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1、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,theChineselanguageisforever
2、evolving,attractingmoreattentionfrompeoplewhowanttounderstandthisancientyetvibrant（充满生气的）language．Forinstance,theword“shanzhai”isusedtodescribethecountlessknockoffs（名牌仿制品）ofiPhonesordesignerbagsimprintedwithLouisVuittonlogos．Anothernewtermintheneweditionistheword“fangnu”,ora“mortgage（
3、按揭）slave”—atermusedtodescribethephenomenoninlargecitieswherebywell-educatedyouthcomplainofamiserableexistenceduetotheheavyburdenofahomemortgage．AlltheseneworoftenfashionabletermscanbefoundinthenewOxfordEnglish-Chinese, Chinese-EnglishdictionarythatwasunveiledintherecentlyconcludedBeij
4、ingInternationalBookFairlastweek．Thedictionarynowisavailableforretailsalessincethebeginningofthismonth．ThisdictionaryisthelargestsinglevolumeEnglish-Chinese,Chinese-Englishdictionaryandcontains670,000wordsandphrasesafterfiveyearsofpreparation．SixtyeditorsfromtheOxfordUniversityPressan
5、ditspartnerinChina—theForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress—workedtogetherontheproject．AccordingtoJulieKleeman,thedictionary’schiefeditor,mostofthefirm’seditorswereChinese,whileaboutonefourthwerenative-Englishspeakers．“Wedon’twanttomakeitflorid（绚丽的）,wewantittobemodernandconversation
6、al．．．manyofthewordsinthepresentdictionaryarenolongerinuse,”saidKleeman．“TheneedforstudyingChinesebyforeignerstodayistotallydifferentfromdecadesago．．．Precise,nativeandpractical—thatisourcoreadvantage,”shesaid．Kleemansaidnewerpublicationsupdateswillbeavailableonlyfortheonlineversionasla
7、nguageoftenchangestooquicklyforbookversionstokeeppace．TheonlineversionwillalsoofferaChinesephoneticpronunciationguide．Theonlineversion,allowingaccessviadifferentplatformsfromthePCtotheiPad,willbeready“assoonaspossible”,Kleemansaid．1．AccordingtoKleeman,oneofthefeaturesthatdistinguishOx
8、fordE
