高三英语阅读理解限时训练（38）AI’vebeenlivinginChinaforawhile—longenoughtoobservethelong-termdeterioration(退化)ofmyownnativelanguageabilities,aswellasthoseofmyfellowEnglishspeakers.Thisdeteriorationcantakedifferentforms,oneofwhichisthenon-standardusageofthewords.Itssourceis,specifically,Chineseculture,anditstargetisnativeEnglishspeakers.BelowIgivesomeofthecommonwaysthattheChineseenvironmentstrikesdownthenativespeaker’slinguisticcompetence(语言能力).Netbar:InChinese,they’recalled“网吧”,Thisisfine.Wegenerallycallthem“Internetcafé”inEnglish.TheChineseseemtothinkthat“网吧”shouldbetranslatedas“netbar”inEnglish,andmanycarelessforeignershaveevenbeenmisledbythisidea.Namecard:IntheEnglish-speakingworld,businesspeoplehavelotsofbusinessmeetingstodiscussbusiness.Ontheseoccasions,businesspeopleexchangespeciallyprintedpiecesofpaperknownasbusinesscards.InChinaeveryonecallsthem“namecards”,becauseinChinesetheyarecalled“名片”and“namecard”isamoredirecttranslation.Beancurd.It’scalled“tofu,”OK!ThisEnglishwordcomesfromChinese.IknowalldictionariessoldinChinawilltellyou“豆腐”is“beancurd”inEnglishandthatmayrepresentthetwocharactersnicely,but“beancurd”ismoreadefinitionthanacomfortabletranslation.Andyetsomeforeignersstartsaying“beancurd”ratherthantofu.Ithinkyouseethepattern.ThenormalnativewayofsayingsomethingisreplacedbyamoreunnaturalwayofsayingitusingotherEnglishwords.Ifyou’vebeenlivinginChinaforawhileandfindyourselfusingallofthese,youmightbeondangerousground.You’regoingtostartmakingafoolofyourselfbackhome.Lookout!ResistChinglishattemptsatdestroyingyourowncommandofyourmothertongue!41．Whichofthefollowingexpressionsismorenative?A．BeancurdB．TofuC．NamecardD．Netbar42．Howdoesthewritersupporthismainidea?A．BycomparisonB．ByexamplesC．ByreasoningD．Byrefutation(反驳)43．Whatisthemaincauseofthenon-standardusageofthewordsbynativeEnglishspeakers?A．ChinesecultureB．ChinesetraditionC．Englishflexibility(灵活性)D.Chinesepollutedenvironment44．ThementionedChinglishwordsarecreatedintheway________.A．thatisgenerallyacceptedbynativeEnglishspeakersB．thatisoftenmisunderstoodbynativeEnglishspeakersC．thatsoundsreasonabletonativeEnglishspeakersD．thatsoundsnaturaltosomeChineseB“Ifyourunformorethanfiveminutesatanytime,youmightneedapairofrunningshoes,”advisesStephenPribut,aUSsportsmedicineexpert.Runningshoesarehighlytechnicalfootwear.Theyprovidestability（牢固）whilebearinguptothreetimesthewearer’sbodyweight.Butit’snoteasytofindtherightpair.Findingtherightrunningshoesissomethingofanart,orascienceandafeel.Thesciencepartbeginswiththeshapeofthearch（弓）ofyourfoot,whichanyonecanfindoutathomewiththisquickexperiment:Putyourfootinwaterandplaceitonapieceofbrownpaper.Ifyouseea“C”shapeonthepaperwhenyouremoveyourfoot,youhaveararehigharch.Iftheshapelooksmorelikearectangle,thatmeansyouhaveflatfeet.Seesomethinginbetween?That’sanormalarch.Convenientlyforshoppers,shoecompaniesnowadaysdividetheirshoesinthreecategories:neutral(forhigharches),stability(fornormalorlowarches)andmotioncontrol(forflatarches).Soyouwillknowwhichtypesuitsyou.Atthispoint,mostpeoplewouldjustgrabanappealingshoeandtryiton.Butprofessionalswoulddoafewquality-controltests.First,youbendtheshoetoetoheeltoseewhereitbends.Ifit’snotattheforefoot,wherethefootactuallybends,beafraid.Thenyougripbothendsandtwistinoppositedirecti...
