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    　　About three hundred words in the English language come from the names of people. Many of these words are technical words. When there is a new invention or discovery, a new word may be invented after the inventor or scientist.

    　　It is interesting to observe how many common words have found their way into the language from the names of people. Lord Sandwich who lived from 1718--1792 used to sit at the table eating pieces of bread with meat in them. As the Lord was the only one among his friends who ate bread in that way, his friend began to call the bread “sandwich”for fun. Later on the word became part of the English language.

    　　The word “boycott” means to refuse to have anything to do with somebody or something. It comes from a man called captain Boycott. He was a land agent (经纪人) in 1880 and he collected rents and taxes for an English landowner in Ireland. But the Captain was a very harsh man. He treated his poor tenants very badly. His tenants decided not to speak to him at all. Eventually（终于）word got back to the landowner and the Captain was removed. The word “boycott” became popular and was used by everyone to mean the kind of treatment that was received by Captain Boycott.

    (1)Lord Sandwich died in ________.

    [　　]

    A. 1718
    B. 1772
    C. 1774
    D. 1792

    (2)Lord Sandwich was fond of ________.

    [　　]

    A. eating out all the time

    B. sitting with his friends

    C. playing games with words

    D. taking bread with meat

    (3)“Sandwich”is a word invented by ________.

    [　　]

    A. Lord Sandwich

    B. the friends of Lord Sandwich

    C. inventors

    D. scientists

    (4)The tenants did not like ________.

    [　　]

    A. to collect rents and taxes

    B. the harsh land agent

    C. the English landowner

    D. to speak

    (5)When the landowner found out that tenants were boycotting his land agent, he ________.

    [　　]

    A. dismissed the Captain

    B. praised the Captain

    C. removed the rents and taxes

    D. increased the rents and taxes

    答案：D;D;B;B;A
    解析：

    (1) D 从文中Lord Sandwich who lived from 1718--1792 used to…可知答案.

    (2) D 文中陈述他常吃里面夹肉的面包，所以答案应为D.

    (3) B Sandwich爱吃夹肉的面包，他的朋友便戏称那种面包为sandwich.

    (4) B 经纪人Captain Boycott非常严厉，对雇农很不好，雇农们因此不喜欢他.

    (5) A 地主得知此消息后，便解雇了Captain Boycott.


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