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【題目】Answer the questions.(根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題)：

If you speak to Benjamin K.hammer on the phone, you would think you were talking to a person who had lived in a Chinese-speaking environment since childhood, as he uses Mandarin’s four tones correctly.

But Hammer started learning Mandarin when he was a high school senior in San Jose,California. Since there were no Chinese-related courses at his high school in the 1990s, Hammer studied Mandarin in a community school’s night classes.

“In the United States, people are curious about Eastern culture, such as the culture of religion, Kung fu and traditional Chinese medicine,” Hammer said.

Hammer is one of the US citizens who show a great interest in Chinese culture.In addition to Mandarin, he learned Kung fu from a Chinese teacher when he was a student at American University in Washington.He got his Chinese name, Meng Weilong, from his Kung fu teacher.

At American university, Hammer majored in (專業(yè)主修) international relations, and selected Chinese as his foreign language without any hesitation. From then on, Hammer spent more time and effort in learning Chinese than he did on his major.

“Chinese and English belong to different language families. Learning Chinese is a great challenge, but I do like it. It’s rare that a Western foreigner can speak Chinese very well. I believe learning Chinese, rather than Spanish, can make me stand out from my friends. That makes me fel so great,” he said.

Hammer received his master’s degree in Chinese Classical Philology(中國古典文獻(xiàn)學(xué)) at Shandong University and spent another four years getting his doctorate(博士學(xué)位) in the same major from Peking University.

Now the 37-year-old man works as a teacher at the Advanced Institute for Confucian Studies of Shandong University in Jinan. He is also the assistant editor of the English version of the Journal of Chinese Humanities.

【1】Hammer is a foreigner who was born and grew up in China, isn’t he?

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【2】Where did Hammer first start to learn Mandarin as a high school student?

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【3】What Eastern culture attracts Hammer and some other US citizens?

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【4】Why do many westerners find it difficult to learn Chinese?

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【5】What does the phrase “stand out” in paragraph 6 probably mean?

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【6】What kind of impression has Hammer left on you? Please find the proofs from the passage.

I think ________________________________________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 No he isn’t

【2】In a community school/In a community school’s night classes.

【3】The culture of religion,kung fu and traditional Chinese medicine.

【4】Because chinese and English belong to different language families.

【5】It probably means “the better than the other”.

【6】I think Hammer is keen on chinese culture.He started to learn chinese at an early age,he spent more time and effort in learning Chinese than on his major in universities and he even came to study and work in China.

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了一位學(xué)習(xí)漢語的美國人叫Benjamin K.hammer，他從小就學(xué)習(xí)漢語，對(duì)漢語有很深的研究，他現(xiàn)在在濟(jì)南山東大學(xué)儒學(xué)高級(jí)研究所當(dāng)老師。他也是《中國人文》英文版的助理編輯。

【1】題干“哈默是一個(gè)在中國出生長(zhǎng)大的外國人，是嗎？”根據(jù)文中But Hammer started learning Mandarin when he was a high school senior in San Jose,California. Since there were no Chinese-related courses at his high school in the 1990s,可知，Benjamin K.hammer可知不是說出生在中國的外國人。故填(1). No (2). he isn’t。

【2】題干“Hammer高中時(shí)從哪里開始學(xué)普通話的？” 根據(jù)文中Hammer studied Mandarin in a community school’s night classes.可知，在社區(qū)學(xué)校/社區(qū)學(xué)校的夜校。故填In a community school/In a community school’s night classes.。

【3】題干“什么樣的東方文化吸引了哈默和其他一些美國公民？”根據(jù)文中 “In the United States, people are curious about Eastern culture, such as the culture of religion, Kung fu and traditional Chinese medicine,” Hammer said.可知，宗教、功夫和中醫(yī)文化。故填The culture of religion,kung fu and traditional Chinese medicine.。

【4】題干“為什么許多西方人覺得學(xué)漢語很難？” “根據(jù)文中Chinese and English belong to different language families. Learning Chinese is a great challenge可知，因?yàn)闈h語和英語屬于不同的語系。故填Because chinese and English belong to different language families.。

【5】題干“第6段中的“stand out”一詞可能是什么意思？”根據(jù)上文 I believe learning Chinese, rather than Spanish及下文That makes me feel so great,” he said.可知，這里是說比別人更高。

stand out意思是“脫穎而出”。故填It probably means “the better than the other。

【6】題干“Hammer給你留下了什么樣的印象？請(qǐng)從這篇文章中找到證據(jù)。

通讀整篇短文可知，Hammer對(duì)中國文化很感興趣，他從小就開始學(xué)習(xí)漢語，他在學(xué)習(xí)漢語上花的時(shí)間和精力都比大學(xué)里的專業(yè)多，甚至來中國學(xué)習(xí)和工作。故填I think Hammer is keen on chinese culture.He started to learn chinese at an early age,he spent more time and effort in learning Chinese than on his major in universities and he even came to study and work in China.。