Perhaps you’ve seen the English letters “WC in your city. They show public toilets. But do you know it is far from elegant English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Perhaps you’ve seen the English letters “WC” in your city. They show public toilets. But do you know it is far from elegant (优雅的) English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the letters.

Workers in our city are changing “WC” signs all over the city. The government is spending much money changing all the bad English on signs and restaurant menus. Many other places in China are following our steps.

“WC, or water closet, is old-fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me,” says Charlie Shifflet, a young man from the US. The old sign will become “Gents/Men” and “Ladies/Women”.

“I see lots of poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs,” he says. “I know what they mean. But they are Chinglish, not real English. For example, when someone says to me ‘My hometown is Henan Province’, I know he should say: ‘My hometown is in Henan Province’. ‘Hometown’ is a smaller place in a province.” The common(通常的) mistakes include “Not Entry”, which should be “No Entry”, “Direction(方向) of Airport” should be changed to “To the Airport”. And it is “room rate(房价)”, not “room price”. And remember to “Keep off the grass”, rather than “Care of the green”.

1.What does the writer think of the use of “WC”?

A. He doesn’t think it means water closet.

B. He doesn’t think it old-fashioned English.

C. He doesn’t think it proper for a sign.

D. He thinks it elegant English.

2.The underlined word “rarely” means .

A. sometimes B. seldom C. often D . always

3.Charlie Shifflet .

A. is a Chinese living in America

B. thinks Chinese people are sometimes using incorrect English

C. likes to hear or see Chinglish

D. sometimes uses Chinglish

4.Which of the following signs does NOT use Chinglish(中国式英语)?

5.The last paragraph is about .

A. why there are so many Chinglish signs B. examples of Chinglish

C. where Chinglish signs are D. who uses Chinglish signs

1.C 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.B 【解析】试题分析：英语越来越广泛的应用于我们的日常生活，但是在中国有很多英语的标志其实都是不符合英语的表达习惯的，例如WC，这是很不优雅的一个英语词汇。文章中还举了很多汉语式英语的例子。 1. 2.rarely use the letters可知，作者的观点是用WC指公共厕所是不优雅的，因此来自说英语国家的外国人很少...