第二节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read
this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a
perfect 36 ___of Chinglish .
Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal (照字面意思的)translation of the Chinese greeting with a 37___ English grammar and structure!
Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 38 __. I was too amazed to
believe her. Her words could not convince me 39 ___. So I did a 40 __on . To my surprise,
there are over 60 thousand web pages 41 ____“long time no see”. This
sentence has been 42 ____ used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies,
books, or any other possible place. Though it is 43 ___informal, it is part of the
language that Americans use daily. 44, if you type this phrase in
Microsoft Word, the 45 __will tell you that the grammar needs
to be corrected.
Nobody knows the 46 __ of
this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s
movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers
successfully 47 ____ a world wide famous Chinese detective
named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans
some Chinese wisdom 48 quoting Confucius(孔子). “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan,
“long time no see” became a 49 phrase in the real world 50 to the popularity of these movies.
Some scholars 51 America to a huge pot of stew (大熔炉). All kinds of culture are 52___
in the stew together, and they 53
the color and taste of
each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic(少数民族的) group in the United States,
is also 54 some changes to the stew! Language
is usually the first thing to be
55 in the mixed stew.
36.A. word B. sign C. example D. change
37.A. ruined B. perfect
C. learned D. damaged
38.A.custom B. greeting C. habit D. proverb
39.A.almost B. in all C. at all D. after all
40.A.job
B. research C. survey D. search
41.A.publishing B. printing C. containing D. expressing
42.A.seldom B. hardly C.
widely
D. deeply
43.A.lots of B. plenty of C. sort of D. a bit of
44.Unfornately B. Luckily C. Suddenly D.
However
45.A.hardware B. software C. operator D. speaker
46.A.use
B meaning
C .expression D. origin
47.A.did
B. published C.
created D. discovered
48.A.of
B. in
C. with
D. by
49.A.popular B. rare
C. modern
D.
ordinary
50.A.thanks to B. as to C.
in spite of
D. but for
51.A.join B. add
C. compare
D. owe
52.A.joined B. compiled C. mixed
D. done
53.A.improve B. change C. lower
D.
promote
54.A.owing B. putting C. taking
D. contributing
55.A.mentioned B. used C.
considered D.
influenced
