Wang Dakang, aged 88, is a model of lifelong learning. In the 1980s, he was the first person
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4 . As a child, Liu Wenwen disliked the suona, a “loud, high-pitched” traditional Chinese musical instrument, an ancestral heritage of her family that was to become her career.
Her peers at primary school laughed at her, saying her whole family was engaged only in “weddings and funerals.” Indeed, these are the two major occasions where the horn-like wind instrument is played in China’s rural areas. Liu felt ashamed. People admired things that were modern and international. “Suona, in comparison, was considered an art of the hillbilly.” Her father’s family has performed suona for seven generations.
The music is rooted in Liu’s DNA, but it takes time and hard work to become a skilled musician. The instrument was so loud that it annoyed the neighbors when she practiced at home. “So my parents would wake me up at 4 a.m. every day and take me to practice outside in a park.”
While she followed her parents to play the suona as a child, she only fell in love with the instrument at university. She found suona music beautiful for the first time in 2008, when she entered Shanghai Conservatory of Music to learn the instrument more systematically.
On China’s social media platforms, her name is often followed by a video of her live performance at a concert in Sydney, Australia, alongside award-winning composer Tan Dun in 2017. For her debut on the international stage, she was playing Hundreds of Birds Paying Homage to Phoenix, a masterpiece that often represents excellence in suona performance.
Liu promoted the “hillbilly” music to an international audience, thanks to Tan and his team, who recomposed the traditional music and arranged the piece into an orchestra. “It was a smooth dialogue between a Chinese instrument and a Western orchestra, loved by the musicians and audience alike,” she said. “I felt my hard work had paid off. I trained for over 20 years, probably just to win cheers and applause for traditional Chinese music on the international stage.”
1. What can we learn about Liu from the first two paragraphs?A.She was born into a musical family. |
B.She enjoyed playing the suona as a child. |
C.She showed a talent for suona when she was young. |
D.She felt ashamed of admiring modern and international things. |
A.To get more time for her practice. | B.To avoid disturbing the neighbors. |
C.To spend more time with her parents. | D.To make practising the suona a habit. |
A.Audience like Chinese instruments better than Western orchestra. |
B.Liu’s performance at a Sydney concert got her recognized by the public. |
C.Liu promoted traditional Chinese music to the whole world with her parents. |
D.Social media is a major platform to carry forward traditional Chinese music. |
A.Technology. | B.Education. |
C.People. | D.Entertainment. |
5 . Zong Qinghou, a soft drinks giant from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, died of an illness at the age of 79. There has been much mourning at his passing on Feb. 25, 2024 as he was well-known as the founder of a company, headquartered in his hometown in the late 1980s, which later developed into the Wahaha Group, a major soft drinks company.
He is known to the public for three things — his rags-to-riches rise, his long-term frugal (节俭的) lifestyle, and his devotion to promoting China’s national industries. Forbes ranked him, with a wealth of about $5.9 billion, No.53 among Chinese billionaires last year.
Yet besides, it is also worthwhile to think over the question about whether his success in business can be imitated today and what lessons policymakers can learn from his self-made business success as they try to enrich the soil for setting up business.
Before winning a contract (合同) to work as a salesperson of a small school-run factory selling writing materials, iced treats and soft drinks in Hangzhou in 1987, Zong worked as a traveling salesman for nearly a decade after working for 15 years on various posts in local farming communities with Grade-9 education.
His sharp business sense, which he owed to poverty instead of the genes (基因) of the Zhejiang business community, enabled him to recognize business opportunities at a time when the country had just carried out the change from a planned economy to a socialist market one.
The broad space he enjoyed as a sales representative of the factory enabled him to continuously sharpen his sales strategies and enlarge his network of business partners. That not only helped him gather the start-up funds he later used to contract the whole factory, but also influenced his later management style, which he summed up as always trying to make things simpler.
As he told the media, it is the spirit of adventure of his generation and their down-to-earth work style that deserve attention, not his lifestyle, which was a personal choice.
1. Which aspect of Zong Qinghou does Paragraph 2 focus on?A.His habits. | B.His interest. |
C.His lifestyle. | D.His achievements. |
A.To tell how he won contracts. | B.To tell how different his life was. |
C.To show the ways to run a business. | D.To show its influence on his business. |
A.His sharp sense in business. | B.His broad space and freedom. |
C.His long-term simple lifestyle. | D.His business community’s genes. |
A.Modest. | B.Determined. | C.Knowledgeable. | D.Humorous. |
6 . A young vlogger, adept at (擅于) sharing humor and sincerity, rises to fame, tackling various topics and empowering others along the way, Meng Wenjie reports.
