【題目】Dictionaries are not closed books. There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities.

Dictionaries are not closed books. There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities. New words are continually being created and added to our language. And many of today's word experts can credit a famous mathematician with the creation of the method by which they develop many new words. The mathematician was an Englishman named Charles L. Dodgson. In addition to working with figures, Dodgson wrote books. His imaginative stories and poems have made Dodgson beloved to generations of readers. We know him, however, not by the name of Dodgson but by his pen name, Lewis Carroll.

Lewis Carroll has delighted countless readers, young and old, with Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and numerous poems. In these works, Carroll developed dozens of nonsensical words such as "chortle" and "galumph". Many of these words are combined naturally with more common words in the English language. Carroll referred to his made-up words as "portmanteau" words, named after a kind of leather suitcase that opens into two compartments. The name was well suited, because most of Carroll's words had two compartments. Rather than being entirely fabricated（虛構(gòu)）, they were usually made from the combined parts of two different words. A "snark", for example, clearly came from a snake and a shark.

Although Carroll died long ago, his technique continues to be used today. We clearly see his influence in such words as smog, brunch, and guesstimate.

【1】What does the underlined sentence probably mean according to the passage?

A. Dictionaries are open to the public.

B. Dictionaries are helpful to the public.

C. Dictionaries are ready to welcome new words.

D. The vocabularies in dictionaries are limited.

【2】Dodgson's made-up words ________.

A. are based on different words

B. are borrowed from other languages

C. all come from his poems

D. are still widely used

【3】This passage is mainly about ________.

A. how Dodgson wrote his works

B. how English words are created

C. how a dictionary is written

D. how Dodgson created new words

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【解析】本文為介紹說明文。文章主要介紹了Charles L. Dodgson是如何創(chuàng)造新詞的。

【1】句意理解題。根據(jù)下文的There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities.可推知，詞典并不是封閉的書，仍然可以添加新的詞匯。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的Rather than being entirely fabricated（虛構(gòu)）, they were usually made from the combined parts of two different words. A "snark", for example, clearly came from a snake and a shark.可知，Dodgson創(chuàng)造的詞是以不同的詞為基礎(chǔ)的，而不是憑空想象出來的。故選A。

【3】主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了Charles L. Dodgson是如何創(chuàng)造新詞的。故選D。

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