More and more Chinese words are playing a part in the English language. Maybe that's because 300 million Chinese people are now studying or speaking English.

A study says several hundred Chinese words are coming into the English language every year. One example of a word used in English is chengguan (city patrol officer) . A quick Google searched it over a million times.

    The Oxford English Dictionary now has about 1 ,000 words of Chinese words,such as taikonaut (中国 宇航员) . In China,taikonaut means a person trained by a human spaceflight program to fly in space.

    In August this year,The Wall Street Journal used the word dama,which is Chinese pinyin for “big mother”,to report the middle-aged Chinese women leading the world's gold market.

    But Han Baocheng,a language teacher at Beijing Foreign Studies University,said ,“Using ‘Chinglish,doesn’t mean Chinese words are trying to take the place of the English words. That's only because we cannot find the right words in English to express (表达) the meanings in Chinese. ”

    In fact,the mixing of the two languages makes it easier to learn a second language. 24-year-old Canadian Lisa said ,“ My mom can't speak any Chinese,she has to remember ni hao (hello) by 4 knee,and 4 how’. But she can easily say words with Chinese."

1. Why do many Chinese words come into the English speaking every year?

   A. Because Chinese is useful than English.

   B. Because more people speak Chinese than English.

   C. Because too many Chinese are studying or speaking English.

   D. Because Chinese words are easy to speak.

2. According to The Wall Street Journal,who is dama?

   A. All the middle-aged Chinese women.

   B. All the middle-aged women in the world.

   C. The Chinese women leading the world's gold market.

   D. The Chinese women taking care of kids at home.

3. What does the underlined word “mixing” mean in Chinese?

   A. 结合   B. 学习

   C. 构造   D. 消失

4. How does Canadian Lisa's mother learn Chinese?

   A. By writing Chinese words.

   B. By speaking Chinese pinyin.

   C. By speaking the English words.

   D. By talking with Chinese people.

    Canadian school buses are called “ the safest school buses in the world”. All the school buses,which are in deep yellow,have the same style. School bus drivers have to receive strict training before getting driver's licenses. 

    When a school bus runs through the city and carries children to a stop,the driver will turn on the red light and then show the sign “ Stop At this time,all the vehicles following the school bus must stop as if they met a red light. After all the children get on or off,the school bus will drive away. Then other vehicles can go on.

    Many people will think of cartoons as soon as they talk about Japanese school buses. For a long time,cartoon pictures on school buses have already been popular and become models of Japanese school buses. When children see pink Hello Kitty or blue Doraemon,no one will refuse to go to school any more.      On Japanese school buses,there's always a headman caring for kids. If something happens suddenly,the headman will tell parents about it as soon as possible.

1. The color of Canadian school buses is .

   A. red   B. yellow

   C. pink   D. blue

2. From the passage,we know that .

   A. Canadian school buses must have a headman

   B. Canadian school buses should follow other vehicles

   C. Japanese school buses may look lovely and lively

   D. Japanese school bus drivers can get licenses easily

3. The passage is written mainly to .

   A. tell something about the school buses in Canada and Japan

   B. suggest schools choosing better school buses

   C. welcome students to Canada and Japan

   D. ask students to obey traffic rules    

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