For Lena, a 20-year-old American student, Chinese characters are not just words — each one tells its own story.
Lena grew up in a community with many Asian families. As a child, she had Chinese friends. She saw Chinese writing on her friends’ lunch boxes and name tags (标签). The beautiful characters interested her because they looked nothing like English or other Western languages. This interest stayed with her for years. Later, when she took a college class about China and the U.S., her passion for Chinese culture grew even stronger.
Earlier this year, Lena joined Xiaohongshu. There, she spent more time looking at Chinese characters. She saw them as different objects. For her, the character “ren”, meaning “person”, looks like the muzzle (口鼻部) of a cat. “Ceng”, meaning “once”, looks like an angry robot to her. “Wu”, meaning “vain (徒劳的)”, reminds her of a sheep. That helps her remember Chinese characters quickly.
Lena also practices her Chinese by adding voices to her Xiaohongshu videos. She uses AI tools to turn English words into Chinese, listens to how they sound, and repeats them. To connect with Chinese fans, she translates all her posts into Chinese. Because of this friendly exchange, she now has online Chinese friends. They talk about daily life and even share food ideas!
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1.1. Where is Lena from?
A China.
B England.
C America.
D Japan.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段的“For Lena, a 20-year-old American student...”可知，莉娜是一名美国学生，即她来自美国。故选C。
2.2. What does the underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A Support.
B Love.
C Plan.
D Skill.
解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据划线词前文中的“The beautiful characters interested her...”“This interest stayed with her for years.”汉字深深地吸引着莉娜，并且她一直保持着对汉字的兴趣，由此可知莉娜热爱中国文化，结合选项可知，passion与love同义。故选 B。
3.3. Which character reminds Lena of an angry robot?
A “曾”.
B “兽”.
C “普”.
D “没”.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第三段中的“‘Ceng’, meaning ‘once’, looks like an angry robot to her. ”可知，在莉娜眼中，“曾”字像一个愤怒的机器人。故选A。
4.4. Why does Lena use AI tools?
A To make her videos look funny.
B To teach Chinese to her friends.
C To avoid writing Chinese characters.
D To help her practice Chinese speaking.
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第四段中的“She uses AI tools to turn English words into Chinese, listens to how they sound, and repeats them.”可知，她用AI工具将英文脚本译为中文，聆听生成的中文发音并仔细模仿，她这样做是为了练习汉语口语。故选D。
5.5. What can we know from the passage?
A Lena doesn’t like English.
B Lena is good at drawing.
C Lena wants to learn Chinese well.
D Lena lives in China now.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据全文内容可知，从莉娜研究汉字、用各种方式练习中文以及把所有帖子翻译成中文和中国粉丝交流等行为，可以推断出，她想学好中文。故选C。
