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Beijing has started a battle to get rid of"Chinglish" (Chinese English ). The "Language mandarins" of Beijing
have decided that Chinglish is a disease for China's modernizing claim and must be obliterated before the city
hosts the Olympic Games in 2008.
A road sign on the Avenue of Eternal Peace (Chang'an Street ), for example, advised: "To Take Notice of
Safe ; The Slippery are Very Crafty, "a warning that the sidewalk was slippery. Another sign in a Beijing park
reads:"Little grass is smiling slightly, please walk on sidewalk".
Li Honghai, the city official in charge of the battle, said: "Linguistic perfection (语言美) is becoming
increasingly important with the rise in the number of the foreigners flowing into the city."
However, not everyone shares the disdain (蔑视) of the Beijing government for the mixed language. "The
choice of words is pretty much. One can either choose the verbs,adverbs, nouns or whatever one likes,"
explained one Hongkong linguist on an Internet website.
So many examples exist that several Internet sites have been set up to collect Chinglish phrases. Many
come from English instructions on packages such as a candle marked with "Keep this candle out of children"
and a model boat-curiously named Posh Sailboat-which means"Please don't place it in dusty play."
If the battle against Chinglish is successful, Chinese will also turn their attention to the English-language
versions of newspapers, which play an even more important role in teaching right English.
1. The underlined word "obliterated" refers to _____.
A. removed
B. exploited
C. translated
D. beautified
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2. From the passage, we know that _____.
A. everyone shares the disdain for the mixed language
B. all the people don't share the disdain for the mixed language
C. Chinglish usually communicates in many cases
D. several Internet sites have been set up to clear the Chinglish phrases
3. We can infer that the English-language versions of newspapers _____.
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A. should be in duty to teach normal English
B. should report the battle above
C. should be paid more attention to
D. should collect more Chinglish phrases
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4. Which of the following signs is Chinglish?
