were　 10.(complete) lost. It's a pity that the traditional Thangga paintings are difficult to find now.

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