“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 perfect 36 of Chinglish.
Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal 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 thrilled to believe her. Her words could not 39__ me at all. So I did a 40 on Google. 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, movies, books, 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 Confucius. "Long time no see" was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, "Long time no see" became a 49 phrase in the real world 50 the popularity of these movies.
Some people 51 America to a huge melting pot(大熔炉). 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(少数种族) group in the United States, is also 54 some changes to the stew(混杂物)! Language is usually the first thing to be 55 in the mixed pot.
36. A. example B. sign C. word D. change
37. A. damaged B. perfected C. learned D. ruined
38. A. custom B. greeting C. habit D. proverb
39. A. persuade B. encourage C. convince D. believe
40. A. job B. research C. survey D. search
41. A. containing B. printing C. publishing D. expressing
42. A. widely B. hardly C. seldom D. deeply
43. A. lots of B. plenty of C. lot of D. sort of
44. A. Therefore B. Though C. However D. Anyhow
45. A. hardware B. software C. operator D. speaker
46. A. use B. origin C. expression D. meaning
47. A. created B. published C. did D. discovered
48. A. by B. in C. with D. of
49. A. ordinary B. rare C. modern D. popular
50. A. in spite of B. as to C. thanks to D. but for
51. A. compare B. add C. join D. owe
52. A. joined B. mixed C. piled D. done
53. A. improve B. change C. lower D. promote
54. A. owing B. putting C. taking D. contributing
55. A. influenced B. mentioned C. used D. considered
答案 36.A 37.D 38.B 39.C 40.D 41.A 42.A 43.D 44.C 45.D 46.B 47.A 48.A 49.D 50.C 51.A 52.B 53.B 54.D 55.A
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Over the past five years, I’ve spent about 2, 000 hours watching Warren Buffett work, and I’ve never seen anybody use his time more 1 . He does not do meetings, especially meetings where people sit around and plan their 2 one. It’s a time-waster. Instead he sees people 3 and will give a yes or no 4 to their proposals. 5 he’ll ask questions. But once he makes a 6 , he never revisits it. He’s incredibly efficient.
He does not book up his day with a lot of activity. He keeps his 7 very open so that he’s 8 to do what he wants and likes to do. Those who need 9 to him have it. And if someone from his inner circle calls, he 10 his own phone. (All others go through his secretary.)
He’s inspired me to be a much better 11 of my own time.
I am more focused, and I’ve 12 nonessential things. I make time for what I really like to do—things 13 gardening and traveling. I have given up hot-air ballooning, which I like only 14 .
Also, Warren Buffett never 15 those closest to him. He’ll only praise the qualities that he likes and admires. People feel 16 around him because of this and try to 17 what he wants. If he hadn’t told me I was a good writer when I was still in finance, I would never have 18 a biography of him. I hadn’t written a (an) 19 before.
But he believed in me. Here I am today, the 20 of a new biography of Warren Buffett (The Snowball). All because he said, “You can do it.”
1. A. differentlyB. slowlyC. effectivelyD. quickly
2. A. lastB. nextC. formerD. best
3. A. collectivelyB. frequentlyC. individuallyD. outside
4. A. responseB. admissionC. wordsD. speech
5. A. SeldomB. ClearlyC. OccasionallyD. Probably
6. A. choiceB. decisionC. planD. suggestion
7. A. doorB. eyesC. mindD. schedule
8. A. freeB. allowedC. likelyD. willing
9. A. timeB. moneyC. diaryD. access
10. A. picks up B. picks outC. picks offD. picks on
11. A. ownerB. managerC. plannerD. saver
12. A. wiped awayB. wiped out C. wiped upD. wiped down
13. A. likeB. especiallyC. asD. with
14. A. muchB. littleC. a littleD. more
15. A. criticizesB. separatesC. disappointsD. puzzles
16. A. anxiousB. safeC. steadyD. optimistic
17. A. look forward toB. stick to C. live up toD. refer to
18. A. underwentB. performedC. undertakenD. voided
19. A. storyB. articleC. reportD. narrative
20. A. sellerB. readerC. authorD. buyer
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