1. What is the percentage of persons aged 60 and over now in industrialized nations?
A.4%—8%. | B.13%—20%. | C.10%—20%. |
A.We give them more money. |
B.We let them live alone. |
C.We take good care of them. |
A.Because they are rich in knowledge and experience. |
B.Because they don’t need any care. |
C.Because they don’t cause any trouble. |
A.Fame. | B.Money. | C.A deep sense of history. |
1. Which is very beautiful in comparison to the North Island?
A.The North Pole. | B.The West Island. | C.The South Island. |
A.The center of the North Island. |
B.The West Coast of the South Island. |
C.The center of the South Island. |
A.In rural New Zealand. |
B.In the center of the North Island. |
C.On the West Coast of the South Island. |
A.Maori culture. | B.Ice mountains. | C.Interesting farming. |
1. How many people don’t go out during the week in Los Angeles?
A.60%. | B.70%. | C.90%. |
A.In Los Angeles. | B.In Tokyo. | C.In Milan. |
A.In 1935. | B.In 1975. | C.In 1995. |
A.40%. | B.50%. | C.60%. |
1. Why do some travelers hesitate about travelling in Japan?
A.Japan is crowded. | B.The sightseeing is tiring. | C.Travel expenses are high. |
A.Two days. | B.Three days. | C.Seven days. |
A.Buying a bus pass. | B.Asking for a discount. | C.Experiencing major holidays. |
A.A man over 65. | B.A child over 12. | C.A 60-year-old woman. |
1. What’s the speaker probably?
A.A musician. | B.A cook. | C.A worker. |
A.It has its own national type of music. |
B.It has the oldest bookstore in the world. |
C.It is the oldest country in Europe. |
A.The beaches. | B.The major cities. | C.The northern forest area. |
A.After finishing university. |
B.After a few years of work. |
C.After his retirement. |
Name of the country | The People’s Republic of China |
Capital city | Beijing is the capital of the People’s Republic of China. 43.5 meters above sea level, Beijing covers an area of 16,808 square kilometers and has a resident population of 21.7 million (the year 2017). Under the city’s control there are 10 districts and 8 counties. Beijing’s history as a city can date back to 3,000 years ago. Its time-honored history left Beijing plenty of historical relics and colorful customs. As the center of the country, here gathers the offices of the Party, the Government and the Military, as well as headquarters of national companies, industrial associations and financial institutions. Beijing is in the central place of the nation’s financial decisions and macro-control. It is also China’s most prosperous city in terms of science, education and culture, because it covers all subjects of sciences and has strong research capabilities. Beijing is the communication pivot between China and the international community and, the most important center for international exchanges. |
Population | China has a population over 1.39 billion people (the year 2017), and over 58.52% of the total (the year 2017) are distributed in urban area. Strict population controls was in place for several decades, but now two-child policy has been carried out. |
Area | China has a territory area of 9.6 million square km, second to Russia and Canada, with a sea area of about 4.73 million square kilometers. |
Location | In East Asia, border on the west Pacific Ocean |
National flag | The National Flag of the PRC is a red rectangle emblazoned with five stars. The proportion of its length and height is 3 to 2. The upper left of the face of the Flag is set with five yellow five-pointed stars. One of the stars is bigger than the others, with its circumcircle’s diameter being three-tenth of the height of the Flag, and is placed in the left; the other four stars are smaller, with their circumcircle’s diameter being one-tenth of the height of the Flag, surrounding the big star on its right in the shape of an arch. |
National anthem | March of the Volunteers (lines: Arise, those who do not want to be slaves! We will use our flesh and blood to build another Great Wall. China has reached the brink of national collapse. All the people have been making their last outcry. Arise! Arise! Arise! All our hearts become one. Let us face the enemy’s gunfire. March on! Let us face the enemy’s gunfire. March on! March on! March on! On!) |
National Emblem | The National Emblem of the PRC features Tiananmen Gate beneath the five shining stars, encircled by ears of grain and with a cogwheel at the bottom. The ears of grain, stars, Tiananmen and cogwheel are gold; the field within the circle is red, as are the ribbons festooning the bottom of the circle. |
National flower | Peony |
National Animal | giant pandas
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Ethnic groups | There are 56 ethnic groups in China. The Han people make up 92 percent of the country’s total population, totaling 1159.4 million; and the other 55 ethnic groups, 8 percent, totaling 106.43 million. |
Languages | Of the 56 ethnic groups in China, the Hui and Manchu use the same language as Han people, while the rest groups have their own spoken and written languages. |
Written languages | 23 ethnic groups have their own characters. |
Religion | The main religions are Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Christianity, and Catholicism. Chinese citizens’ right of the freedom of religious belief is protected by the Constitution and laws. |
Main festivals | New Year’s Day (January 1), the Spring Festival (the New Year’s Day by Chinese lunar calendar), International Labor Day (May 1), and the National Day (October 1) |
Currency | Renminbi (RMB) yuan |
Time difference | 8 hours earlier than the Greenwich |
Climate | Most of the country is in the temperate zone, although geographically the country stretches from the tropical and subtropical zones in the south to the frigid zone in the north. |
Topography | High in its west and low in its east: mountain areas 33.3%, plateaus 26%, basins 18.8%, plains 12% and hills 9.9%. |
Mountains | Among the 19 mountains over 7,000 meters high in the world, seven are in China. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as “the roof of the world”, has many high mountains. The Himalayas, with an average elevation of 6,000 meters, have the world’s highest peak Mount Qomolangma, 8,848 meters above sea level. |
