Question

【題目】"Fall" and"Autumn"

What season is it in October? If you ask people from the UK, they will tell you it's "autumn". But if you go to the US, you will find that people use“autumn" or“fall".

According to Dictionary .com, both words have been around for a long time, but neither of them was the first to describe this season. During this season, crops (莊稼) would become ripe (成熟) and farmers would have a big harvest. So in Old English, this season was simply called "harvest" .

Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming, the word "harvest" became less useful. English speakers needed a different name for the season. They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it“the fall of the leaf", or“fall" for short.

But at the end of the 1600s, autumn, from the French word "autompne" and the Latin "autumnus" came to England. "Fall" as the word for this season disappeared slowly.

At the same time, people in the UK were making their first trips to North America. They brought both the words“fall" and“autumn" with them. That's why today's Americans have two names for one season.

Title: “Fall” and “Autumn”
The names of the season in October	People in the UK call it “autumn”.
	People in the US call it【1】 “autumn”【2】 “fall”.
【3】of the names for this season	In the UK	In Old English	It got the name "harvest" because it was time for farmers to 【4】.
		In the 1600s	"The fall of the leaf" or “fall”【5】"harvest".
		At the end of the 1600s	"Autumn" appeared in England. It 【6】 _French and Latin.
	In the US	At the end of the 1600s	People in the UK started to travel to North America and brought these two words there.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】either

【2】or

【3】origins

【4】harvest

【5】means

【6】comes from

【解析】

問(wèn)行介紹的是“Fall” 和“Autumn”兩個(gè)詞的來(lái)源。

【1】根據(jù)文中But if you go to the US, you will find that people use “autumn” or “fall”.如果你去美國(guó)，你將發(fā)現(xiàn)那里的人們使用“autumn”或者“fall”。由此可知，美國(guó)人兩個(gè)詞都在用，要么會(huì)說(shuō)“autumn”，要么會(huì)說(shuō)“fall”，是兩者中的一個(gè)，英語(yǔ)可以用短語(yǔ)either … or來(lái)表示，故答案為either。

【2】根據(jù)文中But if you go to the US, you will find that people use “autumn” or “fall”.如果你去美國(guó)，你將發(fā)現(xiàn)那里的人們使用“autumn”或者“fall”。由此可知，美國(guó)人兩個(gè)詞都在用，要么會(huì)說(shuō)“autumn”，要么會(huì)說(shuō)“fall”，是兩者中的一個(gè)，英語(yǔ)可以用短語(yǔ)either … or來(lái)表示，故答案為or。

【3】根據(jù)文中At the same time, people in the UK were making their first trips to North America. They brought both the words “fall” and “autumn” with them. That’s why today’s Americans have two names for one season. 此同時(shí)，英國(guó)人第一次去北美旅行。他們帶來(lái)了“秋天”和“秋天”兩個(gè)詞。這就是為什么今天的美國(guó)人一個(gè)季節(jié)有兩個(gè)名字�？芍�，這是名字的發(fā)展歷史，英語(yǔ)中“歷史”是history，由對(duì)應(yīng)的表格內(nèi)容可知，這里應(yīng)該用單詞本身，故答案為History。

【4】根據(jù)文中During this season, crops (莊稼) would become ripe (成熟) and farmers would have a big harvest. So in Old English, this season was simply called “harvest”在這個(gè)季節(jié)里，作物會(huì)成熟，農(nóng)民會(huì)有大豐收。所以在古英語(yǔ)中，這個(gè)季節(jié)被簡(jiǎn)單地稱(chēng)為“收獲”�？芍�，在古英語(yǔ)中，被稱(chēng)為“收獲”是因?yàn)檗r(nóng)民在這個(gè)季節(jié)里會(huì)有大豐收，故答案為have a big harvest。.

【5】根據(jù)文中With fewer people farming, the word “harvest” became less useful. English speakers needed a different name for the season. They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it “the fall of the leaf”, or “fall” for short. 隨著農(nóng)業(yè)人口的減少，“收獲”這個(gè)詞變得不那么有用了。說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的人需要一個(gè)不同的季節(jié)名稱(chēng)。他們知道樹(shù)葉是在這個(gè)季節(jié)從樹(shù)上掉下來(lái)的，所以人們開(kāi)始把它叫做“落葉”，或者簡(jiǎn)稱(chēng)為“秋天”�？芍�，“fall”代替了之前的“harvest”，英語(yǔ)中“代替”是take the place of，而動(dòng)作發(fā)生在過(guò)去，所以應(yīng)該用過(guò)去時(shí)，故答案為took the place of。

【6】根據(jù)文中But at the end of the 1600s, autumn, from the French word “autompne” and the Latin “autumnus” came to England. 但是在17世紀(jì)末，秋天，從法語(yǔ)中的“autompne”和拉丁語(yǔ)中的“autumnus”來(lái)到了英國(guó)。可知，“autumn”這里詞來(lái)自French and Latin，而句子動(dòng)作發(fā)生在過(guò)去，所以應(yīng)該用過(guò)去時(shí)，故答案為came from。