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(獨特的) Chinese ideas that cannot be easily translated 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 (指的是) 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(精準的) at laughing at rich people who have more money than taste.

1.________ may be adopted in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2014 according to the passage.

A. Tuhao B. Hukou C. Dama D. All above

2.________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

3.The underlined word "caught on". (in Paragraph 2) most probably means________.

A. 流行 B. 繼續(xù) C.接受 D. 蔓延

4.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.D

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述2014版的牛津英語詞典正在考慮加入一些漢語的詞語，如土豪，戶口，大媽。提及了這些詞的特殊含義及不同的看法。

1.

2.

3.caught on意思或許是流行。根據(jù)第二段第二，三行Tuhao has caught on in Western countries, too, to describe similar people in their countries.土豪在西方國家已經(jīng)流行起來，描述他們國家相似的人們。故選A

4.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. 牛津英語詞典加入這些詞語的消息遭遇到了批評，一些人說這些詞時候中國很尷尬，但其他的堅持在全球化的社會這些詞在其他地方擴展或被采納是自然的。故選D。

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