Question

【题目】After Donald Trump became the 45th American president, a new video of his granddaughter Arabella went popular once again on the Internet. In this video, the little girl wore a qipao, a kind of traditional Chinese dress. She stood in front of a table to recite(背诵)

ancient Chinese poems. These poems are familiar(熟悉的) to most Chinese people and they are often recited by Chinese kids. Arabella made the video to remember Chinese Monkey Year, which ended on January 27th, 2017.

Arabella’s family are interested in Chinese culture. They can even make Chinese dumplings and sing Chinese songs. Arabella began to study Chinese when she was 18 months old. Now she can speak very good Chinese. Early in February, 2016, 4-year-old Arabella, recited a Tang Dynasty poem in Chinese. Her mother sent her video online and won lots of “likes” from all over the world.

On Sonia Weibo, many users thought Arabella was a wonderful and surprising girl. “I’m glad to see the little angel(天使) loves Chinese culture,” wrote a user called “orange”.

“At least the video shows that Trump is serious about education and never closes the door to foreign culture,” said another user named “stAU79”.

【1】What did Arabella wear in the new video?（根据短文内容回答问题）

【2】When did Arabella begin to learn Chinese?（根据短文内容回答问题）

【3】How old is Arabella now? （根据短文内容回答问题）

【4】从文中找出与下面句子画线部分意思最接近的单词。

“I’m glad to see the little angel loves Chinese culture,” wrote a user called “orange”.

【5】The underlined word “they” refers to____.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】He wore a qipao．

【2】When she was 18 months old．

【3】Five years old．

【4】named

【5】poems

【解析】短文大意：本文描述了唐纳德特朗普孙女阿拉贝拉的背诵中国古诗、包饺子和唱中文歌等事件，说明了特朗普及其孙女都热爱中国文化的事实。

【1】根据第一段第三句In this video, the little girl wore a qipao, a kind of traditional Chinese dress.可知，在这段视频中，小姑娘穿着一件旗袍，一种传统的中国服饰。故答案为：She wore a qipao．

【2】根据第二段Arabella began to study Chinese when she was 18 months old.可知，当她18个月大时开始学习汉语。 故答案为：When she was 18 months old．

【3】根据第二段第三行Early in February, 2016, 4-year-old Arabella, recited a Tang Dynasty poem in Chinese可知，2016年阿拉贝拉4岁，那么今年2017年她就是5岁。 故答案为：Five years old．

【4】根据句意：“我很高兴看到这个小天使喜欢中国文化，”一位名叫“桔子”的用户写道。可以推断出called是过去分词，意为“被叫作...”,在句中作定语；短文最后一句Trump is serious about education and never closes the door to foreign culture,” said another user named “stAU79”.中的named过去分词，意为“被叫作...”。故答案为：named．

【5】根据本句句意“这些诗对大多数中国人来说是熟悉的，它经常被中国孩子背诵。”可知，they指代“诗 poems”。故答案为：poems．