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south are not very interested in his shows because of regional cultural gaps and their intolerance of Zhao’s northeastern accent. 1. What’s the main idea of the passage? A. Something about the Spring Festival Evening Party. B. A popular ic won’t appear at the Spring Festival Evening Party. C. Zhao Benshan is exhausted and tired. D. Most people are sad about Zhao’s decision. 2. The underlined word “fatigue” in the second paragraph means that Zhao is _____. A. old B. fat C. unhappy D. tired 3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. All Chinese like to watch Zhao’s shows. B. Zhao didn’t prepare for the Spring Festival Evening Party. C. Mengguniang was sad about Zhao’s decision. D. Over ten million users on Sina weibo were concerned about the news. 4. Some audience in the south are not very interested in Zhao’s shows because_____. A. Zhao’s shows are in low level B. of regional cultural gaps and Zhao’s northeastern accent C. Zhao lacks the ability to put on a good show D. Zhao looks like a farmer in a small countryside (B) More and more Englisheducated Chinese Singaporean parents are realizing the importance for their children to be not only good at the allimportant English language, but also good at Chinese. China has bee a great political and economic superpower and they want their children to bee bilingual. It is mon knowledge that, to master any language, especially one’s mother tongue, one must begin from childhood. But there are challenges and barriers for children of Englishspeaking homes to succeed in their journey towards bilingualism. Take my family as an example. While my wife and I are products of English education, we had some foundation (基礎(chǔ) ) in Chinese which we kept up in our working life. But the language of munication in our home is mainly English. We are glad that our three children had between eight and eleven years’ Chinese schooling before switching over to English schools. Their foundation in Chinese has bee an advantage in their adult life. They can hold their own in the spoken language, but would find it hard to write a business letter in Chinese for lack of usage. We have a grandson who will be two years old shortly. His parents have given my wife and I the unenviable(令人為難的,令人不愉快的 ) task of making him bilingual. It is a very tough assignment, as we are with him for only a couple of hours on most days. For the rest of the time, he is being surrounded by English sounds b