Question

【題目】Perhaps you’ve seen the English letters “WC” in your city. They show public toilets. But do

you know it is far from elegant（優(yōu)雅的）English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countriesrarely use the letters.

Workers in our city are changing “WC” signs all over the city. The government is spending much money changing all the bad English on signs and restaurant menus. Many other places in China are following our steps.

“WC, or water closet, is old-fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me,” says Charlie Shifflet, a young man from the US. The old sign will become “Gents/Men” and “Ladies/Women”.

“I see lots of poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs,” he says. “I know what they mean. But they are Chinglish, not real English. For example, when someone says to me ‘My hometown is Henan Province’, I know he should say: ‘My hometown is in Henan Province’. ‘Hometown’ is a smaller place in a province.” The common mistakes he picked up include “Not Entry”, which should be “No Entry”, “Direction of Airport” should be changed to “To the Airport”. And it is “room rate”, not “room price”. And remember to “Keep off the grass”, rather than “Care of the green”.

【1】What does the writer think of the use of “WC”?

A. He doesn’t think it means water closet.

B. He doesn’t think it old-fashioned English.

C. He doesn’t think it proper for a sign.

D. He thinks it elegant English.

【2】The underlined word “rarely” means ________.

A. sometimes B. seldom C. often D. always

【3】Charlie Shifflet ___________.

A. is a Chinese living in America

B. thinks Chinese people are sometimes using incorrect English

C. likes to hear or see Chinglish

D. sometimes uses Chinglish

【4】Which of the following signs does NOT use Chinglish?

【5】The last paragraph is about _________.

A. why there are so many Chinglish signs

B. examples of Chinglish

C. where Chinglish signs are

D. who uses Chinglish signs

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】試題分析：英語(yǔ)越來(lái)越廣泛的應(yīng)用于我們的日常生活，但是在中國(guó)有很多英語(yǔ)的標(biāo)志其實(shí)都是不符合英語(yǔ)的表達(dá)習(xí)慣的，例如WC，這是很不優(yōu)雅的一個(gè)英語(yǔ)詞匯。文章中還舉了很多漢語(yǔ)式英語(yǔ)的例子。

【1】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文意和短文第一段中But do you know it is far from elegant（優(yōu)雅的）English?可知，作者覺得用WC來(lái)表示公共廁所是不優(yōu)雅的，故應(yīng)選C。

【2】B詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)劃線單詞所在的句子以及上下文But do you know it is far from elegant（優(yōu)雅的）English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countriesrarely use the letters可知，作者的觀點(diǎn)是用WC指公共廁所是不優(yōu)雅的，因此來(lái)自說(shuō)英語(yǔ)國(guó)家的外國(guó)人很少使用它。由此我們可以推測(cè)rarely的意思是很少，與seldom同義。故選B。

【3】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第三段和第四段“I see lots of poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs,” he says. “I know what they mean. But they are Chinglish, not real English.中說(shuō)的話可知，他覺得中國(guó)人有時(shí)候用的英語(yǔ)不正確。故選B。

【4】D推理判斷題。短文的最后一段舉了很多中國(guó)式英語(yǔ)的例子，根據(jù)選項(xiàng)提供的標(biāo)志可知，A、B和C都是中國(guó)式英語(yǔ)，D是符合英語(yǔ)表達(dá)習(xí)慣的，故選D。

【5】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段的文意可知，這里舉了很多中國(guó)式英語(yǔ)的例子，故選B。