2024冀教版八年级英语上册Unit 4 Being a good learner 人与社会：学习方法（话题阅读专练）

Unit4Beingagoodlearner学习方法

话题阅读精练

版块语篇题型体裁词数内容简介

文章讲述J'拼音的起源、作用以及其在国

PassageA阅读理解说明文208

内外的影响和普及情况。

时文阅读

本文主要是学生谈论对观看历史剧的看

PassageB阅读理解说明文263

法。

本文主要介绍了成为聪明学生的几种方

Passage1阅读还原说明文283法，包括设定目标、小组学习、及时完成

真题示例作业和适当休息等。

主要介绍了科学方法包括四个基本步骤：

Passage?阅读理解说明文254

观察、假设、实验和结论。

本文讲述了玛丽如何在中国学习汉语，以

Passage1阅读理解记叙文172及她如何通过画画的方式向一个男孩询

问去动物园的路。

本文主要讲述了如何有效地完成作业，并

给出了一些相关建议，如避免在饥饿或疲

Passage?任务阅读说明文297

劳时做作.业、合理分配时间、不拖延以及

固定作业时间等。

本文主要介绍了一项课堂挑战报告，包括

模拟演练Passagc3阅读理解说明文240

挑战内容、规则、结果及结论。

本文主要是讲述一些学生存在的学习问

Passage4阅读还原应用文219

题以及相对应的解决办法。

本文主要围绕如何成为好的学习者，从态

Passage5完形填空说明文208度、提问、复习、小组学习等方面给出建

议，强调培养良好学习习惯能带来进步。

时攵阅犊

话题谚语小知识

•Practicemakesperfect.熟能生巧。

•Itisnevertoolatetolearn.活到老，学到老。

•Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.有志者，事竟成。

•Nopains,nogains.不劳则无获。

•Knowledgestartswithpractice.实践出真知。

•Learnandlive.活着，为了学习。

•Amanbecomeslearnedbyaskingquestions.不耻下问才能有学问。

•Thereisnoroyalroadtolearning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

•Readingistothemindwhileexercisetothebody.读书健脑，运动强身。

•Knowledgeadvancesbystepsandnotbyleaps.知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

时文阅读

Passage］（拼音的发展）

Chinesehasahistoryofthousandsofyears.ButPinyindoesn't.IttellspeoplehowtoDenounceChinese

words.Thisyear.Pinyin（urns67yearsold.

In1958.Chineselinguist（语言学家）ZhouYouguangandhislearnmadePinyin.Beforethat.Chinesepeople

usedmanyotherwaystoshowhowtopronounceChinesewords.ButthesewaysarenotaseasytouseasPinyin.

BecauseofPinyin,morepeoplelearnhowtoread.

Pinyinisabigpartofourdailylife.WelearntospeakPutonghuawiththehelpofPinyin.WewriteChinese

oncomputersbyusingPinyin.

Pinyinisyoung.ButitisnowverypopularoutsideChina.ItisbecomingabridgebetweenChinaandother

countries.ManypeoplearoundtheworldstarttolearnChinesebylearningPinyin.Youmightsay“nihao“tomean

“hello“toaforeignfriend.

PeopleareusingPinyinmoreoftenthanbefore.Forexample,someforeignersdon'tuse"dumplings”.They

liketouse'Jiaozi”.AndUmantou**isfor"steamedbun”.TheOxfordEnglishDictionary（《牛津英语词典》）has

morethan100ChinesewordsinPinyin,suchaszhongguomengfor“ChinaDream”,andwanggoufbr“online

shopping”.

1.WhatdocsParagraph4mainlytellus?

A.Pinyinistooyoungtobeacceptedbyforeigners.

B.PinyinismucheasiertousethanChinesecharacters.

C.PinyincanbeabridgebetweenChinaandothercountries.

D.PinyinhelpsalotofforeignpeopletounderstandChina.

2.WhichofthefollowingshowsPinyinisbecomingpopulararoundtheworld?

A.TherearcfewwaystoshowhowtopronouncewordsinPinyin.

B.ManyChinesewordshaveamuchlongerhistorythanPinyin.

C.ForeignersuseEnglishwordstounderstandPinyin.

D.MoreChinesewordsinPinyinareintheEnglishdictionary.

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"pronounce”probablymean?

A.Watch.B.Speak.C.Write.D.Listen.

