Question

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

BEIJING — Eating at a Beijing restaurant is usually an adventure for foreigners, and particularly when they get the chance to order “chicken without sex life” or “red burned lion head”.

Sometimes excited but mostly confused, embarrassed or even terrified, many foreigners have long complained about mistranslations of Chinese dishes. And their complaints are often valid, but such an experience at Beijing’s restaurants will apparently soon be history.

Foreign visitors will no longer, hopefully, be confused by oddly worded restaurant menus in the capital if the government’s plan to correctly translate 3,000 Chinese dishes is a success and the translations are generally adopted.

The municipal(市政) office of foreign affairs has published a book to recommend English translations of Chinese dishes, which aims to help restaurants avoid bizarre translations. “It provides the names of main dishes of famous Chinese cuisines in plain English,” an official with the city’s Foreign Affairs office said, “Restaurants are encouraged to use the proposed translations, but it will not be compulsory.” It’s the city’s latest effort to bridge the culture gap for foreign travelers in China.

“The book is a blessing to tourist guides like me. Having it, I don’t have to rack my brains trying to explain Chinese dishes to foreign travelers,” said Zheng Xiaodong, a 31-year-old employee with a Beijing-based travel agency.

“I will buy the book as I major in English literature and I’d like to introduce Chinese cuisine culture to more foreign friends,” said Han Yang, a postgraduate student at the University of International Business and Economics.

It is not clear if the book will be introduced to other parts of China. But on Tuesday, this was the most discussed topic on weibo.com, China’s most popular micro-blogging site.

1.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Confusing mistranslations of Chinese dishes

B. Chinese dishes to have “official” English names

C. The effort to bridge the culture gap

D. An adventure for foreigners who eat in Beijing

2.“Chicken without sex life” or “red burned lion head” are mentioned in the beginning of the passage to show ________.

A. some Chinese dishes are not acceptable

B. some Chinese dishes are hard to translate

C. some Chinese dishes are not well received

D. some Chinese dishes are mistranslated

3.What measure has the municipal office taken?

A. Publishing a book on China’s dietary habits.

B. Advocating using accurate translation for Chinese dishes.

C. Providing the names of main Chinese dishes.

D. Recommending a book on Chinese dishes.

4.What’s the attitude of most people to the book according to the passage?

A. favorableB. dividedC. not clearD. excited

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了在北京，对中文菜肴的错误翻译导致了外国客人的误解，最后北京政府出台了官方的建议菜肴名。

1.C 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了中国的菜肴有了官方的英文译名，就不再会有这样那样的尴尬了。故选C。

2.判断题。根据第二段中Sometimes excited but mostly confused, embarrassed or even terrified, many foreigners have long complained about mistranslations of Chinese dishes.可知，这些菜名被错误地翻译了，故选D。

3.理解题。根据第四段中The municipal(市政) office of foreign affairs has published a book to recommend English translations of Chinese dishes, which aims to help restaurants avoid bizarre translations.可知，现在官方采用了统一的菜名并建议大家都使用，故选B。

4. 推理判断题。根据第三、四、五、六段的内容可推知，大多数人对此是赞成的态度，故选A。

【名师点评】本文对考生的要求较高，要在阅读理解整体语篇的基础上，把握文章的真正内涵。要吃透文章的字面意思，从字里行间捕捉有用的提示和线索，这是推理的前提和基础。要忠实于原文，以文章提供的事实和线索为依据。立足已知，推断未知。立足现在，猜测未来。不能主观臆想，凭空想象，随意揣测，更不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点;

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