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Reading out loud is one of the most useful ways to practice when you are learning a foreign language. If you want to improve your fluency, you should read a lot, and not silently but out loud!
This competition is designed to encourage all the Chinese learners to read Chinese out loud. And we hope to introduce the importance of reading out loud when learning Chinese. Also, we have brilliant prizes for the top three competitors! We look forward to hearing from you reading Chinese stories, poems, tongue twisters, lyrics, etc. We would post the recordings on our official account anonymously (匿名) and ask everyone to vote online for the recordings.
The top six will get the prizes below:
First prize (1 person): 5 hours one-to-one Chinese lesson
Second prize (2 people): 3 hours one-to-one Chinese lesson
Third prize (3 people): one 200 RMB voucher (代金券) for our course
Timeline
Please choose one from the ten materials given to you at the bottom of this web page, from 6 to 10 are lyrics, you can read or sing.
Sign up before 11 p.m., 16th of February.
Record the name: your file with your name and nationality (eg: Mike+US)
Send your recordings to [email protected], before 7 p.m., 19th of February.
We will post the anonymous recordings on HLC official account on the 21st of February. Vote online from 21st of February to 25th of February.
The result would be posted on HLC official account on the 26th of February.
If you don’t know Chinese characters, you can copy them and change them into pinyin on the following website https://www.pinyinzi.com/hanzipinyin/.
1. What is the competition intended to do?
A. To encourage more people to learn Chinese.
B. To inspire Chinese learners to read out loud.
C. To introduce how to learn a foreign language.
D. To stress the importance of Chinese learning.
2. What are listed at the bottom of the web page?
A. Reading materials. B. Names of winners.
C Rules of the competition. D. Lists of prizes.
3. When will the result be made public?
A. On the 16th of February. B. On the 19th of February.
C. On the 21st of February. D. On the 26th of February.
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. D
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了中文学习者朗读汉语大赛的要求、奖项和参赛流程等。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。通过文章第二段“This competition is designed to encourage all the Chinese learners to read Chinese out loud. (本次比赛旨在鼓励所有中文学习者大声朗读汉语)”可知，比赛的目的是鼓励学习中文的人大声朗读。故选B项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。通过文章“Timeline (时间轴)”部分中的“Please choose one from the ten materials given to you at the bottom of this web page (请从本网页底部的10份材料中选择一份)”以及“you can read or sing (您可以阅读或演唱)”可知，网页底部列出了阅读材料。故选A项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。通过文章“Timeline (时间轴)”部分中的“The result would be posted on HLC official account on the 26th of February. (结果将于2月26日在HLC官方账号上公布)”可知，比赛结果将于2月26日公布。故选D项。
