1 . WeChat users can use stickers (表情、贴纸) of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games mascots (吉祥物) to express themselves.
A group working for the Beijing Olympic Games and a design team created the stickers of panda Bing Dwen Dwen and red lantern Shuey Rhon Rhon. They are really lively.
WeChat is China’s most popular social networking app. Its users can search for “冰墩墩和雪容融” in the “Sticker Gallery” to download. Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon sometimes speak Chinese and sometimes English.
Bing Dwen Dwen, a cute panda mascot, stands for winter sports. “Bing” is the Chinese character for ice, which symbolizes purity and toughness (坚韧). It matches the spirit of the Olympics. Dwen Dwen (墩墩) is a common name in China for children that suggests health and cleverness. Shuey Rhon Rhon looks like a Chinese red lantern commonly seen on doors and streets during Chinese New Year. The mascot has the meanings of happiness, harvest, brightness and so on. The Spring Festival in 2022 fell on February 1st, just three days before the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony.
1. The underlined word “They” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.| A．The spirit of the Olympics | B．The stickers |
| C．The group and the team | D．The winter Olympic Games |
| A．The meanings of the mascots’ names. |
| B．The way to create mascots. |
| C．2022 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony. |
| D．The Chinese red lantern. |
| A．January 29th | B．February 1st |
| C．February 4th | D．February 29th |
| A．show names and meanings | B．let us know the designers |
| C．ask us to use the stickers | D．tell us the story |
2 . Anyone watching the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China has seen lots of snow-man-made snow. Since the area gets little natural snow, this is the first time the Winter Olympics is taking place on almost 100% artificial(人造的)snow.
2022 Winter Olympics was held in Beijing, China, and in two areas northwest of Beijing, Yangqing and Zhangjiakou. The areas get cold in the winter, but they don’t get a lot of snow.
That’s because they’re not far from the Gobi Desert, and are generally very dry. That meant some serious changes were needed to hold the Winter Olympics there. China took water from a reservoir(水库)which helps supply Beijing’s drinking water. To carry the water to the mountains for making snow, the country ran miles and miles of pipes.
An Italian company called TechnoAlpin created the snow. TechnoAlpin created artificial snow at several earlier Winter Olympics. For the snow in 2022 Winter Olympics, TechnoAlpin laid over 40 miles of pipe and brought in hundreds of snow-making machines. Even with all of those machines, making the snow for 2022 Winter Games took seven weeks.
Still, the machines that make artificial snow are quite advanced and they can make several different kinds of snow depending on what’s needed for each sport. For example, the snow they make for downhill skiing is different from the snow made for cross-country skiing.
In recent years, it has become more and more common to use artificial snow at winter sports events. Some artificial snow was used in the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014 because of warm weather. In the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, roughly 90% of the snow was man-made.
As the world warms because of climate change, problems like this are expected to become far more common. Michael Mayr, who leads TechnoAlpin in Asia, says, “You could not have winter sports now without man-made snow.”
1. Why do the areas like Beijing fail to get much snow?”| A．They are far from the desert. | B．A reservoir was built there. |
| C．It’s usually too dry in winter. | D．Mountains surround the areas. |
| A．Materials used for snow making. | B．Efforts to create artificial snow. |
| C．An Italian machine producer. | D．The cost of laying pipes. |
| A．Games. | B．Machines. | C．Athletes. | D．Workers. |
| A．Artificial snow plays a key role in winter sports. |
| B．Climate change is getting worse due to artificial snow. |
| C．It’s far more difficult to fight against global warming. |
| D．Man-made snow makes winter sports more popular. |
The official medals of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
The medals are inspired by yu bi, a Chinese jade artifact
Each medal
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A 50-minute drive northwest of downtown, Beijing, a village pops up. It
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5 . Directions, luggage delivery, tasty food. Those are some of the things we’ve seen robots offering at the media center of Beijing Winter Olympics. And most of the robots we’ve seen here aren’t made to look human. Instead, they present a wide range of looks.
Two of the most advanced robots regularly operate in crowded space. One greets visitors, answers questions and offers to guide people through the crowds. Another one cleans the carpeted hallways of the main press center. It speaks to passersby in a woman’s voice. It seems to be speaking English. But we can make it out well, because it also plays joyful music while its two front brushes are clearing dust and dirt like a street-sweeper.
Don’t assume these robots work all hours just because they’re robots. They have carefully managed schedules. For example, the snack robots just go around the media center for about 15 minutes every hour—usually only between noon and 17:00.
