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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
