Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes (who spend much time watching TV on the couch), google officially became a verb and drama queens (extremely emotional persons) finally found the attention when they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language.
The mouse potato, the himbo (attractive, empty-headed man) and drama queen were among 100 new words added to the 2006 update of America's best-selling dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary《韦氏大词典》. The Internet search engine Google also found its way into the dictionary for the first time as a verb, meaning to find information quickly on the world wide web.
New words and phrases from the fields of science, technology, pop culture and industry are chosen each year by Merriam-Webster's team of editors after months of looking through books, magazines and even food labels. "They are not tracking spoken language. They are looking for evidence that words have been used in the written English language," said Arthur Bicknell, senior editor of Merriam-Webster.
Other words first coming into the dictionary this year were soul patch (a small growth of beard under a man's lower lip), unibrow (two eyebrows joining together) and supersize ― the fast food industry phrase for extra large meals.
The technology world contributed ringtones (changeable incoming cellphone call signals) and spyware (software installed in a computer to track a user's activities) while biodiesel (生物柴油) and avian influenza (禽流感) came from the world of science.
America's first dictionary ― Noah Webster's A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language ― was published 200 years ago and also introduced some fresh words that have now become familiar. Those "new" words in 1806 included slang, surf, psychology, naturally and Americanize.
68. The mouse potato refers to_______.
A. a mouse that lives by potatoes
B. a person who spends much time on the computer
C. a mouse that is shown on the screen of the computer
D. a person who likes to eat mice and potatoes
69. Which group of words and phrases is not the fresh words for the dictionary of this year?
A. mouse potatoes, google, drama queen.
B. himbo, soul patch, unibrow, supersize.
C. ringtones, spyware, biodiesel, avian influenza.
D. couch potatoes, surf, psychology, Americanize.
70. Which of the following statements is not true according to the text?
A. New words and phrases were introduced into the dictionary have close relationship with the time.
B. New words and phrases chosen by the editors of the dictionary have been used in written English somewhere.
C. Some words that are now familiar to us used to be fresh words collected in the dictionary.
D. The Merriam-webster Collegiate Dictionary becomes the best-seller because 100 new words are added to it.
71. The text is mainly about that _____.
A. 100 fresh words are added to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
B. English words change their meaning with the time passing by
C. English language is becoming more and more difficult to learn
D. the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary will leave out some old words and introduce some new ones.
68. B 推断题。由文章首句“Mouse potato（网虫）跟couch potato（电视虫）走到一起”可知。由couch potatoes的定义“坐在沙发上花大量时间看电视的人”推测mouse potatoes的可能意义是“花大量时间玩鼠标的人”，即经常玩电脑的人。
69. D 细节题。本文列出了许多在各个领域出现并编入《韦氏大词典》中的新单词。第一段提到Mouse potato，couch potato，google，drama queen (过分情绪化的人) ，这些词语终于从通俗文化行列转入英语主流语言。第二段中提到himbo（徒有外表却无内涵的男人）被收入其中。互联网搜索引擎Google也首次作为动词入选词典，第四、五段提到今年入选词典的新词还有soul patch（男人下唇上长的一小撮胡子）、unibrow（左右眉毛长在一起）和supersize（超大型快餐）。技术领域的新词有ringtone（手机铃音）和spyware（安装在电脑上用于监视用户活动的间谍软件）；科学领域的新词则包括biodiesel（生物柴油）和avian influenza（禽流感）。而D组单词是早已收集过的。
70. D 判断题。文章第二段第一句只提到“100个新词被收入2006年新版的美国畅销词典《韦氏大词典》中”。并不是因为增加了100个新词而成为最畅销的词典。而A、B、C三项都能从文章中找出或推断出。
71. A 主旨题。短文一、二、四、五段介绍了一些新词入选今年新版词典，第三段着重谈到了词典的编委是如何搜集这些新词的。由此可知全文的中心是：热门新词入选最新《韦氏大词典》
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Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes (who spend much time watching TV on the couch), google officially became a verb and drama queens (extremely emotional persons) finally found the attention when they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language.
