Ⅰ.完形填空
You must burst into laughter when you hear your friends express their wishes to you by saying:“Good good study,day day up”,which is a most interesting sentence.When I first read the similar sentence “Long time no see” from an American friend's E-mail,I also laughed.I thought it was a perfect __1__ of Chinglish.Later on,my friend told me that it is a standard American __2__.I was too surprised.Her words could not __3__ me at all.So I did a search on www.google,com.To my surprise,there are over 60 thousand web pages __4__“long time no see”.This sentence has been __5__ used in E-mails,newspapers or any other __6__ places.Though it is informal,it is part of the language that Americans use daily.__7__,if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word,the software will tell you that the grammar needs correcting.
Nobody knows the __8__ of this Chinglish sentence.Some people __9__ that it came from Charlie Chan's movies.In the 1930s,Hollywood movie makers successfully __10__ a famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens,__11__ liked to teach Americans some Chinese __12__.“Long time no see” was his trademark.Soon it became a __13__phrase.
Some scholars __14__ America to a huge pot of stew.All kinds of culture are mixed together,and they change the color and taste of each other.Language is usually the first thing to be __15__ in the mixed stew.
【语篇解读】 本文介绍“long time no see”的来源。有人认为是受好莱坞电影塑造的一个成功的中国侦探影响的结果,一些学者则认为是美国多元文化之间互相渗透的结果。
1.A.word B.sign
C.example D.signal
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2.A.custom B.greeting
C.habit D.proverb
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3.A.ensure B.persuade
C.convince D.convey
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4.A.publishing B.printing
C.containing D.expressing
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5.A.seldom B.hardly
C.widely D.deeply
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6.A.important B.possible
C.interesting D.pleasant
【解析】 参见上题解析。
【答案】 B
7.A.Unfortunately B.Luckily
C.Suddenly D.However
【解析】 上一句提到尽管这句话有点不正式,但仍然是美国人日常用语中的一部分。而空格后面则是指Microsoft Word却认为这句话的语法是不正确的,是需要改正的。由此可判断空格处表示转折关系。
【答案】 D
8.A.use B.meaning
C.expression D.origin