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 countries rarely 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 _________.

. 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?

A. B.

C. D.

【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：這篇文章介紹的漢式英語的表達方式。

【1】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容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 countries rarely use the letters.可知作者認為WC不是一種正確的標志。根據(jù)句意，故選C。

【2】B詞語猜測題。根據(jù)In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the letters.可知事實上，來自英語國家的外國人很少使用這些字母。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【3】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“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.可知Charlie Shifflet認為中國人有時候使用的不是正確的英語。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【4】D綜合理解題。問題是：哪個標志不是應用的漢式英語？根據(jù)圖表可知，故選D。

【5】B綜合理解題。通讀最后一自然段可知介紹的是漢式英語的幾個例子。根據(jù)句意，故選B。