Part Ⅰ Fast Reading
In this section，you are going to read two passageswith ten statements attached to each one.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter.
Liu Xinwu releases a six-volume series ofhis guide to A Dream ofRed Mansions for young readers，featuring hand-drawing illustrations by Zheng Qinyu.
[A]A child-friendly version of ADream ofRed Mansions has just been released，reports Mei Jia.
[B]For those Chinese who want to find their cultural roots，there's nothing better than classical traditional texts.And Liu Xinwu，76，a writer and renowned expert on A Dream of Red Mansions，says the novel is the best gateway into traditional Chinese culture，not only because of its literary merits，but also because of the many cultural aspects contained in the novel like poetry，culinary traditions，tea culture，costumes and architecture.
[C]On Monday，Liu released a six-volume series of his guide to the ancient novel for young readers，ideally aged from 5 to 9.The novel，one of the country's four greatest ancient classical texts，waswritten by Cao Xueqin，and is loved bymillions of Chinese readers，among whom was late chairman Mao Zedong.The late leader was known to have read through the original textmany times，according to Party history researcher Chen Jin.“You can talk about it(the novel)only after reading through it at least five times，”Mao had said.
[D]Liu's publisher，Yang Zheng from the Tiandi Press，says a recent reader survey found that92 percent of Chinese parentswould love to give the novel to their children，but51 percent of them were not sure if the novel was suitable for children under 10，in terms of content and language.
[E]As for Liu's view，he says:“It(the novel)isn't that easy to understand.It is quite sophisticated，and different readers see different things.But forme，its charm lies in its depth of questing for the ultimatemeaning of life and the significance of survivalwhich alsomakes it unique in a sense.”
[F]What Liu does in the 50 chapters of the six books is to avoid the sophistication，and focus on the characters，the scenes and the related stories，like Daiyu burying the petals，drunk Xiangyun sleeping in the flower garden and Miaoyu serving tea.“I trymy best to bring the beautiful，the pleasant and the interesting from the novel to young readers，”says Liu.“I'm giving the kids a glimpse of the light and joy that the book brings，which will stay with them as they grow older and can explore the original novel themselves.”
[G]The author，a former editor with a literary magazine，is known for his works of fiction and lectures on China Central Television about ADream ofRed Mansions.In 2011，Liu raised public interest in the novel by releasing his own version of thework because the existing 80 chapters by Cao Xueqin are believed to be unfinished.
[H]For years，Liu has been promoting the novel to adult readers，but now he is responding to demands that he take the classical novel to even younger readers.He has begun to act.As part of this outreach，he has produced audio lectures for children and turned them into a series，besides offering cultural references in the books to festivals，customs，toys，tales and even legendary swords.
[I]For Yang，Liu has made the classic approachable and his books are a boon to Chinese parentswho are anxiously pushing to introduce the classics to their children.But some people doubt if Liu's take is the best way，or if people should stick to presenting the original texts of the classics to the younger generations.
[J]Zhu Yongxin，the vice-president of the Chinese Society of Education，says it's common practice in many countries to provide children with access to literary classics as early as possible.“In the United States there's a Core Knowledge curriculum with Core Classics，while in Britain，kindergarten kids are encouraged to perform Shakespeare's plays，elementary school students are recommended abridged versions of the Bard's works，and students aged 11—14 read at least one of his works，”Zhu says.“The versions or forms don'tmatter too much.If the classics suit the children，it's fine to read them，and better if parents can read them together with their children，”adds Zhu.
[K]As forWang Zhigeng from the Kids Library of the National Library of China，he sees Liu's series as a way to bridge the transition from picture books to reading more texts.Zheng Qinyu，the illustrator of the series，spentmonths on the pictures in the books to help young readers.“I chose watercolors，colored pencils and fine-pointed technical drawing pens to create the works，instead of using a computer，”says Zheng.
[L]While the seriesmay bemeant for children，there are also adultswho could use Liu's latestwork.Columnistand blogger Li Ling，better known as San Chuan Ling，says she reads A Dream of Red Mansions once a year，but she knows some adult readers who need help in getting through the novel，and Liu's version could be a handy option.“It(the novel)is like crab in the autumn，and tea collected right before Tomb Sweeping Day in the spring.Reading the novel is something the Chinese appreciate very much，”she says.
[M]Liu's book will also soon be available in foreign languages，coming first to Southeast Asia，says Yang，who represents the publisher.“Liu's version offers an easy access for foreign readerswho are interested in the book，”he says.
( )1.ADream ofRed Mansions is favored by a large number of readers in China，including a famous statesman.
( )2.Some believe that young people should read the original classics instead of adapted ones.
( )3.For Zhu Yongxin，as long as the classics is appropriate for children，it doesn't matter whether the books are original or adapted.
( )4.Liu Xinwu says，“if you want to learn traditional Chinese culture，ADream ofRed Mansions is the best choice.”
( )5.The book is unique partly because of the ultimatemeaning of life and the significance of survival sought in it.
( )6.Children in many countries have access to literary classics.
( )7.A majority of Chinese parents are inclined to introduce ADream ofRed Mansions to their children.
( )8.Liu's book will be translated into different languages to meet the need of oversea readerswho have interest in A Dream ofRed Mansions.
( )9.In Li Ling's eyes，for some adult readerswho find it difficult to finish up reading A Dream ofRed Mansion，Liu's version may be a wise choice.
( )10.The characters，scenes and relevant stories rather than sophistication are highlighted in Liu's six books to suit young readers.
