Question

Most Chinese people share a few common surnames, like Zhang, Wang, Li, Liu and Chen. The Chinese expression for "ordinary people" literally means "the old one hundred surnames".

But Cheng Yinglian, a retired worker living in Changsha, the capital of Hunan, said his interest in rare surnames was piqued after reading a newspaper many years ago and discovering a person with the surname Gui, which literally means "ghost", the report said.

Since then, he has scoured newspapers, books and other publications to find similar rare surnames, coming up with about 2,000 to date.

Those he has found include Ling (zero), Cu (vinegar), Miao (second) and Yi (one).

Cheng said in order to collect and find out the origins of the strange surnames, he bought many ancient works and dictionaries for study. This February, he also published a book based on his surname collection.

"I may apply for the Guinness (Book of World Records)," said Cheng.

He said most of the surnames he collected are not included in the Hundred Surnames, a classic Chinese text composed of common surnames in ancient China.

According to the latest statistics available from the Ministry of Public Security in 2007, nearly 93 million people in China are surnamed "Wang", taking the largest proportion among all surnames. And people with the top 100 common surnames in China take up 84.77 percent of the whole population.

Chinese people attach great significance to people's names and many parents go out of their way to give their children auspicious names that suggest they will grow up to be healthy, strong and rich.

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內(nèi)。

1.What’s the meaning of “ordinary people”?

A. the people whose looks is ordinary.

B. the people whose families are ordinary.

C. the people whose surnames are ordinary.

D. the people whose name are ordinary.

2.Which one is the rare surname?

A. Huang B. Ling C. Zhu D. Liu

3.Which sentence is true according to this passage?

A. Most Chinese people share a lot of common surnames.

B. Hundred Surnames collect all Chinese surname.

C. There are lots of people whose surname is “Wang”.

D. Chinese don’t care for their names, because it cannot take happiness or sadness.

4.What is the meaning of auspicious in this passage?

A. 好聽的 B. 驚訝的

C. 罕見的 D. 吉利的

5.Where can we probably see this passage?

A. newspapers B. magazines

C. books D. recipe

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：大多數(shù)中國人分享一些共同的姓氏像張、王、李、劉、陳。中國表示“普通人”的文字是“老百姓”。但生活在長沙的退休職工程楹聯(lián)說他對罕見的姓氏的興趣是閱讀報紙后引起的。許多年前發(fā)現(xiàn)一個人姓“鬼”。自那時以來，他已經(jīng)在報紙，書籍和其他出版物中找到類似的稀有姓氏約2000個。

程說，為了收集和發(fā)現(xiàn)的奇怪的姓氏的起源，他買了許多典籍和辭書學習研究。今年二月，他還出版了一本書基于他對姓的收藏。

1.第一段Most Chinese people share a few common surnames, like Zhang, Wang, Li, Liu and Chen. The Chinese expression for "ordinary people" literally means "the old one hundred surnames".可知該選C。

2.第四段Those he has found include Ling (zero), Cu (vinegar), Miao (second) and Yi (one).可知該選B。

3.第八段中According to the latest statistics available from the Ministry of Public Security in 2007, nearly 93 million people in China are surnamed "Wang", taking the largest proportion among all surnames.可知該選C。

4.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)定語從句that suggest they will grow up to be healthy, strong and rich.可知該選D。

5.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容結合生活常識可知該選A。

考點：社會現(xiàn)象類閱讀。