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1a. My Chinese friends treat me like their family.
b. I treat my Chinese friends like my own brothers and sisters.
c. My Chinese friends’ homes are like my own home.
d. Being in China is like being home.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript我在中国过得非常好,认识了很多中国朋友,他们都很热情,就象我的家人,在中国就象在自己的国家。我在中國過得非常好,認識了很多中國朋友,他們都很熱情,就像我的家人,在中國就像在自己的國家。 -
2a. I have told my daughter not to call home too often so that she can focus on her studies.
b. I frequently call my daughter to ask how she is getting along in China.
c. My daughter often calls to tell me she is very homesick.
d. I often call to let my daughter know how everybody at home is doing.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript我女儿去中国以后,我常给她打电话。告诉她,家人都过得很好,叫她努力学习,不要太想家。我女兒去中國以后,我常給她打電話。告訴她,家人都過得很好,叫她努力學習,不要太想家。 -
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My daughter is leaving tomorrow, so
a. I am going to the store this afternoon to buy a few things for her.
b. I went to the store this afternoon to buy things that she would need when she is in China.
c. I went to the store this afternoon to buy a few things that she had asked me to buy for her.
d. I am going to the store with her this afternoon to buy things she will take with her.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript我女儿明天就要出发了。今天下午我又去商店给她买了一些她在中国要用的东西。我女兒明天就要出發了。今天下午我又去商店給她買了一些她在中國要用的東西。 -
4a. The woman offers to give the man a ride to the airport, but the man declines.
b. The man tells the woman he leaves on a Wednesday and comes back on a Monday.
c. The man tells the woman he will be out of the country for a short period of time.
d. The woman wants to know the man’s flight schedule in order to decide whether she will be able to see him off when he departs.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript男:我星期三要去法国。
女:真的吗?是上午的飞机还是下午的?我那天应该可以来机场送你。
男:请別来送我。我一星期以后就回来了。男:我星期三要去法國。
女:真的嗎?是上午的飛機還是下午的?我那天應該可以來機場送你。
男:請別來送我。我一星期以後就回來了。 -
5a. Upon our arrival at the airport, my mom began to appear happy.
b. My mom began to cry when the airplane was about to take off.
c. All day my mom appeared happy until my sister’s plane took off.
d. My mom appeared sad until we arrived at the airport when she began to smile a little.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript妹妹出发去中国留学的那天,我们都去机场送她。那天妈妈开始还笑得很高兴,可是飞机起飞以后,她就开始哭了。妹妹出發去中國留學的那天,我們都去機場送她。那天媽媽開始還笑得很高興,可是飛機起飛以後,她就開始哭了。 -
6a. Although I didn’t want my daughter to leave me, I didn’t let her know.
b. Although my daughter knew that I didn’t want her to leave, she also knew I was happy for her.
c. On the day she departed, my daughter told me that she didn’t want to leave me.
d. I have told myself not to cry on the day my daughter is to leave so as not to spoil her excitement.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript我女儿上星期坐飞机去美国了。她出发的那天,我没有哭,因为我不要让女儿知道我不愿意她离开家。我女兒上星期坐飛機去美國了。她出發的那天,我沒有哭,因為我不要讓女兒知道我不願意她離開家。 -
7a. Even when the flight was about to take off, my mom still seemed happy, but she became sad once the flight had taken off.
b. My mom seemed happy at first, but she became sad when the flight was about to take off.
c. When the flight was about to take off, my mom had not yet cried, but after it took off, she cried hard.
d. My mom finally stopped crying after the airplane had taken off.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript我们到了机场的时候,妈妈还笑得很高兴,可是飞机快要起飞的时候,妈妈开始哭了,飞机起飞以后,妈妈哭得非常难过。我們到了機場的时候,妈妈还笑得很高兴,可是飛機快要起飛的時候,媽媽開始哭了,飞机起飞以后,妈妈哭得非常難過。 -
8a. The boy’s little sister is crying because he has upset her.
b. The boy apologizes to his little sister because he’s afraid that she’ll cry.
c. The boy tells his little sister that their mom asks her to stop crying.
d. The mother tells the boy to apologize to his little sister because she looks like she is about to cry.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript女:小明,你看,妹妹现在一定很难过,你快去跟她说对不起。
男:妹妹,对不起,请你別哭了。女:小明,你看,妹妹現在一定很難過,你快去跟她説對不起。
男:妹妹,對不起,請你別哭了。 -
9a. While China is not far from here, it takes a long time (one day) to get there by plane.
b. China is not far from here, it does not take long (only one day) to get there by plane.
c. While China is far from here, it does not take long (only one day) to get there by plane.
d. China is far from here; it takes a long time (one day) to get there by plane.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript中国离这儿不远,你上了飞机,一天以后就到了。中國離這兒不遠,你上了飛機,一天以後就到了。 -
10a. I tell my daughter she must take care of her own health when she is in China.
b. My daughter tells me that she will call me when she misses home.
c. I tell my daughter that I know she will take care of her own health, so I am not worried.
d. My daughter says that I don’t have to worry about her because she will take care of her own health.✓ Correct! Go on to the next question.
Show/Hide Simplified Chinese transcript | Show/Hide Traditional Chinese transcript我女儿快上飞机的时候,告诉我,她到了中国一定会自己注意身体,她请我放心,她还说,我想她的时候,可以给她打电话。我女兒快上飛機的時候,告訴我,她到了中國一定會自己注意身體,她請我放心,她還説,我想她的時候,可以給她打電話。