【題目】Do you know the word kiasu? If not, then be kiasu and google it. You’ll get more than a million hits and learn that, usually associated (聯(lián)系) with Singaporeans, it means “to be afraid of losing out”. You’ll come across words such as kiasu parents, kiasu companies and even kiasu apps.
Just 40 years ago, the word first spread among men in the Singapore army. But before long, it had entered everyday Singapore English.
The first formal use of kiasu happened in 1990 in a government document (公文). Since then it has often been seen in Singapore newspapers. It spread to some other countries in southeast Asia, too. In 1992, Malaysia’s New Straits Times wrote of “kiasu parents providing their children with much more materials than necessary”.
Ten years after its first use in print, the word was used worldwide. Since around 2000, kiasu has appeared in British newspapers. The Guardian, in 2001,reported how “this pursuit of material wealth and the strong need to be No.1 has created the Singaporean we hear so much about---the kiasu Singaporean”, and again reported in 2004 that Singaporeans’ value shows how much they feel the need to stay ahead of everyone else and that they have a word for it: kiasu.
The word entered the Urban Dictionary in 2003 and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2007.In the the same year, Singaporean restaurant Kiasu opened in London.
The turning point on kiasu’s road to the mainstream came with its being used in documents and newspapers. Who dared to use kiasu in a government document? Who first used it in a newspaper? It was these people who pushed kiasu into the mainstream.
【1】What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to use the word kiasu.B. What the word kiasu means.
C. The history of the word kiasu.D. The importance of the word kiasu.
【2】What marked the wide use of the word kiasu around the world?
A. Its appearance in British papers.B. Its use as the name of a restaurant.
C. Its acceptance by a key document.D. Its description in Singapore newspapers.
【3】What does the underlined word “pursuit” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. the act of looking forB. the act of looking out
C. the act of giving upD. the act of giving out
【答案】
【1】C
【2】A
【3】A
【解析】
本文介紹“kiasu”這個詞來歷。kiasu意思是“害怕失敗”。就在40年前,這個詞首次在新加坡軍隊的士兵中傳播。但不久,它就進入了日常的新加坡英語。kiasu的第一次正式使用發(fā)生在1990年的一份政府文件。從那時起,它就經(jīng)常在新加坡的報紙上出現(xiàn)。它也傳播到東南亞的其他一些國家。自2000年左右,kiasu就出現(xiàn)在英國報紙上。
開始在全世界使用。2003年《城市詞典》和2007年《牛津英語詞典》收錄了這個詞。
【1】題意:這篇文章的主要內(nèi)容是什么?考查主旨理解。A. How to use the word kiasu.:如何使用“kiasu”這個詞;B. What the word kiasu means. :kiasu這個詞是什么意思;C. The history of the word kiasu.單詞“kiasu”的歷史;D. The importance of the word kiasu.單詞“kiasu”的重要性。通讀全文可知本文主要講述“kiasu”的來歷;可知選C。
【2】題意:什么標志著“kiasu”這個詞在全世界的廣泛使用?考查細節(jié)理解。A. Its appearance in British papers.它出現(xiàn)在英國報紙上;B. Its use as the name of a restaurant. 它被用作餐館的名稱;C. Its acceptance by a key document. 它被一個關鍵文件接受;D. Its description in Singapore newspapers.它在新加坡報紙上的描述。根據(jù)第3段第一句The first formal use of kiasu happened in 1990 in a government document (kiasu的第一次正式使用發(fā)生在1990年的一份政府文件。).和第4段第1和2句Ten years after its first use in print, the word was used worldwide. Since around 2000, kiasu has appeared in British newspapers.(這個詞在印刷品上首次使用十年后,在全世界使用。自從大約2000年,kiasu就出現(xiàn)在英國報紙上。)可知“它出現(xiàn)在英國報紙上,是“kiasu”這個詞在全世界的廣泛使用的標志”;故選A。
【3】題意:在第4段中下畫線單詞“pursuit”是什么意思?考查詞義猜測。A. the act of looking for尋找;B. the act of looking out注意,消息,向外看;C. the act of giving up放棄;D. the act of giving out分發(fā),散發(fā)。此句this pursuit of material wealth and the strong need to be No.1 has created the Singaporean we hear so much about---the kiasu Singaporean句意是“對物質(zhì)財富的追求和對第一的強烈需求,造就了我們耳熟能詳?shù)男录悠氯恕螺數(shù)男录悠氯!笨芍?/span>pursuit”是“尋找,追求”的意思;故選A。
初中閱讀理解一般考查學生的細節(jié)理解能力、主旨理解能力和推理判斷能力。做閱讀理解題,首先要準確理解題意,然后根據(jù)題意和短文內(nèi)容選出正確的答案。(1)考查細節(jié)理解能力,此類型題較簡單,學生準確理解題意后,直接到文中找出答案。(2)考查猜詞能力。做這種題型時,學生要根據(jù)上下文意思準確猜出詞義。3)考查推理判斷能力,此類題型較難,學生要準確理解題意后,在文中找出相關的內(nèi)容做出合理的推斷。本文主要考查學生的細節(jié)理解能力。準確理解題意后,到文中找出相關的敘述,做出正確的判斷
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