QuizUnit1

1、单选题：
‌Yu, the Great,  tamed the waters of _________ with wisdom and perseverance.  ‏
选项：
A: the Heilongjiang River
B: the Yellow River 
C: the Yangtze River
D: the Wusulijiang River
答案: 【 the Yellow River 】

2、单选题：
‎Luzhi gets its name because________.‌
选项：
A: the town is named after its owner, a wealthy businessman
B: the town is named after its designer
C: the town looks like the Chinese character “Lu” from a bird’s eye view
D: the name was granted by the emperor
答案: 【 the town looks like the Chinese character “Lu” from a bird’s eye view】

3、单选题：
‎Legend has it that ________ taught people how to make fires by drilling wood.‍
选项：
A: Nv Wa
B: Suiren-shi
C: Shennong-shi
D: Fuxi-shi
答案: 【 Suiren-shi】

4、单选题：
‏_______ of the Taihu Lake which has the fame as “a boundless expanse of blue waters” are within the boundary of Suzhou.‏
选项：
A: Half
B: One third
C: One fourth
D: Three quarters
答案: 【 Three quarters】

5、单选题：
‌__________, called “the roof of the world”, is the highest step in China’s three-step topography.‌‌‌
选项：
A: The Inner Mongolia Plateau
B: The Pamier Plateau
C: The Qingzang Plateau
D: The Yungui Plateau
答案: 【 The Qingzang Plateau】

6、单选题：
​In the Inner  Mongolia people specialize in herding while in the Middle-Lower Yangtze plains, people expand  ________ .‏
选项：
A: fishing
B: industry
C: farming
D: hunting
答案: 【 farming】

7、判断题：
‎The topography of Suzhou is low and flat and is under the influence of East Asia Monsoon.‌
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

8、判断题：
‌The Yellow River,  the cradle of Chinese civilization,  is the longest river in China and Asia and the third longest in the world.​
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

9、判断题：
‌The Yellow River runs through ten provinces and autonomous regions on its way to the Bohai Sea.‏
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

10、判断题：
​The Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age sites can be found in the Yellow River basin, the center of the ancient Chinese culture since the Middle Stone Age.‌
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

随堂测验

1、单选题：
‍Which is reputed as “Number One Water Town in China”?​
选项：
A: Mudu
B: Zhouzhuang
C: Tongli
D: Luzhi
答案: 【 Zhouzhuang】

2、判断题：
​Suzhou’s copious water sources make the city an epicenter of abundant aquaculture.‌
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

3、判断题：
Aquatic food in Suzhou includes the Silver Fish from Yangchenghu Lake and the Hairy Crab from the Taihu Lake.​
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

4、填空题：
‎Due to its unique geographical feature, Suzhou gets its fame of “_______ of the East”.​
答案: 【 Venice】

5、填空题：
‍Suzhou is one of the first ______ areas in China, dated back to 6,000 years ago.‎
答案: 【 rice plantation】

QuizUnit2

1、单选题：
‌The ______ Dynasty is often called a “Chinese Renaissance” by the Western media, because the progress in technological inventions and the new philosophical interpretations of the classics represent a renewal of the old tradition and the creation of new streaming. ‌‌‌
选项：
A: Tang
B: Song
C: Yuan
D: Qing
答案: 【 Song】

2、单选题：
​Suzhou itself was founded as the Wu capital in the 6th century B.C. by the order of King _______. ‏
选项：
A: Liao
B: Fuchai
C: Helv
D: Wu Zixu
答案: 【 Helv】

3、单选题：
‌In 33 BC, __________, a maid of honor in the imperial court, was assigned to go beyond the Great Wall and marry Chanyu (King) of the Huns with a view to strengthen the bilateral concords between the Han Dynasty and the Huns, leaving behind touching stories in terms of the Han-Hun marriage. ​
选项：
A: Diao Chan
B: Xi Shi
C: Wang Zhaojun
D: Yang Yuhuan
答案: 【 Wang Zhaojun】