4.Inwhichpartoftheschoolnewspapercanyouprobablyreadthispassage?

A.DailyNews.B.SportsEvents.

C.LanguageStudy.D.FreeTimeActivities.

5.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforihetext?

A.SomethingaboutPinyin

B.HowtolearnChinese

C.HowtopronounceEnglish

D.Howtolookupwordsinthedictionary

Passage2(谈论对观看历史剧)

DoyoulikewatchinghistoricalTVshows?Someparentsworrythatsometimestheyarcnottrue.Sonicteachers

(hir.kwatchingthemcanmakesomestudentsinterestedandthattheywilldomoretofindout(hetruth.Maybeit

helpsthestudentstounderstandthesubjectbetter.Whatdostudentsthinkofthem?

ThisisZhaoKai,a13-year-oldboy.Hesays,“InmosthistoricalTVshows,therearemanylovestories.Ithink

theyarenotgoodforchildren.Also,inTVshows,heroes（英雄）areoftenperfect.Thatisnottherealhistory.SoI

thirkthatweshouldreadhistorybookstolearnthetruehistory.''

ThisisJiangChcmning,a13-ycar-oldboy."Manystudentsarcnotinterestedinhistory.Buttheywon'tmind

watchinghistoricalTVshowsbecauseoffamousactorsandexcitingstories.SoIthinkitisagoodwaytoincrease

（提高）students'interestinlearninghistory,“hesays.

ThisisZhouMuhan,a13-year-oldgirl."Wedon'thavemuchtimetowatchhistoricalshows.Ifwewantto

knowsomethingabouthistory,wecanreadbooks.Itsavestimeandwecanpracticereadingatthesametime,”she

says.

ThisisZhangJinshuo.Heis（hesameageasotherboys."Theycanhelpuslearndetails（细节）ofhistory.For

example,fromthehistorybook,wemaylearnabouttheThreeKingdoms（三国）.ButbywatchingRomanceofthe

ThreeKingdoms,Igettoknowwhathappenedamongthcm,^^hesays.

1.Whoseideaissimilartosomeparents'?

A.ZhaoKai's.B.JiangChcnming's.

C.ZhouMuhan's.D.ZhangJinshuo^.

2.Wha（isthestructureofthepassage?

3.Whatisthetextabout?

A.It'sabouthowstudentsshouldlearnhistory.

B.It'saboutwhenstudentscanwatchTVshows.

C.Il'saboutwhether（是否）studentsshouldreadhistorybooks.

D.Il'saboutideasonwatchinghistoricalTVshows.

话题写作佳句积累

1.Studyhardandstayfocused.努力学习,保持专注。

2.Reviewregularlytorememberbelter.定期复习，记得更牢。

3.Askquestionswhenyoudon'tunderstand.不懂就问。

4.Setgoalstoachievesuccess.设定目标,取得成功。

5.Learnfrommistakesandimprove.从错误中学习，不断进步。

6.Usedifferentmethodstostudy.使用不同的方法学习。

7.Slaycuriousandkeeplearning.保持好奇心，不断学习。

8.Worktogetherwithclassmales.与同学合作学习。

9.Takenotestoorganizeyourthough。.记笔记，整理思路.

10.Relieveinyourselfandnevergiveup.相信自己,永不放充

*题市的

Passage1

（2025•四川泸州•中考真题）阅读下面短文，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Everyoneisbornwiththeabilitytobeasmartstudent—someonewhoknowshowtostudyandhowto

succeed.]

•Setyourselfgoals

Everybodyneedssomethingtoworktowards.Anhourofstudyingeachnight?Fiftypagesreadthroughout

theweek?Makecertaingoalsyoucanreachfor.2

•Workinastudygroup

Ithasshownthatstudentsstudyinginasmallgroupgetbetterresults.3Soaskyourfriendsand

makeplansfbrstudying.Butchoosethepeopleyou'restudyingwithcarefully.Youdon'twanttoworkwith

someonewhojustwantstodestroyyourlearningtime.

•4

It'simportantthatyoufinishitontime.Ifyouwanttoactuallyunderstandyourhomework,doitattentively.

Whenyougethomeafterschool,sitdownandgetitoverwith.Thenyoucandootherthingsandnotworryaboutit

thenextmorning.

•Takebreaksmoreoftenthanyouthink.

