Question

【題目】English words don't stay the same. People need new words for new ideas and new inventions. Different words come into use, or older words are used in a new way.

English can change by borrowing words from other languages. For example, the word "tomato" was borrowed from Mexico and "tea" came from China. New words are formed by putting two words together sometimes. "Countryside" and "earthquake" are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. As we know, the word "photo" was made from "photograph" by cutting off the end of the longer word. "Plane" was made by cutting off the front part of "airplane". The names of people and products(產(chǎn)品) can become new words, too. Our "sandwich" was named after a man called Sandwich and "sellotape"(透明膠帶) was a name given by the company that first made the product.

【1】New English words are needed because _______.

A. people use old words in a new way B. people need a new way to explain things

C. the old words are not enough D. new ideas and new inventions appear all the time

【2】Which of the following words was taken to England from another country?

A. Plane. B. Sandwich. C. Tomato. D. Countryside.

【3】Which of the following words came from China?

A. Tea. B. Earthquake. C. Airplane. D. Sellotape.

【4】How many ways of developing English words does the passage tell us?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】本文介紹了英語(yǔ)的發(fā)展變化以及新單詞的形成方式。重點(diǎn)介紹了英語(yǔ)中四種構(gòu)詞方法。

【1】根據(jù)“People need new words for new ideas and new inventions.”可知，人們需要新的英語(yǔ)是因?yàn)樾碌挠^念和發(fā)明。故答案選D。

【2】根據(jù)“The word ‘tomato’ was borrowed from Mexico and ‘tea’ came from China and so on.”可知可知，tomato是來(lái)自墨西哥的詞。故答案選C。

【3】根據(jù)“The word ‘tomato’ was borrowed from Mexico and ‘tea’ came from China and so on.”可知tea是來(lái)自中國(guó)，故答案選A。

【4】根據(jù) borrowing words from other languages；Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries；New words are formed by adding two words together和The names of people and products can become new words可知文中提到四種英語(yǔ)構(gòu)詞法。故答案選B。