Question

【題目】 Do you know the word kiasu? If not, then be kiasu and google it. You’ll get more than a million hits and learn that, usually associated(聯(lián)系）with Singaporeans, it means “to be afraid of losing out”. You’ll come across words such as kiasu parents, kiasu companies and even kiasu apps.

Just 40 years ago, the word first spread among men in the Singapore army. But before long, it had entered everyday Singapore English.

The first formal use of kiasu happened in 1990 in a government document(公文). Since then it has often been seen in Singapore newspapers. It spread to some other countries in southeast Asia, too. In 1992 Malaysia’s New Straits Times wrote of “kiasu parents providing their children with much more materials than necessary”.

Ten years after its first use in print, the word was used worldwide. Since around 2000, kiasu has appeared in British newspapers. The Guardian, in 2001, reported how this pursuit of material wealth and the strong need to be No.1 has created the Singaporean we hear so much about-the kiasu Singaporean’, and again reported in 2004 that Singaporeans’ value shows how much they feel the need to stay ahead of everyone else and that they have a word for it: kiasu.

The word entered the Urban Dictionary in 2003 and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2007. In the same year, Singaporean restaurant Kiasu opened in London.

The turning point on kiasu’s road to the mainstream came with its being used in documents and newspapers. Who dared to use kiasu in a government document? Who first used it in a newspaper?

It was these people who pushed kiasu into the mainstream.

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A.How to use the word kiasu.B.What the word kiasu means.

C.The history of the word kiasu!D.The importance of the word kiasu.

【2】What marked the wide use of the word kiasu around the world?

A.Its appearance in British papers.B.Its use as the name of a restaurant.

C.Its acceptance by a key document.D.Its description in Singapore newspapers.

【3】What does the underlined word “pursuit” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.the act of looking forB.the act of looking out

C.the act of giving upD.the act of giving out

【4】Which of the following statements is true?

A.Kiasu was first used in British newspapers.

B.Kiasu entered dictionaries in Singapore and Malaysia.

C.Kiasu was never formally used in any government document.

D.Kiasu spread to countries in southeast Asia.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

本文主要想我們介紹“kiasu”這個(gè)詞的歷史。

【1】主旨大意題。A項(xiàng)：如何使用怕輸這個(gè)詞；B項(xiàng)：怕輸是什么意思；C項(xiàng)：怕輸一詞的歷史；D項(xiàng)：怕輸這個(gè)詞的重要性。分析全文內(nèi)容可知，本文主要是介紹了“怕輸”這個(gè)詞的歷史。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Ten years after its first use in print, the word was used worldwide. Since around 2000, kiasu has appeared in British newspapers.”可知，這個(gè)詞首次出現(xiàn)在出版物上十年后，便在全世界范圍內(nèi)被廣泛使用。大約從2000年開始，這個(gè)詞就出現(xiàn)在英國(guó)的報(bào)紙上。故選A。

【3】詞句猜測(cè)題。A項(xiàng)：尋找的行為；B項(xiàng)：向外看的行為；C項(xiàng)：放棄的行為；D項(xiàng)：分發(fā)的行為。根據(jù)“Singaporeans’ value shows how much they feel the need to stay ahead of everyone else and that they have a word for it: kiasu.”可知，新加坡人的價(jià)值觀表明，他們覺得有必要走在別人前面，他們有一個(gè)詞來(lái)形容這種感覺：怕輸。所以此處表示“追求，尋找”的含義。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。A項(xiàng)：“怕輸”一詞最早出現(xiàn)在英國(guó)的報(bào)紙上。根據(jù)“Just 40 years ago, the word first spread among men in the Singapore army.”可知，該詞最早出現(xiàn)在軍隊(duì)里，該項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤；B項(xiàng)：“怕輸”一詞進(jìn)入了新加坡和馬來(lái)西亞的字典。根據(jù)“The word entered the Urban Dictionary in 2003 and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2007.”可知，該詞被收入《城市詞典》和《牛津英語(yǔ)詞典》，該項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤；C項(xiàng)：“怕輸”一詞從未在任何政府文件中正式使用。根據(jù)“The first formal use of kiasu happened in 1990 in a government document(公文).”可知，該詞出現(xiàn)在正式文件中過(guò)，該項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤；D項(xiàng)：“怕輸”一詞傳到東南亞各國(guó)。根據(jù)“It spread to some other countries in southeast Asia, too.”可知，該詞被傳到東南亞各國(guó)，該項(xiàng)表述正確。故選D。