Whenyouwanttolearnsomething,you'llalwaysthink,''Study,andstudysomemoreuntilyouhaveit

down."Actually,that'snothowitworks.5Whenyoulakebreaks,yourattentionandmemoryare

improved.

Schoollifecansometimesbefullofchallenges,butnowwithallthetipsabove,youwillbeontherightway

tosuccess!Cheerup,allsmartstudents!

A.Don'tputoffyourhomework.

B.Itllalsobemorefunthanstudyingalone.

C.Brainneedsenoughrestfromtimetotime.

D.Joiningasportsclubinyourschoolhelpsalot.

E.Withtherightmethods,thisstudentcanbeyou.

F.Theycanbewhateveryouthinkwouldkeepyougoing.

Passage!

（2024•内蒙古通辽•中考真题）Thescientificmethodisusedforsimpleexperiments（实验）thatstudents

maydointheclassroomorverydifficultexperimentsthatscientistsaredoingthroughouttheworld.Itisawayof

chirkingthathelpsyoutoavoiddrawingincorrectconclusions.Thereareusuallyfourstepsinthescientificmethod,

includingobservation（观察）,hypothesis（假设）,experimentandconclusion.

Thefirststepisusuallyobservationandaskingaquestionaboutyourobservation.Forexample,youhada

sickstomachandateapieceofchocolate.Twohourslater,youobservedthatyoufeltbetter.Hereyoucanaska

questionsuchas4kWhatmakesasickstomachfeelbetter?”

Thenextstepistostateapossiblehypothesis,suchas“Apieceofchocolatemakesasickstomachfeel

better.^^Agoodhypothesisincludesthreethings:itcanexplaintheobsenations;itcanbetestedanditwillusually

predictnewconclusions.

Thethirdstepistheexperiment,totest（hehypothesis.Anexperimentisalestwhichwilleilhersupportor

challengethehypothesis.Thehypothesiswillthenbetrueorfalse.

Thefinalstepistothinkaboutwhathappenedwhenyoutestedthehypothesisanddrawaconclusion.The

coiKlusionwilleitherclearlysupportthehypothesisoritwillnot.Iftheresultssupportthehypothesis,aconclusion

canbewritten.Iftheydon'tsupportthehypothesis,youmaychoosetochangethehypothesisorwriteanewone

basedonwhatwaslearnedduringtheexperiment.

1.Thescientificmethodcanhelpyou.

A.getridofasickstomachB.passatest

C.drawcorrectconclusionsD.feelbetter

2.Whatdoesagoodhypothesisinclude?

©explainingtheobsenations©beingtested

③doingexperiments©predictingnewconclusions

A.①②③B.②®④C.①③④D.①②④

3.Whatcanwelearnabouttheexperimentfromthepassage?

A.Anexperimentcanofferyoualearningmethod.

B.Anexperimentisatesttoeithersupportorchallengeahypothesis.

C.Anexperimentisonlyusedwhenscientistsaretiyingtoproveahypothesis.

D.Anexperimentdoesnothavetobepartofthescientificmethod.

4.Whatdocstheunderlinedword"it"inthelastparagraphreferto?

A.Theconclusion.B.Theobservation.C.Thehypothesis.D.Thequestion.

5.Whichsentencecanbestexpress（hemainideaofthepassage?

A.Whatmakesasickstomachfeelbetter?

B.Theconclusionwillsometimesclearlysupportthehypothesis.

C.Howdothefourbasicstepsinthescientificmethodwork?

D.Learningthescientificmethodmayhelpstudentssucceedinscience.

cam

Passage1

MaryisanAmericanschoolgirl,shelivesinBeijingwithherparents.Marydoesn'tknowChinese,butshe

isstudyingChinese.SheoftentriestospeakChinesetoherChinesefriends.Sometimestheydon,tunderstandher

becauseshecannotspeakChinesewell.ButMaryisalwayshappytolearnandnevergivesup（放弃）.

LastSundaymorning,Marywentoutandtookawalkinthes：reet.Later,sheplannedtogo（othezootosee

theanimals,butshedidn'tknowhowtogetthere.SheaskedaChineseboy.Theboycouldn'tunderstandher.Mary

feltalittleworried,butshetriedanotherway.Shetookoutapenandapieceofpaper.Shedrewanelephantonjt,

andshowed（hepicturetotheboy.TheboyunderstoodandshowedMarythewaytothezoo.Marysmiled（微笑）

andthankedtheboy.Finally,Maryarrivedatthezoo.Shesawelephants,monkeysandotheranimals.Itwasreally

awonderfulday!

