第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a typical _36__ of Chinglish.
Obviously it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a___37__ English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American___38___. I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not__39_ me at all. So I did a___40__ on Google. Com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages___41   “Long time no see”. This sentence has been ___42____used in emails, letters, newspapers, moves, or any other possible place. Though it is____43__informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. __44___ , if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the ___45___ will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.
Nobody knows the ___46___ of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully___47___a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom___48___quoting Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon “Long time no see” became a___49___phrase in America__50___the popularity of these movies.
Some people___51__America to a huge melting pot. All kinds of culture are__52__ in the pot together, and they __53__ the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also__54_ some changes to be__55__in the mixed pot.
36. A. example        B. sign           C. word           D. change
37 . A. damaged        B. perfected      C. learned        D. ruined
38. A. custom         B. greeting       C. habit          D. proverb
39. A. persuade       B. encourage      C. convince       D. believe
40. A. job            B. research       C. survey         D. search
41. A. containing     B. printing       C. publishing     D. expressing
42. A. widely         B. hardly         C. seldom         D. search
43. A. lots of        B. plenty of      C. lots of        D. sort of
44. A. Unfortunately  B. Luckily        C. However        D. Suddenly
45. A. hardware       B. software      C. operator       D. speaker
46. A. use            B. origin         C. expression     D. meaning
47. A. created        B. published      C. did            D. discovered
48. A. by             B. in             C. with           D. of
49. A. ordinary      B. rare           C. modern         D. popular
50. A. because        B. as to          C. thanks to      D. but for
51. A. compare        B. add            C. join           D. owe
52. A. joined         B. mixed          C. compiled       D. done
53. A. improve        B. change         C. lower          D. promote
54. A. owing          B. putting        C. taking         D. contributing
55. A. influenced     B. mentioned      C. used           D. considered