Difficult Vocabulary
| still is | réngshì, yīrán | 仍是, 依然 |
| fierce | jīliè | 激烈 |
| price decrease | jiàngjià | 降价 |
| feature | tèdiǎn | 特点 |
| class(of car) | tuántǐshì | 团体式 |
| chain reaction | liánsuǒfǎnyìng | 连锁反应 |
| pull one hair and you move the whole body | qiānyífà’érdòngquánshēn | 牵一发而动全身 |
| Cherry | qíruì | 奇瑞 |
| a series | xìliè | 系列 |
| to bring about | dàidòng | 带动 |
| Jetta | jiédá | 捷达 |
| to overturn/subvert | diānfù | 颠覆 |
| in previous years | wǎngnián | 往年 |
| to pale into insignificance | xiǎowūjiǎndàwū | 小巫见大巫 |
| Mudan | mǔdan | 牡丹 |
| Geely | jílì | 吉利 |
| the range of decrease | xiàjiàngfúdù | 下降幅度 |
| decreased twice | liǎngdùjiàngjià | 两度降价 |
| Guangzhou Honda | guǎngběn | 广本 |
| to appear on the scene | dēngchǎng | 登场 |
| to force | bìděi | 必得 |
| automatic gears | zìpáidǎng | 自排挡 |
| manual gears | shǒudòngpáidǎng | 手动排挡 |
| start of the year | niánchū | 年初 |
| gradually | zhújiàn | 逐渐 |
| output exceeds sales | chǎnliàngdàyùxiāoliàng | 产量大于销量 |
| sales promotion | cùxiāo | 促销 |
| intended purchase | gòumǎiyìxiàng | 购买意向 |
| survey | diàochá | 调查 |
| express/show | biǎoshì | 表示 |
| too high brow to be popular | qǔgāohèguā | 曲高和寡 |
| interviewee | shòufǎngzhě | 受访者 |
| statistics | shùjù | 数据 |
| trend | qūshì | 趋势 |
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This is a very difficult reading, filled with obscure Chinese idioms and even more obscure Chinese-made cars! Unless you are truely proficient in Chinese reading, I suggest you read the questions FIRST then scan the text for the information you’re asked for.
The first question states: the writer 作者 [zuòzhě]
takes…as an example 举 [jǔ] 。。。做 [zuò] 例子 [lìzi] , Jetta 捷达 Jiédá in order 为了 wèile to show the price decrease….
A. happened many times
B. a big range
C. many models
D. each other 互相 [hùxiāng] influence 影响 [yǐngxiǎng]
From the text we can see, Cherry’s decrease brought about 带动了[dàidòng] Jetta’s decrease
so the answer is D.
In this article it’s mentioned 提到的 [tídào] which type of car had this years biggest range of price decrease:
A. Mudan Jili 25000
B. Cherry Fengyun 10000 then 20000
C. Toyota Weichi 10000
D. Kia Automatic the same as Toyota
So the answer here is B.
For this question, you don’t even need to read the text.
“A Buyer’s Market” points to 指的[zhǐ] 是 a market:
A. Supply is more than demand
B. there are many buyers
C. Supply/Demand 供需 [gōngxū] Equilibrium 平衡 [pínghéng]
D. Supply doesn’t meet demand
A. is the answer
According to 根据[gēnjù] the market’s survey 调查 [diàochá]
results 结果[jiēguǒ] ,which class of car will become the hottest seller:
A. mid-range cars
B. high-end cars
C. economical class cars
D. luxury cars
Mid-range cars between 10 and 20 wan are most popular with 42%