Question

Most Chinese people share a few common surnames, like Zhang, Wang, Li, Liu and Chen. The Chinese expression for "ordinary people" literally means "the old one hundred surnames".

But Cheng Yinglian, a retired worker living in Changsha, the capital of Hunan, said his interest in rare surnames was piqued after reading a newspaper many years ago and discovering a person with the surname Gui, which literally means "ghost", the report said.

Since then, he has scoured newspapers, books and other publications to find similar rare surnames, coming up with about 2,000 to date.

Those he has found include Ling (zero), Cu (vinegar), Miao (second) and Yi (one).

Cheng said in order to collect and find out the origins of the strange surnames, he bought many ancient works and dictionaries for study. This February, he also published a book based on his surname collection.

"I may apply for the Guinness (Book of World Records)," said Cheng.

He said most of the surnames he collected are not included in the Hundred Surnames, a classic Chinese text composed of common surnames in ancient China.

According to the latest statistics available from the Ministry of Public Security in 2007, nearly 93 million people in China are surnamed "Wang", taking the largest proportion among all surnames. And people with the top 100 common surnames in China take up 84.77 percent of the whole population.

Chinese people attach great significance to people's names and many parents go out of their way to give their children auspicious names that suggest they will grow up to be healthy, strong and rich.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.What’s the meaning of “ordinary people”?

A. the people whose looks is ordinary.

B. the people whose families are ordinary.

C. the people whose surnames are ordinary.

D. the people whose name are ordinary.

2.Which one is the rare surname?

A. Huang B. Ling C. Zhu D. Liu

3.Which sentence is true according to this passage?

A. Most Chinese people share a lot of common surnames.

B. Hundred Surnames collect all Chinese surname.

C. There are lots of people whose surname is “Wang”.

D. Chinese don’t care for their names, because it cannot take happiness or sadness.

4.What is the meaning of auspicious in this passage?

A. 好听的 B. 惊讶的

C. 罕见的 D. 吉利的

5.Where can we probably see this passage?

A. newspapers B. magazines

C. books D. recipe

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：大多数中国人分享一些共同的姓氏像张、王、李、刘、陈。中国表示“普通人”的文字是“老百姓”。但生活在长沙的退休职工程楹联说他对罕见的姓氏的兴趣是阅读报纸后引起的。许多年前发现一个人姓“鬼”。自那时以来，他已经在报纸，书籍和其他出版物中找到类似的稀有姓氏约2000个。

程说，为了收集和发现的奇怪的姓氏的起源，他买了许多典籍和辞书学习研究。今年二月，他还出版了一本书基于他对姓的收藏。

1.第一段Most Chinese people share a few common surnames, like Zhang, Wang, Li, Liu and Chen. The Chinese expression for "ordinary people" literally means "the old one hundred surnames".可知该选C。

2.第四段Those he has found include Ling (zero), Cu (vinegar), Miao (second) and Yi (one).可知该选B。

3.第八段中According to the latest statistics available from the Ministry of Public Security in 2007, nearly 93 million people in China are surnamed "Wang", taking the largest proportion among all surnames.可知该选C。

4.词义猜测题。根据定语从句that suggest they will grow up to be healthy, strong and rich.可知该选D。

5.推理判断题。根据短文内容结合生活常识可知该选A。

考点：社会现象类阅读。