Zhang Longxiang is a well-known master of Iron Sand Palm. He fell in love with kung fu from an early age and chose to learn this traditional technique after meeting a master, Yang Xinchun, in 1998. Iron Sand Palm is a traditional Shaolin kung fu technique. Learners repeatedly strike rough materials to strengthen bones and muscles and improve their striking ability. One obvious result of long-time training is thickened skin on the hands.

Zhang was deeply impressed by Yang’s powerful, thickened palms — evidence of decades of training. Determined to follow the same path, Zhang became his student. For the first seven years, Zhang focused only on building his foundation. Then he spent another eight years learning from Yang as a formal apprentice (学徒).

Zhang’s daily training was full of pain and boredom. He had to hit steel-ball sandbags 6,000 times every day and repeatedly injured his hands. To aid his recovery and speed up the thickening of his palms, Master Yang provided a special medicinal wine that prevented serious injury. Today, Zhang points out that scenes of putting hands into hot sand are just fictional — products of kung fu movies. They are never real training methods.

1.1.When did Zhang meet Yang Xinchun?

A In 1988.

B In 1998.

C In 2006.

D In 2010.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。文章第一段直接说明张龙祥“after meeting a master, Yang Xinchun, in 1998”，即1998年遇到杨新春，因此选B。其余选项中的1988、2006和2010在文中均未出现，与原文事实不符。故选B。

2.2. How many years did Zhang study under Yang in total?

A Fifteen years.

B Seven years.

C Eight years.

D Twenty years.

解析：选A。A 数字计算题。文章第二段明确提到“For the first seven years, Zhang focused only on building his foundation. Then he spent another eight years learning from Yang as a formal apprentice.”前七年打基础，之后又花了八年正式拜师学艺，7加8共计15年，因此选择A项Fifteen years。B项七年和C项八年均只对应其中一个阶段，D项二十年与原文信息不符。故选A。

3.3. What effect does the master’s medicinal wine have?

A Makes training less boring.

B Helps create sandbags.

C Protects and thickens the palm.

D Replaces sandbag practice.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。第三段指出“To aid his recovery and speed up the thickening of his palms, Master Yang provided a special medicinal wine that prevented serious injury.”由此可知，药酒的作用是帮助恢复、加速手掌增厚并防止严重受伤，核心在于保护与增厚手掌，因此选择C项。A项“让训练不那么枯燥”、B项“帮助制作沙袋”和D项“取代沙袋练习”在文中均无对应信息。故选C。

4.4. What does the underlined word “fictional” mean?

A Not real.

B Dangerous.

C Painful.

D Traditional.

解析：选A。A 词义猜测题。该词所在句的后文紧接着解释道“…products of kung fu movies. They are never real training methods.”（它们是功夫电影的产物，绝不是真实的训练方法），由此可推断fictional意为“虚构的、非真实的”，因此选择A项Not real。B项Dangerous（危险的）、C项Painful（痛苦的）和D项Traditional（传统的）均与上下文逻辑不符。故选A。

5.5.Which of the following best describes Zhang according to the passage?

A Talented and creative.

B Strict and serious.

C Patient and knowledgeable.

D Determined and hard-working.

解析：选D。D 主旨大意题。通读全文，第二段提到张“Determined to follow the same path”；第三段描述他每天击打钢球沙袋6000次，忍受疼痛与枯燥；第四段提到他数十年如一日，每天练习两到三小时，手掌磨出厚茧，并连续五年赢得全国武术比赛。这些细节充分体现出他意志坚定（determined）与刻苦勤奋（hard-working），因此选择D项。文中并未突出他的“天赋与创造力”（A）、“严厉与严肃”（B）或“耐心与博学”（C），故这三项不符合文章对人物形象的塑造。故选 D。