Another kind of robots helps out with logistics(物流) at the media center. These robots can carry up to 300 kilograms of goods, move freely along the relatively empty halls and automatically(自动地) recharge themselves. They send unique codes through text messages to the receivers when the delivery has arrived. Then they can pick up the goods with the codes.
There are even COVID-fighting robots, which move around pre-programmed areas spreading chemicals. Food ordering, making and serving in the dining room are fully automatic too. Reporters from around the world can enjoy various food options here.
In short, robots play an outstanding role in the Beijing Winter Olympics. But the most important goal is to reduce direct contact(接触) between people.
1. What can the robots do according to paragraph 2?| A．Sing and dance at the entrance. | B．Guide people in crowded areas. |
| C．Cook and serve in the dining room. | D．Deliver goods and recharge automatically. |
| A．They look like street-sweepers. | B．They show up every 15 minutes. |
| C．They cook food on site for the guests. | D．They have pre-programmed schedules. |
| A．To reduce direct human contact. | B．To promote made-in-China robots. |
| C．To meet the challenge of labor shortage. | D．To test the skill of AI technologies. |
| A．A Wonderful Day at 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics |
| B．Helpful Robots at Beijing Winter Olympics Media Center |
| C．Robots’ Important Roles at 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics |
| D．A Unique Robot Show at Beijing Winter Olympics Media Center |
Since the Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off
Enthusiasm for the mascot purchase has led to a
Zhang Zhicheng, a spokesman for the National Intellectual Property Administration, said, “the difficulty buyers face
“Not just does the mascot have Olympics symbol protection, it also receives patent, trademark and copyright protection” Zhang said at a news conference
The strong protection of Olympic
7 . Chinese elements highlighted at Olympic closing ceremony
The curtains came down on the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Sunday night at Bird’s Nest in Beijing. During the ceremony, many Chinese cultural elements were put into the design of the grand show, expressing some Chinese romance. They became the highlights of the closing ceremony and let’s take a look.
Festival lanterns
The closing ceremony began with a large snowflake torch appearing in the sky, echoing the moment from the opening ceremony. Then accompanied by cheerful music, children hung traditional Chinese festive lanterns, lighting up the emblem of the Winter Olympics, which originated from the Chinese character for winter, “dong”.
Chinese knot
The 12 Chinese zodiac(生肖)—themed ice cars created an outline of a Chinese knot with its wheel trails. And then it was enlarged, and an enormous “Chinese knot” was presented using digital AR technology. Each ribbon could be clearly seen, and all of the ribbons twisted together, symbolizing unity and a good fortune.
Fish and riches
During the closing ceremony, the Malanhua Children’s Choir from a mountainous area of Fuping county in Hebei province performed again, this time with different clothes.
The Chinese paper-cut of double fish was seen on their clothes, meaning “rich and have a surplus in the next year” in Chinese culture.
Willow (柳树) branch for farewell
In ancient times, Chinese people broke a willow branch and gave it to their friends, family or relatives when seeing them off, as willow sounds like “stay” in Mandarin. Willow branches appeared in the closing ceremony, expressing Chinese people’s hospitality and bidding farewell to the world guests.
1. Which of the flowing is inspired by the Chinese character “dong”?| A．Festive lanterns. | B．A snowflake torch. | C．The emblem. | D．Cheerful music. |
| A．Both employed AR technology. | B．Both symbolized a wealthy life. |
| C．Both were created by ice cars. | D．Both were performed by children. |
| A．Festive lanterns. | B．Chinese knot. | C．Fish and riches. | D．Willow branch. |
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The official medals of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games were displayed on October 26th. The organizing committee introduced the medals—called tong xin,
The medals are inspired by yu bi, a Chinese jade artifact
Each medal has carvings of the Olympic rings on one side. The rings represent the pursuit of unity and harmony, and they also represent the Olympic
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10 . A WeChat mini-program for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games was officially launched on July 2.
To actively respond to the global climate change, reducing carbon emission and achieving carbon neutrality (碳中和) has become a must in major international sports events.
The Beijing 2022 has always remained committed to being green, low-carbon and sustainable, from its bidding to preparation.
| A．It will be popular among many international experts. |
| B．It will open an individual carbon account for each user. |
| C．More importantly, it contributes to a greener sport event. |
| D．Different amounts of carbon points are based on how low-carbon the activities are. |
| E．It has continuously made breakthroughs in low-carbon energy, venues, and transportation. |
| F．Carbon neutrality refers to taking steps to balance carbon emissions from human activities. |
| G．In the past, major sports events usually achieved this through forestry management, and renewable projects. |
