“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.

1. A. example
B. sign
C. word
D. change
2. A. damaged
B. perfected
C. learned
D. ruined
3. A. custom
B. greeting
C. habit
D. proverb
4. A. persuade
B. encourage
C. convince
D. believe
5. A. job
B. research
C. survey
D. search
6. A. containing
B. printing
C. publishing
D. expressing
7. A. widely
B. hardly
C. seldom
D. deeply
8. A. lots of
B. plenty of
C. lots of
D. sort of
9. A. Unfortunately
B. Luckily
C. Ironically
D. Suddenly
10.A.hardware
B. software 
C. operator
D. speaker
11. A. use
B. origin
C. expression
D. meaning
12. A. created
B. published
C. did
D. discovered
13. A. by
B. in
C. with
D. of
14. A. ordinary
B. rare
C. modern
D. popular
15.A. in spite of
B. as to
C. thanks to
D. but for
16. A. compare
B. add
C. join
D. owe
17. A. joined
B. mixed
C. compiled
D. done
18. A. improve
B. change
C. lower
D. promote
19. A. owing
B. putting
C. taking
D. contributing
20. A. influenced
B. mentioned
C. used
D. considered

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