All it took was a slice of Xinjiang cake to spark heated debates online over China's policy on ethnic minorities (少數(shù)民族) .
Since Monday, qiegao (cut cake) has been a trending topic on Sina Weibo, China’s main Twitter-like microblogging service.
The cake was a reference to Xinjiang’s famed nut cake, sometimes known by its old Turkic name baklava, a popular pastry across Central Asia and the Middle East. In Xinjiang, they are sold by Uygur vendors on tricycles who are known to charge dubious prices depending on the time and season.
The ethnic flare-up started after the Yueyang police from Hunan province posted a message on their official Weibo account. It reported a dispute in Pingjiang county over an overpriced piece of nut cake between a Xinjiang Uygur vendor and a villager named "Ling".
Villager Ling got into a fight with a Uygur due to a misunderstanding. The verbal dispute eventually escalated into a fight and then a mass fight. As a result, two people were injured and Xinjiang nut cakes worth about 160,000 yuan (US$25,000) were destroyed. The total damage was worth 200,000 yuan which included a broken motorcycle and injuries to people. Local police have detained Ling. The 16 Uygur sellers were dully compensated and sent back to Xinjiang.
"Yueyang police incident" quickly became one of the most popular topics on Weibo. Yueyang police removed the post shortly after. As of Tuesday night, the topic was still amassing more than 66,000 hits. 
The incident is just one of many similar cases of ethnic tensions across China, notably in Xinjiang province, where deeply entrenched social and racial frictions between the dominant ethnic Han Chinese and minority Uygur Muslims occasionally spark violence. Many Uygurs living in major Chinese cities are viewed by locals as thieves, crooks and even terrorists.
小題1:Which of the following is true?
A．The dispute is between a Xinjiang Uygur vendor and a policeman.
B．Nut cake is a popular pastry across East Asia and the Middle East.
C．The prices of Baklava will change according to the time and season.
D．The demand of the 16 Uygur sellers were refused and they were sent back to Xinjiang.
小題2:How much did the broken motorcycle cost？
A．160,000 yuan B．200,000 yuan C．40,000yuan D．We don’t know
小題3:What’s the best title of the passage?
A．World's most expensive baklava
B．Ethnic tensions across China
C．Pay attention to the Uygurs
D．Misunderstanding caused a fight
小題4:What can we infer from the passage?
A．Yueyang police are afraid of the Xinjiang Uygur vendor
B．It’s not the only ethnic tension across China,
C．Many Uygurs living in major Chinese cities are viewed by locals as thieves, crooks and even terrorists.
D．Villager Ling got into a fight with a Uygur due to a misunderstanding.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:B

試題分析：本文主要講述的是岳陽(yáng)切糕事件，描述了由于這起事件所引起的中國(guó)少數(shù)民族的話題。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第3段In Xinjiang, they are sold by Uygur vendors on tricycles who are known to charge dubious prices depending on the time and season.可知切糕的價(jià)格是隨著季節(jié)的變化而變化的。故C正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第5段As a result, two people were injured and Xinjiang nut cakes worth about 160,000 yuan (US$25,000) were destroyed. The total damage was worth 200,000 yuan which included a broken motorcycle and injuries to people.可知這里并沒(méi)有詳細(xì)說(shuō)出壞掉的摩托車的價(jià)格，因?yàn)槔锩娴臄?shù)據(jù)過(guò)于模糊。故D正確。
小題3:A 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是岳陽(yáng)切糕事件，描述了由于這起事件所引起的中國(guó)少數(shù)民族的話題。故A項(xiàng)“最貴的切糕”符合新聞?lì)愒掝}的要求：醒目性。故A正確。
小題4:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一句第一行The incident is just one of many similar cases of ethnic tensions across China可知在中國(guó)名族矛盾有很多，這起事件只是其中之一。故B正確。
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