With the rise of the Internet and livestreaming industry (直播行业), many people begin to look for fun online. Watching livestreaming shows has become part of their lives. At the same time, traditional culture has found bigger stage online. Many traditional artists are starting to livestream on Douyin and Bilibili. Some of them sing Peking Opera, some show their folk handcrafts (民间手工艺), while others perform Chinese classical music. A growing number of people are becoming interested in traditional culture because of livestreaming.
Li Jun is a Peking Opera performer with the Shanghai Jingju Theater Company. After the outbreak, the 59 year-old took up his smartphone and started livestreaming. Unlike performing on a formal stage, Li uses ordinary places as his stage, including his backyard and study room. Apart from singing, Li also teaches audience about Peking Opera. People can ask him questions and get answers directly.
“Livestreaming has brought this elegant (高雅的) art down to earth.” one viewer said. “It gives young people an easier access to this traditional art and learn more about it.” Li has more than 6,000 fans on Douyin, while one of his videos got 42,000 views on Bilibili.
On March 26th, 2020, Bilibili livestreamed a Huafu show on the third China Huafu Day (中国华服日). Performers presented clothes in traditional Chinese styles, including those from Wei, Tang and Ming dynasties. During the show, viewers not only enjoyed looking at the clothes, but also watched how performers used ancient styles of make-up.
As Guangming Daily noted, livestreaming has come to a new stage through which traditional culture can be kept alive.
1. What does Li Jun do during his livestreaming?①He sings Peking Opera.
②He shows his folk handcrafts.
③He answers audience questions.
④He performs Chinese classical music.
⑤He teaches audience about Peking Opera.
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| A．victory | B．way | C．sense | D．event |
| A．Performers presented Chinese classical music in the Huafu show. |
| B．Peking Opera performer Li Jun has more than 42,000 fans on Douyin. |
| C．Many traditional artists are starting to sell folk handcrafts on Douyin and Bilibili. |
| D．Guangming Daily thinks livestreaming is a new stage to keep traditional culture alive. |
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C． | D． |
| A．Traditional art keeps livestreaming alive. |
| B．We should help to save the traditional art. |
| C．Livestreaming brings traditional art back to life. |
| D．Livestreaming is getting more and more popular. |
2 . 
“Boots (靴子) from Italy, they will make your legs look thinner and longer…”
In a small room, Zhang Man is describing the products (产品) to viewers who are watching her live streaming. She sells more than 100,000 pairs of shoes in just ten minutes.
Mi Sitian is a new mom from Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province. She is a die–hard fan of streaming shopping. For her, it is a time-saving and easy way of shopping. “I can hardly find the time to go shopping after having a baby,” she said, “I only have some free time at night to watch live streaming and shop online.” Also, live streaming shopping makes it possible for her to communicate with the sellers face-to-face. “It’s just like shopping in the real stores.” she said.
For sellers, live streaming helps them attract (吸引) more buyers online and sell more products. Even the Chinese government sees it as a way to help farmers out of poverty (贫困), Shandong Province. She attracted 90,000 fans and sold more than 1.1 million yuan of fruit in a few months through live streaming.
Seeing what the Chinese market is doing with live streaming, many other countries are ready to take steps. Live streaming shopping is sure to take off outside of China.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。1. At the beginning of the passage, Zhang Man is busy ________.
| A．talking with friends |
| B．shopping online |
| C．selling boots |
| D．watching her live streaming |
| A．hates talking with people face-to-face |
| B．needs to take care of her baby |
| C．doesn't have enough money |
| D．only has free time in the day. |
| A．become popular | B．fly to the sky |
| C．die down | D．give away |
| A．raising questions | B．giving examples |
| C．listing numbers | D．explaining differences |
| A．Both buyers and sellers love it. |
| B．It’s an easy way for sellers through live streaming. |
| C．Many other countries are ready to learn from China. |
| D．Live streaming shopping is popular outside of China. |
These days, live streaming (网络直播) and short videos have gotten millions of views online. More and more people create and share short videos on popular apps like Douyin and Kuaishou to show parts of their lives.
