Intermediate Level

Worksheet

China
Jennifer Gascoigne

A Before Reading
1

Look at the map. Write the names of the cities in the box in the correct place on the map. Look at
pages 4 and 5 to check your answers.

Beijing

Chengdu
Fuzhou
Guangzhou
Kunming
Urumqi
Wuhan

Hangzhou
Xian

Harbin

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Intermediate Level

Worksheet

Look at the pictures from the book. Write what you think each of the pictures shows. Check your
answers as you read.

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B While Reading
3

There are ten chapters in the book. Write the correct chapter number and heading next to the
information from the chapter. The first one is an example.
Chapter number and heading
6 Eating and Drinking in China

Information
Dim sum, Yue, Longjing tea
Jiao di, Bruce Lee, Wushu
Monkey King, Mahjong, KTV
The Silk Road, The Yangtze, The Han, Pinyin
Po Shui Jie, Lion Dances, Mooncakes
Porcelain, Calligraphy, Literati
Sun Yat-sen, The Long March, Hong Kong
Confucius, The Northern Song, The Manchu queue,
The Forbidden City
The Birds Nest, World Expo, Pudong
Yin and Yang, Acupuncture, Ginseng

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C After Reading
4

Read the clues and complete the crossword with words from the book.
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12

0Across

Down

01 a building used for worship in some

religions such as Buddhism

2 a light inside a transparent container with a

handle for carrying it

05 a situation in which people live and work

well with other people, or in a way that
does not damage things around them

3 an area of darkness that is created when

something blocks light

08 the person who rules an empire

4 plants are used to make this type of

medicine

09 a tall tropical plant with thick, light brown

stems. Pandas eat it.

6 an area within a country with its own local

government

10 a large flat area of land that is higher than

the land around it

11 people in China eat their food with these

7 someone who works on another persons

farm or on their own small farm. They are
often very poor.

12 a particular style of cooking food,

especially the style of a particular country
or region

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Intermediate Level

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The book tells you about China, but what is it like in your country? Choose one of the topics in the box
to write about. Write between 200 and 250 words.
Eating and Drinking

Entertainment

Festivals

The Land, the People and the Language

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