Question

‘Long time no see’ is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s E-mail, I 　36 . I thought it was a classic example of Chinglish.

　 Obviously, it is a word-to-word 　37 translation of the Chinese greetings with a ruined English structure and grammar! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting. I had too many 　38 to believe her. Her words were not convincing enough. So I did a 　39 on google.com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages 　40 ‘Long time no see’. This sentence has been 　41 used in E-mails, letters, newspapers, movies, books or any other possible place. Though it is 　42 informal, it is part of the language Americans use daily. Ironically(讽刺地说), if you type this sentence in Microsoft Word, the 　43 will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.

　 Nobody knows the 　44 of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 　45 a world wide famous Chinese detective named ‘Charlie Chan’ on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom 　46 using what Confucius said. ‘Long time no see’ was his trademark. 　47 Charlie Chan, ‘Long time no see’ became a popular phrase in the real world thanks to the popularity of the movies.

　 Some people 　48 America to a huge melting pot（大熔炉）. All kinds of culture are 　49 in the pot together, and then change the color and taste of each other. American Chinese though a minority ethnic group in the United States, has also contributed some changes to the stew（大杂烩）! Language is usually the first thing to be 　50 in the mixed pot.

36.	A. jumped	B. scared	C. laughed	D. cried
37.	A. indirect	B. literal	C. classic	D. good
38.	A. ideas	B. doubts	C. proud	D. confidence
39.	A. search	B. research	C. survey	D. job
40.	A. printing	B. publishing	C. expressing	D. containing
41.	A. hardly	B. widely	C. deeply	D. seldom
42.	A. plenty of	B. lots of	C. sort of	D. part of
43.	A. software	B. hardware	C. operator	D. speaker
44.	A. origin	B. use	C. meaning	D. expression
45.	A. did	B. uncovered	C. published	D. created
46.	A. in	B. with	C. of	D. by
47.	A. Long before	B. Before long	C. Shortly after	D. The moment
48.	A. join	B. compare	C. tie	D. add
49.	A. mixed	B. connected	C. done	D. damaged
50.	A. used	B. considered	C. mentioned	D. influenced

Answer 1

36-40 CBBAD        41-45 BCAAD        46-50 DCBAD