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The 115-year-old famous Oxford Dictionary will now include popular new Chinese terms like “shanzhai” “youtiao” and “fangnu”, as part of the modern Chinese language.

As China plays a more and more important role in the world economy, the Chinese language is forever developing, attracting more attention from people who want to understand this ancient yet powerful language．

For instance, the word “shanzhai” is used to describe the countless knockoffs（名牌仿制品）.Another new term in the new edition is the word “fangnu”, a term used to describe the phenomenon in large cities where well-educated youth complain of a miserable existence due to the heavy burden of a home mortgage(按揭贷款).All these new or often fashionable terms can be found in the new Oxford English –Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary. that was unveiled(公布于众的)in the recently concluded Beijing International Book Fair last week．

This dictionary is the largest single volume English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary and contains 670,000 words and phrases after five years of preparation. Sixty editors from the Oxford University Press and its partner in China—the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press worked together on the project. According to Julie Kleeman, the dictionary’s chief editor, most of the firm’s editors were Chinese, while about one fourth were native-English speakers．

“We don’t want to make it florid（绚丽的）, we want it to be modern and conversational. Many of the words in the present dictionary are no longer in use.” said Kleeman. “The need for studying Chinese by foreigners today is totally different from decades ago. Precise, native and practical—that is our main advantage,” she said. She added the dictionary also has a sidebar section that explains words which contain too much cultural information, like “hutong”, a traditional architecture style of Beijing. Another would be “youtian” the popular Chinese breakfast choice usually eaten with soybean milk.

Kleeman said in the future newer updated versions will be only available online as language often changes too quickly for book versions to keep up with. The online version will also offer a Chinese pronunciation guide．

The online version, allowing access via different platforms from the PC to the iPhones, will be ready “as soon as possible”, Kleeman said.

1.Why will Oxford Dictionary include popular new Chinese terms?

A. To attract those who want to get a better understanding of Chinese.

B. To develop the international working language, English.

C. To keep up with the development of the world economy.

D. To interest people and sell at a higher price.

2.We can use the following words to describe this new dictionary EXCEPT__________.

A. accurate             B. flowery

C. practical             D. native

3.The newer updated versions will be only available online because______.

A. book versions are too expensive to buy

B. book versions can’t offer a Chinese pronunciation guide

C. they can keep up with the quickly changing language

D. they will allow access in different languages

4.What can we learn from the text?

A. Oxford Dictionary has a history of more than 100 decades.

B. the word “shanzhai” can be only found in online versions.

C. Most of the dictionary’s editors are native English speakers.

D. Oxford Dictionary will be modern, practical and multifunctional

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析:115岁的牛津词典收录了中国的一些新词汇，像“山寨”“油条”“房奴”等等。随着中国经济在世界范围内的崛起，汉语作为中国文化的一部分也在逐渐传播和影响世界。

1.A 细节理解题。由“As China plays a more and more important role in the world economy, the Chinese language is forever developing, attracting more attention from people who want to understand this ancient yet powerful language．”可知，收录进中国新的词汇可以吸引更多想要了解汉语的读者。故选A。

2.B 细节理解题。由““We don’t want to make it florid（绚丽的）, we want it to be modern and conversational.”可知，这本词典并不是绚丽的。Accurate精确的；flowery华丽的；practical实用的；native本土的。故选B。

3.C 细节理解题。由“Kleeman said in the future newer updated versions will be only available online as language often changes too quickly for book versions to keep up with.”可知，由于语言传播和更新的速度越来越快，因此网络将成为未来交流学习的主要渠道。故选C。

4.4】D 推理判断题。This dictionary is the largest single volume English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary and contains 670,000 words and phrases after five years of preparation.文章中表示牛津词典今后将会更加现代、实用和多功能的。A、B、C三项选项均与原文不符合。故选D。

考点：考查科普类短文阅读。