Question

In our English study，there are some compound(复合)words，such as housewife， granddaughter and so on. Homesick is a compound word made up of home and sick. You know what each word means on its own，of course. But think about what the words mean when they are used together. Homesick means SICK FOR HOME.

Now think for a minute about SEASICK. If you change the word home in the definition (释义)to the word sea,would the definition fit SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite different. Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. But when you are seasick，the last place you want to be is a sea.

Have you ever heard of someone being heartsick? It doesn't mean that something is wrong with a person's heart. People are heartsick when they are hurt deep inside and they feel as if their hearts are broken.

But，on the other hand，we have such compound words as filmmaker and handbag. It's easy for us to write definitions for them and knowing something like this is really helpful in our English study.  

阅读短文，选择最佳选项。

(   ) 1. The word "seasick" means "  

A.  to want to go to the sea

B.   the sea is sick

C.   to be sick because of the sea

D.  it has nothing to do with the sea

(   ) 2. "The last place you want to be" is

A.  where you most want to be

B.   where you least want to be

C.   the best place you can go to

D.  where you go the last

(   ) 3. When we say a person is heartsick, we mean that      

A.  he breaks his heart in an accident

B.   there is something wrong with his heart

C.   his heart needs testing

D.  he's terribly disappointed and sad

(   ) 4. The definitions of " filmmaker" and "handbag" are      

A.  not difficult to know

B.   difficult to know

C.   impossible to learn

D.  not easy to learn

(   ) 5. What's the main idea of this passage?

A.  There are many compound words in English.

B.   The building of compound words is interesting.

C.   The definitions of some compound words are hard to guess.

D.  Not all the compound words are what they seem to mean.

Answer 1

1. C根据短文第二段第五句可知seaside是由于在海 上的移动而感到难受，意为"晕船的"。故选c。

2. B这个说法意为"最不想去的地方"。故选B。  

3. D根据文章倒数第二段b了知当人们的内心受到深深的伤害时，他们会感到心像碎了一样地悲痛。故选D

4. A根据文章最后一句可知解释这两个词是容易的。故选A。

5. D通读全文可知并不是所有复合词的意思都是其单词本身的字面意思。故选D。