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

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

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

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

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

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

31. A　 32. B　 33. B　 34. C　 35. C　 36. B　 37. D　 38.D　 39. B　 40. D

Passage 5

(安徽省马鞍山市2009届高三第三次教学质量检测)

“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.

40. A. win　　　　　　　 B. hit　　　　　　 C. strike　　　　　　 D. defeat

答案　 21. A　 22. C　 23. A　 24. D　 25. B　 26. C　 27.D　 28. C　 29. A　 30. B

39. A. realize　　　　　 B. recognize　　　 C. ruin　　　　　　 D. rewind

38. A. after　　　　　　 B. when　　　　　 C. since　　　　　　 D. before