The mouse potato, the himbo (attractive, empty-headed man) and drama queen were among 100 new words added to the 2006 update of America’s best-selling dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary《韦氏大词典》. The Internet search engine Google also found its way into the dictionary for the first time as a verb, meaning to find information quickly on the worldwide web.
New words and phrases from the fields of science, technology, pop culture and industry are chosen each year by Merriam-Webster’s team of editors after months of looking through books, magazines and even food labels. “They are not tracking spoken language. They are looking for evidence that words have been used in the written English language,” said Arthur Bicknell, senior editor of Merriam-Webster.
Other words first coming into the dictionary this year were soul patch (a small growth of beard under a man’s lower lip), unibrow (two eyebrows joining together) and supersize － the fast food industry phrase for extra large meals.
The technology world contributed ringtones (changeable incoming cellphone call signals) and spyware (software installed in a computer to track a user’s activities) while biodiesel (生物柴油) and avian influenza(禽流感) came from the world of science.
America’s first dictionary － Noah Webster’s A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language － was published 200 years ago and also introduced some fresh words that have now become familiar. Those “new” words in 1806 included slang, surf, psychology, naturally and Americanize.
【小题1】The mouse potato refers to ____________.
| A．a mouse that lives by potatoes |
| B．a person who spends much time on the computer |
| C．a mouse that is shown on the screen of the computer |
| D．a person who likes to eat mice and potatoes |
| A．mouse potatoes, google, supersize， drama queen. |
| B．himbo, soul patch, unibrow, supersize. |
| C．ringtones, spyware, biodiesel, avian influenza. |
| D．couch potatoes, surf, psychology, Americanize. |
| A．New words and phrases were introduced into the dictionary have close relationship with the time. |
| B．New words and phrases chosen by the editors of the dictionary have been used in written English somewhere. |
| C．Some words that are now familiar to us used to be fresh words collected in the dictionary. |
| D．The Merriam-webster Collegiate Dictionary becomes the best-seller because 100 new words are added to it. |
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Some unusual words describe how a person spends his or her time. For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a couch potato. A couch is a piece of furniture that people sit on while watching television.
Robert Armstrong, an artist from California, developed the term “couch potato” in 1976. Several years later, he listed the term as a trademark with the United States government. Mr Armstrong also helped write a funny book about life as a fulltime television watcher. It is called the Official Couch Potato Handbook.
Couch potatoes enjoy watching television just as mouse potatoes enjoy working on computers. A computer mouse is the device that moves the pointer, or cursor on a computer screen. The description of mouse potato became popular in 1993. American writer Alice Kahn is said to have invented the term to describe young people who spend a lot of time using computers.
Too much time inside the house using a computer or watching television can cause someone to get cabin fever. A cabin is a simple house usually built far away from the city. People go to a cabin to relax and enjoy quiet time.
Cabin fever is not really a disease. However, people can experience boredom and restlessness if they spend too much time inside their homes. This is especially true during the winter when it is too cold or snowy to do things outside. Often children get cabin fever if they cannot go outside to play. So do their parents. This happens when there is so much snow that schools and even offices and stores are closed.
Some people enjoy spending a lot of time in their homes to make them nice places to live. This is called nesting or cocooning. Birds build nests out of sticks to hold their eggs and baby birds. Some insects build cocoons around themselves for protection while they grow and change. Nests and cocoons provide security for wildlife. So people like the idea of nests and cocoons, too.
The terms cocooning and nesting became popular more than twenty years ago. They describe people buying their first homes and filling them with many things. These people then had children.
Now these children are grownup and have left the nest. They are in college. Or they are married and starting families of their own far away.Now these parents are living alone without children in their empty nests. They have become empty nesters.
16．Which of the following was first used?
A．Couch potato. B．Cocooning.
C．Mouse potato. D．Nesting.
17．________refers to a person who spends much time on computer.
A．A couch potato B．A nester
C．A mouse potato D．An empty nester
18．Why can most people easily get cabin fever in winter?
A．Because they are addicted to computer games.
B．Because they would like to play outside.
C．Because it is so cold that they couldn't go outside.
D．Because they are too busy at work or school.
19．What's the passage mainly about?
A．How to get rid of cabin fever.
B．How people become nesters or empty nesters.
C．How to spend your leisure time.
D．The origin of some words.
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