Question

【題目】 Richard Sears was unknown in China until 2012, when his story of spending all his money studying Chinese characters was reported online.This caught people’s eye. They gave him the nickname“Uncle Hanzi”.

Sears was once a computer engineer in the USA.When he was young, he developed an interest in Chinese characters. In 1972, when Sears was only 22, he decided to learn Chinese. He bought a one-way ticket to Taiwan, China to begin his study.

After several years of studying, Sears still found writing Chinese characters difficult. One piece of advice he received was to learn the evolution (發(fā) 展) of Chinese characters, because it could help him remember them. Since then, Sears has made his own research to study how Chinese characters were formed, and built up his own database (數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)).

In 1990, he came up with the idea of sharing the etymological (詞源的) information of Chinese characters on the website. In 2002, Sears made the website free for anyone who was interested. Just by typing a Chinese character on his website,people can find out the shapes and evolution of the character.

“Many people think I am crazy — spending all my money and time on the website. But for me,it’s just an interest,”Sears said. Years of living in China has turned“Uncle Hanzi”into“Grandpa Hanzi”, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the love Sears has for Chinese characters.

【1】When did Sears begin to study Chinese? (不超過 10 個(gè)詞)

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【2】How did Sears learn writing Chinese characters? (不超過 15 個(gè)詞)

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【3】What makes Sears keep studying Chinese characters? (不超過 10 個(gè)詞)

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】In 1972, when Sears was only 22.

【2】Sears studied how Chinese characters were formed, and built up his own database.

【3】The love Sears has for Chinese characters.

【解析】

本文講述了理查德西爾斯把所有錢都花在研究漢字上的故事。西爾斯曾是美國(guó)的一名計(jì)算機(jī)工程師，當(dāng)他年輕的時(shí)候，他對(duì)漢字產(chǎn)生了興趣。1972年，西爾斯年僅22歲，他決定學(xué)習(xí)中文。他買了一張去中國(guó)臺(tái)灣的單程票開始他的學(xué)業(yè)。西爾斯開始研究漢字是如何形成的，并建立了自己的數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)。多年在中國(guó)的生活讓“漢字大叔”變成了“漢字爺爺”，但有一件事沒有改變，那就是西爾斯對(duì)漢字的喜愛。

【1】句意：西爾斯什么時(shí)候開始學(xué)中文的?

根據(jù)“In 1972, when Sears was only 22, he decided to learn Chinese.”可知1972年，西爾斯年僅22歲，他決定學(xué)習(xí)中文。故答案為In 1972, when Sears was only 22.

【2】句意：西爾斯是如何學(xué)會(huì)寫漢字的?

根據(jù)“One piece of advice he received was to learn the evolution of Chinese characters…study how Chinese characters were formed, and built up his own database”可知是通過學(xué)習(xí)漢字的演變，建立自己的數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)，故答案為Sears studied how Chinese characters were formed, and built up his own database.

【3】句意：是什么讓西爾斯一直在研究漢字?

根據(jù)“but one thing that hasn’t changed is the love Sears has for Chinese characters.”可知是西爾斯對(duì)漢字的喜愛，故答案為The love Sears has for Chinese characters.

題目要求根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題，做題時(shí)要先通讀全文，在了解文章大意的基礎(chǔ)上帶著題目要求從文中尋找合適的答案。第1小題問什么時(shí)候開始學(xué)中文的，文中第2段第2句有寫到時(shí)間，很容易得出答案。