The Oxford English Dictionary (OED, 牛津英語詞典) is thinking of adding the Chinese word tuhao (土豪) to its 2014 edition (版本).
The word has become popular in China during the past few months to describe newly rich people who spend money in extravagant（鋪張的，浪費(fèi)的）ways. Tuhao has caught on in Western countries, too, to describe similar people in their countries.
The adoption (采用) of the word by foreign countries is an example of China’s spreading influence in the world not just economically, but also socially and culturally. People are paying attention to what is happening in China and are picking up some Chinese words in the process, especially those words that express unique (獨(dú)特的) Chinese ideas that cannot be easily translated (翻譯) into English.
The OED is also thinking of adding hukou (戶口) and dama (大媽) to the already 120 Chinese words in its dictionary. Hukou refers to (指的是) China’s system of residency permits (戶籍系統(tǒng)) and dama refers to middle-aged Chinese women whose gold buying habits influence the global gold markets. The news that the OED was adding these words has met with some criticism (批評(píng)). Some people say the words embarrass (使人尷尬) China, but others insist that in a globalized (全球化的) society it’s natural for words to spread and be adopted elsewhere. In fact, a word like tuhao expresses the humor of China. It’s easy to pronounce (發(fā)音) and very accurate (精準(zhǔn)的) at poking fun at (嘲弄) rich people who have more money than taste.
【小題1】_____ may be adopted in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2014 according to the passage.

A．Tuhao B．Hukou C．Dama D．All above 
【小題2】_____can be called “tuhao” according to the passage.
A．All newly rich people 
B．People who own their money easily 
C．People who love money very much  
D．Newly rich people who spend money in an extravagant way 
【小題3】The underlined word “caught on” (in Paragraph 2) most probably  means________.
A．流行 B．繼續(xù) C．接受 D．蔓延 
【小題4】The last paragraph mainly talks about __________________.
A．humor of Chinese style 
B．criticism on the adoption of Chinese words into OED 
C．support on the adoption of Chinese words into OED 
D．different opinions on the adoption of Chinese words into OED 


【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要講述中國當(dāng)今一些流行詞匯正在考慮被納入2014牛津詞典當(dāng)中。比如土豪、戶口、大媽這樣的詞，但是關(guān)于這些詞意還有一些爭(zhēng)議。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段The Oxford English Dictionary (OED, 牛津英語詞典) is thinking of adding the Chinese word tuhao (土豪) to its 2014 edition (版本).和第四段第一行The OED is also thinking of adding hukou (戶口) and dama (大媽) to the already 120 Chinese words in its dictionary.可知，土豪、戶口和大媽這三個(gè)詞都可能會(huì)被納入2014版牛津詞典。故選D。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一行The word has become popular in China during the past few months to describe newly rich people who spend money in extravagant（鋪張的，浪費(fèi)的）ways.可知，土豪是形容那些暴富的人花錢鋪張浪費(fèi)。故選D。
【小題3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)Tuhao has caught on in Western countries, too, to describe similar people in their countries.這一句中的too，可知是承接上一句話。上句說：土豪一詞在中國很流行。故選A。
【小題4】段落大意題。最后一段主要講述不同人對(duì)于“戶口”和“大媽”這兩個(gè)詞的不同觀點(diǎn)。故選D。
考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。

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