Recently, a special kind of Chinese rap becomes popular on the Internet. The singer is Guo Yuanfeng. The man from Fuzhou, Fujian Province, is an inheritor (传承人) of “versatile paper flowers (纸翻花)”, a traditional Chinese paper handicraft (手工艺). He uses rap to teach others how to play with the paper flowers. This rap is known as Funky Rapping Paper or Funky Paper Rap on the Internet. His video has been watched over l.5 billion times.
The Funky Paper Rap is as follows: How do you do the 72 changes? Remember the four-word method. First word: touch the top. Second word: touch the bottom. Third word: touch the left. Fourth word: touch the right. Touch the top and then touch the bottom. Touch the left and then touch the right. Pull with your hands. Turn it upside down to change. It’s called Rainbow Bridge. Push it up to change. It’s called Stone Arch Bridge.
Why do people call it Funky Paper Rap? Actually, “funky” comes from the word “funk”. Funk music is a style of dance music that developed from Black R&B, soul, and jazz in the mid-1960s. When Guo first put his video online, people thought his performance matches funk music perfectly. Many are curious about it, “What is this song? I don’t understand the words, but it’s so catchy (悦耳易记的)!” They started to reproduce the rap with different instruments and music styles.
Versatile paper flowers have a long history. They have been listed as intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) of China. The paper handicraft was started by the Guo family during the Qing Dynasty. People regarded the flowers as gifts to their friends or their families. As time goes by, the Guo family’s later generations (一代人) combine other art forms with the paper flowers to bring more fun to the traditional handicraft.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。【小题1】Which of the following was created by Guo Yuanfeng?
| A．Funk music. | B．Black R&B. |
| C．Versatile paper flowers. | D．Funky Paper Rap. |
| A．He is an inheritor of “versatile paper flowers” |
| B．He makes videos to teach people how to make the paper flowers. |
| C．He teaches people how to play with the paper flowers by singing rap. |
| D．He performs funk music very well. |
| A．It’s a kind of music art form that has a long history. |
| B．It first appeared in the Qing Dynasty as gifts to friends or family members. |
| C．It will soon disappear and the future world can’t see it anymore. |
| D．Many people started to reproduce it because of Guo Yuanfeng’s videos. |
| A．Change. | B．Dream. | C．Connect. | D．Spread. |
| A．Kind and helpful. | B．Clever and creative. |
| C．Hard-working and independent. | D．Talented and humorous. |
