Question

An Dun is a daily newspaper reporter in Beijing. And she has a great “Chinese dream”.

Everything about Cao Yulan’s life changed when her mother died during a heavy storm. “I felt like I’d grown up overnight,” she told author An Dun. At the age of 16, Cao left for Beijing. She has worked as a tea salesgirl and a babysitter, among other odd job, over the past 11 years. Her last job before giving birth to her daughter was managing a breakfast stand. What she wanted was to help her little brother and sister grow up to live a better life.

Cao is one of the main characters in An Dun5 s latest book. An Dun shared Cao’s story with the readers at the book launch in late June. The book, written in both Chinese and English, Is the third volume (卷) of The Chinese Dream series. The project will tell the true stories of 100 Chinese people from all kinds of life in 10 volumes, with An as the interviewer.

An Dun enjoys talking to people and she keeps on writing the true stories of “small potatoes”. Her first volumes of The Chinese Dream series have：already been published. Now An is working on the series’ fourth volume.

1.The underlined work “odd” may mean in Chinese.

A.固定的 B.奇怪的 C.临时的 D.优惠的

2.Which of the following is true?

A.The death of Cao’s mother influenced Cao a lot.

B. Cao’s sister lives in the poor countryside now.

C.The Chinese Dream series will be written in English.

D.An dislkes to be a reporter and interview people.

3.An’s book will be written in languages.

A.one B.two C.three D.four

4.In which column （专栏）can An Dun’s The Chinese Dream be found?

A.Business. B.Arts.

C.Society. D.Movies.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要介绍了来自北京的一个著名记者和他写的《中国梦》这本书。

1.1】词义猜测题。根据She has worked as a tea salesgirl and a babysitter, 描述，可知此处指的是临时工作，故选C。

2.2】细节理解题。根据Everything about Cao Yulan’s life changed when her mother died during a heavy storm.描述，可知曹玉兰的母亲的死对她的影响很大。故选A。

3.3】细节理解题。根据The book, written in both Chinese 描述，可知这本书是以两种语言写的。故选B。

4.4】推理判断题。阅读短文可知安顿是一个记者，他写的书主要反映了一些社会问题，故我们在社会专栏可能找到这本书，故选C。

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