4、单选题：
‏__________ commissioned the compilation of Encyclopedia, the world’s largest general and one of the earliest encyclopedias.‎
选项：
A: Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang
B: Emperor Yongle
C: Emperor Qianlong
D: Emperor Kangxi
答案: 【 Emperor Yongle】

5、单选题：
​Prosperous Suzhou is a 13-meter-long painting created by _____.‌
选项：
A: Zhang Zeduan in the Song Dynasty
B: Xu Yang in the Qing Dynasty
C: Tang Yin in the Ming Dynasty
D: Wang Wei in the Tang Dynasty
答案: 【 Xu Yang in the Qing Dynasty】

6、多选题：
‌Which of the following contributions were made by the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty?‌
选项：
A: unifying pictographs
B: constructing the illustrious Great Wall
C: building the Forbidden City
D: founding the State System
答案: 【 unifying pictographs;
constructing the illustrious Great Wall;
founding the State System】

7、判断题：
‏The Qing Dynasty was overthrown by the October Revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen.‍
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

8、判断题：
‏One Belt, One Road, also known as the Belt and Road Initiative, is a development strategy and framework, unveiled by the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, by borrowing the concept of the historical Silk Road.‏
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

9、判断题：
‏Historical legends suggest that the brothers of Taibo and Zhongyong were princes from the Shang Dynasty.‍
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

10、判断题：
‍Construction of the thousand-mile-long Grand Canal during the Sui  and the Tang  dynasties  greatly influenced Suzhou’s economic future.​
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

随堂测验

1、判断题：
‌The brothers of Taibo and Zhongyong, princes from the Zhou Dynasty,  headed south and ultimately settled in the Yangtze River Delta.‍
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

2、判断题：
‌It was not until the Ming (581-618) and the Qing (618-907) dynasties that Suzhou became an important commercial center of southern China.​
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

3、判断题：
​Zhang Zeduan, the court painter during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, created a long scroll originally entitled Prosperous Suzhou.‌
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

4、判断题：
‍Xumen Gate in Suzhou guarded the western entrance, memorializing the city’s founder, Wu Zixu.‎
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

5、填空题：
‍Suzhou itself was founded as the Wu capital in the 6th century B.C. by the order of King _______.‍
答案: 【 Helv】

QuizUnit3

1、单选题：
‎Speaking is the only performance for _______, mostly telling historical, judicial, heroic and epic stories.‍
选项：
A: Tanci
B: Kunqu Opera
C: Pinghua
D: Ping Opera
答案: 【 Pinghua】

2、单选题：
‎The earliest examples of the Chinese writing originated from the logograph called _________.‍
选项：
A: the characters created by Cang Jie
B: knots
C: oracle bone inscriptions
D: clerical scripts
答案: 【 oracle bone inscriptions】

3、单选题：
‎The Chinese language and characters have their distinctive features. Ideograms represent the idea, form, and ___________ of things.‎
选项：
A: color
B: size
C: sound
D: meaning
答案: 【 sound】

4、单选题：
‍Originally the Chinese character 日 was written as a circle with ­a ______ in the middle.‌
选项：
A: tick
B: cross
C: dot
D: curve
答案: 【 dot】

5、多选题：
‌Which of the local performing arts needs the use of Suzhou dialect as a communication tool?‎
选项：
A: Pingtan Opera
B: Kunqu Opera
C: Ping Opera
D: Beijing Opera
答案: 【 Pingtan Opera;
Kunqu Opera】

6、多选题：
‏The multilingualism in the megacity of Suzhou refers to the shift of three languages which are _______________.‎
选项：
A: Mandarin
B: Shanghai dialect
C: Suzhou dialect
D: English
答案: 【 Mandarin;
Suzhou dialect;
English】

7、判断题：
‍Oracle bone inscriptions are the oldest mature Chinese characters that exist in China.‌
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

8、判断题：
‎The new style of Suzhou dialect refers to its variation resulting from urbanization and migration.‏
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

9、判断题：
‍The Chinese characters’ evolution is moving towards simplicity.‎
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

10、判断题：
‎Hieroglyphic characters in ancient China