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1a. Teacher Wang thinks that learning Chinese proverbs can help us understand the Chinese language better.
b. Teacher Wang urges us to have Chinese friends in order to learn how to use Chinese proverbs from them.
c. Teacher Wang frequently teaches Chinese proverbs as a way to help us understand Chinese people.
d. Teacher Wang tells us that Chinese people use proverbs frequently, and so it is important to understand Chinese proverbs.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript王老师常常给我们介绍中国成语,他说学习成语可以帮助我们了解中国人。王老師常常給我們介紹中國成語,他説學習成語可以幫助我們了解中國人。 -
2a. I am a native speaker of French and want to translate between French and Chinese in the future.
b. I hope to know more than one foreign language in order to increase my chance of becoming a translator in the future.
c. I can speak French. I am going to China to work as a translator next year.
d. I know French and Chinese now. I am going to China next year to attend classes for future translators/interpreters.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript我以后想当翻译。现在我会说法语,我想再学一个外语,所以,明年我要去中国。我以後想當翻譯。現在我會説法語,我想再學一個外語,所以,明年我要去中國。 -
3a. Meilang does not speak French, but she knows how to make French pastry.
b. Meilang makes very good French pastry, but she is not very good at other French food.
c. Meilang does not speak French well, but she cooks French very well.
d. Meilang wants to learn French in the hope that her French cooking skills can be even better.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript张美兰不会说法文,可是很会作法国菜,她的法国点心作得更好。張美蘭不會説法文,可是很會作法國菜,她的法國點心作得更好。 -
4a. My Chinese teacher asked me whether I want to go to Beijing or Shanghai, and I said I wanted to go to neither big city.
b. My teacher told me that either big cities or rural areas would be fine as long as I don’t speak English when I am in China.
c. My teacher suggests that I go to a big city, but I want to go to a rural area.
d. I asked my Chinese teacher if I should go to a big city or rural areas, he said I should go to Beijing and Shanghai.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript我的汉语老师说,明年我去中国留学的时候,应该去北京或者上海。可是我想去农村,因为农村的人都不会说英文。我的漢語老師説,明年我去中國留學的時候,應該去北京或者上海。可是我想去農村,因為農村的人都不會説英文。 -
5a. My ideal is to introduce Chinese literature to Americans by translating Chinese writers.
b. My ideal is to do research in Chinese literature because I want to know a little bit more about this topic.
c. Americans can understand Chinese people a little better if they can read Chinese literature in translation.
d. My ideal is to master the Chinese language so that I can translate Chinese literary works into English.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript我以后要研究中国文学。我的理想的工作是翻译中国作家写的书,让美国人也能了解一点兒中国文学。我以後要研究中國文學。我的理想的工作是翻譯中國作家寫的書,讓美國人也能了解一點兒中國文學。 -
6a. Today, the woman correctly answered the question the teacher asked her.
b. Today, the woman only answered correctly one of the two questions the teacher asked her.
c. Today, the woman did not answer correctly the question the teacher asked her.
d. Today, the woman answered both questions incorrectly.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript男:今天老师问的那两个问题,你都会回答吗?
女:一个会,一个不会。可是他请小王回答那个我会的问题,请我回答那个我不会的问题。男:今天老師問的那兩個問題,你都會回答嗎?
女:一個會,一個不會。可是他請小王回答那個我會的問題,請我回答那個我不會的問題。 -
7a. This is a no-parking zone.
b. This is a parking lot for students.
c. This is a parking lot for faculty (teachers).
d. The parking lot is full currently.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript女:请问,这儿可以停车吗?
男:你是学生还是老师?
女:是学生。
男:不可以。女:請問,這兒可以停車嗎?
男:你是學生還是老師。
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8a. Neither swimming nor fishing is allowed.
b. It is dangerous to swim here, so it’s not allowed.
c. It is dangerous to fish here, so it’s not allowed.
d. It is dangerous to eat the fish from this river, so it’s not allowed.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript女:请问,这儿可以不可以游泳?
男:水太深了,不可以游泳。
女:可以钓鱼吗?
男:可以。可是河里的鱼不能吃。女:請問,這兒可以不可以游泳?
男:水太深了,不可以游泳。
女:可以釣魚嗎?
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9a. The boy is trying to persuade his mother to take him and his younger sister to go swimming.
b. The boy is trying to get his mother to dissuade his younger sister from going to the river(side) with him and his friends.
c. The mother would not allow the boy’s sister to go to the river(side) because she does not think it would be fun for her.
d. The mother would not allow the boy’s sister to go to the river(side) because she thinks it would be too dangerous for her.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript男:妈,今天下午我要跟朋友去河边玩,妹妹也想去。
女:你们都会游泳,她不会,她不可以去。
男:她不可以在旁边看吗?
女:在旁边看没有意思。她到河边以后,一定也会想游泳。男:媽,今天下午我要跟朋友去河邊玩,妹妹也想去。
女:你們都會游泳,她不會,她不可以去。
男:她不可以在旁邊看嗎?
女:在旁边看沒有意思。她到河边以后,一定也会想游泳。 -
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Which of the following is NOT implied in the dialogue?
a. Xiao Zhong does not want to get up yet because he thinks he has plenty of time.
b. Xiao Zhong’s mother thinks that he is going to be late for his class if he doesn’t get up now.
c. Xiao Zhong asks his mother to wake him up at a quarter till eight because he thinks it’s too early for him to get up now.
d. Xiao Zhong is already 30 minutes late for his class, so his mother thinks he should get up immediately.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript女:小中,起床!你八点有课,还有三十分钟八点。你现在不应该还在睡觉。
男:还早呢!让我再睡十五分钟吧!女:小中,起床!你八點有課,還有三十分鐘八點。你現在不應該還在睡覺。
男:還早呢!讓我再睡十五分鐘吧!