Question

The English language is different from any other language. Yet English words do not 1        the same. It  is always 2        People need new words 3        new  inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use  or old words are used in a new way.    English can change by borrowing words from other   languages. The word “ tomato ” was borrowed from  Mexico，the word “ coffee ” came from Turkey，and   “tea” from 4        and so on. Now new space and t science words 5        from other countries,too. New   words are also made by adding two words 6        The  words  strawberry”，“postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are 7        forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the 8        of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the 9        part of “airplane”. While “smog” was made by using only the first two letters of “smoke” and cutting off the front part of “fog”. And products can become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after 10        named Sandwich,and “ jelly (果凍）” was a name made up by the company that first made this product. (   ) 1. A. leave     B. change C. stay     D. use (   ) 2. A. keeping     B. changing C. kept     D. changed (   ) 3. A. for B. of C. with D. about (   ) 4. A. India     B. America C. Germany     D. China (   ) 5. A. are borrowing     B. are being borrowed C. borrow     D. buying (   ) 6. A. alone     B. out C. together     D. outside (   ) 7. A. longer     B. middle C. never     D. short (   ) 8. A. beginning     B. end C. middle     D. front (   ) 9. A. back     B. middle C. front     D. end (   ) 10. A. a man     B. a kind of food   C. a company     D. a place

Answer 1

1.C根據(jù)下文英語單詞的不斷變化可知，英語單詞不會保持不變，故選c。

2.B英語單詞一直是在不斷變化，故選B.

3. A for表目的。

4.D眾所周知，茶是由中國的神農(nóng)發(fā)現(xiàn)的。

5.B根據(jù)句意判斷應用被動語態(tài)，故選B.

6 . C together“ 一 起”。

7. D short forms“縮略形式”。

8.B根據(jù)上一句可判斷砍掉長單詞的尾部而形成新單詞可知。

9.C和上句對比可知砍掉長單詞的前部而形成新單詞。

10. A眾所周知，三明治是由一個人發(fā)明的。