Question

【題目】For many foreigners. Chinatowns give them their first impression (印象) of China. What are Chinatowns like in their eyes? Three foreign writers share their stories.

LIFESTYLE

Jordon Shinn, 28, US

In a local public park, groups of middle-aged Chinese women dance in rows in loud music. Next to the big lake, some people are playing different instruments, like guitar, violin and erhu. Two women sing along to the music in Cantonese(粵 語).

At that time, I feel like I am in a public park in China.

LIFESTYLE

Jordon Shinn, 28, US

In a local public park, groups of middle-aged Chinese women dance in rows in loud music. Next to the big lake, some people are playing different instruments, like guitar, violin and erhu. Two women sing along to the music in Cantonese(粵 語).

At that time, I feel like I am in a public park in China.

FOOD

Murray Wenzel, 29, Australia

Almost every big city in Australia has a Chinatown. Chinatown in Brisbane is full of restaurants, just like Beijing. But the food is quite different from “real” Chinese meals.

Both of fortune cookies and prawn crackers ( 薯 片 ) are in every Chinatown restaurant. But I seldom saw them in Beijing.

FOOD

Murray Wenzel, 29, Australia

Almost every big city in Australia has a Chinatown. Chinatown in Brisbane is full of restaurants, just like Beijing. But the food is quite different from “real” Chinese meals.

Both of fortune cookies and prawn crackers ( 薯 片 ) are in every Chinatown restaurant. But I seldom saw them in Beijing.

BUILDING

Hani N. Khan. 26. Singapore

When you walk into Singapore, you can see different signs ( 招牌) in Chinese everywhere. Three-floor houses stand along the streets. They are like the qilou buildings found in Guangdong and Fujian provinces. In the past, homeowners would live on the upper floors. They would run a small shop on the ground floor.

BUILDING

Hani N. Khan. 26. Singapore

When you walk into Singapore, you can see different signs ( 招牌) in Chinese everywhere. Three-floor houses stand along the streets. They are like the qilou buildings found in Guangdong and Fujian provinces. In the past, homeowners would live on the upper floors. They would run a small shop on the ground floor.

【1】How many people are sharing ideas about Chinatown?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

【2】Where does Jordon come from?

A. China B. America C. Australia D. Singapore

【3】What does Murray think of the Chinatown in Australia?

A. Something is different. B. Every city has a Chinatown.

C. Chinese women are interesting. D. There are many qilou buildings

【4】What does the underlined word “upper” mean?

A. Low B. Top C. Front D. Back

【5】What is the best title of the passage?

A. How to go to Chinatowns. B. A Chinatown in Singapore.

C. Good places to visit in Chinatown. D. Chinatowns in foreigners’ eyes.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 B

【3】 A

【4】 B

【5】 D

【解析】

對于許多外國人來說，唐人街是他們對中國的第一印象，他們眼中的唐人街是什么樣的？這篇短文中三個外國作家分享了他們的故事。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段的最后一句話Three foreign writers share their stories.可知，短文中，三個外國作家分享了他們的故事。故應(yīng)選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中Jordon Shinn, 28, US可知，Jordon是一個美國人，原文中的US指的是美國，與B選項中America同義，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中Almost every big city in Australia has a Chinatown. Chinatown in Brisbane is full of restaurants, just like Beijing. But the food is quite different from “real” Chinese meals.可知，Murray認(rèn)為澳大利亞的唐人街上的食物與真正的中國食物不同，由此可知應(yīng)選A，“有些東西是不一樣的”。

【4】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)劃線單詞所在的句子In the past, homeowners would live on the upper floors. They would run a small shop on the ground floor可知，ground floor是底層，upper指的是上層，因此upper的意思是上面的，與Top“頂層”意思相近，故選B。

【5】主旨大意題。短文第一段中點明了文章的主題，根據(jù)What are Chinatowns like in their eyes? Three foreign writers share their stories.可知，這篇短文介紹的是外國人眼中的唐人街是什么樣子的，故D選項符合文意。