Passage 5  (安徽省马鞍山市2009届高三第三次教学质量检测)  完形填空

“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect __36__ of Chinglish.

Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a __37__ English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American __38__. I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not __39__ me at all. So I did a __40__ on Google. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages  __41__ "Long time no see". This sentence has been __42__ used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is __43__ informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. __44__, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the __45__ will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected. Nobody knows the __46__ of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully __47__ a world wide famous Chinese detective named "Charlie Chan" on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom __48__ quoting Confucius. "Long time no see" was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, "Long time no see" became a __49__ phrase in the real world __50__ the popularity of these movies.

Some people __51__ America to a huge melting pot（大熔炉）. All kinds of culture are __52__ in the pot together, and they __53__ the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic（少数种族） group in the United States, is also __54__ some changes to the stew（混杂物）! Language is usually the first thing to be __55__ in the mixed pot.

36. A. example B. sign C. word D. change

37. A. damaged B. perfected C. learned D. ruined 

38. A. custom B. greeting C. habit D. proverb

39. A. persuade B. encourage C. convince D. believe 

40. A. job B. research C. survey D. search 

41. A. containing    B. printing C. publishing D. expressing 

42. A. widely B. hardly    C. seldom D. deeply

43. A. lots of B. plenty of C. lot of D. sort of 

44. A. Therefore B. Though C. However D. Anyhow 

45. A. hardware B. software C. operator D. speaker 

46. A. use B. origin C. expression D. meaning 

47. A. created B. published C. did D. discovered 

48. A. by B. in    C. with D. of 

49. A. ordinary B. rare C. modern D. popular 

50. A. in spite of B. as to C. thanks to D. but for

51. A. compare B. add C. join D. owe

52. A. joined B. mixed C. piled D. done 

53. A. improve B. change    C. lower D. promote 

54. A. owing B. putting C. taking    D. contributing 

55. A. influenced B. mentioned    C. used D. considered

答案  36.A   37.D  38.B  39.C  40.D  41.A  42.A  43.D  44.C  45.D  46.B  47.A  48.A  49.D  50.C  51.A  52.B  53.B  54.D  55.A