Question

Millions of people all over the world use the word "OK”. In fact,some people say the word is used more often than any other word in the  world. "OK" means "All right". It expresses agreement. Then where did it come from? There are different ideas. Still, language experts(专家)don't agree about where the word came from.

Some people say it came from the Choctaw， a Native American Indian tribe(部落).The Choctaw word "okeh" has the same meaning as the American word "okay".

But many people don't agree. Language expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word "OK" in his report. It was published in the 1960s. He said the word began being used in the 1830s. It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the words "all correct"- Some foreign-born people wrote "all correct" as "o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t", and used the letters "O.K.

Other people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago. They said he put the first letters of his names——0 and K ― on each thing people gave him to send on the train.

Still others say a political organization invented the word. The organization wanted Martin Van Buren to be president(总统)in 1840. They called their group " the 0. K. Club" because Martin Van Buren was born in Old Kinderhook， New York.

Not everyone agrees with each other, but experts agree that the word is American. And it has spread to almost every country on earth.

阅读短文,选择最佳选项。

(   ) 1- What does the word " okeh”mean in the Choctaw? A. All right.

B.   All correct.

C.   Obadiah Kelly.

D.  Old Kinderhook.

(   ) 2. The underlined word   " published " probably means  ________  in Chinese.

A.发展       B.发明

C.发表       D.发现

(   ) 3. According to Allen Walker Read, "OK" was first used in      

A.  the 1830s

B.   the 1840s

C.   the 1950s

D.  the 1960s

(   ) 4. We can know from the passage that

A.  people called Obadiah Kelly "OK"

B.   Obadiah Kelly helped people send things

C.   the O. K. Club was set up in Old Kinderhook

D.  Martin Van Buren wanted to be an language expert

(   ) 5. What's the best title for this passage?

A.  What does "OK" mean?

B.   Which word has the same meaning as "OK"?

C.   Who used the word "OK"?

D.  Where did "OK" come from?

Answer 1

1. A根据第二段第二句可知0K—词在Choctaw中的 意思和在美国的意思一样，即All right。故选A。

2. C publish的主语it指代report，故publish最有可 能是"发表"之意。故选C。

3. A根据第三段第四句可知。故选A。

4. B根据第四段最后一句可知，人们给Obadiah Kelly一些东西通过火车来寄送。故选B。

5. D根据第一段可知关于OK的由来有不同的意 见，下文讲述了几种不同的观点，由此可知，这篇文章是关于0K的由来。故选D。