Question

【题目】 B

Chinese A-level has overtaken German for the first time, as it becomes the UK’s third most popular language.

This year 3,334 students took Chinese A-level, compared to 3,058 taking German. While entries(参加者) for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, while German entries have declined by 16.5 percent.

Derek Richardson, the senior responsible officer at Pearson, said Chinese has changed the situation of the drop in popularity of modern languages.

“In languages we are seeing a drop in entries for the main modern languages; French, German and Spanish, he said. “But what we are also seeing is an increase in entries across some of the other languages that people study. What this means is that Chinese is now more popular than German. So maybe young people are beginning to think about what languages will be useful to them in the future.”

In the 1960s, 70s and even the 80s, Germany was the economic(经济的) powerhouse of Europe. Pupils were strongly encouraged to study German because of the importance of the German economy. Now China has become well known in the last 25 years at the fastest growing economy in the world.

French remains the most popular modern language A-level followed by Spanish, but both have seen a drop in entries compared to last year by right and four percent Russian has also increased in popularity since last year by 3.4 percent, from 1,122 to 1,160.

【1】How many students might have taken Chinese A-level last year?

A.1,122.B.3,070C.3,334

【2】What does the underlined word “declined” mean in Chinese?

A.增加B.改变C.下降

【3】Which of the following is the right order of students’ choosing languages A-level?

A.French → Spanish → Chinese → German → Russian

B.Chinese → French → Spanish → German → Russian

C.Chinese → German → French → Russian → Spanish

【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.Modern languages have lost popularity with young people.

B.The UK has offered more subjects to foreign students.

C.Chinese has become more and more popular in the UK.

【5】In which part of the newspaper can we find this passage?

A.EducationB.CultureC.Science

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文介绍了汉语A-level考试首次超过德语，成为英国第三大最受欢迎的语言。在过去的25年里，中国已经成为世界上增长最快的经济体。所以，汉语在英国越来越受欢迎。

【1】推理判断题。根据This year 3,334 students took Chinese A-level, compared to 3,058 taking German. While entries(参加者) for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, while German entries have declined by 16.5 percent.可知，今年有3334名学生参加了汉语A-level考试，比去年以来增长了8.6%，因此去年参加汉语A-level考试的学生人数是3334÷（1+8.6%）=3,070。故选B。

【2】词义猜测题。根据While entries(参加者) for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, while German entries have declined by 16.5 percent.可知，此处是参加汉语考试的人数上升了，while表示对比，因此参见德语考试的人数下降了。故选C。

【3】推理判断题。根据Chinese A-level has overtaken German for the first time, as it becomes the UK’s third most popular language.和French remains the most popular modern language A-level followed by Spanish, but both have seen a drop in entries compared to last year by right and four percent Russian has also increased in popularity since last year by 3.4 percent, from 1,122 to 1,160.可知，学生选择A级语言的顺序：法语→西班牙语→汉语→德语→俄语。故选A。

【4】概括归纳题。根据Chinese A-level has overtaken German for the first time, as it becomes the UK’s third most popular language.可知，本文主要介绍了汉语在英国越来越受欢迎，故选C。

【5】推理判断题。根据This year 3,334 students took Chinese A-level, compared to 3,058 taking German. While entries(参加者) for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, while German entries have declined by 16.5 percent.可知，本文介绍了学生选择参加汉语A级考试的人数增加，因此这是与教育有关的话题。故选A。

认真阅读题干，根据题干要求，在文中寻找答案所在的语句或段落，进行分析理解，词义猜测，推理判断和概括归纳，选出正确的选项。例如小题1，根据This year 3,334 students took Chinese A-level, compared to 3,058 taking German. While entries(参加者) for Chinese have increased by 8.6 percent since last year, while German entries have declined by 16.5 percent.可知，今年有3334名学生参加了汉语A-level考试，比去年以来增长了8.6%，因此去年参加汉语A-level考试的学生人数是3334÷（1+8.6%）=3,070。故选B。