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【题目】Do you know the word kiasu? If not, then be kiasu and google it. You’ll get more than a million hits and learn that, usually associated (联系) with Singaporeans, it means “to be afraid of losing out”. You’ll come across words such as kiasu parents, kiasu companies and even kiasu apps.

Just 40 years ago, the word first spread among men in the Singapore army. But before long, it had entered everyday Singapore English.

The first formal use of kiasu happened in 1990 in a government document (公文). Since then it has often been seen in Singapore newspapers. It spread to some other countries in southeast Asia, too. In 1992, Malaysia’s New Straits Times wrote of “kiasu parents providing their children with much more materials than necessary”.

Ten years after its first use in print, the word was used worldwide. Since around 2000, kiasu has appeared in British newspapers. The Guardian, in 2001,reported how “this pursuit of material wealth and the strong need to be No.1 has created the Singaporean we hear so much about---the kiasu Singaporean”, and again reported in 2004 that Singaporeans’ value shows how much they feel the need to stay ahead of everyone else and that they have a word for it: kiasu.

The word entered the Urban Dictionary in 2003 and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2007.In the the same year, Singaporean restaurant Kiasu opened in London.

The turning point on kiasu’s road to the mainstream came with its being used in documents and newspapers. Who dared to use kiasu in a government document? Who first used it in a newspaper? It was these people who pushed kiasu into the mainstream.

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A. How to use the word kiasu.B. What the word kiasu means.

C. The history of the word kiasu.D. The importance of the word kiasu.

【2】What marked the wide use of the word kiasu around the world?

A. Its appearance in British papers.B. Its use as the name of a restaurant.

C. Its acceptance by a key document.D. Its description in Singapore newspapers.

【3】What does the underlined word “pursuit” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. the act of looking forB. the act of looking out

C. the act of giving upD. the act of giving out

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【解析】

本文介绍“kiasu”这个词来历。kiasu意思是“害怕失败”。就在40年前，这个词首次在新加坡军队的士兵中传播。但不久，它就进入了日常的新加坡英语。kiasu的第一次正式使用发生在1990年的一份政府文件。从那时起，它就经常在新加坡的报纸上出现。它也传播到东南亚的其他一些国家。自2000年左右，kiasu就出现在英国报纸上。

开始在全世界使用。2003年《城市词典》和2007年《牛津英语词典》收录了这个词。

【1】题意：这篇文章的主要内容是什么？考查主旨理解。A. How to use the word kiasu.：如何使用“kiasu”这个词；B. What the word kiasu means. ：kiasu这个词是什么意思；C. The history of the word kiasu.单词“kiasu”的历史；D. The importance of the word kiasu.单词“kiasu”的重要性。通读全文可知本文主要讲述“kiasu”的来历；可知选C。

【2】题意：什么标志着“kiasu”这个词在全世界的广泛使用？考查细节理解。A. Its appearance in British papers.它出现在英国报纸上；B. Its use as the name of a restaurant. 它被用作餐馆的名称；C. Its acceptance by a key document. 它被一个关键文件接受；D. Its description in Singapore newspapers.它在新加坡报纸上的描述。根据第3段第一句The first formal use of kiasu happened in 1990 in a government document (kiasu的第一次正式使用发生在1990年的一份政府文件。).和第4段第1和2句Ten years after its first use in print, the word was used worldwide. Since around 2000, kiasu has appeared in British newspapers.（这个词在印刷品上首次使用十年后，在全世界使用。自从大约2000年，kiasu就出现在英国报纸上。）可知“它出现在英国报纸上，是“kiasu”这个词在全世界的广泛使用的标志”；故选A。

【3】题意：在第4段中下画线单词“pursuit”是什么意思？考查词义猜测。A. the act of looking for寻找；B. the act of looking out注意，消息，向外看；C. the act of giving up放弃；D. the act of giving out分发，散发。此句this pursuit of material wealth and the strong need to be No.1 has created the Singaporean we hear so much about---the kiasu Singaporean句意是“对物质财富的追求和对第一的强烈需求，造就了我们耳熟能详的新加坡人——怕输的新加坡人。”可知“pursuit”是“寻找，追求”的意思；故选A。

初中阅读理解一般考查学生的细节理解能力、主旨理解能力和推理判断能力。做阅读理解题，首先要准确理解题意，然后根据题意和短文内容选出正确的答案。（1）考查细节理解能力，此类型题较简单，学生准确理解题意后，直接到文中找出答案。（2）考查猜词能力。做这种题型时，学生要根据上下文意思准确猜出词义。3）考查推理判断能力，此类题型较难，学生要准确理解题意后，在文中找出相关的内容做出合理的推断。本文主要考查学生的细节理解能力。准确理解题意后，到文中找出相关的叙述，做出正确的判断