Rivers | The Yangtze River, 6,300 km long, is the third longest in the world after the Nile and the Amazon. The Yellow River, the second longest in China, stretching 5,464 km. |
Canal | The Grand Canal, 1,801 km long, is the longest man-made river in the world. Its cutting began in the fifth century BC. |
Lakes | The Poyang Lake on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is China’s largest freshwater lake, with an area of 3583 sq. km; the Qinghai Lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the country’s largest salt lake, covering 4583 sq. km. |
History | China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations with a chronicled history of more than 5,000 years. China has gone over a long history of primitive society, slavery society, feudal society and semi-feudal semi-colonial society and the present socialist society. In 221 BC, Qinshihuang established the Qin Dynasty, the first feudal autocracy in Chinese history, therefore unveiling a 2,000-year period of feudalism which was to last through a succession of dynasties such as the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing, a period which finally met its end in the bourgeois democratic Revolution of 1911 by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. October 1, 1949 saw the founding of the People’s Republic of China. |
Famous Tourist Attractions | Tiananmen Square, Badaling Great Wall, the Imperial Palace, the Summer Palace, the Water Cube, Chengde Imperial Summer Resort, Hulunbuir Pasture Land, Shenyang Imperial Palace, the Bund, the Oriental Pearl Tower, Mount Huang, Mount Lu, Mount Tai, the Longmen Grottoes, the Three Gorges, the Potala Palace, figurines of soldiers and horses from the Qin Mausoleum. |
Traditional Festivals | Spring Festival, New Year’s Day, Lantern Festival, National Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Festival. |
2. Describe the National Emblem and its meaning.
3. Please list some main festivals of China?
4. Which time zone does China lie in?
5. What is The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau known as?
6. Which is the longest river in China?
7. Please list some famous tourist attractions in China.
8. Please list some typical traditional festivals.
字数:80-100。
提示:(1) 我国有十三亿多人口,是世界上最大的国家之一。首都是北京。
(2) 我国人民勤劳勇敢,具有光荣的革命传统(tradition)。
(3) 一九四九年解放后,我国发生了巨大的变化。
(4) 我国人民为了把自己的国家建设成为一个强大的社会主义国家,正在辛勤劳动。
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8 .
China is a unified nation consisting of many different ethnic groups. Fifty-six different ethnic groups make up the great Chinese national family. Because the Han people accounts for more than ninety percent of China’s population, the remaining fifty-five groups are generally referred to as “ethnic minorities”. Next to the majority Han, the Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, and Uygur peoples comprise the largest ethnic groups. Although China’s ethnic minorities do not account for a large portion of the population, they are distributed over a vast area, living in every corner of China.
Particularly since the achievement of China’s opening and reform policy, the central government has increased investment in minority areas and accelerated their opening to the outside world. This has resulted in a rise of economic development in these areas. Each of China’s ethnic minority groups possesses a distinctive culture. The Chinese government respects minority customs, and works to preserve, study, and collect the cultural artifacts of China’s ethnic minority groups. The government vigorously supports the development of minority culture and the training of minority cultural workers, and fosters the development of traditional minority medicine.
The relation among China’s ethnic groups can be described as “overall integration, local concentration, and mutual interaction.” Concentrations of ethnic minorities reside within predominantly Han areas, and the Han people also reside in minority areas, indicating that there have been extensive exchanges among China’s ethnic groups since ancient times. With the development of the market economy, interaction among ethnic groups has become even more active in the areas of government, economics, culture, daily life, and marriage. Linked by interdependence, mutual assistance, and joint development, their common goals and interests creating a deep sense of solidarity, China’s ethnic groups resemble a great national family, together building Chinese civilization. (290 words)
1. How many peoples are there in the People’s Republic of China?2. Can you list some minorities of China?
3. Can you talk about typical character of some minorities of China?
9 . The world’s population reached five billion on the day I was born. That was in Indonesia back in 1987, and my parents was shocked that there were so many people on the planet.
The human population has never been bigger, but in some ways the planet seems to begetting unbelievably smaller. In the past, travellers from Europe to Indonesia spent months at sea. Now you just have to sit on a plane for a few hours. When you arrived in another country a hundred years ago, you saw unfamiliar styles of clothing and buildings and discovered a completely different culture. In many places today, clothing and new buildings are very similar, and people enjoy the same things.
Even the languages that we use are becoming more global. There are around seven thousand languages in use today.
A.But the number is decreasing fast. |
B.Although we are on different continents, we are starting to live the same lives. |
C.The planet might be a lot more peaceful if that were the case. |
D.However, since then the population has continued to increase at an alarming rate. |
E.A number as big as seven billion is hard to imagine. |
F.With only one language left, there will be no culture difference in the world. |
1. Who is the speaker talking to?
A.Tourists. | B.Students. | C.Writers. |
A.Parking lots. | B.Car lots. | C.Car parks. |
A.It is dry. | B.It is boring. | C.It is obvious. |
A.The numbers of artists. |
B.Styles of buildings. |
C.Standards of living. |