AP Chinese Language and Culture.pdf

BARRON’S

CHINESE LANGUAGE

AND CULTURE

Yan Shen, M.A.

Department of Asian

Languages & Cultures, UCLA

Contributing author:

Joanne Shang, B.S.

Chinese Language Teacher

Raleigh Charter High School

Raleigh, North Carolina

® AP and Advanced Placement Program are registered trademarks of the College Entrance Examination Board, which was not involved in the

production of, and does not endorse, this product.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Yan Shen has been a lecturer in Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA, Los Angeles since 2005. She has a

Masters in Sinology and Anthropology from University Trier, Trier, Germany and a Bachelor in Chinese Language

and Literature from Capital Normal University, Beijing, China. She was born in China and has lived in Beijing for

more than two decades. She served as a lecturer at the International Chinese Language and Culture Center,

Tsinghua University, China, during 1993 and 2004. Yan speaks standard Mandarin fluently and has written

numerous articles for journals.

Joanne Shang has taught all levels of Mandarin Chinese at Raleigh Charter High School, Raleigh, North Carolina

since 1994 and has been elected to serve as the K-12 Chinese Teacher Lead in North Carolina. She is a frequent

speaker at regional and national conferences.

Both authors have been readers for the AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to my husband, Wei Li, for his support while I worked on the book. Thanks also to my daughter, Yunyi Li,

for her help in translating much of the Chinese into English. Many thanks also to Joanne Shang for checking the

manuscript and offering valuable suggestions for improvement. Special thanks are due to my editor at Barron’s,

Pat Hunter.

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Book ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-3815-7

Book ISBN-10: 0-7641-3815-4

Book & audio package ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-9400-9

Book & audio package ISBN-10: 0-7641-9400-3

Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 2008000986

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shen, Yan.

AP Chinese language and culture / Yan Shen.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-3815-7

ISBN-10: 0-7641-3815-4

ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-9400-9

ISBN-10: 0-7641-9400-3

1. Chinese language–Examinations. I. Title.

PL1071.S44 2008

495.1076–dc22

2008000986

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents

Introduction

Speaking Skills

331

General Information

331

The AP Chinese Course

Evaluation Criteria

332

The AP Chinese Exam

Conversation Samples and Scores

336

Navigating the Computer

Cultural Presentation Samples and

Scores

Suggested Resources

350

Using This Book

Speaking Tips

355

Vocabulary Tips

356

Speaking Preparation

356

Listening

Comprehension

Presentation

359

Speaking Skills Practice

364

Speaking Skills

390

General Information

Rejoinders

Listening Selections

Grammar Review

399

Listening Strategies

Listening Comprehension Practice

Complements

399

Answers and Answer Explanations

Sentences with Special Predicates

405

The Passive Voice

407

The “ ᡞ ”—Sentences

408

Reading Comprehension 162

Existential Sentences

410

Sentences with Verbal

Constructions in a Series

General Information

162

411

Reading Strategies

162

Pivotal Sentences

412

Reading Selections

178

Comparison

413

Reading Comprehension Practice

181

Expressing Emphasis

416

Answers and Answer Explanations

210

Complex Sentences

417

Common Sentence Patterns in

Spoken Chinese

Writing Skills

227

426

General Information

227

Cultural Notes

441

Evaluation Criteria

228

Scoring Guidelines

229

Physical Geography of China

441

Types of Essays

240

Survey of Modern History

445

Writing Strategies

261

Festivals and Customs

447

Common Writing Mistakes

261

Chinese Mythology

450

Writing Skills Practice

270

Idiom Story

452

Four Grand Works in Chinese

Literature

454

AP Chinese Language and Culture

Chinese Characters

455

Traditional Food

476

Calligraphy

456

Chinese Astrology

478

Chinese Arts and Crafts

457

Chinese Taboos

479

Four Great Inventions of

Ancient China

Important Idioms

483

459

Useful Proverbs

489

Traditional Chinese Medicine

460

Traditional Chinese Architecture

462

Model Exam 1

499

Classical Gardens

464

Traditional Performing Arts

465

Answers and Answer Explanations

516

Education

466

Chinese Martial Arts

469

Model Exam 2

535

Traditional Entertainment

471

Cultural Heritage

473

Answers and Answer Explanations

552

Traditional Clothing

474

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