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 (果冻）” 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根据下文英语单词的不断变化可知，英语单词不会保持不变，故选c。

2.B英语单词一直是在不断变化，故选B.

3. A for表目的。

4.D众所周知，茶是由中国的神农发现的。

5.B根据句意判断应用被动语态，故选B.

6 . C together“ 一 起”。

7. D short forms“缩略形式”。

8.B根据上一句可判断砍掉长单词的尾部而形成新单词可知。

9.C和上句对比可知砍掉长单词的前部而形成新单词。

10. A众所周知，三明治是由一个人发明的。