题目内容：

    NEW YORK — Video producer and musician Justin Scholar enjoyed his exciting moment weeks ago when he spotted his latest work — a tourism video for Southwest China’s Chongqing city — playing on a huge LED screen at New York's Times Square.

The video was shot and produced in China, where Scholar now lives and owns a media company. After taking his first Mandarin (普通话) class in high school seven years ago, Scholar had listed China as a future destination and made his first trip to Shanghai in 2015 through a study-abroad program when he was a student in New York University.

Though he had been told what urban life in China was like beforehand, it was still “a far cry” from what he saw with his own eyes, says Scholar. During the semester (学期) in Shanghai, Scholar spent most of the time learning ink-and-wash painting, calligraphy, which enriched his artistic skills with a touch of Eastern aesthetics. He also ate a lot of authentic steamed meat buns (小笼包). “Shanghai is an incredibly efficient, modern city,” says Scholar. “To have this unbelievably accurate and fast metro, though sometimes crowded and to have very clean streets and bright lights at night, and people pouring in by the thousands ... that's so impressive” These may explain Scholar's return to Shanghai two years later, when his career at home was already thriving after making commercials for big names such as Coca-Cola and Jaguar. Despite his parents' doubts and worries, Scholar went back to Shanghai on his 24th birthday with an ambition to launch his own company.

Thanks to a combination of luck and talent, he achieved the goal soon with a Chinese friend as his business partner. The video that plays at Times Square — a tourism film for Southwest China's Chongqing city — was the company's first project contracted by a local government in China.

1.When did Justin Scholar begin to learn Chinese?

A.When he was seven years old.

B.After he graduated from high school.

C.After he made his first trip to Shanghai.

D.When he was a high school student.

2.What can we learn from Paragraph Three?

A.He disliked the authentic food in Shanghai.

B.What he saw was far from what he had heard of.

C.He returned to Shanghai with the support of his parents.

D.The metro system caused him more pain rather than convenience.

3.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “thriving” in Paragraph 4?

A.achieving great success

B.suffering great loss

C.subscribing

D.declining

4.Where is this passage probably taken from?

A.A science fiction B.A travel guide

C.A news report D.A food journal.