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

1.WhydoesMaryoftenspeakChinesetoherChinesefriends?

A.ShelikesChineseB.SheislearningChinese

C.Shecan'tspeakEnglishD.Shedoesn'tlikeEnglish

2.WheredidMaryplantogolastSundaymoming?

A.Tothehospital.B.Toihepark.

C.Totheshop.D.Tothezoo.

3.HowdidMarymaketheboyunderstandher?

A.Bydrawing.

B.ByspeakingEnglish.

C.ByspeakingChinese.

D.Bymovingherbody.

4.Whatdocstheunderlinedword“it”inthelastparagraphreferto?

A.Thepicture.B.Thepaper.C.Thepen.D.Thezoo.

5.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext?

A.MarycanspeakChinesewell.

B.Marydrewamonkeyonthepaper.

C.TheboyshowedtherightwaytoMary.

D.Mary'sChinesefriendscanunderstandher.

Passage2

（24-25八年级下•山东青岛•期末）阅读下面短文，完成I至4小题。

Nowadaysstudentshavetospendalotoftimestudying.Theyarealwaysaskedtodomuchhomeworkafter

school.Somestudentscan'lgetenoughsleepastheyhavetodotheirhomeworklateatnight.Howcanyoudoyour

homeworkeffectively（有效地）？Hereissomeadviceforyou.

You'dbetternotdoyourhomeworkwhenyou'reveryhungry.Ifyoudecidetodoyourhomeworkrightafter

school,trytohaveasnackfirst.Alwaysdoyourhomeworkbeforeyougettired.（A）youaretired,the

homeworkwillseemmuchharderthanitreallyis.Itmaytakeyoualotmoretimeandenergytofinishit.

Breakyourtimeintomanageable（易管理的）periods.Ifyouhavemorethananhour'shomework,give

yourselfabreakafteranhour.Ontheotherhand,doivtbreakitupsooftenthatyoucan'tgetanythingdone.You

shouldbeabletoworkatleastanhouratatimewithoutstopping.

Don'tputoffyourhomeworkuntilthelastminute.Ifyouputoffdoingyourhomework,youwillalways

thinkof(C)it,andyouwon'tenjoyyourfreetimesomuch.Ifyouputitoff(B)theendoftheweekor

thenightbeforeatest,youwillhavetoomuchhomeworktodo.

Doyourhomeworkatthesametimeeveryday.Thiswillhelpyoumakeitahabit.Itwillmakethe

homeworkeasiertodo,anditwillmakefreetimemoreenjoyableaswell.Ifyoucancompleteyourhomework

welleveryday,youwillfindthatitisnotasdifficultasyouhaveimagined.Whafsmore,youwillneverbeafraid

oftests.

I.Fillintheblank(A)、(B)withproperconjunctions(连词).

(A);(B)

2.Whatdoes(C)jtreferto(指的是)inParagraphFour?

3.根据短文内容填空。(每空不超过三个单词)

Howtodoyourhomeworkeffectively?Trytohaveasnackfirst.Youwillmoretimeandenergy

finishingyourhomeworkifyoudoitwhenyouaretired.Breakyourtimeintomanageableperiods.after

doingyourhomeworkfbroveranhour.Don'tyourhomeworkuntilthelastminute.Itwillstopyoufrom

yourfreetimeandyouwillenduphavingtoomuchhomeworktodo.Doyourhomeworkatthesametimeevery

day.Itwillhelpyoudevelopagoodhabit,whichwillmakethehomeworkeasiertodoandfreetimeas

well.

4.Howdoyoudoyourhomeworkeffectivelyinyourdailylife?

Passage3

(24-25八年级下•山东青岛•期末)

ClassroomChallengeReport

IntroductionThepurposeofthisreportistoprovideinformationonaclassroomchallenge.Theclassof

twelvestudentsfinishedasimplechallengeandrecordedtheresults.

ThechallengeThechallengeistoseehowmanynewwordstheclasscanmakeusingthelettersinalong

wordwithoutusingthedictionary.Theteacherwrotetheword“exhausted“ontheblackboardandthenstartedthe

timer(计时器).Afteroneminute,everyonecountedupthewords.Thewordscoulduse(helettersinanyorder

buthadtobethreelettersormore.Theyrecordedresultsofhowmanyandhowlongtheirwordswere.

