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A very
young new officer was at a railway station. |
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He Was on
his way visit to his mother in another town. |
1._______________ |
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And he
wanted to telephone to her the time of his train, |
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so that
she should meet him at the station in her car. |
3._______________ |
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He looked
in all his pocket, but found that he did not |
4._______________ |
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have the
right money for the phone. So he went out |
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and looked
round for anyone to help him. |
5._______________ |
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At last he
stopped an old soldier passed by,and |
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said, “Have you got any change for ten
pence?” |
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“Wait a
moment,”the
soldier says,“Let me
have a look.” |
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“Don’t you
know what to speak to an officer?”the |
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officer
said angry.“Now start
again. Have you got |
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any change
for ten pence?”“No sir, ” the old soldier answered quickly. |
10.______________ |
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence
for an American friend’s email I laughed. I thought it was a perfect _1_of Chinglish.
Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greeting with
a _2_ English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a
standard American _3_. I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not _4_
Me at all. So I did a _5_. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand
wed pages _6_ “Long time no see”. This sentence has been _7_ used in emails,
letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is _8_
informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. _9_, if you type this
phrase in Microsoft Word, the _10_ will tell you that the grammar needs to be
corrected.
Nobody knows the _11_ of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that
it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakes successfully
_12_ a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide
screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom _13_
quoting Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan,
“Long time no see” became a _14_ phrase in the real world _15_ the popularity of
these movies.
Some people _16_ America to a huge melting pot. All kinds of culture are _17_
in the pot together, and the _18_ the color and taste of each other. American Chinese,
though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also _19_ some changes to
the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be _20_ in the mixed pot.
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1. A. example |
B. sign |
C. word |
D. change |
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2. A. damaged |
B. perfected |
C. learned |
D. ruined |
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3. A. custom |
B. greeting |
C. habit |
D. proverb |
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4. A. persuade |
B. encourage |
C. convince |
D. believe |
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5. A. job |
B. research |
C. survey |
D. search |
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6. A. containing |
B. printing |
C. publishing |
D. expressing |
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7. A. widely |
B. hardly |
C. seldom |
D. deeply |
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8. A. lots of |
B. plenty of |
C. lots of |
D. sort of |
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9. A.
Unfortunately |
B. Luckily |
C. Ironically |
D. Suddenly |
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10.A.hardware |
B. software |
C. operator |
D. speaker |
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11. A. use |
B. origin |
C. expression |
D. meaning |
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12. A. created |
B. published |
C. did |
D. discovered |
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13. A. by |
B. in |
C. with |
D. of |
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14. A. ordinary |
B. rare |
C. modern |
D. popular |
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15.A. in spite
of |
B. as to |
C. thanks to |
D. but for |
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16. A. compare |
B. add |
C. join |
D. owe |
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17. A. joined |
B. mixed |
C. compiled |
D. done |
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18. A. improve |
B. change |
C. lower |
D. promote |
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19. A. owing |
B. putting |
C. taking |
D. contributing |
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20. A.
influenced |
B. mentioned |
C. used |
D. considered |