Chinese and Japanese people view each other slightly more positively than
last year, according to a survey released on Wednesday at a press conference in
Beijing. The survey is jointly sponsored by China
Daily and Genron NPO, a Japanese think tank similar to the American Council
on Foreign Relations. It also found overwhelming agreement in both countries
that Sino-Japanese relations were important. The survey is a
part of the Beijing-Tokyo Forum, an annual gathering of senior government
officials and representatives from Chinese and Japanese NGOs designed to improve
communication and understanding between the two countries.
Conducted every year for five years now, the survey focused on two different
groups of people, ordinary citizens, and intellectuals. In China, the
intellectual group was comprised mainly of university students from well-known
schools like Peking University. In Japan, the "intellectual" group was mainly
made up of previous members of Genron NPO. Among ordinary
Chinese polled, 35.7 percent said they have "very good" or "relatively good"
impressions of Japan, a 5.5-percentage-point increase compared with last year.
45.2 percent of Chinese students had a positive impression of Japan, two
percentage points more than last year. Only 26.6 percent of Japanese have a
positive impression of China, however. Still, an overwhelming
majority of the respondents from each country said Sino-Japanese relations were
"important" and wanted their leaders to deepen talks and cooperation with each
other. But 51.9 percent of ordinary people and 42.4 percent of
students in China said they saw no change in relations between the two countries
over the last year. In Japan, 64.8 percent of those ordinary people and 53.4
percent of intellectuals surveyed shared the view that there was no improvement
in bilateral ties this year. Historical issues and territorial
disputes remain two major obstacles to improving bilateral relations, the survey
found. What concerns the Chinese most are historical issues, territorial
disputes, visits by Japanese officials to Yasukuni Shrine, and the Nanjing
Massacre. Perceptions on economic and trade relations have
improved, though. About 47 percent of ordinary Japanese said China had been
"helpful" this year in fighting the global economic crisis, compared with just
30 percent last year. The percent of Japanese intellectuals who said Chinese
economic growth was good for Japan increased from 65.8 percent to 81.4 percent
this year. Cooperation in East Asian issues, trade and
investment, energy, and the environment and climate change top the list of
common concerns that people in China and Japan want their leaders to talk about
in bilateral meetings, the survey found. Civil exchanges were
regarded by the most people from the both countries as an important way to
improve relations. 90.7 percent of the students and 85.7 percent of the ordinary
people in China and 95.8% of intellectuals and 74.8% of the ordinary people in
Japan viewed civil exchanges as "important" or "relatively important".
Chinese and Japanese both learn about each other's countries mostly
through television news and newspapers, the survey found.
单选题
Which of the following statements about the survey is true?
A. The survey was conducted on Wednesday at a press conference in
Beijing.
B. The survey is jointly sponsored by China Daily, Genron NPO and the
American Council on Foreign Relations.
C. The survey found that people in both China and Japan generally agree that
the relationship between the two countries is important.
D. The survey mainly focused on two different groups of people: ordinary
citizens, and the university students.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 从第二段最后一句话可知，中日两国民众普遍认为两国之间的关系很重要，所以C项正确。A项错在conduct，第一段提到“a survey released on Wednesday at a press conference in Beijing”；B项错在the American Council，第二段开头说“the survey is jointly sponspored...”，the American council只是用来和tank做比较的，它并非赞助者；D项错在the university students，由第四段第一句话可知，调查的对象主要是两类人：普通公民和学者，而不是大学生。故本题选择C项。
单选题
According to the passage, the Beijing-Tokyo Forum ______.
A. is held every year in Beijing
B. aims at promoting communication between the two countries
C. mainly attracts representatives from the governments of the two
countries
D. releases a survey on Sino-Japanese relation every five years
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第三段可知，北京—东京论坛的宗旨是为了增进两国之间的沟通和理解，所以B项正确。A项文章未提及，C项事实相反，文中说代表都是来自非政府组织的，所以错误；D项错在release，第四段第一句说“conducted every year for five years now, ...，所以错误。故本题选择B项。
单选题
In the last year, ______ of ordinary Chinese and ______ of Chinese
students have a positive impression of Japan
A. most Japanese had good or relatively good impressions of China
B. the bilateral relationship was perceived as being improved over last year
by the majority of respondents from the both countries
C. an overwhelming majority of the respondents from each country believed
that the civil exchanges were an important way to improve relations
D. the territorial issue ranked among the top list of common concerns that
people in both countries want their leaders to talk about in bilateral
meetings