What’s the most popular Winter Olympics design with kids and teenagers? It must be the mascots (吉祥物). Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda in an ice shell, was chosen as the mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in 2019. Now it has been made into lovely toys and models, as well as printed on notebooks, bags, and so on.
“The International Olympic Committee (国际奥组委) has found that successful mascots had to be cuddly (令人想拥抱的) and liked by 9-year-old children,” said Cao Xue, one of the designers of Bing Dwen Dwen. “And I knew Bing Dwen Dwen would be.”
Cao’s team once made three designs, and Cao asked his 9-year-old son to choose his favorite. “When he first saw it, he chose Bing Dwen Dwen, which was the final mascot, ” Cao said. Cao’s team tried many plants and animals, finally going with a panda. “What can better stand for China than our national treasure (宝藏)?” said Cao, “We don’t need to say anything to let people understand across different cultures.”
They faced a problem, tough, there were already to many cartoon pandas. Cao’s team looked at panda deigns (设计) from around the world. They wanted to make sure their panda was different. For this reason. Cao thought that it should be a baby panda. This is how they got Bing Dwen Dwen’s body shape.
Bing Dwen Dwen looks like an astronaut in a space suit. It waves (挥动) its left hand to say hello. It has two red hearts on its hand, showing kindness and love. A series of colored floating lines around its head look like the tracks on an ice rink (冰场).They refer to “Ice Ribbon (冰丝带)”, which stand for Beijing’s National Speed Shating. The colorful lines also refer to fast 5G signals.
11. What is Bing Dwen Dwen?
A.A toy popular with children. | B.An adult panda. |
C.A mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. | D.A 9-year-old toy panda. |
12. Two red hearts on Bing Dwen Dwen’s hand refer to ________.
A.“Ice Ribbon” | B.kindness and love | C.fast 5G signals | D.the track on an ice rink |
13. Why did Cao Xue decide Bing Dwen Dwen for the final mascot?
A.No other animals can stand for China than pandas. |
B.Bing Dwen Dwen is different from other cartoon pandas. |
C.Bing Dwen Dwen is a mascot that is cuddly and liked by 9-year-old children. |
D.Above of all. |
14. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.The achievement of Cao Xue and his team. |
B.The introduction of Cao Xue. |
C.How did Cao Xue and his team design Bing Dwen Dwen? |
D.The introduction of a mascot. |
15. This article probably comes from ________.
A.Nature World | B.Space World | C.Olympics World | D.Science World |