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After helping Barack Obama sweep to victory in the US election, the president―elect's motto of “change” was Friday declared character of the year by a monk at one of Japan's most respected temples．

Using a calligraphy brush to write the single character on a wooden platform as tourists looked on, Seihan Mori，chief monk at Kiyomizu temple in the ancient  capital  of  Kyoto，declared “change” to be Japan's character of the year.

The event was hosted by a Kyoto based group that promotes the use of “kanji,” the Chinese characters used in the Japanese language．

The public sent in 111, 200 nominations（提名）for the kanji of the year．

Of those．a majority 5.42 percent approved of “change,” followed by “gold,” suggesting the Beijing Olympics，and “fall” to show the global market decrease．

“I think it is an expression of the Japanese people's wishes to see political，economic and societal changes, as they were impressed by Mr. Obama's message of change,” Mori said．

He added that climate change also drew people's attention to the significance of “change”．

The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation（J K A T F）has been conducting a poll（民意测试）on the years kanji each year since 1995．Last year's top choice was ‘Nise’（fake）．

 

60．What is the best title of this passage?

A．“Change” won Japan's character of the year．

B．“Change” written on wooden platform．

C．“Change” helped Obama win election．

D．Japan's love of Chinese characters．

61．The aim of the event is to______________．

A．popularize standard Chinese

B．promote the use of “kanji”

C．practice Chinese handwriting

D．strengthen the relationship between China and Japan

62．From the first three nominated words we can see that_____________.

A．Japanese people showed great concern to events of the year.

B．the whole world experienced a hard time last year

C．Japanese people know a lot of Chinese words

D．Japanese people love to follow the fashion of the world

63．It call be inferred from Obama's motto “change” that_________.

A．Obama tends to make quick changes in order to win the election

B．Obama policy of “change” is well accepted and gives Americans much hope

C．Obama promises to make some changes of American law if elected president

D．it's wise of Obama to choose the same word as nominated by Japanese

64．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The chief monk at Kiyomizu temple decided the kanji of 2008．

B．3 kanjis are nominated for this year's poll．

C．“gold” is also selected the kanji Of the year．

D．The kanji event has been hosted by J K A T F for more than 10 years．