For the Moldovan(摩尔多瓦的) girl Gaby, whose Chinese name is Li Xiaoxiao, Chongqing is the beginning of her dream.

Xiaoxiao visited China with her classmates about eight years ago. The first city she arrived in was Chongqing. She fell in love with it as soon as she got off the plane. She quickly decided to stay in Chongqing.

However, living in a city and visiting it are two different things. The biggest barrier to her living there was in communication. She did not know any Chinese or even English. As Xiaoxiao thought Chongqing dialect(方言) was standard(标准的) Chinese, she learned it very hard. But after learning what she thought was Chinese, she found that the language she had spent two years learning is actually the Chongqing dialect.

In 2017, Xiaoxiao began to shoot short videos in her free time. At the beginning of 2018, she started a Douyin account. And she quickly became popular for her humour and dialect fluency(流利). Xiaoxiao is also interested in doing something to help the two countries understand each other. She introduced Chinese food and stories about China to her friends in Moldova. She also introduced the history of Moldova to the Chinese.

“I’d love to do it,” she said. “I will continue to introduce the culture of the two countries and hope that the two countries will become better and better.”

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1.When did Xiaoxiao first come to Chongqing?

A In 2019.

B In 2017.

C In 2014.

D In 2010.

解析：选C。C数字计算题。根据第二段第一句“Xiaoxiao visited China with her classmates about eight years ago.”可知，八年前(2022-8=2014年)潇潇第一次来重庆。故选C。

2.What does the underlined word “barrier” mean?

A Fear.

B Problem.

C Shame.

D Progress.

解析：选B。B词义猜测题。根据划线词所在句后面的“She did not know any Chinese or even English...”，她不懂中文和英文，她生活在重庆最大的问题是交流问题，由此推断，barrier表示“障碍，问题”。故选B。

3.How long did it take Xiaoxiao to learn Chongqing dialect?

A One year.

B Two years.

C Three years.

D Four years.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句的“she discovered that the language she had spent two years learning is actually the Chongqing dialect”可知，她花了两年时间学会重庆方言。故选B。

4.Which of the following is NOT true about Xiaoxiao?

A She likes sharing her life on Douyin.

B She speaks Chongqing dialect well.

C She asks her friends to live in China.

D She helps Chinese know Moldova better.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知，潇潇经常在抖音上分享关于她自己的视频、她的重庆方言讲得很流利、她向中国人介绍摩尔多瓦的历史，并未提到她邀请朋友来中国定居。故选C。

5.What is the best title for the text?

A The History of Chongqing.

B A Dream City—Chongqing.

C Moldovan Girl in Chongqing.

D Chongqing Dialect and Standard Chinese.

解析：选C。C主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知，本文主要讲述了一个摩尔多瓦姑娘在重庆生活的故事，因此C项“摩尔多瓦女孩在重庆”最符合文意。故选C。