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1. According to the passage, the most consistent obstacle that the prospect of a unified language has encountered is

A. political uncertainty -the dynasty,communists and modern Chinese govt,all have tried.So not a case of political uncertainty.
B. government censorship -out of scope
C. widespread ignorance --out of scope
D. regional pride
E. a lack of nationalized education -nationalized education is already in place as mentioned in 4'th para
Ans:D

2. As a result of the events of the twentieth century in China as described in the second and third paragraphs of the passage, the author would probably agree with which of the following statements?

A. Putonghua will persist in Chinese culture because its characters are far more universal than those of guoyu ever were.-out of scope
B. In very populous countries, government edict is not always strong enough to resist the will of the people. -Easy peasy
C. The resurgence of counterculture is a constant phenomenon, but the individual events seldom have the staying power to become anything more than passing fads.-out of scope
D. Mandarin may yet become China’s national language because most Chinese speak it already.-out of scope
E. A government cannot call itself a representative democracy as long as it sanctions the destruction of literature.-out of scope
Ans:B

3. According to the passage, each of the following has influenced the adoption of a universal language in China[/b] EXCEPT

A. Chiang Kai-shek -3'rd para
B. members of the Qing dynasty’s royal family -passage reference Qing dynasty’s but as means for timeline and not a influence.
C. Communists -When the Communists seized power in 1949 ,in the 3'rd para
D. resistance from Cantonese speakers -mentioned
E. the modern Chinese government -mentioned in last para
Ans:B
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Took 5 min 31 sec and got all correct.
I think the questions were straightforward , but the size is appropriate practice wise.
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1. According to the passage, the most consistent obstacle that the prospect of a unified language has encountered is

A. political uncertainty - the passage does not suggest anything about the relationship between political uncertainity and language, it just presents several attempts from several governments to enstablish a common language
B. government censorship - the passage talks about censorship only in one sentence, it is of little relevance for the argument
C. widespread ignorance - the passage does not talk about the relationship between language and instruction in the rural areas if not indirectly, but just nowadays
D. regional pride - correct. the passage suggests since the first paragraph that the main point of this dichotomy is the pride of the southern in their cantonese language, and furthers this in the second paragraph
E. a lack of nationalized education - the passage does not talk about this


A. Putonghua will persist in Chinese culture because its characters are far more universal than those of guoyu ever were. - No, Putonghua is recent but the events in the first two paragraph are past, so ruled out
B. In very populous countries, government edict is not always strong enough to resist the will of the people. - Correct: the passage suggest in the second, third and fourth paragraph that several attempts from government to unify the language failed even today, with a so numerous population
C. The resurgence of counterculture is a constant phenomenon, but the individual events seldom have the staying power to become anything more than passing fads. - No, the second part of this sentence is opposite to the main point: resurgence in china led to a widespread language pattern
D. Mandarin may yet become China’s national language because most Chinese speak it already. - No, it does not talks about the superiority of Mandarin over cantonese
E. A government cannot call itself a representative democracy as long as it sanctions the destruction of literature. - No, it talks about the destruction of book just in a sentence and it is a marginal situation


A. Chiang Kai-shek - No, he tried to unify the language
B. members of the Qing dynasty’s royal family - Correct. The passage suggest that the attempts of language unification started after the fall of thi family
C. Communists - No, Stalin tried to unify the language
D. resistance from Cantonese speakers - No, they tried to maintain their language
E. the modern Chinese government - No, it has been able to unify the language
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Got 3/3 correct in total 6:44 min including 2:50 min to read the passage!

Passage Map:


1) Most langs —> China
2) Common lang: G. Efforts for an unified lang
3) More efforts for an unified lang
4) Efforts by modern govt
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