A new word duang is taking the internet by storm in China - but no one knows quite what it means. The character “duang” is so new that it does not even exist in the Chinese dictionary. But it has already spread like wildfire online in China, appearing more than 8 million times on China's micro-blogging site Weibo, where it drew 312,000 discussions among 15,000 users. On China's biggest online search engine Baidu, it has been looked up almost 600,000 times. It's been noticed in the West too, with Foreign Policy seeing it as a “break the internet” viral meme - like a certain Kim Kardashian image, or a certain multicoloured dress.

But what does it mean? “Everyone's duang-ing and I still don't know what it means! Looks like it's back to school for me,” said Weibo user Weileiweito. Another user asked: “Have you duang-ed today? My mind is full of duang duang duang.” “To duang or not to duang, that is the question,” wrote user BaiKut automan.

“Duang” seems to be an example of onomatopoeia, a word that phonetically imitates a sound. It all seems to have started with Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, who in 2004 was featured in a shampoo commercial where he said famously defended his smooth, black hair using the rhythmical-sounding “duang”. The word resurfaced again recently after Chan posted it on his Weibo page. Thousands of users then began to flood Chan's Weibo page with comments, making the word in reference to his infamous shampoo appearance.

The word appears to have many different meanings, and there's no perfect translation, but you could use it as an adjective to give emphasis to the word that follows it. A cat might be “duang cute”, for example. Or you might be “very duang confused” by this blog. For readers of Chinese characters, the Jackie Chan theme is also apparent from the quirky way in which the word is written a combination of Chan's names written in Chinese.

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1.What is the best title of the passage?

A Millions share new Chinese character.

B There are many great storms in China.

C The internet has made out new words.

D Many try to find ways to stop wildfire.

解析：选A。A。标题概况题。从文章第1段第3句的But it has already spread like wildfire online in China, appearing more than 8 million times on China's micro-blogging site Weibo, where it drew 312,000 discussions among 15,000 users.可以得知该文讲述了一个新的中国汉字引起了成千上万人关注的事情。

2.How was the character noticed by the West?

A In Chinese dictionary.

B Over talk of Foreign Policy.

C Through the Internet.

D By Kim Kardashian imag.

解析：选C。C。细节理解题。根据第1段最后1句的It's been noticed in the West too, with Foreign Policy seeing it as a “break the internet”可知这个事情在因特网传播的很快，因此西方人也对此很关注。

3.What is discussed in the second paragraph?

A The doubt of the word.

B The structure of the word.

C The root of the word.

D The meaning of the word.

解析：选D。D。推理判断题。从第2段第1句的But what does it mean?和后面那些人的问题Have you duang-ed today? My mind is full of duang duang duang.，因此可以推知第2段是在探讨该词的含义。

4.When Jackie Chan first said “duang”, he really wanted to _____.

A create an important word

B praise a kind of shampoo

C flood his Weibo page

D play Hong Kong action film

解析：选B。B。细节理解题。根据第3段第2句的who in 2004 was featured in a shampoo commercial where he said famously defended his smooth, black hair可以得知他在做洗发水广告。

5.When“duang” is used as an adjective, it can be used to _____.

A emphasize the word after it

B make other people confused

C combine the uses’ names

D open China's micro-blogging

解析：选A。A。细节理解题。根据文章最后1段第1句的but you could use it as an adjective to give emphasis to the word that follows it可知duang可以用来强调后面的词。