（淮安专版）2020中考英语复习方案第四篇短文填空03新加坡英语“kiasu”介绍科幻作家刘慈欣试题.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE 3 短文填空(三) 新加坡英语“kiasu”介绍+科幻作家刘慈欣 A　[2020·原创] 　　Do you know the word kiasu? If not, google it. Youll get more than a million hits and learn that, usually associated(联系) with Singaporeans, it means “to be afraid of losing out”. Youll 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 spr