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1、浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练:阅读理解(81)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。AThe115-year-oldprestigiousOxfordDictionarywillnowincludepopularnewChinesetermslike“shanzhai”“youtiao”and“fangnu”,aspartofthemodernChineselanguage.AsChinaplaysamoreandmoreimportantroleintheworldeconomy,theChinese
2、languageisforeverevolving,attractingmoreattentionfrompeoplewhowanttounderstandthisancientyetvibrant(充满生气的)language.Forinstance,theword“shanzhai”isusedtodescribethecountlessknockoffs(名牌仿制品)ofiPhonesordesignerbagsimprintedwithLouisVuittonlogos.Anothernewtermintheneweditionisth
3、eword“fangnu”,ora“mortgage(按揭)slave”—atermusedtodescribethephenomenoninlargecitieswherebywell-educatedyouthcomplainofamiserableexistenceduetotheheavyburdenofahomemortgage.AlltheseneworoftenfashionabletermscanbefoundinthenewOxfordEnglish-Chinese, Chinese-Englishdictionarythat
4、wasunveiledintherecentlyconcludedBeijingInternationalBookFairlastweek.Thedictionarynowisavailableforretailsalessincethebeginningofthismonth.ThisdictionaryisthelargestsinglevolumeEnglish-Chinese,Chinese-Englishdictionaryandcontains670,000wordsandphrasesafterfiveyearsofprepara
5、tion.SixtyeditorsfromtheOxfordUniversityPressanditspartnerinChina—theForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress—workedtogetherontheproject.AccordingtoJulieKleeman,thedictionary’schiefeditor,mostofthefirm’seditorswereChinese,whileaboutonefourthwerenative-Englishspeakers.“Wedon’t
6、wanttomakeitflorid(绚丽的),wewantittobemodernandconversational...manyofthewordsinthepresentdictionaryarenolongerinuse,”saidKleeman.“TheneedforstudyingChinesebyforeignerstodayistotallydifferentfromdecadesago...Precise,nativeandpractical—thatisourcoreadvantage,”shesaid.Kleemansai
7、dnewerpublicationsupdateswillbeavailableonlyfortheonlineversionaslanguageoftenchangestooquicklyforbookversionstokeeppace.TheonlineversionwillalsoofferaChinesephoneticpronunciationguide.Theonlineversion,allowingaccessviadifferentplatformsfromthePCtotheiPad,willbeready“assoona
8、spossible”,Kleemansaid.1.AccordingtoKleeman,oneofthefeaturesthatdistinguish