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Chinese oracle bone inscriptions (甲骨文) over 3, 000 years old are now widely used as emojis (表情符号) by young WeChat users, thanks to a person who made them closer to people's life.
"The ancient characters are not as cool and far as they are supposed to be. 1. Now they could totally serve people's needs for online expression, " said the creator Chen Nan.
The 46-year-old teacher of fine arts at Tsinghua University has been working to make oracle bone inscriptions into emojis. For example, the character for "zui", which means " drunk" in English, was created to look like a stumbling (摇摇晃晃行走的) person. 2.
To make more people understand this old language, Chen made them on the postcards. 3. A cartoon video with oracle bone inscriptions created by him was watched 31 million times and shared 140, 000 times.
4. In 2016, the ancient font (字体) was included into the font library under his hard work to let the ancient words walk into people's life.
5. But Chen's research on the project still continues, as he plans to enlarge the library to 7, 000 characters. In the future, he will put the ancient characters into practice in education and the development of games and apps.
A. In fact, they are cute and humorous.
B. Now the library has 3, 500 characters.
C. He has also put them together with cartoon characters.
D. Such emojis have been well accepted by WeChat users.
E. Chen started to do such a job in a creative way 19 years ago.
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Jiaguwen, over 3,000 years old, is the earliest writing form of Chinese characters. Recently, it comes alive on the Chinese Internet and becomes popular as a new online language among the young people, thanks to a person who made them closer to people’s life.
Chen Nan, who creates Jiaguwen memes(表情包), is happy to know that Chinese netizens like his works. As a graduate of the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, Chen has been studying Chinese characters’ design (设计) for 19 years. In 2016, the ancient typeface was included into the font library (字体库) under his efforts to let the ancient words walk into people’s life. Now the library has 3,500 characters, but Chen’s research on the project still continues, as he plans to increase characters to 7,000. In the future, he will put the ancient characters into education and the development of games and apps.
He has been working to make Jiaguwen into emojis (表情符号). For example, the character for “zui” which means “drunk” in English, was created to look like a stumbling(蹒跚的) figure. Such vivid figures have been well accepted by WeChat users. Chen has also combined (结合) the ancient Chinese characters with cartoon figures. A cartoon video about Jiaguwen he designed was watched 31 million times and shared 140,000 times.
“The ancient characters are not as cool and far away from us as most people think. In fact, they are cute and funny, and they can totally serve people's needs for online expression, "said Chen Nan.
“At present, most people think Jiaguwen is hard to understand and don’t realize the great historic value(历史价值) of it. Through using Jiaguwen memes, I truly hope that more people can develop an interest in the ancient characters and use them in their daily lives.” Chen said.
“I never imagined that I could use Jiaguwen to communicate with my friends. I thought I could only see them in my textbooks and only a few researchers could understand them. Also, these memes look so creative and cute.” said a Sina Weibo user.
1.Which of the following about Chen Nan is TRUE according to the passage?
A.He used to study at the Academy of Arts and Design at Beijing University.
B.The cartoon video about Jiaguwen he designed was a success.
C.He plans to put the ancient characters into business use.
D.Jiaguwen memes he created can’t serve people’s needs for online expression now.
2.What is the passage mainly about?
A.How Chinese people created Jiguawen in the ancient time.
B.Chen Nan’s great achievements in designs and arts.
C.Why so many Chinese netizens like Jiaguwen memes.
D.Chen Nan’s efforts to make Jiaguwen closer to common people.
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Thanks to Chen Nan, Jiaguwen becomes popular nowadays.
B.There may be a mobile game about Jiaguwen in the near future.
C.WeChat users didn’t like the Jiaguwen emojis made by Chen Nan.
D.Everyone will use Jiaguwen in their daily lives in the near future.
4.If there is Paragraph 7, it might be about _______.
A.how Chen Nan started creating Jiaguwen memes
B.how much Chinese people love Jiaguwen memes
C.people’s advice on how to improve Jiaguwen memes
D.where Jiaguwen memes are popular
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When you walk through the forest, you will find yourself _______ trees that are over 1,000 years old.
A.among B.against C.behind D.below
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一China is over 5, 000 years old. It's one of countries in the world.
一Yes. It has much history than the US.
A. old; long B. older; longer
C. older; the longest D. the oldest; longer
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________is over 5,000 years old. It has the biggest population in the world. It's a lot bigger than that of the United States.
A.Canada B.England C.China
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Of all the drinks , tea is ________ in the world .It has 5,000 years of history in China over.
A. older B. the oldest C. old D. very old
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—China is over 5，000 years old. It's one of ________ countries in the world.
—Yes. It has a much ________ history than the USA.
A. old; long
B. older; longer
C. older; the longest
D. the oldest; longer
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Sui Yiyuan is ________ 12-year-old boy who donated his bone marrow(骨髓) to save his mother.
A.a B.an C.the D./
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How old is Mr. Black?
A.Over 70 years old. B.Over 80 years old. C.Over 90 years old.
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To encourage reading, a Chinese company placed over 10,000 books around the underground, in taxis and on planes in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The activity got the support of many Chinese stars. The “book-dropping movement,” however, won little praise. Instead, the movement caused much criticism(批评).
Some books were left untouched. Around the underground, passengers thought the books were left there to save the seats. Some books were taken away by cleaners. People also complained that they couldn’t get to the books—the trains and buses were too crowded.
The movement led to a hot debate.
Most people thought it could do little to encourage reading. “I think the best result is that people take photos when they pick up the books and write a post in WeChat. After that, they will just bring the books back home and place them on their bookshelves,” wrote one Weibo user.
Some pointed out that, the Chinese stars who supported the movement didn’t seem to be reading much. Isn’t it embarrassing(尴尬) that the movement is supported by stars who don’t read a lot?
Murong Xuecun is a famous Chinese writer. He thought the book-sharing movement was not at all a bad thing. “In the past years, the Chinese economy(经济) has been developing rapidly. Everybody is busy with work. They don’t have time for reading,” said Murong. “However, just because Chinese people don’t read often, it doesn’t mean we should do nothing to encourage reading,” Murong added.
1.What’s purpose of The “book-dropping movement”?
A.To test how much people like reading. B.To encourage people to read.
C.To encourage people to take public transport.
2.What result of “book-dropping movement” isn’t mentioned in the passage?
A.Some books were thought to save the seats.
B.Some books were taken away by cleaners.
C.Some people thought it affected the traffic.
3.The underlined word “debate” means in the passage.
A.风气 B.争论 C.兴趣
4.The fourth paragraph mainly tells us .
A.“book-dropping battle” works little B.Most people like taking selfies
C.people prefer reading in WeChat.
5.What is Murong Xuecun’s idea about “book-dropping battle”?
A.Book-sharing campaign may improve the economy
B.Chinese people are too busy to read books.
C.We shouldn’t give up encouraging reading,