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Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on AP Chinese reading: theme vocabulary and measure words in context, notices and messages, festivals, etiquette, chengyu and connectors. Grouped by the six course themes used through 2025–26, plus culture and connector sets.

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Practice deck · part of AP Chinese Language and Culture · written against: College Board AP Chinese Language and Culture Course and Exam Description: the decks follow the six themes of the CED used through 2025–26; the revised CED takes effect in fall 2026 (six thematic units, first revised exam May 2027). Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. 王明工作很忙，可是每天晚上都给父母打电话，周末还陪他们去公园散步。大家都说他很______。

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 业余
    B) 孝顺
    C) 流行
    D) 客气
    B) 孝顺

    孝顺 (xiàoshùn) means "devoted to one's parents": calling them every night and walking with them on weekends is exactly that. 客气 means polite or formal toward others, which says nothing about caring for one's parents.
    Families and Communities
  2. 大家好！我叫林安娜，是美国华裔。我爸爸是台湾人，妈妈是美国人。我从小在家里跟爸爸说中文，跟妈妈说英文。去年夏天，我第一次去台湾看爷爷奶奶，觉得那里的一切都又熟悉又新鲜。

    Why does Anna most likely feel that Taiwan is 又熟悉又新鲜?

    A) Her mother had often shown her photos of Taiwan
    B) She knew its language from home but had never been there
    C) It was very different from what her father described
    D) She lived there as a small child and then moved away
    B) She knew its language from home but had never been there

    又熟悉又新鲜 means "both familiar and new": Anna grew up speaking Chinese with her father (familiar), yet this was her first visit (第一次去台湾), so everything was also new. Nothing suggests she ever lived there.
    Personal and Public Identities
  3. Papermaking is one of ancient China's Four Great Inventions (四大发明). Which of these is also traditionally counted among them?

    A) The telescope (望远镜)
    B) The steam engine (蒸汽机)
    C) The telephone (电话)
    D) The compass (指南针)
    D) The compass (指南针)

    The Four Great Inventions are papermaking, printing, gunpowder and the compass (指南针, zhǐnánzhēn). The telescope, steam engine and telephone came from Europe and North America much later.
    Science and Technology
  4. 【招聘】
    本店招聘周末打工的学生，工作时间为每周六、周日上午十点到下午四点。要求：会说中文和英文，对顾客热情。有意者请发电子邮件给王经理。
    ——好味咖啡店

    Which applicant best fits what the café wants?

    A) A friendly English speaker who knows no Chinese
    B) A friendly bilingual student who is free on weekends
    C) A bilingual student free only on weekday evenings
    D) A bilingual student looking for full-time work
    B) A friendly bilingual student who is free on weekends

    The café wants weekend part-timers (周末打工的学生, Saturday and Sunday 10–4) who speak Chinese and English (会说中文和英文) and are warm with customers (对顾客热情). Each other applicant misses one requirement.
    Contemporary Life
  5. Which pair of customs belongs to the Dragon Boat Festival (端午节)?

    A) 吃粽子、赛龙舟
    B) 贴春联、放鞭炮
    C) 扫墓、踏青
    D) 吃月饼、赏月
    A) 吃粽子、赛龙舟

    At 端午节 people eat zongzi (粽子) and race dragon boats (赛龙舟), customs tradition links to the poet Qu Yuan. Mooncakes and moon-viewing belong to Mid-Autumn, tomb-sweeping to Qingming, and couplets and firecrackers to Spring Festival.
    Culture › Festivals
  6. ______报名的人太少，这次的书法讲座取消了。

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 尽管
    B) 由于
    C) 即使
    D) 无论
    B) 由于

    由于 (yóuyú) means "because of, owing to": too few sign-ups is the cause of the cancellation. 尽管 (although) would set up a contrast that the sentence does not have.
    Formal Writing Connectors

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  • Topic outline follows the six themes of the College Board's AP Chinese Language and Culture Course and Exam Description in use through 2025–26 (the AP name is used nominatively; no course or exam text reproduced). The revised course framework takes effect in fall 2026, with the first revised exam, given in Bluebook, in May 2027.
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