Using live streaming is popular among the people aged 18 to 35. Even the teachers give lessons by live streaming. Besides leaving reviews on the screen, viewers can also communicate directly with the hosts by buying virtual (虚拟的) gifts such as flowers, toys and cars for them online. The most recent famous example was Dong Yuhui at East Buy (东方甄选). Dong became famous overnight by changing his live streaming room into a language learning classroom. China Daily posted Dong’s story and his unusual way of selling products.
What’s more, live streaming allows users to communicate with strangers and express themselves. A 19-year-old college student called Nic Li says she spends three to four hours each week chatting and singing with viewers through one app called Ingkee. “Sometimes I feel lonely and want to talk to people,” she says. “I feel nice when viewers are paying attention to me.”
However, as there are more than 80 apps and 300 websites for live streaming in China, the Internet regulator (监管机构) almost can’t monitor the content (内容) all the time.
“We support the use of live streaming. But people should be aware (意识到) of the two sides of it,” one of the officials said.
1—2题完成句子；3—5题简略回答问题。1. More and more people show
2. Dong Yuhui changed his live streaming room into
3. How do viewers communicate with hosts?
4. Is it difficult for the Internet regulator to monitor the content all the time?
5. What do you think of live streaming?
4 . It is common to see most livestreamers (直播主播) sitting in front of a desk in a well-decorated room. But Zeng Qinghuan, a 30-year-old from Xinhua County in Loudi, Hunan, has turned her whole village into a livestreaming set. Her goal is to use e-commerce to help her people live a better life.
Known as “Xiangmei Xinbao” on Douyin, Zeng now has more than 3 million followers. One of her videos about traditional ways of planting and harvesting rice has attracted more than 300,000 followers.
Zeng used to study fashion design and has worked in some big cities before. In 2019 she returned to her village to care for her sick grandmother. She then found that she could build a career there—by being a live streamer with the help of her cousin.
At the beginning, she didn’t make any money. Zeng’s parents didn’t give her any support until she could stand on her own feet and help people sell their products. She has now sold local agricultural products worth tens of millions of yuan, like fermented tofu, preserved pork and dried sweet potatoes.
“I’m a daughter of the great mountains. I can also be a contributor to rural development in this new time,” she said.
Rural revitalization (振兴) is a key part of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021－25). Zeng hopes her experience can encourage more young people to return to their rural hometowns and start their own businesses. In 2021, after she became a deputy (代表) of the Loudi Municipal People’s Congress, she put forward a proposal to ensure that “each village has one product and one livestreaming host of its own”. She plans to help cultivate 100 social media influencers from her county within three years, and two villages have taken part in the project. “I believe that the rural areas will become a big stage, and being a farmer will be seen as a respectable job too,” said Zeng.
1. What does Zeng mainly intuduce on Douyin?| A．Fashion trends in her village. | B．The education in her hometown. |
| C．Traditional customs of her village. | D．Agricultural products of her hometown. |
| A．It was encouraged by her sick grandmother. |
| B．It inspired more local villagers to follow. |
| C．It brought her a fortune as soon as it was started. |
| D．It was a great success with the help of her parents. |
| A．Invite more young people to her hometown. |
| B．Expand her business to make more money. |
| C．Train more social media influencers in her county. |
| D．Produce more agricultural products to help the farmers. |
| A．Responsible and modest. | B．Gifted and faithful. |
| C．Caring and fashionable. | D．Down-to-earth and ambitious. |
| A．Lifestyle. | B．Travel. | C．Science Study. | D．World Today. |
5 . These days, short videos and live streaming (网络直播) have got millions of views online. More and more people create and share short videos on popular apps like Douyin and Kuaishou to show parts of their lives.
