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    More and more Chinese words are playing a part in the English language. Maybe that's because 300 million Chinese people are now studying or speaking English.

A study says several hundred Chinese words are coming into the English language every year. One example of a word used in English is chengguan (city patrol officer) . A quick Google searched it over a million times.

    The Oxford English Dictionary now has about 1 000 words of Chinese words such as taikonaut (中国 宇航员) . In China taikonaut means a person trained by a human spaceflight program to fly in space.

    In August this year The Wall Street Journal used the word dama which is Chinese pinyin for “big mother”，to report the middle-aged Chinese women leading the world's gold market.

    But Han Baocheng a language teacher at Beijing Foreign Studies University said “Using ‘Chinglish doesn’t mean Chinese words are trying to take the place of the English words. That's only because we cannot find the right words in English to express (表达) the meanings in Chinese. ”

    In fact the mixing of the two languages makes it easier to learn a second language. 24-year-old Canadian Lisa said “ My mom can't speak any Chinese she has to remember ni hao (hello) by 4 knee and 4 how’. But she can easily say words with Chinese."

1. Why do many Chinese words come into the English speaking every year?

   A. Because Chinese is useful than English.

   B. Because more people speak Chinese than English.

   C. Because too many Chinese are studying or speaking English.

   D. Because Chinese words are easy to speak.

2. According to The Wall Street Journal who is dama?

   A. All the middle-aged Chinese women.

   B. All the middle-aged women in the world.

   C. The Chinese women leading the world's gold market.

   D. The Chinese women taking care of kids at home.

3. What does the underlined word “mixing” mean in Chinese?

   A. 结合   B. 学习

   C. 构造   D. 消失

4. How does Canadian Lisa's mother learn Chinese?

   A. By writing Chinese words.

   B. By speaking Chinese pinyin.

   C. By speaking the English words.

   D. By talking with Chinese people.

Answer 1

1. C 2. C 3. A 4. C