Question

Though Chinese is older than English, English is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making new words and we should be able to know where most words come from.

Sometimes, however, no one may really knows where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.

They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some American saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the man from Hamburg ate and sold in many countries around the world.

Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why a word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. The reason may be found in any large English dictionary.

1.Hamburg is _______ .

A. a kind of food B. a city in Germany

C. the name of a village D. a round piece of beef.

2.According to the story, _______.

A. few Americans like hamburgers

B. hamburgers are made with ham

C. hamburgers are made with beef

D. hamburgers were sold all over the world about a century ago

3.According to the writer, which of the following can be found in any large English dictionary?

A. Where all the new words come from.

B. Where those Germans came from.

C.The reason why English is spoken around the world.

D.The reason why a word has a certain meaning.

4.According to the story, the word “hamburgers” comes from _______.

A. China because it has a long history

B. England because Germans don’t speak good English

C. English speakers because they always make new words.

D. The round pieces of beef those people from Hamburg brought to America.

5.From the passage, we can infer that hamburgers was first sold to the world by _______.

A.Germans B. Americans

C. Chinese D. we don’t know

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：向人們講述了英語(yǔ)單詞“hamburgers”的由來(lái)。說(shuō)明我們可以了解一些單詞的來(lái)歷是很有趣的事情。

1.They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.”及文章第三段中“When some American saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered,‘We came from Hamburg.’”可知，一些美國(guó)人問(wèn)這些德國(guó)人他們?cè)诔允裁磿r(shí)，德國(guó)人不明白，回答說(shuō)“我們來(lái)自于Hamburg.”,于是美國(guó)人就誤認(rèn)為這種好吃的東西是Hamburg了。其實(shí)據(jù)此可知，Hamburg實(shí)際是德國(guó)的一個(gè)大城市。故該題正確答案為B.

2.When some American saw them eating round pieces of beef,”可知Hamburg是由beef（牛肉）做的。故該題正確答案為C.

3.Knowing why a word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. The reason may be found in any large English dictionary.”（知道一個(gè)單詞為什么會(huì)有一定的含義也是有趣的。而其原因可能會(huì)在任何一本英語(yǔ)大字典里被發(fā)現(xiàn)。）可知，可能在任何一本英語(yǔ)大字典里找到的是一個(gè)單詞為什么會(huì)有這樣的含義。故該題正確答案為D.

4.Hamburg的德國(guó)人所帶到美國(guó)的牛肉。故正確答案為D.

5.One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the man from Hamburg ate and sold in many countries around the world.”（其中的一個(gè)美國(guó)人，他擁有一家餐館并且有了個(gè)主意。他做了些類(lèi)似于這些來(lái)自Hamburg 的人所吃的圓形的牛肉并且買(mǎi)往世界的許多國(guó)家。）可推知，第一個(gè)買(mǎi)漢堡包的是美國(guó)人。故正確答案為B.

考點(diǎn)：歷史文化類(lèi)文章的閱讀