Using live streaming is popular among the people aged 18 to 35. Even the teachers give lessons by live streaming. Besides leaving reviews on the screen, viewers can also communicate directly with the hosts by buying virtual (虚拟的) gifts such as flowers, toys and cars for them online. The most recent famous example was the Olympic swimmer Fu Yuanhui. She did one-hour live streaming which reached more than 11 million viewers.
What’s more, live streaming allows users to communicate with strangers and express themselves. A 19-year-old college student called Nic Li says she spends three to four hours each week chatting and singing with viewers through one app called Ingkee. “Sometimes I feel lonely and want to talk to people,” she says. “I feel nice when viewers are paying attention to me. ”
However, as there are more than 80 apps and 300 websites in China,the Internet regulator (监管机构) almost can’t monitor the content (内容).
“We support the use of live streaming. But people should be aware of the two sides of it,” one of the officials said.
根据短文内容回答问题。1. How many views online have short videos and live streaming these days?
2. What do more and more people show by sharing videos on apps?
3. Who is using live streaming is popular among?
4. How does Nic Li feel when viewers are paying attention to her?
5. Is it hard for the Internet regulator to monitor the content ?Why or Why not?(within 15 words)
6 . Do you know about Bee&Flower? It was once a well-known hair care brand (品牌) in China. Many brands like this have “disappeared” because young people don’t know about them. But recently, some old Chinese brands have made a comeback. It’s a good start, but there’s more to it.
In early September, anger over a Chinese makeup brand’s eyebrow pens (眉笔) lit up the internet. Some people thought that they were too expensive as it cost 79 yuan to get three pens. Shortly after, Bee&Flower started to sell three large bottles of hair care products for the same price. It showed that Chinese products could still be cost-effective (划算的).
Many Chinese brands took their chance by selling through livestreaming (直播). What’s more, they also helped sell each other’s products. For example, hosts of sports brand Erke washed their hair with Bee&Flower products on Sept 13, 2023.
Many people can’t stop buying these products. Why? For one thing, they think that the products of these Chinese brands are good to use and don’t cost much. Also, it makes buyers feel proud. They can help these old brands “come back to life” by buying the products. Buyers believe in these brands and will use their money to help them grow.
However, livestreaming events should only be a start. How can brands keep people interested? Good products with good prices. The brands shouldn’t take advantage of people’s trust. They should turn it into a reason to make their products better.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。1. Which activity helped Bee&Flower sell their products better?
| A．They had a big sale for offline shopping. |
| B．They made a comeback with other Chinese brands. |
| C．They took the chance of the expensive eyebrow pens. |
| D．They became the most popular hair care brand in China. |
| A．They took advantage of people’s trust. | B．They helped sell each other’s products. |
| C．They made their products better to use. | D．They sold the products at the same time. |
a. Good products b. Beautiful looks c. Amazing ads d. Low prices e. A hope to help
| A．abc | B．abd | C．acd | D．ade |
| A．①/②③/④⑤ | B．①②/③④/⑤ | C．①②/③/④⑤ | D．①/②③④/⑤ |
| A．To list the reasons for saving old Chinese Brands. |
| B．To introduce the ways to save old Chinese brands. |
| C．To compare different types of old Chinese brands. |
| D．To give advice on choosing old Chinese brands. |
7 . Yang Weiyun is 74 years old. She comes from Huainan, Anhui Province and has much experience in teaching. She had been a Chinese teacher in a school for 30 years and a kindergarten headteacher for another 20 years.
After she retired (退休), Yang still wanted to do something meaningful. She got the idea of teaching by livestreaming (直播) online. Yang started in 2021 and offered free pinyin lessons to kindergarten students. However, after several weeks she found lots of adults can’t read or write.
Yang said she found that many illiterate (文盲的) adults are afraid to go to new places. They also worried that they couldn’t teach their children or finish work well. “Many illiterate adults didn’t have the chance to go to school when they were young. Now they really need to learn to read and write. So I wanted to teach them.” Yang said.
