Question

    If you used“add oil”to express encouragement or support someone in your spoken English or your homework in the past. Your English teacher would tell you that you were wrong. But now, things are different, the phrase has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. "Add oil" has been “legal（合法的）” Chinglish as well as "lose face”and “long time no see".

The phrase,“加油（jia you) in Chinese means adding oil into the engine(发动机). Chinese often speak it loudly in games and competitions to encourage players.

Even though the phrase is widely used in the Chinese language, it's always been difficult to come up with a proper way to translate it into English. The phrase is used oil, so after that some people jokingly（开玩笑地）translate it into “add oil”.

Before taking in “add oil”, some other Chinese phrases have been included in the Oxford English Dictionary such as guanxi （personal connections that aid business) and lucky money(money given in red bags). In recent years, the Oxford English Dictionary has taken in other Chinese popular words like tuhao (meaning rich person who comes from countryside) and dama（referring to elderly women).

In 2014, the American Urban Dictionary took in a few Chinese Internet popular words such as no zuo no die(which translates into English as “if you don't do stupid things,they won't come back and bite you in the back”),"you can you up, no can no BB”(which translates into English as "if you can do it you should go on and do it, instead of criticizing(批评)others ' work").

According to the Oxford English Dictionary website, more than 1,400 new words and phrases have been added into it. With the development of China, there will be more Chinese popular words in English.

1.From the first paragraph, we can know________.

A.we can't use "add oil” in written English but spoken English

B.teachers don't allow the students to use “add oil” in written English

C.we can find “add oil"in the Oxford English Dictionary now

D.“lose face”and"long time no see”are not legal Chinglish

2.Why is the phrase “add oil”added into the Oxford English Dictionary?

A.Because it can be widely used in important competitions.

B.Because people who speak English like using it very much

C.Because some people want to use it to play jokes.

D.Because it's used widely and it's difficult to translated it into English.

3.The third paragraph tells us________.

A.“guanxi”was add to the Oxford English Dictionary earlier than “add oil”

B.“tuhao”and“dama”will be added to the Oxford English Dictionary soon

C.if a person who has lots of money, we can call him/her“tuhao"

D.“lucky money” in the money in red bags that given by“tuhao"

4.Which of the following is WRONG?

A.Some Chinese popular Internet words have been added to the American Urban Dictionary.

B."No zuo no die”means “if you do something stupid,you will be punished badly".

C."You can you up no can no BB”is used against people who criticize others' work.

D.Over 1,400 new words and phrases have been added into the Oxford English Dictionary

5.What's the writer's opinion?

A.Chinese is getting more and more popular around the world.

B.English will take in more and more Chinese popular words.

C.More and more English popular words will appear in Chinese.

D.English is getting more popular than before in China.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

本文介绍了很多中国流行的语言被收入《牛津英语词典》。

1.细节理解题。根据“But now, things are different, the phrase has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.”可知，我们现在可以在《牛津英语词典》中找到“add oil”，故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据“Even though the phrase is widely used in the Chinese language, it's always been difficult to come up with a proper way to translate it into English.”可知，因为短语“add oil”被广泛使用，很难翻译成英语，所以它被收入《牛津英语词典》。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据“Before taking in “add oil”, some other Chinese phrases have been included in the Oxford English Dictionary such as guanxi （personal connections that aid business) and lucky money(money given in red bags).”可知，guanxi和lucky money比“add oil”先被收入《牛津英语词典》。故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据“In 2014, the American Urban Dictionary took in a few Chinese Internet popular words such as no zuo no die”可知，一些中国网络流行语已被收入美国城市词典。因此A项正确。根据“no zuo no die(which translates into English as “if you don't do stupid things,they won't come back and bite you in the back”)”可知，“不作不死”的意思是“如果你做了傻事，你会受到严厉的惩罚”。因此B项是正确的。根据"you can you up, no can no BB”(which translates into English as "if you can do it you should go on and do it, instead of criticizing(批评)others ' work").可知，“you can you up, no can no BB”翻译成英语是“如果你能做到，你就应该去做，而不是批评别人的工作”，这是用来对付批评别人的人，因此C项不正确。根据“According to the Oxford English Dictionary website, more than 1,400 new words and phrases have been added into it.”可知，已有1400多个新词和短语被收入《牛津英语词典》。因此D项正确。故选C。

5.推理判断题。根据“With the development of China, there will be more Chinese popular words in English.”可知，英语将吸收越来越多的汉语流行语。故选B。