苏州大学中国地方文化试卷-2.doc

苏州大学中国地方文化英语导读 课程试卷（ 2 ）卷 共 5 页考试形式 闭 卷 年 月院系 年级 专业 学号 姓名 成绩 Achievement Test For Highlights of Chinese Civilization and Local Culture CoursePaper Type: 2Directions:1. The test lasts one and a half hours. You are required to finish your test on time. To keep the test site quiet, we kindly require that you not hand in your test paper ahead of time. 2. Please do NOT bring into the test room any material irrelevant to the test, such as textbooks, revision materials, electronic dictionaries, communication equipment, etc. 3. Please provide all necessary personal information on the Answer Sheet. ATTENTION: Please write on the Answer Sheet all the answers and the TYPE of your test paper.4. When your test time is over, please leave the test room quietly to guarantee an ideal test environment for others.5. We thank you very much for not taking out of the room any test material.Part I. Reading Comprehension (10%)Directions: Read the following passage carefully and then answer each question at the end of the passage. Please write your answers on the Answer Sheet. In the early morning mists, in a public park in Wuhan, central Chinas Hubei province, groups of elderly people gather under the trees to greet the day. Some perform tai chi, others march, banging Chinese drums. Many see the members of this older generation as guardians of Chinas history and traditions. And some of those exercising are starting to wonder if the new generation will keep those traditions alive. “Young people think differently from us,” said 62-year-old Dai Taoxiang. “They like to be fashionable so they dont like coming here, to the park; theyd rather go to the gym.” “Nowadays no schools and no teachers talk about tradition,” said Qian Wenzhi. “All they teach is how to get rich. Its a big attack. Theyve completely forgotten 5,000 years of history and tradition. Theyve forgotten.” Those anxieties are easy to understand, given the sudden and rapid changes in Wuhan. The process of modernization which has already transformed Chinas booming east coast, bringing new technology and new influences to cities like Wuhan. That is sparking tension between those determined to safeguard Chinese traditions and the younger generation. Many youngsters see all things Western as the height of fashion, from food to music. Wuhan University, founded 112 years ago and one of the oldest in China, its architecture gives a clear sense of its mix of ancient and modern concrete functional buildings with ornate tiled Chinese roofs. The contrast seemed to go to the heart of the issue how to embrace the new without losing the old. Chen Fangfang, Liu Di and Zhou Jingwei are all second year English students here. They all said the rapid changes in Wuhan meant their lives were totally different from those of their parents. “When my parents were at the same age as me, they didnt have such high quality of life,” said Liu Di. “With the development of technology, we have more opportunities. They had to work on the farm, work in the factory, to feed their family. It was very hard, those years,” she said.The others agreed. Most saw the new wealth in Wuhan as a positive change which would give them a less arduous lifestyle than their parents. But when I asked them if they also saw disadvantages for their generation, they agreed they were paying a price. “In their time,” said Chen Fangfang, “people lived together in harmony and the neighbors cared for each other. They lived together much happier than us. Most of the time we are separated from each other. We dont spend a lot of time together.” They had different views about the impact of tradition. Liu Di, for example, said she did prefer to listen to traditional Chinese folk songs, not pop. But the others told me she was very much the exception. Several years ago, there were no Western-style nightclubs in Wuhan. Today they are mushrooming. The Blue Sky caf, which now has two premises, was one of the first to open, about five years ago. On Saturday night it was bustling, serving Western food like pizza and burgers, and Western cocktails. The clientele was mostly local people. The clubs manager, Xu Jun, who introduced himself using his English name, Robbie, seemed very much at home with the Western pop music and menus. But when asked about tradition, he said he saw it as important for Wuhan to maintain a balance between the new influences now flooding in and older Chinese traditions. “If I have a daughter or son, I would tell him: Western culture, fashion and Western food, music enjoy it!” he said. “But dont forget traditional culture. You are a Chinese!”1. What does the author fear for according to the news report about the big city in China and peoples cultural life there? 2. Is the clubs manager familiar with the Western culture? What conclusion can we draw from what he said in the interview? Part II. Translation from Chinese into English (20%)Directions: Put the following Chinese into English and then write your translation on the Answer Sheet.5对联(duilian） 西游记农历(nongli) 药膳织造缂丝舞狮十二生肖四合院孔庙对联(duilian) Chinese couplet 西游记Journey to the West农历(nongli) the agricultural calendar 舞狮lion dance药膳 medicinal food/dish织造 textile bureau四合院a courtyard 十二生肖 twelve symbolic animals/the Chinese Zodiac缂丝 Kesi silk孔庙 the temple of ConfuciusPart III. Multiple Choices (20%)Number12345678910AnswerCACBBACACADirections: Choose the right answer and write it on the Answer Sheet.1. The earliest examples of the Chinese writing originated from the logograph are the so-called _. A. the characters created by Cang Jie B. knots C. oracle bone inscriptions 2. Which works of the following is the first novel in the history of the Chinese literature that depicts the whole developmental process of peasant uprising? A. The Outlaws of the Marsh. B. The Three Kingdoms.C. Tales of the Make-Do Studio. 3. Which of the following styles of residential building is a combination of Eastern and Western architecture? A. The Seal-like compound. B. The earthen building C. Shikumen4. Which tea is produced in Suzhou and also enjoys a good reputation in China? A. Longjing Tea. B. Biluochun Tea. C. Puer Tea. 5. Which of the following book is the earliest existing monograph on the Chinese medical theory? A. Shen Nongs Pharmacopoeia.B. The Inner Cannon of the Yellow Emperor.C. Systematic Materia Medidca. 6. The saying “A man who eats three square meals a day and does not at all use his brains is a good-for-nothing fellow.” appears in which of the following philosophical works. A. Analects of Confucius. B. The Doctrine of Morality. C. The Works of Mencius.Number12345678910AnswerCACBBACACA7. The longest surviving joint multi-span arch bridge in China is _? A. Zhaozhou Bridge B. Lugou BridgeC. The Precious Belt Bridge8. Which one is the first specialist arts college in the world? A. Hong du men xue. B. Ji xia xue gong. C. The Academies of Classical Learning.9. Which one of the following cities was once the ancient dynastic capital?A. Suzhou. B. Xuzhou.C. Nanjing. 10. The two wings in Suzhou are figuratively referred to as the districts of _ and _. A. the Suzhou Industrial Park/ the Suzhou New DistrictB. Wuzhong/ JingcangC. Huqiu/XiangchengPart IV. Short Answer Questions (20%)Directions: Explain the following terms and write your answers on the Answer Sheet as legibly as you can.1. W