Most of Yang’s adult students are busy at work. They have to make the time to learn the lessons, so Yang has two livestream lessons every day, starting at 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Yang’s livestream lessons offer an easy way for adults to learn to read and write. Now she has nearly 300,000 fans on Douyin. Her biggest wish now is to see these students graduate (毕业) from her classes.
Task I: Finish the chart according to the article. Fill in each blank with no more than 3 words.Yang Weiyun’s teaching experiences
| At school | has been a Chinese teacher for has been a kindergarten teacher for another 20 years |
| Online | For kindergarten students 1. started in 2021. 2. offered For illiterate adults 1. has two 2. offers an easy way for adults to learn to 3. has 300,000 fans on Douyin. |
| Hope | To see these students |
1. What did Yang Weiyun do after she retired?
2. Why did Yang Weiyun decide to teach illiterate adults?
3. What do you think of Yang Weiyun? Explain your reasons in about 20 words.
8 . Do you like to follow influencers (网红)? They are getting more and more popular these years. Now lots of people like to follow them when they are selling something online. However, influencers may not say what they really think about the things that they sell. They are only interested in selling more things to get more money. So, things people get may be different from what they expect.
France has made some rules for influencers in the past few months. Influencers need to let people know that they are selling things. They mustn’t sell cigarettes or alcohol. Also, they shouldn’t ask people to join in betting (赌博), such as sports betting. As for makeup, they can use a filter (滤镜) to make things look better if they let people know.
There are about 150,000 influencers in France. The rules worry many of them. If they break any of the rules, then they can end up in prison (监狱) for at most two years. They may also pay about 300,000 euros (about 2,300,000 yuan).
France is the first European country to have such rules. It wants influencers to stop bringing problems to Internet users, especially the younger ones.
| A．Being popular. | B．Selling things. | C．Getting more money. |
| A．Sell cigarettes. | B．Sell alcohol. | C．Sell makeup without filter. |
| A．Two years. | B．At most two years. | C．At least two years. |
| A．The influencers will get more and more popular in the future. |
| B．Influencers should follow the rules and stop bringing problems to Internet users. |
| C．We don’t need influencers any more. |
9 . Will Liu, a singer and actor from Taiwan, has taken the Internet by storm in an unexpected way—being a livestreaming (直播) personal trainer on Douyin.
His workout routines (健身操) are so popular that they have broken Douyin’s livestreaming record for 2022 so far. Within a month, Liu’s livestreams had been viewed about 100 million times.
The 49-year-old man often exercises with his wife and mother-in-law. They dance to upbeat (欢快的) songs while explaining and breaking down their moves. One of Liu’s most popular routines is set to A Herbalist’s Manual (《本草纲目》) by pop singer Jay Chou. “I want to move my leg whenever I hear A Herbalist’s Manual now,” shared Han Meimei, a fan of Will Liu.
Ever since Liu’s videos became popular, people across the country have been practicing the workout routines at home, schools and even streets.
Liu isn’t the only person to get popular from the fitness wave. According to Douyin, followers of fitness videos were up by 208 percent in 2022 compared to 2021. “After being caught by COVID-19, I think being in good health is more important than anything else, so I keep doing workout routines every day.” said Wu Fang from Shanghai. This shows the rise of the online fitness business and fitness influencers (网红) since the pandemic started, wrote ECNS.
1. Where is Will Liu from?2. How many times had Liu’s livestreams been viewed within a month?
3. Who does Will Liu often exercise with?
4. What is one of Will Liu’s most popular routines set to?
5. Why does Wu Fang keep doing workout routines every day after being caught by COVID-19?
10 . On March 23, 2024, Dong Yuhui and his team walked into Wuhan Mulan Cool Village. Last year, he became the
In October 2014, his
Dong is knowledgeable and understanding. He is a book lover. While selling things, he
Today, we need more role models like Dong Yuhui. His experience lets us know that success is not just
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