Question

A language never stands still .It is always changing and developing. These changes are rapid in primitive（原始的） societies, but slow in advanced ones, because the invention of printing and the spread of education have fixed a traditional usage. The only important change that English has undergone（遭受） since the 16^th century is a large increase in its vocabulary. It is interesting to trace the different ways in which new words are invented. Let us take just two

English words and see how they were made: sandwich and television.

   Sandwich, is now no longer an entirely English word, but also international, comes from the Earl of Sandwich(died in1792),who invented the particular form of quick meal so that he could go on gambling all through the night without stopping for dinner. Many names of things are in facts taken from the name of the first inventors, for example, the electrical terms Walt and Volt.

Television is one of many new scientific words which are invented from old Greek and Latin words.“Tele”in Greek, mean “far , while“vision”comes from the Latin verb, meaning“to see”.

1.The word “stand” in the first sentence means＿

A. is a certain condition     B. not sits

C. remains without change  D. rises to the feet

2. What do you think Volt was? He was＿

A. a player   B. a physicist   C, a writer  D. a nurse

3.The invention of sandwich has something to do with(与…有关) ＿

A. work   B. study  C. gambling D. journey

4.The language can’t develop rapidly in advanced societies because＿

A. the societies have stopped changing

B. the printing has been invented

C. the education has spread    D. both B and C

5. What’s the best title?

A. language    B .Sandwich and Television

C. language is Always Changing and Developing

D. English Words

Answer 1

1C  2B  3C  4D  5C