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 (优雅的) 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 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.

2.The underlined word “rarely” means___________.

A. sometimes    B. seldom    C. often

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

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

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.B

【解析】英文字母WC在中国是厕所的意思，但是作者认为WC标志远离了优雅的英语，因为讲英语的国家是很少使用字母来作为标志的。短文最后一段介绍了我们身边的一些中国式英语，它们并不是真正的英语。

1.C

细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“But do you know it is far from elegant (优雅的) English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the letters.”可知，作者认为WC不是恰当的标志。故答案为C。

2.B

词意猜测题。根据短文的第一段可知，WC标志远离了优雅的英语，讲英语的国家是很少使用字母作为标志的。A. sometimes有时；B. seldom 很少；C. often 经常，故答案为B。

3.B

细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“WC, or water closet, is old-fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me,” says Charlie Shifflet, 可知，Charlie Shifflet认为中国人有时会使用不恰当的英语。故答案为B。

4.C

细节判断题。A答案中do使用不当，应为be或become；B答案中carefully修饰slip不当，都是中国式英语，故答案为C。

5.B

细节理解题。短文最后一段是列举了一些中国式英语的例子。故答案为B。