[A]A play that offers a new interpretation ofwriter A Lai's award-winning novel，Settling Dust，is proving popular online.The play，starring actor Yu Entai and actress Xu Fan in the leading roles，has been produced as a two-episode online show，the first episode ofwhich has been viewed more than 15 million times on Tencent Video since its release on Dec.10.
[B]Recently，Tibetan ethnic writer，A Lai，came to Beijing from Sichuan province to see a new adaptation of his award-winning novel，Settling Dust(also known as Red Poppies)，which he first published in 1998 and for which he won the fifth Mao Dun Literary Prize in 2000，the top literary award in China.
[C]As one of themost popular contemporary Chinese literary works，so far Settling Dust has seen more than one million copies sold.It has been translated into more than 20 languages，including English，French，German，Russian，Swedish，Korean and Serbian，and published in over 30 countries around the world，A Lai，59，says.
[D]Before this play，the novel had been adapted into a dance drama，an opera，a TV series and a Sichuan Opera piece.When A Lai saw the play adaptation，he says he was pleased to see that the novel has been interpreted and presented to an extensive audience in such a new style.
[E]Settling Dust is A Lai's debut novel.In the first-person narration of an“idiot”，the second son of a Tibetan chieftain living in the Tibetan borderland in Sichuan's northwest，the novel tells the stories of the Maichi family and feudal life in the last decade before the People's Liberation Army of China liberated the area in 1951 and ended the serf system.
[F]At the beginning of the novel，people believe that the second son of the Maichi chieftan，born to his second wife—a Han ethnic woman—is an idiot and poses no threat to his half-brother's future.However，the seeming idiot gradually turns out to be wiser during a key competition between him and his brother，which changes everything.A Laisays，in the novel's Maichi family，only idiots can survive the bloody struggles for power.Moreover，the perspective of an idiot gives the narration an objective quality for readers to better observe the society and family.For A Lai，Settling Dust preserves a sample of a Tibetan chieftain's life at the end of the feudal society in a fictional form.
[G]At the end of the 1980s，as a high school teacher，A Laibecame bored teaching the same texts year after year and began to focusmore on writing poems and fiction in his spare time.When he turned 30 in 1989，however，he found his work unfulfilling，so he began investigating the local Tibetan history of his hometown in Barkam county in the part of Sichuan where his novel is set.One day，in May 1994，all the legends，religious and historical stories that he had collected over the years started to boil over in his head.He wrote down the first sentence and just keptwriting.In July of that year，during the FIFAWorld Cup in the United States，he stopped for a month，but returned to it as soon as the final game had ended.By December，he had completed the novel.
[H]“My biggestmotivation to write the novel was to create a book about the history of the region.We all know the major points of Chinese history，but small local historical books are lacking，”he says.“Just like the Maichi chieftain's clerk in the novel，I continued his work to record the local history of that period of time，”he says.
[I]Besides Settling Dust，A Lai has published many other works，such as The Song of King Gesar in 2009，a novel based on Tibetan legend of King Gesar，the novel Empty Mountain in 2005，the novella Silversmith in the Moonlight in 1999.
[J]Regarded as a Tibetan Games of Thrones by younger Chinese readers，Settling Dust similarly contains torture，cruel deaths，desire，love，intrigue，rivalry between siblings jostling for power and revenge，aswell asmysticism and the practice of witchcraft.
[K]Guan Zhengwen，chief director and one of the scriptwriters for the play adaptation，hails the novel as an allegory for the entire human race.As one of the first readers of the book，he fell in lovewith Settling Dust immediately.“Now 20 years have passed，and Istill believe it is one of the bestworks in contemporary Chinese literature，”Guan says.
[L]In 1997，three years had passed since A Lai completed Settling Dust，but all the market-driven publishers rejected hismanuscript.“They said it's a good novel，but themasses would not like it because itwasn't a trendy topic，which did not convince me.Why wouldn't people want to read a good work?”A Lai says，at that time，Guan was an editor at literature magazine，Selected Stories，in Beijing.Hemet A Laiat a literary event in Zhangjiajie，Hunan province.When A Laishowed him the novel，hewanted to run it in themagazine.At the same time，one of the top publishers in China，People's Literature Publishing House，had also decided to publish it.
[M]Settling Dust became a best-seller in 1998.In interviews，A Lai told reporters that he was confident that the novel would outlive other best-sellers of that year.Now，time has indeed seen ithailed as a classic of contemporary Chinese literature.That iswhy Guan decided to produce a play of the novel and put it online.
[N]“Many people describe it as an elegy to the last Tibetan chieftains，but forme，it goes far beyond that.It's about human society and the fate of humanity.There's not only the relationship between chieftains，but also hierarchy in family and in society，as well as economical life.It's amicrocosm of all human life，a window through which you can observe humanity，”Guan says.“It includes ideas that you can see in the best literary works from around the world，such as those by Shakespeare，”he adds.
( )11.Settling Dust was notwell-received by many publishers at very beginning when it was finished.
( )12.The novel is based on the research of Tibetan history of A Lai's hometown.
( )13.The play adapted from the book Settling Dust has attracted plenty viewer online.
( )14.Guan Zhengwen thinks that time can not shake the position of Settling Dust as an outstanding piece ofworks in contemporary Chinese literature.
( )15.Settling Dust is a winner of Mao Dun Literary Prize.
( )16.Guan says the book enables readers to observe humanity as it shows readers lives of every class.
( )17.Settling Dust was viewed as a Tibetan version of Games of Thrones.
( )18.Readerswill have the knowledge of feudal life in Tibet in 1940s by reading Settling Dust.
( )19.Settling Dust is popular with readers from different culture.
( )20.In order to present an objective picture of the described society and family，the story is narrated by a character as an idiot.