ResultsTheaverage（平均的）numberofwordswassix.Onestudentgoteight（cat,hat,sad,the,tea,heat,

hateandshut）.Moststudentswrotewordsthatwerethreeorfourletterslong,butonestudentwrote“seated”and

“heated”.

Results:thenumberofwordsstudentsmade

StudentNumberofwordsStudentNumberofwords

Norbert7Norma6

Jing5Huni7

ZhangZimcng7LiJiang5

TengFei6ZhuYuc8

Zoe7Pallas7

QianQian5GcMingming6

Conclusions（结论）Thiswasafunchallengefortheclass.Studentswhotookpartinthisactivitylikedit

verymuchandtheylookedforwardtomorechallengeslikethis.Theteacherwasalsosatisfied（满意的）withthe

performanceofthestudentsandshepromisedtomeettheirneeds.

1.Howmanystudentstookpartinthechallenge?

A.Five.B.Six.C.Seven.D.Twelve.

2.Whichofthefollowingiscorrectaboutthechallengerules?

A.Studentsmustwritethenewwordsinfiveminutes.

B.Studentswereallowedtousethedictionary.

C.Thenewwordsmustincludea（leastthreeletters.

D.Thenewwordsmustbeintheorderofthelongword.

3.Whatpercentageofstudentswretesevenormorerightwords?

A.8.3%.B.41.7%.C.50%.D.75%.

4.Whichof（hefollowingwordsisrightaccordingiothechallengerules?

A.At.B.She.C.Hurt.D.Excited.

5.Whatismostlikelylohappenafterthechallenge?

A.Morechallengeslikethismayhappenintheirclass.

B.Theteachermaygiveprizestostudentwhoperformwell.

C.Thestudentsmaysharefeelingsaboutthechallenge.

D.Theteachermayaskgoodlearnerstosharetheirlearningmethods.

Passage4

（2024•北京顺义•一模）阅读下列关于英语学习方法的建议，请根据人物需求匹配最适合的学习方法，并将

其对应的A、B、C、D选项填在用应位置上。选项中有一项为多余选项。

o

1Ifeelnervous

Eric4.Usechants,songsandpicturestohelpyouremembernewwordsWord

whenIspeakEnglishinclass

cardscanalsobeusedforenlargingyourvocabulary.Thentestyourselfagain

andIwanttoimprovemy

afteroneortwodays.Don'tforgettoreviewthenewwordsoften

speakingskills.

B.Forlongpassages,trytounderstandthegeneralmeaningandkeypoints

Q

first.Itdoesn,tmatterwhenyoureadsomesentenceswithdifTicultwordsthat

2太NIhave

youdon'tknow.Justreadthesentencesbeforeandafterandtrytoguessthe

Jack

meaningofthenewwords.

difficultyinunderstandinglong

C.Juststartwithsomeshortsentencesanddoitdaybyday.You'llfindthat

passages,especiallywhenImeet

youcanwritelongsentencesandevenparagraphsoneday!Ifyouhavesome

somedifficultwords.

time,trytoreadsomebooksbeforewriting!

3g…

D.It'suseftiltotalktoyourselfinEnglishasmuchaspossible.Besides,going

LucyiotheEnglishClubinyourschoolwillbebetter.Juststickitout,andafter

remembersomanynewwordssomelimeyoumayfeellessnervouswhenyouspeakEnglishinclass.

andIwanttotrysomething

different.

Passage5

(24-25八年级下•山东泰安・期中：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，

选出能填入短文相应空向处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Learningisalifelongjourney.Asstudents,weallwanttobecomegoodlearners.Buthowcanwedothat?

Firstofall,weshouldhaveapositiveattitude]learning.Ifwethinklearningis2and

boring,wcwillneverlearnwell.Instead,wcshouldbeinterestedinlearningandalways3forwardtonew

knowledge.

Goodlearnersoftenaskquestions.Theyknowthatknowledge4fromquestioning.Whentheymeet

somethingtheydon'tunderstand,theywill5teachersorclassmatesforhelp.Theyalso(rydifferentways

tofindtheanswers.

Anotherimportantthingistoreviewwhatwehavelearned6.Wecan'texpecttoremember

everythingwclearninashorttime.Byreviewing,wccanbetterunderstandandremembertheknowledge.It'slike

7ahouse.Weneedtobuildasolidfoundation（坚实的基础）first.

