Question

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(yōu)雅的) English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely 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(通常的) mistakes include “Not Entry”, which should be “No Entry”, “Direction(方向) of Airport” should be changed to “To the Airport”. And it is “room rate(房價)”, 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(中國式英語)?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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

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(yīng)用于我們的日常生活，但是在中國有很多英語的標(biāo)志其實都是不符合英語的表達(dá)習(xí)慣的，例如WC，這是很不優(yōu)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. 2.rarely use the letters可知，作者的觀點是用WC指公共廁所是不優(yōu)雅的，因此來自說英語國家的外國人很少...

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