III Reading
A
1. Their temperaments and interests are very similar, so they never fight.
2. They both like making friends, eating Chinese food, and traveling.
3. Because Mr Zhang (pig-man) is hogging the TV and she hates the ball games. She probably also feels a little hurt that he wants to watch the ball game rather than spending time with her. I would be!
B
I'm with you. But I also like to listen to min2yao2 (folk music). And let's not forget di2si1ke1! Saturday Night Fever!
C
1. An1 Qi2 (see it?)
2. 24.
3. Beijing.
4. She's from an intellectual family. She's 1.67 metres tall; is educated and "capable of reason," "regular-featured" and beautiful, gentle and good-tempered, smart-wise-capable, healthy-beautiful (nice body), likes sport, is good at cooking and interior decorating, and speaks great English (got 617 on the TOEFL).
5. A college education.
6. At a foreign company ("exclusively foreign-owned") in China.
7. An ambitious, honest and kind, highly principled male overseas resident (preferably living in the US or Canada) with a master's degree or greater.
D
Yikes! Here are the twenty categories found on the application, but in mixed-up order:
| Health status | Appearance | Height | Ethnicity | Seeking... |
| Telephone | Children (Y/N) | Country of residence | Interests (Hobbies) | Correspondence address |
| Other information | Academic history | Residency status (means urban/rural) |
Sex (and the answer is not "yes") |
Marital status |
| Full name | Ancestral home | Passport number (!) | Occupation | Date of birth |