The United Nations has 6 official (官方的) languages. Each of them has their own days with the aim to show the rich history and culture (文化) of each language. UNESCO first created (创造) Chinese Language Day in 2010 to celebrate Chinese as one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

The first Chinese Language Day was on November 12th. But since 2011, it has been on the April 20th. The date was chosen from Guyu to remember Cangjie. Cangjie is very important in Chinese culture. People believed he created Chinese words 5,000 years ago. In old stories, it’s said that Cangjie had 4 eyes and he was good at observing (观察). He often watched the sun and the moon with his upper 2 eyes, and mountains and rivers with the lower 2 eyes. His long-time observation made him create the earliest written words according to the shape of things.

On Chinese Language Day, there are different activities to celebrate the Chinese language and the theme (主题) is different each year. In 2022, “China Chic” was chosen as the theme. Chen Xu, an officer said, “Choosing this theme, we hope to spread what most of Chinese people like today so that foreigners can know more about Chinese culture and have a better understanding of China.” A video festival called “Foreigners look at China Chic” was held. In the videos, foreigners showed their love of Chinese fashion.

Chinese Language Day is an important carrier for Chinese learners, lovers, and users from all over the world to get close to Chinese. Nowadays, more than one sixth of world’s population speak Chinese as their first language—that’s more than any other population in the world! Learning Chinese is more like a key to knowing China and feeling the beauty of Chinese culture.

【小题1】The Chinese Language Day was first created _______.

A．in 2011

B．13 years ago

C．to celebrate Guyu

D．to remember Cangjie

【小题2】According to the old stories, how did Cangjie obseve to create the words?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【小题3】What does the underlined word “spread” in Paragraph 3 possibly mean?

A．Make something cheap.	B．Make something beautiful.
C．Make something popular.	D．Make something traditional.

【小题4】Why does the writer write the passage?

A．To tell some facts about a language day.

B．To make foreign people love to visit China.

C．To tell stories about a famous man Cangjie.

D．To show the history of the language of Chinese.