Question

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED, 牛津英語詞典) is thinking of adding the Chinese word tuhao (土豪) to its 2014 edition (版本).

The word has become popular in China during the past few months to describe newly rich people who spend money in extravagant（鋪張的，浪費(fèi)的）ways. Tuhao has caught on in Western countries, too, to describe similar people in their countries.

The adoption (采用) of the word by foreign countries is an example of China’s spreading influence in the world not just economically, but also socially and culturally. People are paying attention to what is happening in China and are picking up some Chinese words in the process, especially those words that express unique (獨(dú)特的) Chinese ideas that cannot be easily translated (翻譯) into English.

The OED is also thinking of adding hukou (戶口) and dama (大媽) to the already 120 Chinese words in its dictionary. Hukou refers to China’s system of residency permits (戶籍系統(tǒng)) and dama refers to middle-aged Chinese women whose gold buying habits influence the global gold markets.

The news that the OED was adding these words has met with some criticism (批評). Some people say the words embarrass (使人尷尬) China, but others insist that in a globalized (全球化的) society it’s natural for words to spread and be adopted elsewhere. In fact, a word like tuhao expresses the humor of China. It’s easy to pronounce and very accurate (精準(zhǔn)的) at poking fun at (嘲弄) rich people who have more money than taste.

1. ___________ can be called “tuhao” according to the passage.

A. All newly rich people

B. People who own their money easily

C. People who love money very much

D. Newly rich people who spend money in an extravagant way

2. The underlined word “caught on” (in Paragraph 2) most probably means________.

A. 流行 B. 繼續(xù) C. 接受 D. 蔓延

3.The last paragraph mainly talks about __________________.

A. humor of Chinese style

B. criticism on the adoption of Chinese words into OED

C. support on the adoption of Chinese words into OED

D. different opinions on the adoption of Chinese words into OED

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了土豪這個(gè)詞在中國已經(jīng)流行起來，用來描述新富的人把錢花在奢侈的方式上。這個(gè)詞已經(jīng)發(fā)表到牛津字典上，人們的觀點(diǎn)很不相同。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段，The word has become popular in China during the past few months to describe newly rich people who spend money in extravagant（鋪張的，浪費(fèi)的）ways.。在過去幾個(gè)月，在中國這個(gè)詞已經(jīng)成為流行來描述新富的人把錢花在奢侈的方式上。可知選D。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段，Tuhao has caught on in Western countries, too, to describe similar people in their countries.土豪已在西方國家流行開來,來描述在他們的國家類似的人。可知應(yīng)選A。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段有消息稱,《牛津英語詞典》增加了這些話已經(jīng)，發(fā)表了批評的意見。有些人說這句話讓中國人感到尷尬,但其他人堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為在全球化社會話語傳播和在其他地方被采納是自然的。事實(shí)上,一個(gè)字像土豪表達(dá)中國式的幽默。非常準(zhǔn)確(精準(zhǔn)的)在取笑富人們有更多的錢，但沒什么品味。故選D。

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