Question

 The English language is different from other languages. Yet English words do not stay the same. They are always changing. People need new words for inventions and new ideas.

  English can change by borrowing words from other languages. The word " tomato" was borrowed from Mexico, the word " coffee" came from Turkey, "tea" from China and so on. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words together. The words "strawberry” ， " postman”and " blackboard” are made up of two parts.

  Sometimes new words are short forms of old words.The word" photo" was made from "photograph" by cutting off the end of the long-word. The word "plane" was made by cutting off the front part of "airplane", while "smog" was using only the first two letters of " smoke" and the last two letters of " fog”. And " sandwich” was named after a man named Sandwich, and "jelly"(果冻)was a name made up by the company that first made this product(产品).

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1. The English language is      

A.   the same as other languages

B.   changing all the time

C.   very difficult to study

D.   very interesting for everyone

(   ) 2. According to the passage， we know    

A.   the English language has taken in many new words from other languages

B.   it's important to learn English well

C.   there are many interesting words in English

D. different culture has different languages
(   ) 3. Where was the word " tea”borrowed from?

A. Mexico. B. Turkey.

C. China. D. Japan.

(   ) 4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A.   New space and science words are being borrowed from other countries.

B.   Some new words are short forms of old words.

C.   The word "postman" is made up of two parts.

D.   The word "sandwich" was from a kind of animal.

(   ) 5. Which is the best title for this passage？

A.   How to Learn English

B.   How to Form New Words

C.   English is Changing

D.   Talking about English Studies

Answer 1

l.B 由第一段的第二、三句可知，英语词汇总是在变化着。

2. A由第二段第一句可知英语的变化是从其他语言中吸收了很多新词。

3. C

4. D  由第三段倒数第一句可知，sandwich的命名是来自一个叫Sandwich的人。

5. C本文主要从词汇方面讲述英语的变化。