Moreover,weshouldlearn8groups.Workingtogetherwithotherscanhelpuslearnfromeach

other.Wecanshareourideasandexperiences,and9wecansolveproblemsmoreeasily.

Inaword,becomingagoodlearnerneedstimeandeffort.Butaslongaswekeep10thesegood

learninghabits,wewillsurelymakegreatprogress.

1.A.aboutB.towardsC.with

2.A.interestingB.excitingC.difficult

3.A.lookB.lookingC.tolook

4.A.comesB.comeC.coming

5.A.askB.tellC.say

6.A.regularlyB.hardlyC.never

7.A.livingB.buyingC.building

8.A.withB.onC.by

9.A.inthiswayB.onthewayC.bytheway

10.A.developingB.todevelopC.develop

参考答案与试题解析

Unit4Beingagoodlearner学习方法

话题阅读精练

版块语篇题型体裁词数内容简介

文章讲述了拼音的起源、作用以及其在国

PassageA阅读理解说明文208

内外的影响和普及情况。

时文阅读

本文主要是学生谈论对观看历史剧的看

PassageB阅读理解说明文263

法。

本文主要介绍了成为聪明学生的几种方

Passage1阅读还原说明文283法，包括设定目标、小组学习、及时完成

真题示例作业和适当休息等。

主要介绍「科学方法包括四个基本步骤：

Passage2阅读理解说明文254

观察、假设、实验和结论。

本文讲述了玛丽如何在中国学习汉语，以

Passage1阅读理解记叙文172及她如何通过画画的方式向一个男孩询

问去动物园的路。

本文主要讲述了如何有效地完成作业，并

给出了一些相关建议，如避免在饥饿或疲

Passage?任务阅读说明文297

劳时做作业、合理分配时间、不拖延以及

固定作业时间等。

本文主要介绍了一项课堂挑战报告，包括

模拟演练Passage3阅读理解说明文240

挑战内容、规则、结果及结论。

本文主要是讲述一些学生存在的学习问

Passage4阅读还原应用文219

题以及相对应的解决办法。

本文主要围绕如何成为好的学习者，从态

Passage5完形填空说明文208度、提问、复习、小组学习等方面给出建

议，强调培养良好学习习惯能带来进步。

时攵阅篌

话题谚语小知识

•Practicemakesperfect.熟能生巧。

•Itisnevertoolatetolearn.活到老，学到老。

•Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.有志者，事竟成。

•Nopains,nogains.不劳则无获。

•Knowledgestartswithpractice.实践出真知。

•Learnandlive.活着，为了学习。

•Amanbecomeslearnedbyaskingquestions.不耻下问才能有学问。

•Thereisnoroyalroadtolearning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

•Readingistothemindwhileexercisetothebody.读书健脑,运动强身。

•Knowledgeadvancesbystepsandnotbyleaps.知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

时文阅读

Passage1（拼音的发展）

Chinesehasahistoryofthousandsofyears.ButPinyindoesn't.IttellspeoplehowtopronounceChinese

words.Thisyear,Pinyinturns67yearsold.

In1958,Chineselinguist（语言学家）ZhouYouguangandhisteammadePinyin.Beforethat,Chinesepeople

usedmanyotherwaystoshowhowtopronounceChinesewords.ButthesewaysarenotaseasytouseasPinyin.

BecauseofPinyin,morepeoplelearnhowtoread.

Pinyinisabigpartofourdailylife.WelearntospeakPutonghuawiththehelpofPinyin.WewriteChinese

oncomputersbyusingPinyin.

Pinyinisyoung.ButitisnowverypopularoutsideChina.ItisbecomingabridgebetweenChinaandother

countries.ManypeoplearoundtheworldstarttolearnChinesebylearningPinyin.Youmightsay“mhao”lomean

“hello”toaforeignfriend.

PeopleareusingPinyinmoreoftenthanbefore.Forexample,someforeignersdon'tuse"dumplings”.They

liketouse“jiaozi”.And“mantou”isfbr“steamedbun”.TheOxfordEnglishDictionary（《牛津英语词典》）has

morethan100ChinesewordsinPinyin,suchaszhongguomengfor“ChinaDream”,andwanggoufbr"online

shopping”.

1.WhatdoesParagraph4mainlytellus?

A.Pinyinistooyoungtobeacceptedbyforeigners.

B.Pinyinismucheasie