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：英語越來越廣泛的應用于我們的日常生活，但是在中國有很多英語的標志其實都是不符合英語的表達習慣的，例如WC，這是很不優雅的一個英語詞匯。文章中還舉了很多漢語式英語的例子。

【1】C細節理解題。根據文意和短文第一段中But do you know it is far from elegant（優雅的）English?可知，作者覺得用WC來表示公共廁所是不優雅的，故應選C。

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

【3】B推理判斷題。根據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.中說的話可知，他覺得中國人有時候用的英語不正確。故選B。

【4】D推理判斷題。短文的最后一段舉了很多中國式英語的例子，根據選項提供的標志可知，A、B和C都是中國式英語，D是符合英語表達習慣的，故選D。

【5】B細節理解題。根據最后一段的文意可知，這里舉了很多中國式英語的例子，故選B。