Beingabletospeak11foreignlanguages68-year-oldvillagerXuXiuzhenhasbecomeacelebrityinthetownofYangshuoanidealtraveldestinationinsouthChina’sGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion.XulivesatthefootofMoonMountainwhereshehasguidedcountlesstourists.Hersincerityhaswonherthename“MamaMoon”YangshuoknownforitsKarst（喀斯特）landscapeandtheLijiangRiverhasdrawnmillionsofforeigntouristsallovertheworld.Thescenictownishometomanypeoplewhomakealivingbybothfarmingandworkingastourguides.Overthepast16yearsXuhastaughtherself11foreignlanguagesincludingEnglishSpanishJapaneseandKorean.Inadditiontomakingherincrediblypopularherforeignlanguageshavemadeiteasierforhertocommunicatewithforeigntourists.Buthersuccesshasbeenhard-won.

ShestartedlearningsimpleEnglishphrases16yearsago.Beingilliterate（文盲的）shewasunabletoreadgrammarbookssoshehadtomemorizeeachwordbyitssound.ButXutookeveryopportunitytotalktoforeigntouristsandtriedtospeakoutherEnglish.Constant（持续不断的）communicationandasenseofperseveranceprovedeffectiveandshewasgraduallyabletoexpressherselfinEnglish.

Withhercommandof11foreignlanguagesXubecomesoneofthebusiesttourguidesinYangshuo.Herreputationattractsalargecrowdoftouristeverydayespeciallyforeignvisitorswhocometomeetthemultilingualguideoutofadmiration.

HuangYongzhongdirectorofYangshuo’stourismbureausaidXu’ssuccesshasencouragedmanyfarmerstofollowherexample.Officialstatisticsshowthat1.5millionforeigntouristsvisitedYangshuoin2012anumberthathasinspiredlocaltourguidestolearnforeignlanguageswithhopesofachievingthesamesuccessas“MamaMoon”.“What‘MamaMoon’doesisagoodexampleofYangshuofarmers’shareddream---tomakelifebetterbylearningnewskills”Huangsaid.

31.Theunderlinedword“celebrity”inthefirstparagraphprobablymeans“____”.

A.afamousperson B.ageneroustourguide

C.anexcellentdirector D.acleverstudent

32.WhatisYangshuofamousfor?

A.Yangshuo’stourismbureau.

B.Farmerslearningforeignlanguages.

C.It’skarstlandscapeandtheLijian