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GWANGJU, South Korea, Sept. 28，2013 (Xinhua) — Cultural ministers from China, Japan and South Korea participating in the 5th China-Japan-South Korea Ministerial Conference on Culture held here Saturday agreed to strengthen cultural exchange and cooperation to promote the cultural prosperity of East Asia.

Cai Wu, China's Minister of Culture, Hakubun Shimomura, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, and Yoo Jinryong, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea attended the meeting in the South Korean city with more than 2,000 years of history.

At the meeting, Cai said that the east and west differ in history, culture and values, but the East Asia as a whole, especially China, Japan and South Korea, should take good advantage of their cultural and historical similarities, trying to create “shared East Asia value”and seeking a greater say around the world.

The ministers drew the Gwangju Joint Document at the meeting to strengthen cultural exchange and cooperation in the fields of culture industry, exhibitions, cultural heritage preservation and the youth exchanges to promote the program of “East Asia City of Culture.”

China, Japan and South Korea also agreed that the host country of the annual ministerial meeting will organize a joint cultural festival, including art performances, exhibitions, academic seminars and other relevant events starting from 2014.

The annual trilateral Ministerial Conference on Culture was firstly launched in 2007. The Gwangju meeting is the fifth round of this series, and the last round of this meeting was held in Shanghai, China in May 2012.

1.Which of the following information is True according to the text?

A. The 5th China-Japan-South Korea Ministerial Conference on Culture was held on Sunday.

B. The 5th China-Japan-South Korea Ministerial Conference on Culture is aimed at promoting the cultural prosperity of West Asia.

C. Yoo Jinryong, Minister of Culture, Science, Technology and Tourism of Korea attended the meeting.

D. GWANGJU is a South Korean city that has a history of more than 2,000 years.

2.The underlined phrase “seeking a greater say”in Paragraph 3 probably means         .

A. looking for more chances to speak Asian languages

B. trying to get greater power or right of acting or deciding

C. attempting to take up more space in the world

D. getting more time to set a good example to others  

3.This text mainly tells us ________.

A. three Asian leaders meet each other to discuss economic problems

B. how the program of “East Asia City of Culture”came into being

C. three Asian countries agree to promote cultural prosperity of East Asia

D. the trilateral Ministerial Conference on Culture firstly began in 2007

4.We can know from the text that         .

A. the fourth Ministerial Conference on Culture was held in GWANGJU

B. the trilateral Ministerial Conference on Culture is held once a year 

C. the Ministerial Conference on Culture has never been held in China

D. no changes were made about the forms of activities to be held in the future

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇新聞報道，報道了2013年9月28日在韓國光川召開的中日韓文化部長會議的有關情況。會議期間，三國部長就中日韓面向未來開展文化交流及合作的必要性達成一致，同時在認識文化重要性方面達成共識。

1.D細節理解題。本篇是一篇新聞報道，其特點是在文章首段提出時間地點和事件，根據GWANGJU, South Korea, Sept. 28，2013 (Xinhua)可知會議在韓國光川舉行，再根據文章第二段末句Sports and Tourism of Korea attended the meeting in the South Korean city with more than 2,000 years of history.可以知道這個城市歷史悠久，所以判斷D選項正確。

2.B詞意推測題。由上文should take good advantage of their cultural and historical similarities, trying to create “shared East Asia value”可知中日韓三國要利用文化歷史的共同點去努力創造共同的東亞文化，其目的就是要爭取在世界上更多的利益，擁有更大的發言權，故B選項正確。

3.C主旨大意題。新聞報道文章的特點是開頭提出中心，而本文開頭提出agreed to strengthen cultural exchange and cooperation to promote the cultural prosperity of East Asia.然后在下文作者對會議情況進行了詳細介紹，由此可知C選項正確。

4.B細節理解題。根據文章最后一段The annual trilateral Ministerial Conference可知會議每年舉行一次，annual意思是“每年的，年度的”故B選項正確。

考點：考查新聞報道類短文閱讀。