Welcome to Mandarin Morning (早安汉语) Chinese School

Learning Chinese as a foreign language has become more and more popular. It can sometimes be very difficult to learn Chinese. However, if over a billion people can do it, so can you.

Mandarin Morning Chinese School has begun to provide Mandarin Chinese language classes in Shanghai since 2005. Today we teach listening , reading and writing to students from more than 50 countries all over the world.

Students of all ages can study at Mandarin Morning Chinese School. Most of our students are between 14 and 45 years old. While some of the students prefer to study at home, our Mandarin teachers are happy to teach you anywhere you want. Taking part in our classes also offers you a chance to better understand Chinese culture as we offer culture courses and activities.

Our Mandarin Morning Chinese School is just three minutes’ walk from Jing’an Metro Station(地铁站).

Tel: 86-21-5228 780

E-mail: [email protected]

Address: Room 2807A, 58 Jiaozhou Road

1.In which year was the school set up?

A. in 2003 B. in 2004 C. in 2005 D. in 2006

2.Who might want to learn in the school?

A. Li Lei, a Chinese, who works and lives in China.

B. Su Rui, a Chinese, who wants to work in America

C. Toby, an Australian , who wants to get a job in America

D. Chuck, an American, who wants to learn Chinese in Shanghai.

3.Which of the following cannot be found in the passage?

A. The address of the school B. The e-mail address of the school

C. The cost of courses of the school D. The telephone number of the school

As time goes by, are you still the same person you used to be? Many of you would think you are. But according to a new study, your personality can change greatly. You could be a completely different person at 77, compared to when you were a 14-year-old, reported The Huffington Post.

An expert in the UK did the study on a group of English people. The research found that almost everyone’s personality changed when they grew old. The findings came out in a magazine called Psychology and Aging.

The research was based on a study that began in 1950. A group of teachers gave more than 1,200 14-year-old students personality tests. They tested six basic personality traits(特点): self-confidence, sense of responsibility(责任感), patience, a strong wish to win, creativity and self-control.

In 2012, researchers successfully found 174 of the 1,200 students, who were 77 years old on average at the time. They agreed to take a personality test. That was similar to the one they had completed 63 years ago.

Researchers then compared the then-and-now test results. They were surprised to find great changes to all six personality traits of these people. Self-control and sense of responsibility had changed less. But there were still not many similarities between the two results.

The younger and older self seemed to be completely different for each person.“ It was as if the second test had been given to different people,” the study’s authors noted.

In the past, personality was widely believed to stay the same. However, this new study may bring some fresh ideas.

1.What does the underlined word “They” refer to?

A. Researchers. B. The 1,200 students.

C. The 174 people. D. All 77-year-old people.

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Scientists did research on a group of teachers.

B. The personality test studied six basic traits.

C. The 2012 personality test was very different from the one in 1950.

D. The test results about creativity and self-control did not change.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The results of the two tests are similar.

B. According to the test in 2012, patience changed less than sense of responsibility.

C. Maybe people won’t be what they used to be in the future.

D. The second test had been given to different people.

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Never change yourself.

B. Personality changes as time goes by.

C. Six basic personality traits.

D. Different ideas on personality.

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