“I never expected the video to be so
Growing up in the Internet era, she
“As a vlogger, whenever I encounter something worth recording, I capture it,” she said, “I’m not sure exactly what
As a member of Gen Z, Lahongsang enjoys embracing new things and experiences that broaden her
A.funny | B.trending | C.educational | D.advanced |
A.upgrade | B.command | C.comment | D.experience |
A.innocent | B.trustworthy | C.demanding | D.seasoned |
A.launched | B.documented | C.observed | D.noticed |
A.experts in | B.relies on | C.goes beyond | D.turns down |
A.term | B.career | C.journey | D.occupation |
A.exhausted | B.bored | C.fulfilled | D.hopeless |
A.abandoned | B.possessed | C.guaranteed | D.lacked |
A.motivated | B.brought | C.represented | D.realized |
A.cautiously | B.silently | C.consistently | D.effortlessly |
A.extra | B.diverse | C.hit | D.relevant |
A.draws | B.admits | C.saves | D.relates |
A.amuse | B.calm | C.touch | D.alarm |
A.powers | B.database | C.audiences | D.vision |
A.projects | B.lives | C.responsibilities | D.looks |
Shen Congwen
Cuicui is raised by her grandfather. 17 years ago, her mother was pregnant (怀孕的) before marriage and she committed suicide after giving birth to Cuicui by drinking cold water in the river. When Cuicui grows up, her grandfather begins to worry about her
From this simple story of love, family duty, and doubts about what the future might bring, Shen Congwen paints a vivid picture of early 20th Century rural life in China. Recently, this book
8 . Vincent Willem van Gogh is a great Dutch painter. In 2017 one of his paintings was sold for $81 million. 2021 seemed to be Vincent Willem van Gogh’s year. There were at least five different exhibits in nearly 40 U. S. cities regarding his works. It’s very surprising to know he sold only a few paintings in his lifetime, for only little profit (利润). How did this now-famous painter fail to escape attention after his death? It was probably thanks to a woman.
Six months after Van Gogh died, his beloved brother Theo passed away, who had expected to make his brother’s works well-known. Fortunately, Theo’s wife Johanna van Gogh-Bonge, as an English teacher at two different girls’ schools before her marriage, was left with their son and a sizable art collection. She decided to help Tneo’s wishes come true. “During her lifetime, she devoted herself to making people know more about Vincent’s art,” says Luijten, the author of Johanna’s lifetime story.
Johanna tried all her best to improve Van Gogh’s name. To do this, she chose some of his works to sell and encouraged writers and art critics to write about his paintings though she was refused many times. Johanna didn’t lose heart. She lent some pieces to well-known museums and organized countless exhibitions. “One of Johanna’s major achievements was the organization of an exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in 1905, where she collected no less than 484 of Van Gogh’s works. A Van Gogh exhibition of this size would never again be matched,” Luijten explains. Another particular move happened in 1914 when Johanna published Van Gogh’s letters. Theo had kept hundreds of letters. “This was of great importance, as following the publication of the letters, the appreciation of Van Gogh as an artist increased further,” says Luijten.
“There’s little doubt that although Van Gogh was great, he wouldn’t be remembered to the level seen today without the influence of Johanna.” said Luijten.
1. What appears unbelievable about Vincent van Gogh according to the author?A.His paintings being sold at such an amazingly high price. |
B.His attending many different art exhibitions worldwide. |
C.His becoming well-known because of a woman’s efforts. |
D.His paintings bringing little money for him in his lifetime. |
A.She married Theo in 1905. |
B.She was a famous painting collector. |
C.She was creative with a strong will. |
D.She was once a teacher in an art school. |
A.The great life story of Van Gogh. | B.The woman behind Van Gogh. |
C.The contribution of Van Gogh’s brother. | D.Van Gogh’s famous paintings. |
1. What does Ann say about her performance in the World Championships?
A.She did better than she had expected. |
B.She regretted not preparing well enough. |
C.She was disappointed to win a silver medal. |
A.Once a week. | B.Every day. | C.Six days a week. |
A.She avoids close contact with them. |
B.She likes to communicate with them. |
C.She has made good friends with them. |
A.Flying kites. | B.Reading. | C.Skiing. |
10 . Akira Toriyama, one of Japan’s leading comics authors, whose manga (漫画) “Dragon Ball” achieved worldwide success with its mix of comedic characters and electrifying martial arts battles, died on March 1. Mr. Toriyama’s body of work, which also includes “Dr. Slump” and “Sand Land,” has influenced generations of manga artists and cartoonists.
His best-known work, “Dragon Ball,” follows a young boy named Son Goku who embarks on a journey to collect the seven magical balls that summon a wish-granting dragon. Since its creation in. the 1980s, it has sold millions of copies worldwide and become one of the most famous manga.
Throughout his career, Mr. Toriyama said in a 2013 interview with the Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun, he did not care if his work did anything besides entertaining its readers. He was, he suggested, unlike “other manga artists concerned about conveying educational messages.” “The role of my manga,” he said, “is to be a work of entertainment through and through.”
When “Dragon Ball” was first published in 1984, it was an immediate hit. “Dragon Ball” was serialized in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump until 1995. In the year after the series ended, the magazine lost about one million of its six million readers.
As a productive manga artist, Mr. Toriyama did not necessarily have an appetite for the genre as a reader. “I have always had a hard time reading manga, including my own work,” he said in a 2018 interview. He led a private life and gave few interviews. In a 2013 interview with the Japanese singer and actress Shoko Nakagawa, he said that he did not even share all his work with his family.
“To tell you the truth, no one in my family has ever seen ‘Dragon Ball,’” he said, laughing. “I am also a hikikomori,” he added, using the Japanese word for a loner.
1. According to Akira Toriyama, what role does his manga primarily serve?A.A tool for education. | B.A window to culture. |
C.A form of entertainment. | D.An insight into tradition. |
A.Manga was not popular among readers any more. |
B.The magazine faced the crisis of ceasing publication. |
C.Readers preferred other manga series to “Dragon Ball”. |
D.“Dragon Ball” had a great impact on the magazine’s popularity. |
A.outgoing personality | B.a strong sense of privacy |
C.passion for reading manga | D.deep interest in entertainment |
A.“Dragon Ball”: Manga’s Future Model |
B.The Art of Manga: Techniques and Tips |
C.Akira Toriyama: A Manga Legend’s Journey |
D.The Legacy of “Dragon Ball”: Beyond the Manga |