一、阅读理解
Cameron Patterson, a British student, spent his childhood in China. He has seen many great changes in the country over the past 15 years, especially trains.
At the age of 8, Patterson moved from Wales to join his father in Shanxi. In the following years, he and his parents lived in a few cities. They also travelled a lot during holidays. However, travelling itself wasn't always relaxing. When his family moved from Jiangsu to Guangdong, they took the old green train and spent one and a half days on the trip.
Now with high - speed trains, life becomes much easier. Long and boring trips in the past have become shorter. Also, the modern trains are more comfortable. “A coin wouldn't move at all on the table of a fast moving train,” he said excitedly.
Patterson was glad to see these changes in China, but he also wondered how they happened. When he read a poem about China's role model Jiao Yulu in 2015, he got the answer. Jiao was seriously ill at that time, but still kept working to help people till the end of his life. Jiao devoted himself to improving people's life. “He was really great. I learn a lot from him,” said Patterson.
Patterson now works as a Confucius Institute volunteer at Lancaster University. “I'm proud to act as a bridge between the UK and China and help the two peoples know about each other's cultures better.”
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A
) 1. From the first two paragraphs, what do we know about Patterson?
A. He moved to China at an early age.
B. He didn't feel any changes in China.
C. He took great interest in China's history.
D. He was always excited when taking the old green train.
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C
) 2. The writer shows the modern trains are more comfortable by
.
A. playing a trick
B. asking a question
C. giving an example
D. showing a picture
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D
) 3. Why does Patterson use the story of Jiao Yulu?
A. To ask readers to study harder.
B. To tell readers to read poems.
C. To make foreign readers learn Chinese.
D. To show that people like him help China become stronger.
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B
) 4. According to the passage, we can infer that Patterson
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A. wants more people to travel around the world
B. enjoys acting as a bridge between the UK and China
C. thinks it is useless to learn cultures of other countries
D. feels happy to live in China with more people from the UK
