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Chinese has a history of thousands of years. But Pinyin doesn't. It tells people how to pronounce Chinese characters. This year, Pinyin turns 68 years old.
In 1958, Chinese linguist(语言学家) Zhou Youguang and his team made Pinyin. Before that, Chinese people used many other ways to show how to pronounce Chinese characters. But these ways are not as easy to use as Pinyin. Because of Pinyin, more people learn how to read.
Pinyin is a big part of our daily life. We learn to speak Putonghua with the help of Pinyin. We type Chinese characters on computers by using Pinyin.
Pinyin is young. But it is now very popular outside China. It is becoming a bridge between China and other countries. Many people around the world start to learn Chinese by learning Pinyin. You might say "nihao" to mean "hello" to a foreign friend.
People are using Pinyin more often than before. For example, some foreigners don't use "dumplings". They like to use "jiaozi". And "mantou" is for "steamed bun". The Oxford English Dictionary(《牛津英语词典》) has more than 20 Chinese characters in Pinyin, such as zhongguomeng for "China Dream", and wanggou for "online shopping".
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)4. What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?
A. Pinyin is too young to be accepted by foreigners.
B. Pinyin is much easier to use than Chinese characters.
C. Pinyin can be a bridge between China and other countries.
D. Pinyin helps a lot of foreign people to understand China.
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)5. Which of the following shows Pinyin is becoming popular around the world?
A. There are few ways to show how to pronounce Chinese characters in Pinyin.
B. Many Chinese characters have a much longer history than Pinyin.
C. Foreigners use English words to understand Pinyin.
D. More Chinese characters in Pinyin are in the English dictionary.
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)6. In which part of the school newspaper can you probably read this passage?
A. Daily News. B. Sports Events.
C. Language Study. D. Free Time Activities.
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)7. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. Something about Pinyin
B. How to learn Chinese
C. How to pronounce English
D. How to look up words in the dictionary
