Beginner Mandarin Test Chinese Express Unit 1 to 20
Duration: 45 minutes Name: _____________
Mark: ______________/120
I. How to say them in Chinese? (30 marks)
- Holiday______________
- to swim______________
- to run______________
- life______________
- weekend______________
- fruit juice______________
- receipt______________
- welcome______________
- wine______________
- restaurant______________
- milk______________
- pork dumplings______________
- place______________
- hour______________
- far______________
II. Translate into Chinese (69 marks)
- I live in Beijing, at the north of China.
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- Do you have English menu
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- Chris’s Chinese is even better
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- My first time to Beijing was last year.
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- Put your chopsticks on the table when you finished eating
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- Do you know how to say computer in Chinese?
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- My house is next to a hotel
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- Before I came to Hong Kong, I didn’t know how to speak Chinese
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- Do you like watching movie or TV?
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- He has a bad/serious cold.
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- Can I book a room in your hotel?
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- You should speak more and listen more when you learn Chinese
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- Do you often travelling in China?
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- Have you ever been to Shenzhen before?
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- I have been there once; I want to go there again.
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- It must be tough learning Chinese.
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- Don’t drink too much beer if you have Chinese lesson tomorrow.
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- Sometimes, winter in Hong Kong can be very cold, only 7 degrees!
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- Please mail this box to Canada.
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- I received a lots of Christmas gifts.
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21. How long did you sleep yesterday?
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22. My friend and I will go together to have lunch after class.
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23. He wears the same clothes as I do.
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III. Translate these sentences using sentence pattern: (10 marks)
Subject + Verb + Object + Verb + de + Adjective
1. He makes good dumplings
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2. I had a lot of fun in Guilin
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3. I can’t see it clearly
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4. He is tired travelling
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5. His clothes is clean washed
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IV. Translate into English (10 marks)
- 我是中国人_________________________________
- 你常去日本吗_________________________________
- 我喜欢晚上看电视_________________________________
- 星期天我去超市买东西_________________________________
- 我说一点儿汉语和德语_________________________________
- 今天是我的生日_________________________________
- 在中国买东西不太便宜_________________________________
- 今天早上我吃了鸡_________________________________
- 汉语很难_________________________________
- 我说汉语说得不错_________________________________
V. Choose ONE topic from below and prepare a ONE minute presentation. (20 marks)
2. Chinese food
3. Travelling
4. Learning Chinese
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VI. Listening exercise, true or false?
1. I am a Chinese teacher (T / F)
2. I like travelling (T / F)
3. My friend’s life in China is difficult (T / F)
4. My favorite food is dumplings (T / F)
5. I received lots of gift in spring festival (T / F)
6. If you don’t speak Chinese, Chinese people will help you. (T / F)
7. Chinese language is getting more and more important (T / F)
8. No one speaks English in Beijing (T / F)
9. There are not many Chinese people travel during the holiday. (T / F)