“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 __1___ of Chinglish．

       Obviously，it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greeting with a __2____ English grammar and structure! Later on，my friend told me that it is a standard-American 3．I was too thrilled to believe her．Her words could not___4___me at all．So I did a___5___ on google．com．To my surprise，there are over 60 thousand web pages___6____ “long time no see”．This sentence has been__7____used in emails，letters，newspapers，movies，books，or any other possible place．Though it is __8____informal，it is part of the language that Americans use daily．__9___，if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word，the___10___will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected ．

       Nobody knows the 11of this Chinglish sentence．Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies．In the 1930s，Hollywood moviemakers successfully 12a world-wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens．Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom __13__ quoting Confucius．“ Long time no see" was his trademark．Soon after Charlie Chan, “Long time no see” became a __14___ phrase in the real world __15___ the popularity of these movies．

       Some people 16America to a huge melting pot（大熔炉）．All kinds of culture are___17___in the pot together，and they __18____the color and taste of each other．American Chinese，though a minority ethnic group in the United States，is also ___19____ some changes to the stew！Language is usually the first thing to be__20___in the mixed pot．

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8.A．plenty of                 B．lots of                 C．sort of                D．lots of

9.A．Unfortunately          B．Ironically            C．Luckily               D．Suddenly

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

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

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

13.A．with                      B．of                       C．by                      D．in

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

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

16.A．lead                      B．compare             C．add                    D．owe

17.A．mixed                   B．cooked               C．done                  D．joined         

18.A．change                  B．lower                 C．reduce                D．improve

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

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

 

 “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 typical  36  of Chinglish.

Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal(字面上的) translation of the Chinese greeting with a   37  English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American     38  . I was too delighted to believe her. Her words could not   39  me at all. So I did a   40  on Google.Com. 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, 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(引用) Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon “Long time on see” became a   49   phrase in America  50  the popularity of these movies.

Some people  51  America to a huge pot (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 group in the United States, is also  54  some changes 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．search

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

44．A．Unfortunately       B．Luckily                C．However             D．Suddenly

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．because               B．as to                   C．thanks to             D．but for

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

52．A．joined                  B．mixed                  C．compiled             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