(安徽省马鞍山市2009届高三第三次教学质量检测)

“Longtimenosee”isaveryinterestingsentence.WhenIfirstreadthissentencefromanAmericanfriend’semailIlaughed.Ithoughtitwasaperfect 36ofChinglish.

Obviouslyitisaword-by-wordliteraltranslationoftheChinesegreetingswitha 37 Englishgrammarandstructure!LateronmyfriendtoldmethatitisastandardAmerican 38 .Iwastoothrilledtobelieveher.Herwordscouldnot39__meatall.SoIdida 40 onGoogle.Tomysurprisethereareover60thousandwebpages 41"Longtimenosee".Thissentencehasbeen42 usedinemailslettersnewspapersmoviesbooksoranyotherpossibleplace.Thoughitis43 informalitispartofthelanguagethatAmericansusedaily. 44ifyoutypethisphraseinMicrosoftWordthe 45 willtellyouthatthegrammarneedstobecorrected.Nobodyknowsthe46 ofthisChinglishsentence.SomepeoplebelievethatitcamefromCharlieChan’smovies.In1930sHollywoodmoviemakerssuccessfully47 aworldwidefamousChinesedetectivenamed"CharlieChan"onwidescreens.DetectiveChanlikedtoteachAmericanssomeChinesewisdom48 quotingConfucius."Longtime nosee"washistrademark.SoonafterCharlieChan"Longtimenosee"becamea49phraseintherealworld50thepopularityofthesemovies.

Somepeople 51 Americatoahugemeltingpot（大熔炉）.Allkindsofcultureare 52inthepottogetherandthey 53 thecolorandtasteofeachother.AmericanChinesethoughaminorityethnic（少数种族）groupintheUnitedStatesisalso 54 somechangestothestew（混杂物）!Languageisusuallythefirstthingtobe 55 inthemixedpot.

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