Question

“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 typical _36__ of Chinglish.

Obviously it is a word-by-word literal（字面上的）translation of the Chinese greetings with a 37  English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 38  .I was too delighted to believe her. Her words could not  39  me at all. So I did a  40 on Google. Com.. 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, moves, 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 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 (引用) Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon “Long time on see” became a   49   phrase in America 50   the popularity of these movies.

    Some people 51  America to a huge melting pot (熔炉). All kinds of culture are 52 in the pot together, and they 53   the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also 54 some changes to be 55 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. search

8.A.lots of             B. plenty of      C. lots of        D. sort of

9.A.Unfortunately     B. Luckily         C. However      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.because           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

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

1.A.  作者认为long time no see (好久不见) 是一个典型的中国式英语的例子。

2.D.  ruined在此处是“糟糕的”意思。

3.B.  这是一个标准的美国问候语，前面Chinese greetings有提示。

4.C.  她的话不能使我信服，convince 是“使 …… 信服”的意思。

5.D.  google.com是一个网站的名称，作者在网上搜索long time no see这个短语。

6.A.  有6万多个网页包含了long time no see这个短语。

7.A.  从上句话可以看出,这个问候语使用广泛。

8.D.  sort of 相当于a little/bit意思是“有点儿……”，后面常跟形容词。

9.C.  前面讲到这个问候语使用广泛，而Word软件却把它当作一个错误的句子来处理，前后意义转折。

10.B.  按照常识来判断Microsoft Word是一个计算机软件。

11.B.  从后面的came from可以推断，前一句话讲的意思是“无人知道这个短语的来历”。

12.A.  create在此是“塑造（电影、文学形象）”之意。

13.A.  by是“通过”的意思，在这里用作状语。

14.D.  这些电影放映后不久，long time no see在美国成了一个流行用语。

15.C.  thanks to是“由于”的意思，to为介词，其后要接名词或动名词。

16.A.  compare…to…意为“把……比作……”。

17.B.  这里的意思是说各种文化在美国这个大熔炉里混合。

18.B.  各种文化相互之间都进行改变。

19.D.  contribute… to…意为“向……贡献出……”。

20.A.  在这个多元文化的大熔炉里，语言通常是第一个受到影响的。