———《华文？谁怕谁！》挑战题之5（附答案）
 
今天继续转载新加坡“推广华语理事会”《华文？谁怕谁！》公开组第5周挑战题，答案见后。

 

1.“梅花肉”指的是猪身上哪一部分的肉？  Which part of the pig does “mei hua rou” (literally plum blossom meat) refer to?

 

A 肩  Shoulder

B 肚  Belly

C 肘  Shank

 

2.商业术语“黑天鹅事件”是指什么？  What does the business term “black swan event” refer to?

 

A 投资过程顺利并轻易获取巨大收益  A smooth investment which easily nets huge profits

B 发生不可预测的情况而引起重大的市场反应  A rare, unpredictable event that results in a major impact to the financial market

C 敌意收购  A hostile takeover

 

3.日军南侵时，身在新加坡的徐悲鸿曾将其珍藏画作藏在哪一所学校的井内？  When the Japanese invaded Singapore, Chinese painter Xu Beihong (who was in Singapore at that time) hid his paintings in a well in the premises of a school. Which school was it?

 

A 华侨中学  Chinese High School

B 崇文学校  Chong Boon School

C 南华女学校  Nan Hua Girls' School

 

4.已故音乐大师黄友棣所作的《杜鹃花》原是首什么歌曲？  The song “Azalea”, written by the late musician Hwang Yau-tai, was originally

 

A 儿歌  A children’s song

B 抗日歌曲  An anti-Japanese song written during World War Two

C 校歌  A school song

 

5.本地人早期将中央医院的所在地称为什么？  What did local residents use to call the area where the Singapore General Hospital is located?

 

A 四英里  四英里 (four miles)

B 四排埔  四排埔 (sepoy lines)

C 四条石  四条石 (four stones)

 

6.“曌”这个字是一种什么文字？  What kind of written language does the word “曌”( Zhào) refer to?

 

A 世上唯一的女性文字“女书”  “nǚ shū”, the world’s only writing system used exclusively among women

B 网络流行的“火星文”  New style Chinese characters used exclusively on the internet

C 武则天所创的“则天文”  Zetian characters - Chinese characters that were created by Empress Wu Zetian

 

7.“打狗”与“打猫”是台湾哪两个地方的旧名称？  Which of the following places used to be known as “打狗”(Takao)(literally beating the dog) and “打猫”(Tamao)(literally beating the cat) respectively?

 

A 永和、中和  Yonghe, Jhonghe

B 高雄、民雄  Kaohsiung, Minsyong

C 新庄、新店  Sinjhuang, Xiendien

 

8.为了不让自己的字被人拿去变卖，而故意写了「不可随处小便」的清代艺术家是谁？  Who was the Qing Dynasty artist who intentionally created the Chinese calligraphic work “No Urinating Anywhere” to stop people from selling his work?

 

A 吴仓硕  Wu Cangshuo

B 朱耷  Zhu Da

C 郑板桥  Zheng Banqiao

 

9.“打油诗”一词中，“打油”的典故何来？  How did “打油”, (dǎ yóu)(literally buy oil) as used in the term “打油诗”,( dǎ yóu shī)(doggerel) come about?

 

A 因此种诗体风格油滑谐趣  The slick, humorous poetry style

B 因创始诗人原是卖油商  The occupation – oil merchant – of the poet who started the poetry form.

C 因创始诗人名字叫张打油  The name – Zhang Da You – of the poet who started the poetry form.

 

10.国际组织 UNESCO 的中文名称是：  What is the international organisation UNESCO known as in Chinese?

 

A 联合国教育科学文化组织  联合国教育科学文化组织

B 国际文化教育基金会  国际文化教育基金会

C 世界科研教育组织  世界科研教育组织

 

答案:

 

1. A

2. B

3. B

4. B

5. B

6. C

7. B

8. C

9. C

10.A